Sunday, June 21, 2009

Franchitti Wins Iowa Corn Indy 250

NEWTON, Sunday, June 21, 2009: Dario Franchitti is two-for-two at Iowa Speedway. The 2007 winner at the track found his way back to victory lane Sunday, winning the Iowa Corn Indy 250 by 5.0132 seconds over Ryan Briscoe. Franchitti gave the credit to his Target Chip Ganassi Racing crew, which turned in a quick pit stop ... Continue reading

Buick to Use Virtual eVent Monday to Unveil New LaCrosse - VIDEO ENHANCED

DETROIT - June 21, 2009: The new 2010 Buick LaCrosse will debut tomorrow at 12 Noon EDT via a special online media presentation. Susan Docherty, GM North America Vice President, Buick-Pontiac-GMC; Ed Welburn, Vice President of Global Design; and Jim Federico, Global Vehicle Line Executive – Midsize Cars. ... Continue reading

IndyCar Series Results - Iowa - June 21, 2009

NEWTON, Results Sunday of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 IndyCar Series event June 21 at the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (4) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running 2. (2) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, ... Continue reading

Brawn GP Results - British GP - June 20, 2009

Silverstone, Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello drove an assured race at Silverstone today to bring his Brawn-Mercedes car home in third position at the team's home Grand Prix. Team-mate Jenson Button secured sixth position to score a valuable three points. Both drivers began the race on the softer option tyre and whilst Ru ... Continue reading

Pruett, Rojas Capture EMCO Gears Classic

Lexington, June 20, 2009: Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas needed five races into the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 to win their first race of the season. They didn't have to wait long to post victory number two, driving to victory in Saturday's EMCO Gears Classic presented by Ke ... Continue reading

Firestone Indy Lights Results - Iowa - June 20, 2009

EWTON, Iowa - Results Saturday of the Miller Lite 100 Firestone Indy Lights event June 20 at the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any) and money earned: 1. (6) Ana Beatriz, 115, Running $30,000 2. (2) Wade Cunningham, 115, Runnin ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing Captures Another Podium Finish

Mid-Ohio, June 20, 2009: The No. 76 Krohn Racing Ford Lola of Nic Jönsson and Ricardo Zonta finished second in Saturday’s EMCO Gears Classic race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Krohn Racing’s podium finish was their second in less than a week, after team owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, Eric ... Continue reading

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, Gurney and Fogarty Take Sole Possession of Second in Grand-Am Rolex Series

LEXINGTON, June 20, 2009: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty took sole possession of second place in the 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Driver and Team Championships with a third-place finish in Saturday’s EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Although GAINSCO c ... Continue reading

Castoneves, Briscoe Share Front Row At Iowa

NEWTON, June 20, 2009: Team Penske drivers Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe will start on the front row for Sunday's Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer based on entrant points after PEAK Performance Pole Qualifying was cancelled. It didn't rain at the track Saturday, but heavy rain from Friday and earlier in the ... Continue reading

Daly Looks Forward After Dealing With A Tough Day

“I don't really know what happened. It was an unfortunate turn of events. “Before that, I really enjoyed it. We were running strong and were in position to have a good run. It just didn't work out that way. ... Continue reading

A Dozen Victory Laps Made at June Sprints

e ELKHART LAKE, June 20, 2009: The first races of the 54th Chicago Region June Sprints are now etched in the record books as Groups One through Four named 12 winners total, while qualifying continued for the remainder of the paddock. Group One set the stage for a great first day of June Sprints racing, as Touring 3 dri ... Continue reading

Kligerman Wins at Mansfield; ARCA RE/MAX Series Post Race Report

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High School Grad Parker Kligerman Takes Charge at Mansfield; Wins Tim Richmond Memorial ARCA 200 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Click here for complete results [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1 ... Continue reading

Nikkei Says Nissan To Make Electric Cars in US

Nissan electric vehicles and their batteries in the United States to tap low-interest loans for green vehicles, the Nikkei business daily said. The overall investment is estimated at 50 billion yen ($516.4 million) and may rise to 100 billion yen, it said. Under the plan, the new electric-car assembly lines are to be b ... Continue reading