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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Obama Touting Auto Bailout Benefits is a Fraud

Obama Touting Auto Bailout Benefits is a Fraud

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher The Auto Channel This is a fraudulent argument - but what else could you expect from the Communist-in-Chief. The "American Auto Industry" would not have collapsed if there was no government bailout: 1. Many of the vehicles produced under the GM, Chrysler and Ford brand ... Continue reading

WEC - Krohn Qualifying Report Fuji

WEC - Krohn Qualifying Report Fuji

Fuji, Oct. 13, 2012: Michele Rugolo qualified the No. 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari F458 second on the grid in the GTE-Am class for tomorrow’s World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji race. Rugolo’s time of 1:41.701 was only bettered by Jean-Philippe Belloc in the No. 70 Larbre Corvette with a time of 1:41.386 ... Continue reading

FIA F1 - Post Qualifying Pole Comments GP Korea

FIA F1 - Post Qualifying Pole Comments GP Korea

Drivers: 1 - Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing); 2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing); 3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) Q: Mark, congratulations, your first pole of the year. Mark Webber: Yeah, OK, well Monaco was by default but yeah, the first one of track I suppose, nip and tuck with Fernando in Silverstone so, as most qual ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Bayne P16 At Charlotte

Sprint Cup - Bayne P16 At Charlotte

Charlotte, Oct. 12, 2012: Trevor Bayne and the crew of the No. 21 Good Sam/Camping World Ford Fusion were best in class in qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday, despite the distractions that came because of a radiator change before qualifying for Saturday’s Bank of America 500. Bayne was 16th fastest ... Continue reading

Pirelli World Challenge - Series Releases 2013 Schedule

Pirelli World Challenge - Series Releases 2013 Schedule

TOPEKA, Oct. 12, 2012: WC Vision today announced seven of the 10 venues that will make up the 2013 Pirelli World Challenge® Championships campaign. The 2013 season will mark the 24th-consecutive year of one of North America’s top professional series for production-based sports cars. Competitors will contend for ... Continue reading

Indy Lights - Dempsey Signs With Belardi For 2013

Indy Lights - Dempsey Signs With Belardi For 2013

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12, 2012: Belardi Auto Racing is very pleased to announce their first driver signing for the upcoming 2013 Firestone Indy Lights season. Veteran of the series and touted as one-to-watch by many, 26-year-old Peter Dempsey from Ashbourne, Ireland returns to the Brownsburg, IN-based team for a full-seas ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company's Michigan Assembly Plant Named Plant Of The Year By ASSEMBLY Magazine

Ford Motor Company's Michigan Assembly Plant Named Plant Of The Year By ASSEMBLY Magazine

Michigan Assembly Plant (MAP) is the first plant in Michigan and the first auto plant to earn Plant of the Year honors from ASSEMBLY Magazine ASSEMBLY Magazine cites MAP's flexible, green manufacturing and transformation from producing large SUVs to fuel-efficient small cars Following a $550-million transformation, MAP ... Continue reading

TravelCenters of America Receives ATA's Mike Russell 'Good Stuff' Trucking Image Award

TravelCenters of America Receives ATA's Mike Russell 'Good Stuff' Trucking Image Award

TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of TA and Petro Stopping Centers branded travel centers, today announced it has received the American Trucking Associations Mike Russell “Good Stuff" Trucking Image Award for generating positive awareness of the trucking industry's essential role in the nation's e ... Continue reading

New Fuel Efficiency Technology Report Now Available from SAE International

New Fuel Efficiency Technology Report Now Available from SAE International

A new report, "Technology Insights for Mobility Industries -- Fuel Efficiency," is now available exclusively to SAE International members through the online collaborative platform EngineerXchange. Providing technical insights and career guidance to engineers who want to position themselves to solve the engineering chal ... Continue reading

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