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Grand Am Prototype - Sun Trust Race Report

Grand Am Prototype - Sun Trust Race Report

Elkhart Lake, June 25, 2011: For as bizarre of a two-hour race as it was, the SunTrust Racing duo of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor will gladly take their third-place finish in Saturday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series 250 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., and move on to the next one. They came in riding a ... Continue reading

Grand Am Prototype - Auto Insurance Chevy Leads And Scores Second-Straight Podium

Grand Am Prototype - Auto Insurance Chevy Leads And Scores Second-Straight Podium

ELKHART LAKE, June 25, 2011: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, and drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, finished second Saturday in the Rolex Sports Car Series 250 Driven by VISITFLORIDA.com at Road America to score the team’s second-consecutive podium finish in GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype compe ... Continue reading

Grand Am GT - Segal Survives Rough Road America Debut

Grand Am GT - Segal Survives Rough Road America Debut

ELKHART LAKE, June 25, 2011: Jeff Segal’s career debut at Road America Saturday in the Rolex Sports Car Series 250 Driven by VISITFLORIDA.com started in a way he liked but finished in a way he didn’t as he joined co-driver Emil Assentato for a disappointing 10th place result in the No. 69 FXDD/SpeedSource Maz ... Continue reading

"Number One" Is Done, Make OPEC "Number Two" - An Open Letter To President Obama

"Number One" Is Done, Make OPEC "Number Two" - An Open Letter To President Obama

4-5 dollar gasoline, OPEC screwing up the American economy, oli company getting 10 billion in subsidies from the government... its all gotta stop. ... Continue reading

Lucas Oil Off-Road - Momentous Round 7 In Utah

Lucas Oil Off-Road - Momentous Round 7 In Utah

Toole, June 26, 2011: With the combination of a new track, new winners, and a capacity crowd, today was a special day in the history of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, presented by Geico Powersports. It was standing room only here at Miller Motorsports Park, as Round 7 got going under what has undoubtedly been th ... Continue reading

Chrysler's Eminem "Born of Fire" Super Bowl TV Commercial Wins 5 Awards at Cannes Lions Festival - VIDEO ENHANCED

Chrysler's Eminem "Born of Fire" Super Bowl TV Commercial Wins 5 Awards at Cannes Lions Festival - VIDEO ENHANCED

Four Gold Lions awarded to the brand for Best Direction, Best Script, Best Use of Music, Best Automotive Commercial and Best Editing Bronze Lion awarded to the brand for Best Editing SEE ALSO: CANNES, France - June 25, 2011: The Chrysler brand’s 2011 Super Bowl commercial, ‘Born of Fire,’ was honored tod ... Continue reading

NHRA Pro Mod - Troy Coughlin Produces Strong Qualifying Effort But Round 1 Loss

NHRA Pro Mod - Troy Coughlin Produces Strong Qualifying Effort But Round 1 Loss

NORWALK, June 26, 2011: Having reached the full potential with the turbocharged, small-block engine in his JEGS.com Pontiac, Troy Coughlin looks to a future with a new racecar for the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. Coughlin fell in the first round of Pro Mod action Saturday night at Norwalk after maki ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Final Results Iowa Corn 250

IndyCar - Final Results Iowa Corn 250

Newton, Iowa - Results Saturday of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 0.894 mile Iowa Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any): <p> 1. (17) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running<br> 2. (3) Tony Kanaan, Dal ... Continue reading

POWRi - Bell Earns $10,000 For Victory In 600cc Outlaw Micros

POWRi - Bell Earns $10,000 For Victory In 600cc Outlaw Micros

MARION, June 25, 2011: Christopher Bell won the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series’ 66 Mike Phillips Memorial and its $10,000 paycheck Saturday at Southern Illinois Raceway. “It’s by far the biggest win I’ve had in my life and will be for a while,â€&#65533; the 16-year-old from Norman ... Continue reading

Ford eNews - Week Ending June 24, 2011

Ford eNews - Week Ending June 24, 2011

Fantasy baseball fans can now catch the latest stats, courtesy of their car Ford SYNC®, the company's award-winning, hands-free in-vehicle connectivity system, offers access to on-demand weekly fantasy baseball updates through available Traffic, Directions and Information. ... Continue reading

Get Off The Phone: The National Safety Council Calls On Drivers to Hang Up

Get Off The Phone: The National Safety Council Calls On Drivers to Hang Up

The National Safety Council will launch On the Road, Off the Phone week, June 26-30, for National Safety Month an annual observance to educate and influence behaviors around the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths. ... Continue reading

Navistar Awarded Diesel Re-Power Development Contract for U.S. Postal Service Delivery Vehicle Fleet

Navistar Awarded Diesel Re-Power Development Contract for U.S. Postal Service Delivery Vehicle Fleet

Navistar, Inc. has been awarded a development contract by the United States Postal Service (USPS) under which Navistar will engineer a diesel powertrain replacement for USPS delivery vehicles. Navistar's re-powered diesel vehicle effort is designed to significantly reduce the escalating service and fuel costs associate ... Continue reading

Biofuels For Jets Will Be Offered at Metro Detroit's Airports

Biofuels For Jets Will Be Offered at Metro Detroit's Airports

Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), operator of Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) and Willow Run Airport (YIP), has partnered with Michigan State University (MSU) Extension Office to grow, harvest and process bioenergy crops on airport-owned property. ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Andretti Autosports Iowa Post-Race Comments

IndyCar - Andretti Autosports Iowa Post-Race Comments

MARCO ANDRETTI, #26 TEAM VENOM ENERGY DRINK CAR * Won his first race since 2006 "I can't express how much tonight means. I have to thank Venom and my sponsors - I'm so glad they could be part of this. I knew going into today that when it came down to handling we'd be okay, so we worked hard to make the best of a 17th p ... Continue reading

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