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Trevor Larson's historic double keys Division 5's JEGS Allstars win

Trevor Larson's historic double keys Division 5's JEGS Allstars win

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2016 British Grand Prix - Sunday

2016 British Grand Prix - Sunday

Home race heroics from Hamilton with Nico Rosberg completing a Silver Arrows 1-2 Lewis today took his 47th career victory – his fourth at Silverstone and fourth of the 2016 season so far Nico completed a third Silver Arrows 1-2 of the season in P2 Nico (171) leads the Drivers’ Championship by four points from Lewis ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe; '76 British Grand Prix, Masada, Monaco, Maranello ansd More Ferrari, Prius,

Letter From Europe; '76 British Grand Prix, Masada, Monaco, Maranello ansd More Ferrari, Prius,

by Andrew FranklEuropean Bureau ChiefThe Auto Channel This months assignment started as always with a quick trip on Virgin Atlantic’s new 787 Dreamliner to London and my new “home”- the Royal Automobile Club. To make things even better, to commemorate the 1976 British Grand Prix James Hunt’s winning car was dis ... Continue reading

Bechtel Selected As An Outstanding U.S. Navy Reserve Employer For 2016

Bechtel Selected As An Outstanding U.S. Navy Reserve Employer For 2016

RESTON, Va., July 5, 2016 -- Global engineering and construction leader Bechtel has been recognized as one of the U.S. Navy Reserve's "Outstanding Navy Reserve Employers" for 2016. The recognition is awarded to companies that demonstrate significant support of their reservist employees and maintain an environment that ... Continue reading

Bodymotion Racing Focuses on the Work at Hand

Bodymotion Racing Focuses on the Work at Hand

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bodymotion Racing Focuses on the Work at Hand As It Heads to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park With Three Consecutive Victories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Continue reading

DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR CANADIAN KARTING CHALLENGE AT SHANNONVILLE

DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR CANADIAN KARTING CHALLENGE AT SHANNONVILLE

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JFR pre-race releases for Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago

JFR pre-race releases for Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago

Dear Media Members-Below are the pre-event releases for John Force Racing heading into the Route 66 NHRA Nationals this weekend at Route 66 Raceway. If you need any additional information or team photos feel free to contact any one of the JFR public relations members listed below. Thank you for your continued coverage ... Continue reading

Marine Products Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2016 Share Repurchases

Marine Products Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2016 Share Repurchases

ATLANTA, July 5, 2016 -- Marine Products Corporation announced today that during the second quarter of 2016 it purchased 6,463 shares under its share repurchase program.  Marine Products Corporation designs, manufactures and distributes premium-branded Chaparral sterndrive, jet drive and outboard pleasure boats, and ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Canada Breaks Half Year Sales Records

Mercedes-Benz Canada Breaks Half Year Sales Records

TORONTO, July 5, 2016 /CNW/ - Mercedes-Benz Canada and its national dealer network announced today that the company has retailed a record-breaking total of 24,087 units so far in 2016, up 8.2% over last year. This outstanding performance is the company's best-ever result for the first half of the year, and was largely ... Continue reading

New U-Haul of Oak Lawn on Cicero Avenue to Add Self-Storage Facility, More Rental Equipment

New U-Haul of Oak Lawn on Cicero Avenue to Add Self-Storage Facility, More Rental Equipment

OAK LAWN, Ill., July 5, 2016 -- Residents of Oak Lawn and nearby Cook County suburbs wanting more secure and affordable self-storage options will soon have a state-of-the-art U-Haul facility to meet their needs. U-Haul Moving & Storage of Oak Lawn at 8900 S. Cicero Ave. is a larger and more accessible location than th ... Continue reading

Risi Competizione Mosport 2016 GTLM Engineering Preview

Risi Competizione Mosport 2016 GTLM Engineering Preview

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RISI COMPETIZIONE MOSPORT 2016 GTLM PREVIEW A Race Engineers' Perspective Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTLM No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Toni Vilander ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor North America And NMEDA Announce National Contest Winner

Toyota Motor North America And NMEDA Announce National Contest Winner

TAMPA, Fla., July 5, 2016 -- Toyota Motor North America and the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) announced the winner of the 2016 Toyota Sienna wheelchair accessible vehicle awarded through National Mobility Awareness Month's Local Heroes Contest. Steve Karmgard of Genoa, Illinois has won a cust ... Continue reading

