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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Toyota Boshoku Makes Its Debut at the Auto Shanghai

Toyota Boshoku Makes Its Debut at the Auto Shanghai

SHANGHAI--Toyota Boshoku (TOKYO:3116) is proud to announce its first appearance in the "The 14th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2011)," held from April 19th to April 28th, 2011. This event will mark Toyota Boshoku's first time having an exhibit in the show, where it will display th ... Continue reading

ALMS - Miller Racing Porsche Leads But Race Ends Prematurely - Long Beach

ALMS - Miller Racing Porsche Leads But Race Ends Prematurely - Long Beach

LONG BEACH, April 17, 2011: The Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was another demonstration of the highs and lows of motorsports for the No. 48 Marquis Jet/TOTAL/IPC Porsche 911 GT3 RSR team from Paul Miller Racing and co-drivers Bryce Miller and Sascha Maassen. After a strong, eighth-place qualifyi ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Biffle And 3M Extend Relationship For 3 More Years

Sprint Cup - Biffle And 3M Extend Relationship For 3 More Years

CONCORD, April 17, 2011: Roush Fenway Racing announced today that both 3M and Greg Biffle have renewed their contracts for three more years. The new contracts will take 3M, Biffle and Roush Fenway Racing through the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. 3M has been a Roush Fenway partner since 2005 and Biffle began his NASCAR ... Continue reading

Lucas Oil Off Road - Round 3 Report - Surprise AZ

Lucas Oil Off Road - Round 3 Report - Surprise AZ

Racing action resumed this weekend as the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, presented by Geico Powersports, returns to its most familiar track, the Speedworld Off Road Park in Surprise, AZ. Lying at the northwest corner of Phoenix's urban sprawl, this track is always a great place to come back to, with warm temperature ... Continue reading

World Challenge - St. Pete Winners Back On Pirelli World Challenge Poles At Long Beach

World Challenge - St. Pete Winners Back On Pirelli World Challenge Poles At Long Beach

St. Pete Winners Back On Pirelli World Challenge Poles At Long Beach LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 17, 2011) – At the Pirelli World Challenge Championships season opener in St. Petersburg, Patrick Long, of Bellair, Fla., Jason von Kluge, from Ann Arbor, Mich., and Lawson Aschenbach, from Darnestown, Md., grabbed GT, G ... Continue reading

Daimler Annual Shareholders' Meeting Approves Dividend of euro 1.85 Per Share

Daimler Annual Shareholders' Meeting Approves Dividend of euro 1.85 Per Share

BERLIN, April 13, 2011 BERLIN, April 13, 2011 -- At the Annual Meeting of Daimler AG in Berlin on Wednesday, the company's shareholders approved the payout of a dividend of euro 1.85 for the year 2010 (2009: euro 0.00). The total dividend distribution amounts to approximately euro 2 billion. (Logo: http://photos.prnews ... Continue reading

Hella Supplies Full-LED Lighting Technology for the Audi A6

Hella Supplies Full-LED Lighting Technology for the Audi A6

PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 14, 2011 PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 14, 2011 -- Hella, a leading supplier of automotive lighting and electronics, is providing an optional full-LED headlamp system with adaptive front lighting for the 2011 Audi A6. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101019/DE84104LOGO ) Hella's "intelligent" ... Continue reading

Zero Emission Nissan LEAF NISMO RC (Racing Competition) to Debut at 2011 NY Auto Show

Zero Emission Nissan LEAF NISMO RC (Racing Competition) to Debut at 2011 NY Auto Show

FRANKLIN, Tenn., April 17, 2011 -- The name on the back panel, just under the massive adjustable rear wing, says Nissan LEAF. The powertrain is an 100% zero emission advanced Lithium-ion battery design, just like that found on the world's first affordable mass market electric vehicle. And despite its lack of rear doors ... Continue reading

City CarShare Reduces 60 Million Pounds of CO2 in 2010

City CarShare Reduces 60 Million Pounds of CO2 in 2010

SAN FRANCISCO--The San Francisco Bay Area had fewer greenhouse gas emissions and less congestion in 2010 due to City CarShare’s (CCS) service. According to results released today, third-party studies and 2010 CCS data, City CarShare members saved $82 Million (over the cost of car ownership) and contribut ... Continue reading

David Pryor Appointed Brand Vice President, Jaguar North America

David Pryor Appointed Brand Vice President, Jaguar North America

MAHWAH, N.J., April 14, 2011 MAHWAH, N.J., April 14, 2011 -- David Pryor has been appointed to the position of Brand Vice President, Jaguar North America, effective April 18. Pryor will report to Gary Temple, President, Jaguar Land Rover North America, and will be responsible for marketing communications and product pl ... Continue reading

AVL Sponsors EcoCAR 2 Challenge, Helping Students Optimize Electric Vehicle

AVL Sponsors EcoCAR 2 Challenge, Helping Students Optimize Electric Vehicle

PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 14, 2011 PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 14, 2011 -- AVL announced today its sponsorship of EcoCAR 2, a three-year collegiate engineering competition. Today, select university participants were announced by David Sandolow, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of ... Continue reading

ARCA - Milka Duno Finishes P19 In Talladega Debut

ARCA - Milka Duno Finishes P19 In Talladega Debut

TALLADEGA, April 17, 2011: Milka Duno raced to a 19th-place finish in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards 3 Amigos 250 in her first start at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday morning. Sporting a fast CITGO SUPERGARD Toyota, Duno ran within the top-10 before bad luck forced her to make a late-race pit stop and co ... Continue reading

Full House at Palm Beach International Raceway for ADRL Safety-Kleen Spring Drags II

Full House at Palm Beach International Raceway for ADRL Safety-Kleen Spring Drags II

JUPITER, April 17, 2011: Thousands of race fans packed the grandstands at Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR) to watch the rumble, roar and power of the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) this weekend. Saturday’s activity began with final qualifying sessions for all six drag racing classes – Pro Extreme, ... Continue reading

F1 - Mercedes/Petronas GP - Race Report - Shanghai

F1 - Mercedes/Petronas GP - Race Report - Shanghai

A thrilling Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today saw Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher take the chequered flag in fifth and eighth places to secure the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team's first double-points finish of the season. Nico & Michael drove strong races with numerous overtaking battles and made the most of the car' ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Power Takes Pole - Long Beach

IndyCar - Power Takes Pole - Long Beach

LONG BEACH, April 16, 2011: Will Power will take his third consecutive PEAK Performance Pole Award of the young IZOD IndyCar Series season and third in a row on the Long Beach street circuit into the 37th edition of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 17. The driver of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car record ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Final Qualifying - Long Beach

IndyCar - Final Qualifying - Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Qualifying Saturday for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.968-mile(s) Streets of Long Beach. 1. Will Power 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay 3. ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Simona de Silvestro Aims To Continue Top-Ten Streak

IndyCar - Simona de Silvestro Aims To Continue Top-Ten Streak

Long Beach, April 16, 2011: Simona de Silvestro's sophomore season is off to a great start with two consecutive top-ten finishes. It started with a career-best, fourth-place finish at the IZOD IndyCar Series season-opener in St. Petersburg, FL, and was followed by a ninth-place finish to end a hard-fought race at Barbe ... Continue reading

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