Harker-Meyer Team Back On Track
Australian rookie driver, Diana Harker made a solid second round appearance at this weekendâs OâReilly Spring Nationals March 28-30 for the Lend America, Randy Meyer Racing A/Fuel Dragster Team. After a challenging season debut only two weeks earlier, the Harker-Meyer Team started out the weekend with a stron ... Continue reading
Consistency takes Harker to Semi Finals in Houston
Another strong performance from Aussie Division Four Champion, Steve Harker and team sees the OMS Graphics, Southern Safety Supply, and Lucas Oil Monte Carlo repeat a semi-final finish at the OâReilly Spring Nationals March 28-31. The weekend started out strong for Harker, who immediately claimed the number 1 qual ... Continue reading
1. Transition drivers back to more comfortable setting: The nine drivers transitioning to the IndyCar Series should feel a bit more comfortable this weekend. Gone is the wide open, side-by-side racing at 210 mph on a high-banked oval. Back is the quick acceleration and heavy braking on the twists and turns of a narrow ... Continue reading
Audatex Releases Industry Trends Publication for Vehicle Insurers and Collision Repairers
SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2008 -- Solera Holdings, Inc. , an integrated group of leading automotive claims solutions companies, today announced that its North American subsidiary, Audatex, has released a new, quarterly collision repair publication. The publication, Audatex Directions, provides vehicle insurers and collision ... Continue reading
Tony Stewart Racing’s USAC Duo Prepares for Midwestern Debut
Tony Stewart Racingâs (TSR) Levi Jones and Tracy Hines are poised to make their first appearance at the legendary Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Saturday as the USAC National Sprint Car Series officially kicks off the 2008 racing season. Both Jones and Hines will look to put their names in the record books as ... Continue reading
Phoenix Custom Apparel named Official Apparel Source for JEGS ProMod Challenge
Phoenix Custom Apparel has been named as the Official Apparel Source for the JEGS ProMod Challenge. The well-respected, Denver-based company is owned and operated by Top Alcohol Dragster superstar Bruce Bowler and provides uniforms to many of the top teams in motorsports. "Their products and professionalism are second- ... Continue reading
RPM MAGAZINE JOINS FORCES WITH GEORGE HOWARD'S SOUTHERN OUTLAW TOUR
PRESS RELEASE No Politics, No Strings, JUST ACTION! www.rpm-mag.com RPM MAGAZINE JOINS FORCES WITH GEORGE HOWARD'S SOUTHERN OUTLAW TOUR RPM Magazine, the world's ONLY Real-Time Magazine dedicated 100% to the sport of Fast Doorslammer Drag Racing serves up Outlaws, Musclecars and Hot Rods with "No Politics, No Strings, ... Continue reading
Legends Of Racing Abound At International Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
When the International Motorsports Hall of Fame holds its 2008 Induction Ceremony on Thursday April 24th, the attendees will include a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, a pair of drivers who combined for a total of five NASCAR Cup Series championships, a longtime NASCAR executive, and two of the top promoters ... Continue reading
Coughlin to prove his mettle at LVMS's famed Bullring short track
At the beginning of the New Year, reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. drove a bobsled for the first time in his life as part of the third annual Chevy Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge. At the upcoming Las Vegas race, the 52-time national event winner will venture into another new arena when he joins several of h ... Continue reading
ProSolo Season Begins Big at El Toro
A big crowd turned out for the SCCA Tire Rack® ProSolo National Series opener at El Toro airfield last weekend. Hosted by Cal Club, the combination of two long, quick courses and large driver counts heightened the level of competition and gave El Toro a March Madness feel. After earning the Street Touring® Ultra ... Continue reading
Skip Barber Racing’s First Sports Car Series Debuts This Weekend
The first-ever races of the inaugural Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge championship are this weekend, April 4-6, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This new series, announced late last year, is conducted in the same manner as the long-running (since 1976) open-wheel Skip Barber Race Series: Providing a fleet of identically ... Continue reading
TUCKER ROCKY, IMS PARTNER TO PROMOTE RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GP
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Tucker Rocky Distributing have formed a partnership to promote and enhance the overall fan experience for the inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP. A part of the MotoGP World Championship, the inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP will take place Sept. 14, 2008 on a new, 2.620-mile road c ... Continue reading
