Sunday, March 22, 2009

Toyota NSCS Bristol Post-Race Notes & Quotes

Bristol, March 22, 2009: Kyle Busch earned his second win of the season and the 14th of his career in Sunday afternoon's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch led five times for 378 laps en route to his second win in the last three races. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin finished s ... Continue reading

Stewart Snares 17th at Bristol

Bristol, March 22, 2009: The Food City 500 has typically been a feast or famine affair for Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. But after finishing 17th in Sunday’s 500-lap race at Bristol, Stewart left the .533 ... Continue reading

Strong Effort Gives Newman, Army Team 7th-Place Finish at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn. March 22, 2009: It all came together for the U.S. Army team Sunday as driver Ryan Newman posted a solid seventh-place finish in the Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. After suffering through a series of misfortunes in the first four races of the season, the gremlins disappear ... Continue reading

2009 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2008 CHEVROLET TAHOE HYBRID REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE TAHOE HYBRID VEHICLE The Tahoe Hybrid makes its mark in two ways: By being the first GMC-built vehicle to use the two-mode hybrid system; and secondly, to use hybrid technology in any ... Continue reading

2009 Ford Flex Heels on Wheels Review

MORE: Ford Specs, Comparisons and Prices – Ford Buyers Guide HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 FORD FLEX REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE FLEX VEHICLE Ford has revitalized the wagon market with the brand new 6-passenger, third-row Flex. Reflecting styling cues from a ... Continue reading

2009 Mazda5 Grand Touring Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 MAZDA5 GRAND TOURING REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE MAZDA5 I venture to say creating an economy car would be an extremely difficult task. You're taking away a much-coveted auto quality: space. In return, you've got to do everything you c ... Continue reading

Conor Daly Goes from Sixteenth To Third

Sebring, March 21, 2009: Mazdaspeed driver Conor Daly made a superb debut in the Star Mazda series by charging from sixteenth on the grid to a third place finish at the opening round of the championship today at Sebring, Florida. “I just wish there were more laps” said Conor after a dust up with JDC driver, C ... Continue reading

Drivers Juiced with New Yokohama Eco-Friendly Orange Oil Race Tires at Sebring

SEBRING, FL March 20, 2009: Adding new meaning to the term “Peel Out,” Bob Faieta and Melanie Snow were both double winners on Yokohama Tire Corporation’s new eco-friendly, orange oil race tire in the Patrón GT3 Challenge at Sebring International Raceway in Florida. Driving Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars eq ... Continue reading

2009 Mitsubishi Outlander Review

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER REVIEW HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE OUTLANDER VEHICLE Despite the fact the Mitsubishi Outlander is a decently equipped affordable vehicle, it could get lost in the car lot due to the fact its just another compact crossove ... Continue reading

ANOTHER DEBUT, ANOTHER AUDI WIN AT SEBRING

Sebring, March 22, 2009: Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Dindo Capello scored a Sebring victory in the new Audi R15 TDI. One slip up, one extra minute in the pits and the story might be different. Yet it’s a familiar story with a familiar ending – Audi debuts a new car with a victory at Sebring. The German m ... Continue reading

Risi-Krohn Ferrari Team at 12 Hours of Sebring: Post-Race Report

Sebring, March 21, 2009: Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jönsson and Eric van de Poele drove their No. 61 Risi-Krohn Ferrari 430 GT to a sixth place GT2 class finish and 13th overall in the 57th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring race in Sebring, Florida. The trio drove a relatively trouble-free effort from the 12th place class starting ... Continue reading

King of the Bayou Champs Crowned As JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals Rolls On

BELLE ROSE, La. March 22, 2009: The first champions of the sixth annual JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals were crowned Saturday at No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, La. Steve Cohen, Jacklyn Gebhardt-Still and Tom Phillips each won individual titles in the special King of the Bayou race that has become a staple of th ... Continue reading

AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing - Firestone Indy Lights Open Test - Birmingham, AL. March 22, 2009

JR Hildebrand "Barber (Motorsports Park) is a really cool track. There's a lot of fast increasing and decreasing radius corners and a lot of bending and braking. But once you get out there, with the elevation changes, it really is a place where you can learn something setup-wise that will help us with the season opener ... Continue reading

Team Stargate Worlds Muniz and De Silvestro Battle It Out at Sebring

Sebring, FL March 22, 2009: After days of testing and a solid qualifying effort Team Stargate Worlds' Frankie Muniz and Simona De Silvestro showed up Friday afternoon to compete at Round One of the Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda race at Sebring International Raceway. Under perfect weat ... Continue reading

New Car Research-Compare 1997-2014 New and Used Cars Side By Side By Side By Side

Auto Central March 6, 2009; With all of the buzz about the comparisons of buying used vs new cars, The Auto Channel has invented a 4-CAR-COMPARAGRAPH that allows car buyers to compare used and new models side by side. You can compare all cars and light trucks sold in North America between 1997 and 2009 models. Use this ... Continue reading

Opinion : A Natural Gas-Centric Revitalization Program

Special from Seeking Alpha by: Michael Fitzsimmons March 21, 2009 Congress turns over US tax-payer money to the same financial “geniuses” that got us in this financial mess to begin with and then expresses surprise that the money ends up in their bank accounts. Meanwhile, the talking head tools on CNBC want u ... Continue reading

Detroit-area cafe staging 10-day autos tribute

FERNDALE, Mich. Mar 21, 2009; The AP reported that a coffee shop in a Detroit suburb has started a 10-day continuous live musical tribute to the American auto industry. The 240-hour "Assembly Line" show at AJ's Music Cafe in Ferndale kicked off Friday with Motown star-turned-Detroit City Councilwoman Martha Reeves sing ... Continue reading