Motorsports Venue News - Hundreds of Indy 500 Pace Cars On Display During Qualifying Weekend At IMS
INDIANAPOLIS, May 15, 2011: Owners of more than 250 vintage Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars will have the opportunity to take a ceremonial lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the end of Pole Day/Tom Carnegie Day on Saturday, May 21. Held in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 and a month-long c ... Continue reading
2011 Jaguar XFR - Road Test Review
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS - © 2011 - WEEK 20 If you believe the Germans, they invented and perfected the sports sedan, particularly the sports-luxury sedan. Eyebrows might be raised at Jaguar after hearing that, though, as that company's Mark II, produced from the late 1950s through the late 1960s, combine ... Continue reading
Motorsports Venue News - Day 2 Practice At Indy Rained Out
INDIANAPOLIS, May 15, 2011: Rain washed out practice for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500. Rain fell steadily on the Speedway throughout this morning, and IZOD IndyCar Series officials canceled the day's track activities at 1:08 p.m. (ET). It is only the third time in four years that an Indianapolis 500 practice ... Continue reading
Nationwide Series - Edwards Win At Dover
DOVER, May 15, 2011: Roush Fenwayâs Carl Edwards needed nine laps of âovertimeâ to win his third Nationwide Race of the season and his second career NNS victory at the âMonster Mileâ� of Dover International Speedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who led early, finished fourth and moved up to fourt ... Continue reading
Nationwide Series - Dover Post-Race Comments
Camry driver Kyle Busch (second) was the highest finishing Toyota in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Dover International Speedway. David Reutimann (fifth) and Kenny Wallace (seventh) also earned top-10 finishes for Toyota. Camry driver Joey Logano, who was running second, was involved in an accident o ... Continue reading
ARCA Series - Tony Marks Racing Shows Solid Strength In Toledo Practice
TOLEDO, May 15, 2011: 2011 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year candidate Maryeve Dufault, drive of the No. 12 VR-12 / Dodge Motorsports Dodge Charger and her Tony Marks Racing (TMR) teammate Jared Marks, driver of the No. 8 VR-12 / Dodge Motorsports Dodge Charger both made excellent strides today at Toledo Speedway i ... Continue reading
NHRA Funny Car - Tasca Rockets To Career-Best ET
Atlanta, May 15, 2011: Bob Tasca III clocked his career-best elapsed time to qualify No. 2 in the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang Funny Car Saturday at the NHRA Southern Nationals with NASCAR Sprint Cup Crew Chief Donnie Wingo looking on. Tasca drove to a 4.074-second finish at 308.57 during the last qualifyi ... Continue reading
Grand Am Series - GAINSCO Racing Knocked Out Late At VIR
DANVILLE, May 15, 2011: An up-and-down Bosch Engineering 250 that could have gone any direction for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing ended up going the wrong one, and with Alex Gurney and the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet Riley in the fence, Saturday afternoon at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Gurney was b ... Continue reading
Grand Am Series - SunTrust Racing: Bosch Engineering 250 Race Report
Alton, May 15, 2011: With a $25,000 bounty riding on the outcome of Saturdayâs Bosch Engineering 250 GRAND-AM Rolex Series race at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, the SunTrust Racing team took a bit of a gamble on the weather and decided to play to its strength in an effort to bring an end to the si ... Continue reading
World Challenge - Segal and Co-Driver Emil Assentato Persevere For Top-10 Finish At VIR
DANVILLE, May 15, 2011: A challenging Bosch Engineering 250 with mixed weather conditions and race strategies saw Jeff Segal and teammate Emil Assentato persevere for a hard-earned eighth-place finish in the No. 69 FXDD/SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 GT Saturday at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Last year at VIR, Segal ... Continue reading
World Challenge - Kinetic Motorsports BMW Team Sixth At VIR
Alton, May 15, 2011: The #33 Kinetic Motorsports BMW M3 E92 of Jade Buford and Bryan Sellers had their best finish of the season this weekend at the Bosch Engineering 200 at Virginia International Raceway. The duo drove their BMW to sixth place in the Grand Sport (GS) class of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ... Continue reading
World Challenge - Kinetic Kia Has Best Finish Of The Season
Alton, May 15, 2011: Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood took their #12 Infinity Audio Kia Forte Koup to their highest finish of the season, eighth place, in the Street Tuner (ST) class at the Bosch Engineering 200 at VIR on Saturday. Although the teammates thought they could have achieved an even better finish after runni ... Continue reading
