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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Brawn GP Agrees To Partnership With Mapfre Group In Brazil

Brawn GP Agrees To Partnership With Mapfre Group In Brazil

Rio, October 16, 2009:Brawn GP is pleased to confirm a one-race partnership with Spanish insurance company, the MAPFRE Group, for the Brazilian Grand Prix which takes place at the Interlagos circuit in the city of Sao Paulo this weekend. The partnership will see MAPFRE and Banco do Brasil branding on the engine cover a ... Continue reading

Road Racing Drivers Club To Present Young Drivers Symposium At PRI

Road Racing Drivers Club To Present Young Drivers Symposium At PRI

HILLIARD, October 16, 2009: The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) will present its first RRDC/FIA Young Drivers Symposium, supported by a grant from the FIA Motor Sport Safety Development Fund, at the 22nd annual Performance Racing Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 11. Founded in 1952, the RRDC has been dedicated to r ... Continue reading

Carpenter, Wheldon join field for Ironman

Carpenter, Wheldon join field for Ironman

Indianapolis, October 17, 2009: Vision Racing's Ed Carpenter and Panther Racing driver Dan Wheldon are entered in the Ironman 150 TaG endurance karting event Oct. 18 at New Castle (Ind.) Motorsports Park. Carpenter last month won the Mazda Robo-Pong 200 endurance event on the serpentine track with co-driven Nathan O'Ro ... Continue reading

Brawn GP Practice - Brazil - October 17, 2009

Brawn GP Practice - Brazil - October 17, 2009

Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button began the team's on-track preparations for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit in the city of Sao Paulo today. With the team's focus on maximising the set-up of the BGP 001 cars for the race, Rubens and Jenson evaluated a number of different set-up opt ... Continue reading

De Phillippi, Smrz Impress in Testing and are Ready to Race at Brands Hatch

De Phillippi, Smrz Impress in Testing and are Ready to Race at Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch, October 17, 2009: After three days of testing on the short but demanding Brands Hatch Indy circuit, Team USA Scholarship drivers Connor De Phillippi and Brett Smrz are ready to see how they shape up against some tough European competition during this weekend’s 38th annual running of the Formula Ford ... Continue reading

Mercedes Executive Expects Luxury Market to Rebound but Marketers Need to Align With a New Consumer Mindset

Mercedes Executive Expects Luxury Market to Rebound but Marketers Need to Align With a New Consumer Mindset

MONTVALE, N.J., Oct. 16 -- With $11 trillion in wealth lost during 2008 and corresponding reductions in net worth and assets among affluent consumers, luxury marketers are confronting the biggest challenges they've faced in decades, said Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) vice president of marketing Stephen Cannon during an add ... Continue reading

New Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Caps Week Long Celebration Of Maserati With Premiere On Park Avenue In New York

New Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Caps Week Long Celebration Of Maserati With Premiere On Park Avenue In New York

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- After a week on display in famed Grand Central Station, leading the Columbus Day parade with a 1929 V16 powered road car which won the World Speed Record in 1929, Maserati welcomed the brand New GranTurismo Convertible to a packed room at its Corporate Showroom on Park Avenue. According to Mark McN ... Continue reading

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