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Saturday, January 30, 2010

ASA Press Release - ASA FREE STATE 500 DEDICATED TO HARRY DAVIS

ASA Press Release - ASA FREE STATE 500 DEDICATED TO HARRY DAVIS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE January 30, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ... Continue reading

ASA Press Release - ASA FREE STATE 500 LIVE ON SIRIUS/XM RADIO

ASA Press Release - ASA FREE STATE 500 LIVE ON SIRIUS/XM RADIO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE January 30, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ... Continue reading

ASA Press Release - BODINE ON THE POLE FOR THE FREE STATE 500

ASA Press Release - BODINE ON THE POLE FOR THE FREE STATE 500

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE January 30, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon, Bucky Austin Team To Run Vintage Funny Car

Cruz Pedregon, Bucky Austin Team To Run Vintage Funny Car

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: _www.CruzPedregonRacing.com_ (http://www.cruzpedregonracing.com/) Cruz Pedregon, Bucky Austin Team To Run Nostalgia Funny Car BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon and 10-time NHRA Division 6 champion Bucky Austin have teamed to campaign Pedregon's Pisano N ... Continue reading

Koch qualifies for All Star Showdown

Koch qualifies for All Star Showdown

For Immediate Release, January 29, 2010 Media Contact: Bill Sullivan: sullivanimages@sbcglobal.net Team Information: www.goldengateracingteam.com Koch locks a starting spot in Saturday's Toyota All Star Showdown By Bill Sullivan, GGRT Media Relations IRWINDALE, CA - Blake Koch and the Golden Gate - Richard Childress Ra ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: 2010 Rolex 24 Race Report - 6 Hour

Krohn Racing: 2010 Rolex 24 Race Report - 6 Hour

Krohn Racing – 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona Saturday Race Report – 6 Hour The 48th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona started under caution due to rainy conditions. Ricardo Zonta was at the wheel of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola in the ninth position on the grid. On Lap 5, the track went green. Zonta c ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: 2010 Rolex 24 Race Report - 6 Hours

Krohn Racing: 2010 Rolex 24 Race Report - 6 Hours

Krohn Racing – 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona Saturday Race Report – 6 Hour The 48th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona started under caution due to rainy conditions. Ricardo Zonta was at the wheel of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola in the ninth position on the grid. On Lap 5, the track went green. Zonta c ... Continue reading

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 6h

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 6h

Miller Barrett Racing enjoyed a strong start to the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Bryce Miller of Summit, N.J., started the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car from 13th on the GT grid, but quickly moved up to fifth in class, despite heavy rain. He stopped for tires and fuel, but stayed in the top 10 for the rest of his stint. Kevin ... Continue reading

Tim George Jr. Teams Up with The Buoniconti Fund at the Rolex 24

Tim George Jr. Teams Up with The Buoniconti Fund at the Rolex 24

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NADA Convention in Orlando Feb. 13-15: focus: Canada, Britain, Mexico, India,

NADA Convention in Orlando Feb. 13-15: focus: Canada, Britain, Mexico, India,

MCLEAN, Va.: Jan. 28, 2010 - For more than a year, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has worked in the trenches to restore retail and wholesale auto financing; lobbied successfully to prevent the collapse of General Motors and Chrysler; and supported legislation in Congress that established arbitration ... Continue reading

Nexteer Automotive's Electric Power Steering System Featured in CODA All-Electric Car

Nexteer Automotive's Electric Power Steering System Featured in CODA All-Electric Car

SAGINAW, Michigan: Jan. 28 - Nexteer Automotive, the only tier one automotive supplier committed exclusively to wheel-to-wheel advanced steering and driveline systems, will supply its electric power steering (EPS) technology to the all-electric car from CODA Automotive due out in California in late 2010. Capable of tra ... Continue reading

India's First Monorail Car Brought by Scomi Successfully Tested in Mumbai

India's First Monorail Car Brought by Scomi Successfully Tested in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India: Jan. 27 - Scomi Group, a leading provider of urban transit systems across the globe focusing on the emerging markets of India, China, Gulf States and Brazil, announced the successful trial run of India's first monorail car for the Mumbai Monorail project. The test run was flagged off by the Honorable Chi ... Continue reading

Tata Motors net at Rs 4 bn in Q3

Tata Motors net at Rs 4 bn in Q3

Tata Motors today reported revenues (net of excise) of Rs 89.79 billionon a stand-alone basis for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, of the financial year 2009-10, a growth of 88.7% compared to Rs 47.58 billion in the corresponding quarter last year. The company`s operating margins (EBITDA) came in at 12.8%, an improveme ... Continue reading

No Jazz recall in India, says Honda

No Jazz recall in India, says Honda

NEW DELHI: Jan 29, 2010 - Honda Siel Cars India said on Friday that India will not be a part of the global vehicle recall, announced by its parent reports of defects in some of its models. "There won't be any impact on the recall in India because the Jazz that is being sold in India is a second generation vehicle, whic ... Continue reading

Volvo C30 first drive

Volvo C30 first drive

What is it? This is the face-lifted version of Volvo's rival to the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Volkswagen Scirocco. It gets a striking new look that takes inspiration from last year's S60 concept car. What's more, there's a new Sports chassis that's standard on R-Design models and a £400 option across the rest of the r ... Continue reading

Hero Honda to produce 4.5 mn two-wheelers this fiscal

Hero Honda to produce 4.5 mn two-wheelers this fiscal

DAVOS: The world's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda on Friday said it will produce over 45 lakh units in 2009-10 from its three facilities in India and will decide on setting up a fourth manufacturing unit within the next six months. "Despite difficult conditions, we will surely produce 4.5 million units for 2009-1 ... Continue reading

Akio Toyoda Apologises for Toyota Recall

Akio Toyoda Apologises for Toyota Recall

TOKYO - January 30, 2010: Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologised for the recall of millions of vehicles around the world, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported, as the deepening recall crisis threatened to further damage its sales and delay an earnings recovery. "We're extremely sorry to have made customers uneasy," Toyod ... Continue reading

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