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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Rookie Sato Turns In One of the Most Consistent Runs Of The Day

Rookie Sato Turns In One of the Most Consistent Runs Of The Day

KANSAS CITY, May 1, 2010) — IZOD IndyCar Series rookie Takuma Sato made his oval racing debut Friday at Kansas Speedway with a solid performance during qualifications in the No. 5 Lotus-KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone car in a rain-delayed session. Sato, the Formula One veteran making his first oval s ... Continue reading

Despite Early Rain Delay De Silvestro Succeeds In First Oval Qualifying Effort

Despite Early Rain Delay De Silvestro Succeeds In First Oval Qualifying Effort

KANSAS CITY,May 1, 2010: As part of this weekend’s Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway, Simona arrived this morning looking forward to completing the scheduled 2 practice sessions before taking part in her first oval qualifying effort as a rookie in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Rain would quickly emerge and ... Continue reading

Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) Celebrates Reunion at the Classic Motorsports MITTY Presented by Mazda Race

Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) Celebrates Reunion at the Classic Motorsports MITTY Presented by Mazda Race

Braselton, May 1, 2010: It was a walk down memory lane at Road Atlanta Thursday evening when Peter Brock, owner and originator of Brock Racing Enterprises, the American racing team who first put Datsun (now Nissan) in victory circle in the 1970s. The BRE Reunion was one of the featured events during this weekend’s ... Continue reading

Briscoe Claims Pole For Road Runner Turbo Indy 300

Briscoe Claims Pole For Road Runner Turbo Indy 300

KANSAS CITY, May 1, 2010: Ryan Briscoe, who closed the 2009 IZOD IndyCar Series season with a victory and runner-up finish in two of the final three ovals, will start at the front of the 27-car field in the first oval of the 2010 season. Briscoe, the penultimate qualifier, ripped of a four-lap average of 212.145 mph on ... Continue reading

Fan Texting Service Returns To Darlington Raceway

Fan Texting Service Returns To Darlington Raceway

DARLINGTON, May 1, 2010: Darlington Raceway partnered with InStadiumSolutions (“ISS”) to implement a text-message based communication system at their facility. The service first debuted during the 2009 SHOWTIME Southern 500 weekend. The system will once again be implemented this weekend, May 7 – May 8, a ... Continue reading

Pombo Earns Hometown Pole For SCCA Pro Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Race at Road Atlanta

Pombo Earns Hometown Pole For SCCA Pro Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Race at Road Atlanta

BRASELTON, May 1, 2010: Mat Pombo, of Atlanta, Ga., earned the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup pole at his home track of Road Atlanta on Friday, part of the Classic Motorsports Mitty presented by Mazda. Joining Pombo on the front row for Saturday’s race is Justin Piscitell, of Weston, Conn., with Lyonel Ken ... Continue reading

IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying - Kansas - May 1, 2010

IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying - Kansas - May 1, 2010

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Qualifying Friday for the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.52-mile Kansas Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed: 1. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 212.145 2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 211.298 3. (10) Dario ... Continue reading

United Airlines Conducts First Commercial Flight in U.S. Using Synthetic Jet Fuel

United Airlines Conducts First Commercial Flight in U.S. Using Synthetic Jet Fuel

CHICAGO--United Airlines today completed the first flight by a U.S. commercial airline using natural gas synthetic jet fuel, demonstrating United's commitment to the advancement of alternative fuels in commercial aviation using fuel that is safe and approved for use in commercial aircraft. “We are proud to collabo ... Continue reading

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