Saturday, June 5, 2010

Ave Turns Quickest Lap in Opening SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series Practice at Miller

TOOELE, June 5, 2010: In the first official practice session ever for the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series at Miller Motorsports Park, Tony Ave posted the quickest time in his No. 4 Tony Ave Racing/Pro Motor Engines Chevrolet Corvette. Ave, of Maiden, N.C., clocked a best lap at 1:29.919 (88.079 mph) around Miller’ ... Continue reading

Personal Note To Fans From Robby Gordon

Ensenada, June 5, 2010: While I am in Ensenada for today’s Baja 500, the No. 7 team was in Pocono preparing for this weekend’s Cup race. I want to personally thank Ted Musgrave for his help yesterday practicing and attempting to qualify our Cup car as well as our team members for their hard work. Despite miss ... Continue reading

Sellers Earns 1st Pole At Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, June 5, 2010: Bryan Sellers will lead the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport field to the green flag for Saturday's Continental Tire 150 after winning the pole position during Friday's qualifying session at Watkins Glen International. The two-and-a-half hour race, featuring more th ... Continue reading

SunTrust Racing Qualifying Report - Watkins Glen

Watkins Glen, June 5, 2010: The No. 10 SunTrust Ford Dallara of Wayne Taylor Racing will start Saturday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen from the outside of the third row after qualifying Friday afternoon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Veteran Max Angelelli, who won Mon ... Continue reading

IZOD Indycar Series Qualifying - Texas - June 5, 2010

FORT WORTH, Texas - Qualifying Friday for the Firestone 550K IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.455-mile Texas Motor Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed: 1. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 215.273 2. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 215.261 3. (12) Will P ... Continue reading

Briscoe Scores Pole At Texas

FORT WORTH, June 5, 2010: Two of Ryan Briscoe's five IZOD IndyCar Series victories have been secured on 1.5-mile ovals. He'll start from the pole in seeking a third. Briscoe, driving the No. 6 Team Penske car, recorded a four-lap average speed of 215.273 mph (1 minute, 37.3275 seconds) to earn the PEAK Performance Pole ... Continue reading

GAINSCO Qualifies Second For Sahlen's Six Hours Of The Glen

<b>Jimmie Johnson, Alex Gurney and Fogarty all up to speed in No. 99 “Red Dragon”</b> WATKINS, GLEN, June 5, 2010: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and team driver Jon Fogarty will start on the front row for tomorrow’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International where Fogarty’s lap ... Continue reading

Yokohama Tire Corporation To Release Series Of Educational Videos

<b>First “Yokohama Tire Tips” segment – featuring off-road racing champion Cameron Steele – to go live on the company’s Web site and YouTube during Tire Safety Week</b> FULLERTON, June 5, 2010: To increase public awareness about a wide variety of tire-related subjects, Yokohama Tire Corporation ... Continue reading

Moraes Qualifies In Top 10 At Texas

FT. WORTH, June 5, 2010: The Texas heat wasn’t kind to most of the 26 drivers in the Firestone 550K qualifying Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway. With track surface temperatures at over 135 degrees and air temperature at 95 playing havoc with the drivers’ setups of their cars, KV Racing Technology driv ... Continue reading

Simona Qualifies For Texas

FT. WORTH, June 4, 2010: Everything is bigger in Texas and for today that also included the temperature at the Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). The field of IZOD IndyCar Series drivers arrived today at TMS and were immediately greeted by scorching temperatures that hovered around the 88 degree mark. With Practice and Qualif ... Continue reading

Rusty Mitchell Joins Juncos Racing for Remainder of 2010 Season

Vero Beach, June 5, 2010: Rusty Mitchell has signed with Juncos Racing for the remainder of the 2010 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear season. A current competitor in the 2010 Star Mazda Championship, this year marks Mitchell's second full season and third year of experience in a Formula Mazda. The Midlands ... Continue reading

Mercedes GP Preview - Canada - June 5, 2010

Formula One returns to Canada next weekend with the race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal back on the calendar after a one-year absence. The Canadian Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 13 June and will be the eighth round of the 2010 World Championship and the 41st Formula One race to be hosted in Canada ... Continue reading

Team 7-Eleven Driver Tony Kanaan To Compete In Prelude To The Dream

INDIANAPOLIS, June 4, 2010: Following his impressive performance at the 2010 Indianapolis 500, Andretti Autosport driver Tony Kanaan will compete in the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream charity race on June 9 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Kanaan, driver of the #11 Team 7-Eleven car in the IZOD Indy ... Continue reading

Valvoline, Germain Join in Business and NASCAR* Racing

LEXINGTON, June 4, 2010: Valvoline, one of the leading brands of automotive lubricants, announced today that it has entered into a technical partnership with Germain Racing and Germain Motor Company, a top-25 automotive dealership network with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Valvoline® motor oil will be the official m ... Continue reading

Drivers on Yokohama Tires Claim Redline Time Attack Victories at Auto Club Speedway

FULLERTON, June 4, 2010: Yokohama Tire Corporation-shod race cars took the overall win and earned three first-place finishes at the Redline Time Attack event at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, May 29-30. The drivers scored the wins on Yokohama’s ADVAN A005® and ADVAN Neova® AD08 tires. The Redline ... Continue reading

Ziff Davis Acquired by Digital Media Executive Vivek Shah and Great Hill Partners

NEW YORK--Ziff Davis, one of the nation's leading technology publishers, has been acquired by former Time Inc. executive Vivek Shah in partnership with Boston-based Great Hill Partners. The acquisition represents the first step in building a new digital media company that specializes in producing and distributing conte ... Continue reading