Motorsports Brands - Toyota Post-Race Iowa Comments
KENNY WALLACE, No. 09 American Ethanol/Iowa Corn/G-Oil Toyota Camry, RAB Racing with Brack Maggard Finishing Position: 6th Are you happy with your finish today? "I was just totally stunned. We had a good car in practice. They dropped the green flag and my left front tire just started bottoming out really bad and just r ... Continue reading
Nationwide Series - Stenhouse Jr. Drives To First Career Win At Iowa
NEWTON, May 22, 2011: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead from Roush Fenway teammate Carl Edwards on the restart with 18 laps to go and never looked back, powering his No. 6 Blackwell Angus Ford Mustang to his first career NASCAR victory in a solid performance at Iowa Speedway. The victory gave Roush Fenway a one-two fin ... Continue reading
NHRA - Tasca Fired Up For Englishtown
Topeka, May 22, 2011: Bob Tasca III will head to his hometown race, the NHRA Supernationals in Englishtown, N.J. with a little more motivation to do well there than he had before â if thatâs possible. After running consistently all weekend at the NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Tasca and the Motorcraft/Quick ... Continue reading
World Challenge - Brown Joins Skeen, Aschenbach As Winners At Mosport
BOWMANVILLE, May 22, 2011: Mike Skeen, from Charlotte, N.C., and Lawson Aschenbach, from Darnestown, Md., swept the Pirelli World Challenge GT and Touring Car classes at Mosport International Raceway with wins on Sunday in a race that ended under caution after a late-race incident. Paul Brown, from Covina, Calif., join ... Continue reading
Pro Racing - Ave Goes Back-to-Back-to-Back in Trans-Am Series at Mosport
BOWMANVILLE, May 22, 2011: Tony Ave, of Maiden, N.C., scored his third consecutive SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series victory and his ninth in the past 12 months in another dominating performance on Sunday at Mosport International Raceway. Ave started his No. 4 Lamers Racing/Beebe Racing/Optech/PME Chevrolet Corvette from ... Continue reading
ARCA - Chad Hackenbracht Delivers First Top-10 Finish At New Jersey
MILLVILLE, May 22, 2011: A finish well deserved. After encountering a slew of issues during practice and qualifying yesterday at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP), Chad Hackenbracht and his CGH Motorsports team delivered in Sundayâs ModSpace 150 collectively putting together their first top-10 finish in ARCA Raci ... Continue reading
IndyCar - Coyne/Lloyd Conference Transcript
MODERATOR: Alex, we have been watching all day, and when the heat was on, boy, did you deliver a scintillating series of laps. Congratulations. ALEX LLOYD: Yeah, thank you. I mean, it's been probably one of the most stressful weekends I think I've had in my career. I remember it last year, we had to qualify on Bump Day ... Continue reading
World Tour of Range Rover Evoque, NCee Lo Green, Mark Ronson and Paolo Nutini who performed simultaneously in a live interactive gig. 'Range Rover Evoque Live' marked the beginning of a global tour bringing the Evoque to more than 100 cities globally and the next phase of the Pulse of The City project, a campaign to in ... Continue reading
NASCAR Sprint All-Star - Ryan Newman Race Report
For Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Haas Automation team of Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), Saturday nightâs NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway didnât live up to their expectations. With a $1 million payday on the line in the non-points event, Newman and his crew hoped to capitalize on stron ... Continue reading
Pro Racing - Spicer and Rettich Split Victories in Pro Spec Racer Ford
BOWMANVILLE, May 22, 2011: Richard Spicer, of Laurel, Md. and Scott Rettich, of Camden, Ohio, each took a turn on the top step of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer Ford podium in a doubleheader at Mosport International Raceway. In Saturdayâs doubleheader opener, Spicer started third in his No. 65 Spicer Racing/Sp ... Continue reading
World Challenge - Poles Go To Skeen, Crosland, And Povoledo
BOWMANVILLE, May 22, 2011: Fast Pirelli World Challenge Championships qualifiers on Sunday at Mosport International Raceway will look familiar to Saturdayâs successful drivers at the Pirelli Grand Prix of Mosport Victoria Day Speedfest Presented by Optima Batteries. Saturday polesitter and race winner Mike Skeen, ... Continue reading
POWRi - King Takes Dominant Micro Victory At Wayne County Speedway
WAYNE CITY, May 21, 2011: Dereck King started from pole and led all 25 laps to take a dominant victory Saturday in the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series at Wayne County Speedway. âWe were good from the get go,â� King said. âWe won our heat and qualifier and got the points to start on t ... Continue reading
Pro Racing - Ave Scores 15th Career Trans-Am Pole Position At Mosport
