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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Lamb Takes Seventh-Consecutive MX-5 Cup Win in Utah

Lamb Takes Seventh-Consecutive MX-5 Cup Win in Utah

TOOELE, September 19, 2009: Todd Lamb, of Atlanta, Ga., took his seventh-consecutive SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup win in convincing fashion at Miller Motorsports Park. Marc Miller, of Holland, Mich., and Charles Espenlaub, of Lutz, Fla., completed the Round Eight podium. Starting from the pole in his No. 84 A ... Continue reading

Daly Moves On To Road Atlanta

Daly Moves On To Road Atlanta

Noblesville, September 19, 2009: Mazdaspeed driver Conor Daly will arrive in Road Atlanta for the penultimate round of the Star Mazda championship presented by Goodyear looking to fulfill his personal goal of becoming a multiple race winner during the 2009 season. He will arrive straight from a European testing trip th ... Continue reading

Tasca Signs Motorcraft And Quicklane Sponsorship Extension

Tasca Signs Motorcraft And Quicklane Sponsorship Extension

DEARBORN, September 19, 2009: On the eve of his first race as a championship contender in NHRA’s Countdown to 1, Motorcraft and Ford’s growing national network of Quick Lane Tire & Auto Centers announced today they have extended their sponsorship of Bob Tasca III and Tasca Racing’s Shelby Mustang Nitro F ... Continue reading

Juncos Racing Advances to Atlanta with Two Championship Leads

Juncos Racing Advances to Atlanta with Two Championship Leads

VERO BEACH, September 19, 2009: With only two races remaining in the 2009 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, the Florida-based debut team of Juncos Racing will continue on to Round 12 at Atlanta next week with not only one, but two Championship leads to its name. In the Team Championship Points Standings, J ... Continue reading

Johnson, Roush Garner Last Lap Victory

Johnson, Roush Garner Last Lap Victory

TOOELE, Sept. 19, 2009: In a seesaw battle with the defending race winning driver and team Friday at Miller Motorsports Park, Billy Johnson passed Bill Auberlen for the final time in Turn 1 of Lap 46 - the final lap of the two-and-a-half hour Salt Lake City 200 (SPEED, 1:30 p.m. ET, Oct. 3) - and held off the 2008 winn ... Continue reading

IndyCar Series Final Results - Motegi - September 19, 2009

IndyCar Series Final Results - Motegi - September 19, 2009

MOTEGI, Japan - Results Saturday of the Indy Japan 300 IndyCar Series event at the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (1) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running 2. (3) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 20 ... Continue reading

Dixon Wins Indy Japan 300

Dixon Wins Indy Japan 300

MOTEGI, September 19, 2009: Scott Dixon claimed his fifth victory of the season, winning the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi to take over the IndyCar Series points lead with one race remaining. Dixon, who started from the pole position and led a field-high 149 of 200 laps, took the lead for good on the 164th lap and ... Continue reading

RaceFanRadio - Team Venturini Played DJ (Again!)

RaceFanRadio - Team Venturini Played DJ (Again!)

Indianapolis, September 19, 2009: Thursday night September 17th, the Venturini Motorsports team took over the radio station (again) following their test at Winchester Speedway in preparation for their race Saturday at Salem (Indiana). Because of some scheduling and logistical issues, their "In-Studio" appearance will b ... Continue reading

RaceFanRadio - Cunningham And Star Mazda Showdown On The Next Level

RaceFanRadio - Cunningham And Star Mazda Showdown On The Next Level

Indianapolis, September 19, 2009: Firestone Indy Lights Driver Wade Cunningham"PitFit Presents the Next Level" Tuesday nights at 8pm EST / 5pm PST and this week we welcome 2005 Firestone Indy Lights Champion Wade Cunningham, who is currently 4th in points heading into the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in th ... Continue reading

Lamborghini Reventón Roadster Unveiled at 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

Lamborghini Reventón Roadster Unveiled at 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show - VIDEO ENHANCED

Lamborghini Reventón Roadster an ultimately open Designer piece with uncompromising performance FRANKFURT – September 15, 2009: Lamborghini presented the ultimate driving machine among open-top two-seaters, the Reventón Roadster, at the 63rd IAA on Tuesday. The Reventón Roadster is a sports car of breathtak ... Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Explains Oil and Gasoline Pricing

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Explains Oil and Gasoline Pricing

AUTO CENTRAL - September 19, 2009: Inspector 14's dumpster diving efforts have again paid off this time with a secret video clip from the recent OPEC meeting. ... Continue reading

Hyundai's Global Brand Ranking Rises

Hyundai's Global Brand Ranking Rises

- 69th in 2009 Best Global Brands survey by BusinessWeek / Interbrand - Moves up 3 places - Hyundai's global brand value surpasses well-known competitors FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 18 -- The Hyundai brand continues its upward march by ranking 69th, up three notches from 2008, in the 2009 Best Global Brands survey j ... Continue reading

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