Camping World Truck Series - Sadler Takes Points Lead After Dover
DOVER, May 15, 2011: A sixth-place finish in a rain-delayed, caution-extended contest at Dover (Del.) International Speedway moved Elliott Sadler into the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship lead. After a pit road penalty and an untimely red flag for rain, Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team fought back to a ... Continue reading
Motorsports Venue News - Four-time 500 winners Foyt, Mears, Unser Lead The Greatest 33
INDIANAPOLIS, May 15, 201: The three four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser - are starting from the front row of "The Greatest 33" after earning the most votes from Indianapolis 500 fans worldwide. Racing fans selected their dream lineup of the 33 greatest drivers in Indianapolis ... Continue reading
FIA F1 - Driver Preview Comments For Spanish GP
With last weekendâs Turkish race hosted at Istanbul Park on the Asian side of the Bosphorous, the European leg of the Formula One season kicks off for real in Barcelona next weekend. The Circuit de Catalunya is a venue the teams know very well from testing, although racing there represents a completely different c ... Continue reading
Indy Lights Team News - Team E Rookie Sixth At IMS Open Test
INDIANAPOLIS, May 14, 2011: On Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Team E reminded Firestone Indy Lights fans that when it enters a race, itâs always a contender. After all, the teamâs No. 17 holds the record for the fastest lap ever run during the Firestone Freedom 100 with a speed of 191.466 miles per ... Continue reading
Indy Lights Team News - Krohn Takes First Laps At Indy
INDIANAPOLIS, May 14, 2011: On Friday Anders âThe Vikingâ� Krohn accomplished what many great drivers never get the opportunity to do when he drove a race car at speed at one of the most famous racetracks in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After he completed his first circuit around the 2.5-m ... Continue reading
INDIANAPOLIS, May 14, 2011: Window World, Inc., the nation's largest replacement window company and primary sponsor of John Andretti's No. 43 Indianapolis 500 entry, today unveiled "The Stinger" - a 2011 concept show car and tribute to the 1911 Marmon Wasp and the centennial era of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. The N ... Continue reading
IndyCar Event News - First Day 500 Practice Notes
DAY 1 - SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2011 Welcome to Indianapolis Star Opening Day/Celebration of Automobiles for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500, the fifth race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Amy Konrath, vice president of public relations/communications for INDYCAR, Mark Dill, vice president of marketing and pub ... Continue reading
Consumer Reports Warns Against Rental Car Gimmicks
YONKERS, N.Y., May 10, 2011-- As the weather heats up and fuel prices continue to rise, the last thing travelers want is to have to pay even more when they hit the road this summer. Rental car companies used to try harder to put the consumer in the driver seat with ease, but today's rental car companies are putting the ... Continue reading
Consumer Reports: Redesigned Kia Optima Now Ranks in Top-Ten of Four-Cylinder Family Sedans
YONKERS, N.Y., May 10, 2011 -- The redesigned Kia Optima outpointed the high-selling Honda Accord in a face-off between the two family sedans conducted by Consumer Reports. The Optima now ranks among the top 10 of all four-cylinder family sedans tested by the organization. The Optima now ranks sixth among the four-cyli ... Continue reading
ExxonMobil to Extract Additional Oil from West Texas Field
HOUSTON--ExxonMobil Production Company announced today that drilling and construction have started on an enhanced oil recovery project at the Means Field in Andrews County, Texas. The first phase of the project has the potential to recover as much as five million barrels of additional oil, an amount equal to the annual ... Continue reading
DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/941c27/the_complete_guide) has announced the addition of the "The Complete Guide to Smartphone Integration in the Car" report to their offering. âThe Complete Guide to Smartphone Integration in the Carâ Infotainment services have become ... Continue reading
Saab May Be Finished for Good This Time - VIDEO ENHANCED
STOCKHOLM - May 15, 2011: According to a report written by Mark Preel for AFP, the dream-come-true rescue of Saab automobiles from extinction may unfortunately have been a fairy tale all along. The inability of Chinese automaker Hawtai Motor to come up with the $211 million buy-in investment they had promised Saab will ... Continue reading
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