The American Le Mans Series will expand its television coverage in Europe through Eurosport2, DSF in Germany and Sport Italia. The American Le Mans Series launches one of its most extensive telecast ventures ever this weekend in conjunction with the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite ... Continue reading
Budget Truck Rental to Offer GPS Navigation System
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 3, 2008 -- where2(R) Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation devices with guidance by Garmin(R) are now available at Budget Truck Rental locations throughout the United States, making it the first consumer truck rental company to offer GPS devices. where2 is fully portable and can be used in ... Continue reading
Chrysler LLC Presents Scholarship Competition for Students to Tell Their Story of Metro Detroit
High school, undergraduate and graduate students get to write about the "D" AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 3, 2008 -- To focus on the many aspects of Detroit and surrounding southeast Michigan area, Chrysler LLC has created a "My Journey through The D" essay contest for high school, undergraduate and graduate students. Par ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company to Release its 2007 Annual Report and 2008 Proxy Statement
DEARBORN, Mich., April 3, 2008 -- Ford Motor Company will release its 2007 Annual Report and file its 2008 proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, April 4. Reporters are invited to the Ford World Headquarters Media Center in Dearborn, Mich., at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to receive copies of ... Continue reading
Correction request -- Bacardi Limited and Michael Schumacher segment on TheAutoChannel.com
Dear editor of TheAutoChannel.com, Thank you for your interest and featuring of the Bacardi Limited global social responsibility campaign featuring Michael Schumacher. There are a few quick fixes needed to the page - http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/04/02/083241.html - though... first, please use the proper logo ... Continue reading
Dunlop Direzza Z1 Tires 'Star' in SCCA National ProSolo
AKRON, Ohio, April 3, 2008 -- Dunlop's new Direzza Sport Z1 "Star Spec" tires came through with "flying colors" at California's El Toro airfield. Racer Richard Jung, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., won the Street Touring Ultra (STU) class with the new street tires on his Mitsubishi Evo in the 2008 Tire Rack ProSolo opener at ... Continue reading
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Valeo Announces Project to Sell Heavy Duty Truck Engine Cooling Business
PARIS, April 3 -- Valeo today announced a project to sell its heavy duty truck engine cooling division to the Swedish company EQT. This division comprises three manufacturing sites - in Mjällby and Linkoping, Sweden and Jamestown, New York in the United States - and employs around 900 people. It supplies engine coolin ... Continue reading
TAG Heuer Baselworld 2008 : From F1 to GT cars
TAG Heuer Unveils a New Watchmaking World First at Baselworld 2008: A futuristic high performance eco-responsible GT Concept Car inspired by a new stunning TAG Heuer Concept Chronograph, the Grand Carrera Calibre 36 Caliper ! Mastering Time, Embracing Innovation, Partnering with top designers FROM F1 TO GT CARS TAG Heu ... Continue reading
Goodyear Named One of America's Most Trustworthy Companies
AKRON, Ohio, April 3, 2008 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, North America's leading tire maker, has been recognized as one of America's most trustworthy companies by Audit Integrity Inc. and Forbes magazine. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO ) Goodyear ranked sixth on the magazine's secon ... Continue reading
Avis Surpasses Three Million Transactions for eToll Electronic Toll Collection Service
Time-saving products help travelers avoid delays, gain productivity while on the road PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 3, 2008 -- Avis Rent A Car today announced that eToll, the company's electronic toll collection program, has achieved and surpassed a milestone of three million transactions. Now beginning its third year in ser ... Continue reading
CHICAGO and HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., April 3, 2008 -- Originally introduced as the CCC Outstanding Student Technician Scholarship in 2006, CCC Information Services, in conjunction with the I-CAR Education Foundation, is again offering the CCC Michael Salvatore Memorial Student Repair Technician Scholarship Program. The s ... Continue reading
HandicapAutoTrader.com Helps Shoppers Find New and Used Handicap Accessible Vehicles
