Saturday, November 8, 2008

Checa Takes Podium To End Rookie Season Fourth Overall

PORTIMO – Portugal, November 8, 2008: The final round of the World Superbike Championship, at the all-new WSB venue of Portimao, saw Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) finish his season in fourth place overall, thanks to a podium finish in race one and a fighting seventh in race two. Checa’s se ... Continue reading

Car Chief Wendland To Leave John Force Racing

Car chief Wendland to leave John Force Racing INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 8) -- Fourteen-time Funny Car champion John Force will lose car chief Rob Wendland at the end of the 2008 POWERade season. Wendland and his wife Kathy, the daughter of Funny Car racer John Lawson, are expecting a baby boy in December and the time demands ... Continue reading

New TireStat No-Nonsense Commercial-Grade TPMS is Released by Mobile Awareness, LLC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joan Cochran, VP Operations Phone: 866-653-5036 pr@mobileawareness.com <http://us.mc460.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pr@mobileawareness.com > New TireStatT No-Nonsense Commercial-Grade TPMS is Released by Mobile Awareness, LLC [CLEVELAND, OH - November 6, 2008] - Mobile Awareness, LLC, a ... Continue reading

Andretti to Start 16th at Chengdu in USA A1GP Entry

Chengdu, China, November 8, 2008: Andretti Green Racing driver Marco Andretti turned a best-lap speed of 1:17.437 seconds to earn the 16th starting position at the Chengdu International Circuit. Italy's entry was involved in an accident that caused a lengthy cleanup and forced the second segment of the sprint race qual ... Continue reading

Great Britain and Ireland on Pole in Chengdu

Chengdu, China, November 8, 2008: A1 Team Great Britain’s Danny Watts claimed pole position for tomorrow’s Feature race in A1GP Chengdu, China posting the fastest lap of the weekend so far, a 1m 15.325s. Adam Carroll put in a great performance to take Ireland’s maiden A1GP pole position for tomorrow morn ... Continue reading

A1GP Chengdu, China Qualifying Result

Chengdu, China, November 8, 2008: Ireland and Great Britain took pole positions for tomorrow’s races in Chengdu, China. Adam Carroll claimed Ireland’s first ever pole position for Sunday’s Sprint race at the Chengdu International Circuit with a 1m 15.423s. A1 Team Netherland’s Robert Doornbos put in ... Continue reading

North American Eagle Poised to Bring World Land Speed Record Back to U.S.

TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 7 -- There's a healthy rivalry brewing between the U.S. and U.K. over the world land speed racing record. The Brits took if from the U.S. in 1997, and now the U.S. wants it back. In 1904, none other than Henry Ford himself drove 91.37mph to capture the World Land Speed Record title. Today the record ... Continue reading

GM opens USD300 million assembly plant in Russia

General Motors (GM) opened today a $300 million, flexible assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, in presence of President Dmitry Medvedev. The plant will add 70,000 units of capacity to more than 100,000 already available to GM at joint venture and partner facilities in the country. It will build the Opel Antara and ... Continue reading

Practical Solution to the MPG Conundrum - VIDEO ENHANCED.

AFS Trinity Power has been showcasing it's hybrid high-rate electrical concept around the country claiming that the system will produce a practical 150 MPG. Some folks either can't or won't take a serious look at the technology. ... Continue reading

Refusing to be Muzzled by LA Auto Show, AFS Trinity Pulls 150 MPG SUV out of Show; Will Exhibit Elsewhere in LA During Show

Company says carmakers continue to seek tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, ostensibly to develop fuel-efficient vehicle technologies, but their conduct is evidence they are reluctant to embrace solutions they didn't invent. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 -- AFS Trinity Power Corporation today announced it pulled its 150 MPG pl ... Continue reading