Sunday, June 6, 2010

Continental Airlines Already Showing Ill Effects of United Air Merger

How one of the best airlines turned into a sucky airline By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher The Auto Channel AUTO CENTRAL - June 6, 2010: United Airlines sucks. United Airlines has always sucked, at least in the few five decades that I've been an airline passenger. My experiences on United became so bad ... Continue reading

Many Gulf Federal Judges Have Oil Links - Hmmm...

AP Story Suggests One Reason Why Not Much Happens to Lessen Big Oil's Grip on America EDITOR'S NOTE: There's two ways to take this story, and one doesn't have to mean that the other is wrong. On the one side, this is proof that the oil/gasoline industry has great political influence over government leaders and that the ... Continue reading

Viso Runs Very Competitively At Texas

FT. WORTH, June 6, 2010: The Firestone 550K results sheet won’t say how competitive E.J. Viso was on Saturday night at the Texas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 8 PDVSA — KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone machine drove his way from his 14th starting position to race in the Top Five in the 95- ... Continue reading

Simona De Silvestro Survives Fiery Crash at Texas Debut - Scary Crash Ends Promising Race

FT WORTH, June 6, 2010: Team Stargate Worlds/HVM Racing’s driver Simona De Silvestro arrived at the Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) with temperatures still in the high 90 degree mark. She was looking forward to her 3rd oval race of the season after a successful debut at the Indy 500 a week earlier. After qualifying las ... Continue reading

Route 66 Raceway Being Kind To Coughlin As He Secures No. 2 Spot

CHICAGO, June 6, 2010: After making some fairly big changes to their JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt Pro Stocker prior to this weekend's 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals, five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his Victor Cagnazzi Racing teammates arrived at Route 66 Raceway with a slight sense of ... Continue reading

Ave Takes Second Pole Of 2010 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series Season

TOOELE, June 6, 2010: No driver in the 2010 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series has been as consistently fast in qualifying thus far this season than Tony Ave, and the veteran racer proved it once again in qualifying for Sunday’s third round of the 10-race championship at Miller Motorsports Park. Ave, of Maiden, N.C., ... Continue reading

Pruett, Rojas Score Third Consecutive Victory

WATKINS GLEN, June 6, 2010: Five days after a three-race GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series winning streak ended in a first-lap crash, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas turned in a solid performance and started a new streak Saturday in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW Riley by scoring their third consecutive victory in the Sahlen's Six H ... Continue reading

Tasca And Motorcraft//Quicklane Qualify Fourth At Route 66

Joliet, June 6, 2010: When the pressure is on, Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing step up to the challenge. After rain cancelled one of Friday’s qualifying sessions, Tasca and the team attacked the track late in the day. Tasca posted the fifth quickest time on Friday with a 4.552 second pass at 194 ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: Six Hours of the Glen Post-Race Report

The Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen race proved to be eventful for Krohn Racing. Team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn started the race from the 11th position on the grid. After six hours of racing with just four cautions for 17 laps, the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola finished in the same position. A couple o ... Continue reading

Late Spin costs GAINSCO/Stallings Racing Top-three Podium Finish

WATKINS, GLEN, June 6, 2010: A late-race spin 15 minutes from the finish cost GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and its team of champion drivers, Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and Jimmie Johnson, a top-three podium finish in the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet Riley in Saturday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. ... Continue reading

Third Consecutive Podium Finish for SunTrust

Watkins Glen, June 6, 2010: It’s been a good week, to say the least, for the SunTrust Racing duo of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor. It started with a dominating victory in the inaugural Memorial Day Classic for the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes on Monday at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. And ... Continue reading

Andretti Autosport Race Report - Texas - June 6, 2010

MARCO ANDRETTI, #26 TEAM VENOM ENERGY DRINK CAR * Posted his second-straight third-place finish of the season tonight at Texas. "It was definitely a good team effort. The Venom car was strong all night long and we really showed that. We went to the back a couple of times and just came forward. Never give up; I think th ... Continue reading

IZOD Indycar Series Final - Texas - June 6, 2010

FORT WORTH, Texas - Results Saturday of the Firestone 550K IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.455-mile Texas Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (1) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 228, Running 2. (8) Danica Patrick, Dal ... Continue reading

M&M, Ruia Group enter shortlist for Ssangyong buy

MUMBAI | KOLKATA: Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) and the Ruia group said they are among the companies shortlisted to bid for South Korean sports utility vehicle maker Ssangyong Motor in a deal that could be worth up to $500 million. On Friday, Ssangyong said it has shortlisted six out of the seven companies that had express ... Continue reading

Briscoe Takes Win At Texas Motor Speedway

FORT WORTH, June 6, 2010: Ryan Briscoe was denied of firing the six-shooters in Victory Circle at Texas Motor Speedway the past two years. Finally, the Team Penske driver got to have some fun. Briscoe, who started from the pole, held off Danica Patrick to win the Firestone 550K. Marco Andretti finished third for the se ... Continue reading

Manzo Leads Division 1 Team To JEGS Allstars Title

JOLIET, June 6, 2010: With perennial frontrunner Frank Manzo leading the way, the team from the NHRA Northeast Division rallied to claim its fourth JEGS Allstars overall team title in the last five years. Manzo won the Top Alcohol Funny Car title for the eighth time in his career and was joined in the winner’s cir ... Continue reading