BOWMANVILLE, May 21, 2011: Tony Ave, of Maiden, N.C., moved into a tie with Brian Simo for eighth place on the all-time SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series fast qualifiers list by taking the 15th pole position of his career in the series in qualifying for this afternoonâs race at Mosport International Raceway. Ave nar ... Continue reading
Camping World Trucks - Pole Winner Peters Sidelined By Mid-Race Incident
CONCORD, May 22, 2011: Timothy Peters and the No. 17 GearWrench team brought a brand-new truck to their home track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The team had two solid practice sessions during the day on Friday, as the afternoon sun rose to its peak, the No. 17 team shined as Peters earned his first NASCAR Camping World ... Continue reading
Camping World Trucks - Paludo Derailed Early With Mechanical Issues
CONCORD, May 22, 2011: Miguel Paludo and the No. 7 team came home to Charlotte Motor Speedway looking to turn their luck around. After a strong final practice session, Paludo put the No. 7 Stemco/Duroline Toyota Tundra in the 12th starting position, marking his second highest qualifying effort of the 2011 season. Crew ... Continue reading
Pro Racing - Rettich Goes Four-for-Four In Formula Enterprises With Doubleheader Sweep
BOWMANVILLE, May 22, 2011: Through four rounds of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Formula Enterprises season, Scott Rettich, of Camden, Ohio, has been nearly perfect. After sweeping the season-opening doubleheader at Virginia International Raceway last weekend, Rettich was at it again this weekend at Canadaâs beloved Mos ... Continue reading
IndyCar - First Day Qualifying Comments
100th ANNIVERSARY INDIANAPOLIS 500 POLE DAY QUALIFYING QUOTES - May 21, 2011 TAKUMA SATO (No. 5 Monavie-Panasonic-KV Racing Technology - Lotus): "It's a great feeling for me to be standing here today already qualified. Last year, we had a moment on qualifying day. This is a terrific day for us. I appreciated the effort ... Continue reading
IndyCar - First Day Qualifying Results
INDIANAPOLIS - Results of qualifying Saturday for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with Rank, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses: 1. (77) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 02:38.2613 (227.472)<br> 2. ( ... Continue reading
INDIANAPOLIS May 21, 2011: Alex Tagliani earned the PEAK Performance Pole Award presented by AutoZone in a winner-take-all "Fast Nine" segment -- in which seven different IZOD IndyCar Series teams were represented -- on a wild Pole Day for the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500. Twenty-four starting positions were fill ... Continue reading
IndyCar - Indianapolis 500 Fast Nine Transcript
Q: Ed, this has been a great week for you, obviously, and your team. You had a really good first lap. I don't know if the warm-up lap was too quick or there was a problem on (Turn) 2, but you know what happened. ED CARPENTER: Yeah, I was kind of surprised the warm-up lap was that quick. You know, in the moment I was a ... Continue reading
IndyCar - Schmidt Motorsports Qualifying Report
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21, 2011: Alex Tagliani won the pole for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 and his Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) teammate, Townsend Bell, qualified an impressive fourth during the first of two days of qualifying for the âGreatest Spectacle in Racing.â� SSM was the only IZOD IndyCar ... Continue reading
Fitch Takes Various Rating Actions on 3 Chrysler Financial Auto Securitization Trusts (CFAST)
NEW YORK--As part of its ongoing surveillance process, Fitch Ratings upgrades 11 and affirms four classes from Chrysler Financial Auto Securitization Trust (CFAST) 2007-A, 2008-A and 2008-B transactions, and the related B note trusts as listed below. The rating actions reflect the recent stabilization of cumulative net ... Continue reading
Alternative Motors Secures $4.2M Annual Financial Commitment from Sterling Credit
LAS VEGAS--Alternative Motors, Inc. has announced the securitization of a $4.2M annual financial commitment from Sterling Credit effective immediately. The financial commitment consists of a program which will enable Alternative Motors to leverage its existing and future accounts receivable into instant positive cash f ... Continue reading
Superior Industries International Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
VAN NUYS, Calif.--Superior Industries International, Inc. announced today that it will distribute a regular quarterly cash dividend on the common stock of the Corporation in the amount of $0.16 per share payable July 8, 2011 to shareholders of record as of June 24, 2011. About Superior Industries Superior is the larges ... Continue reading
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