The SelfCareCentral.com Family of Health and Disability-related Websites Launches HandicapAutoTrader.com OCALA, Fla., April 3, 2008 -- Physical therapist Rick Shutes and his wife Lizzie have personally experienced the difficulty of finding a handicap-accessible vehicle. After years of sorting through on-line services a ... Continue reading
Troxel to Sign Autographs Tuesday at Simayof Jewelers in Vegas
Melanie Troxel, Driver of Simayof Jewelers Nitro Funny Car, Sets Autograph Session at Simayof Jewelers in Las Vegas Melanie Troxel will be signing autographs in a meet-and-greet session with drag racing fans Tuesday, April 8, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Simayof Diamond Cutters and Jewelers, located in the Grand Canal Shoppes a ... Continue reading
Ferrari historic festival takes centre stage at Mugello
The second edition of the Mugello Historic Festival takes place next weekend at the renowned Tuscan circuit. The event has attracted a very wide array of highly prestigious cars that have made motor racing history and is unique of its kind in Italy. The highpoint of the weekend will, of course, be the staging of the fi ... Continue reading
New company, Premier4509 offers intriguing tuning works
VeilSide, a well-known Japanese tuning house set up a new division. ... Continue reading
General Motors' centennial and the Ford Model T centennial headline a summer jam-packed with auto-themed events in southeast Michigan! DETROIT, April 3, 2008 -- On September 16, 1908, Billy Durant founded General Motors. Two weeks later, Henry Ford sold his first Model T. The "2008: Year of the Car" is a summer-long au ... Continue reading
The road as Golf course - for the ABT R32
VW's Golf 3,2 V6 R32 is the fastest Golf offered by the Wolfsburg carmaker - and "therefore the perfect basis for ABT Sportsline", says Hans-Jürgen Abt. "The R32 is already designed as a super sports car. People who buy this Golf want an extremely fast compact car." ... Continue reading
Consumer Interest in Compact Cars 'Fueled' by Rise in Gas Prices, According to NADAguides.com
COSTA MESA, Calif., April 3, 2008 -- In the last two months, consumer interest in the overall compact car segment at NADAguides.com (http://www.nadaguides.com/) increased an average of 96 percent -- a fact the company's experts believe is closely related to an average nationwide increase in fuel prices of 19 cents per ... Continue reading
Chery A5 hybrid to be mass-produced after Summer Olympics
Chery A5 hybrid to be mass-produced after Summer Olympics http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6054/Chery-A5-hybrid-to-be-mass-produce d-aft er-Summer-Olympics.html Shanghai, April 3 (Gasgoo.com) Chery Automobile is set to mass-produce its A5 hybrid vehicles right after Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Beijing-based Jinhu ... Continue reading
Diesel Industry Applauds EPA Funding for Diesel Retrofits
WASHINGTON April 2, 2008; The Diesel Technology Forum (the Forum), a non-profit organization representing companies across the diesel industry, applauds the Environmental Protection Agency for making almost $50 million in grant funding available for retrofitting diesel vehicles and equipment. Because of their efficienc ... Continue reading
smart Delivers 100,000th Unit All-new fortwo
Stuttgart April 2, 2008; The smart fortwo continues its string of successes. Since the end of March 2007, the new model of the innovative two-seater has been purchased by a total of 100,000 customers, representing a sales increase of more than 80 percent. Yesterday afternoon, Ulrich Kowalewski, director of the Mercedes ... Continue reading
GM and OnStar Lead the Way with New Navigation Services
GM's new navigation services include OnStar download to navigation system and MapQuest functionality Dallas April 2, 2008; OnStar today announced the introduction of two new navigational services to complement and enhance its existing Turn-by-Turn service, the most widely available navigation system on the market. Thes ... Continue reading
HUMMER H3T To Make Texas Debut
Off-road manufacturer announces plans and initial suppliers for licensed accessories for the brand's first pick-up truck DALLAS - Truck-savvy Texans received a firsthand look at the 2009 HUMMER H3T as HUMMER debuted the brand's first pick-up truck to media attending the Dallas Auto Show today. Texas represents an impor ... Continue reading
SEAT is unveiling the new Ibiza this Wednesday at its development and production facility in Martorell near Barcelona, Spain. Sportiness and design, as well as SEAT's customary high-quality precision, are the essential traits of the newcomer to the SEAT family. ... Continue reading
GM Urges More Hydrogen Stations
Rapid Progress on Fuel Cell Vehicles Needs to Be Matched With Rapid Progress on Hydrogen Fueling SACRAMENTO, CA April 2, 2008; General Motors today called on the energy industry and governments to step up and help automakers make volume production of fuel cell-electric vehicles a reality by opening more hydrogen fuelin ... Continue reading
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