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Saturday, May 22, 2010

What's Good For You Is Good For Your Tires

What's Good For You Is Good For Your Tires

Michelin Uses Sunflower Oil To Increase Performance in All-New Luxury Tire GREENVILLE, S.C., May 20 -- Have Michelin-rated chefs had an impact on tire design? It may be the perfect collaboration as the new Michelin Primacy(TM) MXM4® tire uses sunflower oil - common in light cooking recipes - to create the unique rubbe ... Continue reading

Florida Residents Offer Solar Alternative to Oil Spill

Florida Residents Offer Solar Alternative to Oil Spill

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--As a result of the BP oil spill, a group of Florida businessmen have created a new website – www.Solarspill.com; to facilitate the education of energy consumers about the potential of solar energy. The sun spills large amounts of light every day; enough energy is “spil ... Continue reading

Not Satisfied with Gluttonous Profits and Environmental Catastrophe, the Oil Industry Works Overtime to Malign Alternative Fuels

Not Satisfied with Gluttonous Profits and Environmental Catastrophe, the Oil Industry Works Overtime to Malign Alternative Fuels

What qualifies as gluttonous profits? How about 8,000%! * By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher The Auto Channel Late yesterday, Friday afternoon, I received a curious email from someone purporting to be with a website called EnergyTribune.com; an online entity that I’ve always felt was nothing more t ... Continue reading

Wittmer Fastest In Mosport Practice for Afternoon World Challenge Race

Wittmer Fastest In Mosport Practice for Afternoon World Challenge Race

CANADA, May 22, 2010: Montreal’s Kuno Wittmer paced both morning practice sessions in preparation for this afternoon’s World Challenge Grand Prix of Mosport Victoria Day Speedfest presented by Optima Batteries. Driving the GT class No. 13 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Viper, Wittmer led the 31-car World Challenge f ... Continue reading

Wilden Quickest in First Trans-Am Practice at Mosport

Wilden Quickest in First Trans-Am Practice at Mosport

BOWMANVILLE, May 22, 2010: It didn’t take long for Kenny Wilden to reacquaint himself with the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series, as the Canadian racer posted the quickest lap in the first practice session of the weekend for the Victoria Day Speedfest at Mosport International Raceway on Saturday morning. Participati ... Continue reading

Castroneves Sets Pace At Indy

Castroneves Sets Pace At Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, May 22, 2010: Helio Castroneves paced a frantic "Fast Friday" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as IZOD IndyCar Series teams fine-tuned their setups in advance of Pole Day. Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and three-time Indy 500 pole sitter Castroneves recorded a lap of 39.7250 seconds (226.558 mph) i ... Continue reading

Mercedes GP Preview - Turkey - May 21, 2010

Mercedes GP Preview - Turkey - May 21, 2010

The Turkish Grand Prix, held at Istanbul Park on Sunday 30 May, will be the seventh round of the 2010 Formula One World Championship. The Hermann Tilke designed track hosted its first Grand Prix in 2005 and Mercedes-Benz Formula One engines have powered two of the five winning cars to date, at the inaugural race and in ... Continue reading

May 21, 2010 - Indy 500 Press Conference - Roger Penske, Rick Mears, Tim Cindric, Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Will Power

May 21, 2010 - Indy 500 Press Conference - Roger Penske, Rick Mears, Tim Cindric, Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Will Power

MODERATOR: OK, as is the usual procedure here, we'll introduce the participants and get the questioning going, then open it up to you. Again we have to move this along rather quickly because everybody involved up here does have another commitment at 11. Starting the introductions from the far end, we all know the 15-ti ... Continue reading

May 21, 2010 - Indy 500 Press Conference - Chip Ganassi, Mike Hull, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti

May 21, 2010 - Indy 500 Press Conference - Chip Ganassi, Mike Hull, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti

MODERATOR: We're delighted to have Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Chip Ganassi and Mike Hull with us; Mike Hull, the managing director, individuals who know something about winning here; along with two drivers who know about not only winning here at Indianapolis, but also winning IZOD IndyCar Series championships. First o ... Continue reading

2010 Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Procedure - May 21, 2010

2010 Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Procedure - May 21, 2010

POLE DAY, Saturday, May 22 Positions available: 1-24 Format: •11 a.m.-4 p.m.: The top 24 spots in the 33-car field will be available through traditional four-lap attempts. Each car will have up to three attempts during this time. The times of the top nine drivers from this first segment of qualifying will be erase ... Continue reading

Moraes Makes Top-5 On Fast Friday At Indy

Moraes Makes Top-5 On Fast Friday At Indy

SPEEDWAY, May 22, 2010: With threatening skies throughout the day, the KV Racing Technology team prepared for two scenarios in “Fast Friday” practice runs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On one side, the Indy-based squad worked on qualifying setups with time trials set for Saturday, May 22, beginning at 1 ... Continue reading

NASCAR Champ Jimmie Johnson Returns To GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing For Sahlen's Six Hours Of The Glen, June 5

NASCAR Champ Jimmie Johnson Returns To GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing For Sahlen's Six Hours Of The Glen, June 5

DALLAS, May 22, 2010: Four-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson will make his second start of the 2010 season with GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and its team of two-time champion drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty at next month's Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen. The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Se ... Continue reading

Rampelberg Paces MX-5 Cup Practice At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Rampelberg Paces MX-5 Cup Practice At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

MONTEREY, May 22, 2010: Local driver and championship point leader Brad Rampelberg recorded the fastest practice time following today’s SCCA Pro Racing Playboy MX-5 Cup practice sessions, in preparation for the American Le Mans Series Monterey Weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., ... Continue reading

Sheltra Motorsports To Recognize Fan Who Protects The Country

Sheltra Motorsports To Recognize Fan Who Protects The Country

TOLEDO, May 22, 2010: While Patrick Sheltra is racing almost on a weekly basis, Jon. T. Worch is serving daily in the United States Navy keeping America free from terrorism and other acts of violence that allows the ARCA Racing Series veteran team to compete on the 20-race schedule. Worch now however is enjoying a much ... Continue reading

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