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Special Motorsports Event - One Cost, One Team, One Track, One Make!

Special Motorsports Event - One Cost, One Team, One Track, One Make!

AsiaCup provides an affordable transition from karting to Formula Racing for a regional karting budget! The series runs a 20 car grid, all cars are identical with no performance-enhancing extras. This provides a level platform for the driver to prove his ability to win! <p> One Cost US$55,000 turnkey service for 12 rac ... Continue reading

Pro Mazda - Mata Forms M1 Racing, Signs Acosta For Full 2013 Campaign

Pro Mazda - Mata Forms M1 Racing, Signs Acosta For Full 2013 Campaign

CRESSON, Dec. 20, 2012: Paul Mata, who served as team manager for Team GDT in the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear for six years, has formed a new, multi-car team called M1 Racing that has all the ingredients of a championship contender. He has already signed Juan Camilo Acosta as one of M1 Racing’s d ... Continue reading

Motorsports Venues - San Antonio Speedway Returning To Action In 2013

Motorsports Venues - San Antonio Speedway Returning To Action In 2013

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 20, 2012: San Antonio Speedway was reborn just a couple of months ago by hosting the 11th "not so annual" Octoberfast. This half-mile, high-banked asphalt oval race track was closed down in 2007 due to code compliance issues, and it was reopened by Unique Track Solutions LLC on October 18-20, 2012. Ov ... Continue reading

ALMS GT - Porsche Works Driver Marco Holzer Joins Paul Miller Racing

ALMS GT - Porsche Works Driver Marco Holzer Joins Paul Miller Racing

PARSIPPANY, Dec. 20, 2012: Paul Miller Racing’s efforts to battle for the 2013 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón have been further strengthened with today’s announcement that Porsche works driver Marco Holzer will share the MICHELIN®-shod No. 48 Chopard/TOTAL Porsche 911 GT3 RSR with B ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Park Place Motorsports Announces Rolex 24 Effort

Special Motorsports Event - Park Place Motorsports Announces Rolex 24 Effort

DALLAS, Dec. 20, 2012: Park Place Motorsports will make its GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series debut in the 51st running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona Jan. 26-27. The former Horton Autosport team is an extension of Dallas-based Park Place Dealerships, which represents upscale manufacturers Porsche, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, J ... Continue reading

2013 Jeep Wrangler Moab Edition Review By Holly Reich

2013 Jeep Wrangler Moab Edition Review By Holly Reich

By Holly Reich Special to Bumper to Bumper Automotive Journalist If you drive around in a 2013 Jeep Wrangler two-door with a canvas top you can expect to get a lot of second looks. The experts agree. For the third year in a row, the Wrangler was the ‘Hottest 4×4 SUV’ at the Specialty Equipment Market Assoc ... Continue reading

2013 Cadillac ATS Urban Car of the Year Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Cadillac ATS Urban Car of the Year Review By Steve Purdy

MORE INFO Cadillac ATS Specs, Prices, Reviews, Comparisons-Cadillac Buyers Guide (1997-Present) Is The 2013 Cadillac ATS Your Perfect New Car Match? 2013 CADILLAC ATS Urban Car of the Year By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau One of those glitzy events during the North American (Detroit) International Auto ... Continue reading

2013 Audi Q7 TDI quattro Review By Steve Purdy

2013 Audi Q7 TDI quattro Review By Steve Purdy

MORE INFO Audi Q7 Specs, Prices, Reviews, Comparisons In Audi Buyers Guide (1997-Present) Is The 2013 Audi Q7 Your Perfect New Car Match? By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau Now, here’s a concept I can sink my teeth into – a large, luxurious, 7-passenger SUV with torquey diesel engine, all-wheel ... Continue reading

2013 Honda Accord Sedan is a Top Performer in Aggressive New IIHS Test Earning TOP SAFETY PICK+ Rating

2013 Honda Accord Sedan is a Top Performer in Aggressive New IIHS Test Earning TOP SAFETY PICK+ Rating

American Honda leads industry with three TOP SAFETY PICK+ rated vehicles; 16 American Honda models named TOP SAFETY PICK Text Only Honda_IIHS_TOP_SAFETY_PICK_TSP _Release_Final_12.20.12b.docx Add to Basket Remove from Basket Printer Friendly 12/19/2012 - TORRANCE, Calif. The all-new 2013 Honda Accord Sedan was one of t ... Continue reading

2013 Nissan Altima Drive and Review By Larry Nutson

2013 Nissan Altima Drive and Review By Larry Nutson

2013 Nissan Altima Evolutionary and Revolutionary by Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_1414) Nissan brought the Altima to the U.S. market about 20 years ago. Now in its fifth-generation, the all-new 2013 Nissan Altima is getting a good share of attention from American car buyers and thus ... Continue reading

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News December 17-23, 2012 Just In Case You Were Dozing

Nutson's Nuggets - Automotive News December 17-23, 2012 Just In Case You Were Dozing

* Sergio Marchionne, Fiat and Chrysler Group boss, announced this week that a new small Jeep will be built on the same platform as the new Fiat 500X. Speculation is that the new vehicle will be the replacement for the aging compact Patriot and Compass. Coming from an underused Italian plant the new Jeep will help compe ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 12.23.12

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 12.23.12

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810pp ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - BorgWarner Trophy Back Home Along With Franchitti's Third Likeness

Special Motorsports Event - BorgWarner Trophy Back Home Along With Franchitti's Third Likeness

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21, 2012: The BorgWarner Trophy is back at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, with its newest face ready to greet visitors during the holiday season. The base of the most coveted and famous trophy in worldwide motorsports recently was removed from its permanent home at the Museum so ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Lisa Noble Selected As SCCA Board Chairman

Special Motorsports Event - Lisa Noble Selected As SCCA Board Chairman

TOPEKA, Dec. 21, 2012: In its final meeting of 2012, the Sports Car Club of America Board of Directors named Lisa Noble, of Manhattan, Kan., as its chairman for 2013. The Board also approved appointments for various committees and board liaisons that will oversee the organization in the coming calendar year. Noble is a ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Launches New Program to Support Detroit Neighborhoods with $10 Million Investment

Ford Motor Company Launches New Program to Support Detroit Neighborhoods with $10 Million Investment

Ford Motor Company Fund announces $10 million program in Detroit, including a community center, new youth recreation and summer camp, support for education and summer job programs The new Ford Resource and Engagement Center in southwest Detroit will offer community gathering space with a Gleaners client choice food ser ... Continue reading

Toyota Industries Corporation Announces Extension of Cash Tender Offer for Shares of Cascade Corporation

Toyota Industries Corporation Announces Extension of Cash Tender Offer for Shares of Cascade Corporation

Toyota Industries Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6201) today announced that Industrial Components and Attachments II, Inc. , an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TICO, has extended its tender offer for all outstanding common shares of Cascade Corporation for $65.00 per share . The Offer was scheduled to expire at ... Continue reading

Toyota Furia Concept To Make Global Debut At 2013 North American International Auto Show

Toyota Furia Concept To Make Global Debut At 2013 North American International Auto Show

Toyota announced today that the Furia Concept will make its world debut at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This exciting new sedan concept will be revealed in the Toyota display at Cobo Hall on Jan. 14, 2013 at 2:25 p.m. EST, with a presentation by Bill Fay, group vice president and general ... Continue reading

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