A Victory for Matt Smith in Chicago as he claims No. 1 qualifying spot

A Victory for Matt Smith in Chicago as he claims No. 1 qualifying spot

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BRITTANY FORCE NO. 1 AT ROUTE 66 NATIONALS

BRITTANY FORCE NO. 1 AT ROUTE 66 NATIONALS

TEAM JFR QUALIFYING REPORT2016 NHRA Saturday Qualifying Summary13th of 24 races in the NHRA Mello Yello Series 13th annual K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA Nationals Route 66 RacewayJoliet, ILJuly 8-10, 2016Photos courtesy of Gary Nastase Photography for media use only * * * *BRITTANY FORCE NO. 1 AT ROUTE 66 NATIONALSJOLI ... Continue reading

Five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. makes progress in the Windy City

Five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. makes progress in the Windy City

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Pro Stock champ Erica Enders: Progress 'absolutely' being made

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders: Progress 'absolutely' being made

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Shane Gray takes Valvoline/Nova Services Chevy to top spot in Chicago

Shane Gray takes Valvoline/Nova Services Chevy to top spot in Chicago

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Mopar Dodge Funny Car Pilot Hagan Rockets to No. 1 in NHRA Chicago Qualifying

Mopar Dodge Funny Car Pilot Hagan Rockets to No. 1 in NHRA Chicago Qualifying

This press release is available online at http://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=17710&mid=82 [cid:image001.jpg@01D1DA41.A8A48A20] Mopar Dodge Funny Car Pilot Hagan Rockets to No. 1 in Chicago Qualifying * Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T carries Don Schumacher Racing driver Matt Hagan to pole, track re ... Continue reading

Penton Aviation Week Network/BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research study: 89% of airlines interested in buying Middle-of-Market aircraft

Penton Aviation Week Network/BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research study: 89% of airlines interested in buying Middle-of-Market aircraft

Airlines provide details of desired configuration and performance parameters. Most prefer a small wide-body aircraft. NEW YORK, July 10, 2016 -- A global research study produced jointly by Penton Aviation Week Network and BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research provides the first detailed aviation customer view of how thei ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News - July 4-10, 2016: Self-Driving; Tesla; Traffic Deaths Up; NACOTY; New Pathfinder; RIP Carl Hass

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News - July 4-10, 2016: Self-Driving; Tesla; Traffic Deaths Up; NACOTY; New Pathfinder; RIP Carl Hass

* BMW Group, Intel, and Mobileye are joining forces to make self-driving vehicles and future mobility concepts become a reality. The three leaders from the automotive, technology and computer vision and machine learning industries are collaborating to bring solutions for highly and fully automated driving into series p ... Continue reading

2016 Ford Explorer Platinum 4WD Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

2016 Ford Explorer Platinum 4WD Review by Carey Russ +VIDEO

The new Ford Explorer Platinum more than holds its own against luxury brand SUVs DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The Ford Explorer was the poster child for the SUV boom of the 1990s, and was Ford's biggest hit for many years. Twenty five years later, it's still with us -- but is a very different vehicle. And much ... Continue reading

Audi Shows 310 Mile Range 2018(?) E-SUV Concept

Audi Shows 310 Mile Range 2018(?) E-SUV Concept

Electric driving at Audi is a pleasure, not a compromise. The brand is demonstrating this with the Audi e-tron quattro concept at the International Motor Show (IAA) 2015 in Frankfurt. The sporty SUV provides an outlook on the brand’s first large-series electric car. The Audi e-tron quattro concept is designed fr ... Continue reading

A Nils Bohlin-Volvo Invention in All Cars 3-Point Seat Belt, a Volvo Safety Development, Has Saved Thousands of Lives

A Nils Bohlin-Volvo Invention in All Cars 3-Point Seat Belt, a Volvo Safety Development, Has Saved Thousands of Lives

IRVINE, Calif., May 26 -- "There's a little bit of 'Volvo' in every vehicle on the American road," says Anne Belec, president and CEO, Volvo Cars of North America. Such a bold assertion is based on Nils Bohlin's development of the three-point safety belt. No single safety device has saved more lives than the 3-point sa ... Continue reading

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