Marc J. Rauch Executive Vice President & Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL The following advice may not be the quick answer that every car shopper is hoping for, but it will help you make a better deal (there's just no quick fix, it's not as cut and dry as you might imagine). From my personal experience, paying 100% cash d ... Continue reading
mojoRTK Steers CCD Tractors With the John Deere(R) GreenStar(TM) System
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 12 -- Leica Geosystems continues to add steering platforms to the new No Drift(TM) mojoRTK. Now, they've extended their plug-and play-system to steer older CCD steering systems in addition to the newer CAN-based tractors via the John Deere(R) GreenStar(TM) system. The mojoRTK, which installs in th ... Continue reading
Kumho Tires Expands Manufacturing Base to U.S.
Company holds a groundbreaking ceremony for new $165 million production plant in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia MACON, Ga., May 12 -- Kumho Tires, one of the world's leading tire companies, today held a groundbreaking ceremony for its sixth overseas manufacturing plant, located in Bibb County, near Macon, Georgia. Kumho Ti ... Continue reading
MECUM Auctions Rare Collection of Automotive Signs in Indiana
Indianapolis, â MECUM Auction will offer 150 pristine vintage signs from the Christenholz Collection to the highest bidder at Dana Mecumâs Original Spring Classic at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Now in its 21st year, the spring auction was recently relocated from Illinois to Indiana to be held one week prio ... Continue reading
Precision Auto Care Announces Third Quarter FY 08 Results
LEESBURG, Va., May 16 -- . (PACI) announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. Revenue was $3.2 million and profit was $172,000, or $0.01 per share, compared with a profit of $102,000, or less than $0.01 per share, on revenue of $3.3 million for the same period in the prior ... Continue reading
China Yuchai International Announces Restatement of 2005 Consolidated Financial Statements
SINGAPORE, May 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Yuchai International (the "Company") announced today that its Board of Directors has determined to revise and restate the Company's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005 ("2005 consolidated financial statements") to correct errors ... Continue reading
Smrz Leads MX-5 Cup Practice in Mosport
BOWMANVILLE, Ont.â In his first visit to Mosport International Raceway, Brett Smrz, of Coeur DâAlene, Idaho, set the fastest SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup morning practice time at Victoria Day Speedfest. Christian Franck, of Simi Valley, Calif., and Ryan Schimsk, of Austin, Texas, were second and thi ... Continue reading
St. Louis winner Hernandez still has the hot hand in chilly Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Josh Hernandez took full advantage of unseasonably cold weather to storm to the Day 1 qualifying lead of the JEGS ProMod Challenge at Bristol Dragway. Hernandez's 5.950 at 241.11 mph was more than enough to put the reigning series champ and Tommy Lipar's InterLinc Mortgage Camaro out front under cloud ... Continue reading
Strange start in Bristol for defending event champion Coughlin
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. is off to an unusual start at Bristol Dragway. The defending series and event champion opened with a mid-pack 6.765 at 203.71 mph to place his JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt 10th out of 27 racers on the ladder. But in the cooler and quicker evening round, Team JEGS encountered a malfunctio ... Continue reading
UTAH NOTEBOOK: FIGGE AND THE FERRARI
Alex Figge got his first test of Tafel Racing's No. 73 Ferrari F430 GT on Friday at Miller Motorsports Park. It wasn't perfect but Alex Figge's first day back in the American Le Mans Series wasn't bad either. The former open-wheel regular got his first taste of GT2 competition Friday at Miller Motorsports Park behind t ... Continue reading
PAGENAUD'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT IS A NEW ACURA
Simon Pagenaud will make his American Le Mans Series debut this weekend with Gil de Ferran's Acura ARX-01b. It would be easy for Simon Pagenaud to get caught up in the hype of de Ferran Motorsports' debut in the American Le Mans Series this weekend. After all, it's not every day that one of racing's brightest young sta ... Continue reading
AGR INDY FRIDAY PRACTICE NOTES
Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone "Today we were finally able to get the Motorola car in some traffic which is what we needed. When you are able to run close together, you are able to get a better idea of what it is going to be like on race day. My crew was able to make some adjustments. We are not 10 ... Continue reading
DOVER, Del. â This time last year Shelly and Joe Galli were preparing their 11-year-old daughter Isabella to wave the green flag for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover on June 4, 2007. This year, after posting the highest bid for the opportunity to give the command prior to the âBest Buy 400 benefitin ... Continue reading
Fogarty Gives GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Its First Front Row of 2008
MONTEREY, Calif. â Jon Fogarty gave GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing its first front row start of the season and avoided a brush with disaster Friday in qualifying for Saturday's RumBum.com 250 as Jimmy Vasser showed well in his first Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Daytona Prototype start to qualify sixth in the No. 98 GAI ... Continue reading
Nick Ham wins Rolex Series GT pole
MONTEREY, Calif. â David Donohue saved his best qualifying lap for his last Friday afternoon at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, running his fastest lap near the end of the session to win the pole for Saturdayâs RumBum.com 250 at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn track, the fifth race on the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Se ... Continue reading
DIXON LEADS FRIDAY PRACTICE FOR INDIANAPOLIS 500
INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, May 16, 2008 - Sunshine returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and 36 drivers took advantage of the first complete six-hour practice day since May 6 to turn 2,164 laps on the historic 2.5-mile oval. Scott Dixon, who won the pole for the 92nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 10, topped ... Continue reading
Cunningham Quick in Afternoon SPEED TC Practice, Wittmer Fastest Overall
TOOELE, Utah (May 16, 2008) â Peter Cunningham led a RealTime Racing sweep of the top three positions in Friday afternoonâs practice for Sundayâs SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship Round Three race, part of the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz Remembers Automotive Historian Beverly Rae Kimes
MONTVALE, N.J., May 16 -- Beverly Rae Kimes began writing about automotive history in 1963, after receiving a master's degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University. She wrote hundreds of articles and wrote or edited over twenty books in the field, including My Two Lives: Race Driver to Restaurateur with Rene ... Continue reading
CarMax Technicians Offer Time and Money-Saving Tips for Your Car When Every Dollar Counts
RICHMOND, Va., May 16 -- Maintaining your car can be a hassle and expensive, especially when the pressure of saving money counts. That's why CarMax, Inc. , the nation's largest retailer of used cars, is providing helpful advice to reduce the excess time and money that is spent on your car. "When you take into considera ... Continue reading
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