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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Power Takes Pole At Sao Paulo

Power Takes Pole At Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, April 30, 2011: Will Power earned his fourth consecutive PEAK Performance Pole Award of the season and gave Penske Racing its 200th Indy car pole in qualifications for the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle. Power, driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, set the track record of 1 minute, 21 ... Continue reading

Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 Starting Lineup

Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 Starting Lineup

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Qualifying Saturday for the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 2.536 mile(s) Sao Paulo Street Circuit, with starting position, car number in parentheses: 1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 01:21.8958 (111.478)<br> 2. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.2975 (110.934 ... Continue reading

Simona de Silvestro Shows Saavy On Streets Of Sao Paulo

Simona de Silvestro Shows Saavy On Streets Of Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo, April 30, 2011: Only one year ago, Simona de Silvestro took to the streets of Sao Paulo for her first-ever IZOD IndyCar race and stunned the crowd when she lead laps. This year, she's back on a track she loves and aims to show why she's a top contender in her sophomore season. Despite a broken rear drive fla ... Continue reading

Hercules Technology Growth Capital to Announce First Quarter Financial Results and Quarterly Dividend

Hercules Technology Growth Capital to Announce First Quarter Financial Results and Quarterly Dividend

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. , the leading specialty finance company devoted to addressing the capital needs of venture capital and private equity-backed technology-related companies including clean technology, life sciences, and lower middle market companies at all stages of development, ... Continue reading

GM Foundation Grant to Aid Karmanos Cancer Fight

GM Foundation Grant to Aid Karmanos Cancer Fight

DETROIT, April 30, 2011 DETROIT, April 30, 2011 -- The General Motors Foundation awarded the Karmanos Cancer Institute a $50,000 grant Saturday evening for research to help the nationally renowned Detroit-based center in its work toward curing and treating cancer. The grant was announced at the Karmanos' Annual Fundrai ... Continue reading

Bipartisan Truck Safety Legislation To Be Introduced In Congress

Bipartisan Truck Safety Legislation To Be Introduced In Congress

Apr. 28 WHAT: NEWS CONFERENCE – Families of truck crash victims and truck crash survivors to join with Members of Congress to announce the introduction of the Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act (SHIPA). The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) will release a new poll showing overwhelming support f ... Continue reading

Navarro IV Ready to Rebound At Miller Motorsports Park

Navarro IV Ready to Rebound At Miller Motorsports Park

SALT LAKE CITY April 29, 2011: Rafael Navarro IV will run his second consecutive Pirelli World Challenge Championships race in the No. 01 Istook Motorsports Volkswagen GTI Turbo in the Touring Car (TC) class Saturday at Miller Motorsports Park where a rare “snow outâ€&#65533; Friday forced qualifying to be cance ... Continue reading

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing This Sunday On CBS

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing This Sunday On CBS

This Sunday, May 1st, at 10AM Pacific (1PM Eastern) don't miss the 2011 season opener of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. The CBS Sports Spectacular, hosted by Ken Stout and Cameron Steele, features intense Pro-2 and Pro-4 wheel-to-wheel racing action from Round 2 at Firebird Raceway. The very exciting Pro 2 event ... Continue reading

Mercedes/Petronas GP Preview - Turkish GP Preview

Mercedes/Petronas GP Preview - Turkish GP Preview

After three flyaway races, Formula One's European season begins next weekend with Round Four of the 2011 World Championship, the Turkish Grand Prix, at Istanbul Park on Sunday 8 May. Of six Turkish Grands Prix held since 2005, three were won with Mercedes-Benz power ('05, '09, '10)<br> The Turkish Grand Prix has been w ... Continue reading

Tasca Visits Johnson Space Center In Houston

Tasca Visits Johnson Space Center In Houston

<i>UPDATE: Today's Endeavour Launch Scrubbed Due To Heater Anomoly. Launch is pushed 72 hours.</i> Charlotte, Apr. 29, 2011: It’s hard to imagine how many thoughts an astronaut has right before a launch. How long the task list must be when Space is your destination. Is a launch as impossible to capture in words as ... Continue reading

100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Schedule

100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Schedule

<b>(All times local, subject to change)</b> Saturday, May 7 EMERGING TECH DAY/ALLISON TRANSMISSION CENTENNIAL ERA BALLOON FESTIVAL - Free Noon-9 p.m., Public Gates Open Noon-5 p.m., Emerging Tech Day Racing 2 p.m., Yoga 500 8 p.m., Balloon Glow 9 p.m., Fireworks Sunday, May 8- NO TRACK ACTIVITY Wednesday, May 11 Thursd ... Continue reading

Racing Optics Partners With Firestone Indy Lights Driver Stefan Wilson

Racing Optics Partners With Firestone Indy Lights Driver Stefan Wilson

Las Vegas, April 29,2011 Racing Optics™, Inc., and Stefan Wilson have announced a partnership with the Firestone Indy Lights driver to utilize Racing Optics™, Inc., laminated tear-offs during the 2011 season. The Firestone Indy Lights calendar includes a diverse mix of road courses, street circuits and ovals, ... Continue reading

U.S. Army Racing Joins Forces With Revolution Racing

U.S. Army Racing Joins Forces With Revolution Racing

FORT KNOX, April 29, 2011: The U.S. Army announced today a partnership with Revolution Racing and NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity (D4D) program for the 2011 season. During the upcoming racing campaign, the Army will serve as one of the primary sponsors for Revolution Racing in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series races and a ... Continue reading

Lithium Corporation Announces Positive Brine Sampling Results

Lithium Corporation Announces Positive Brine Sampling Results

RENO, Nev.--Lithium Corporation (OTCBB: LTUM) (the "Company", or “Lithcoââ&# 130;¬???) is pleased to announce it has received results from the first phase of sampling of its spring program at Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. “I am tremendously pleased by these results, and I am eagerly looking forward t ... Continue reading

MD Johnson Advises Greg Rasmussen on the Sale of Mercedes Benz of Portland, Mercedes Benz of Wilsonville, Rasmussen BMW and Rasmussen Mini of Portland, Oregon

MD Johnson Advises Greg Rasmussen on the Sale of Mercedes Benz of Portland, Mercedes Benz of Wilsonville, Rasmussen BMW and Rasmussen Mini of Portland, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore., April 29, 2011 PORTLAND, Ore., April 29, 2011 -- MD Johnson, Inc. announces the completion of the sale of the Don Rasmussen Group in Portland, Oregon on behalf of Greg Rasmussen to Lithia Automotive, Inc. The group included Mercedes Benz of Portland, Mercedes Benz of Wilsonville, Rasmussen BMW and Mini ... Continue reading

SIGGRAPH 2011 Technical Papers Advance Preview--Robotics Included

SIGGRAPH 2011 Technical Papers Advance Preview--Robotics Included

CHICAGO--The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2011 http://www.siggraph.org/s2011/, 7 –11 August 2011 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, will feature 82 Technical Papers, sel ... Continue reading

Toyota and Braun Donate Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle to ALS Guardian Angels Foundation

Toyota and Braun Donate Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle to ALS Guardian Angels Foundation

WICHITA, Kan., April 28, 2011 WICHITA, Kan., April 28, 2011 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. and the Braun Corporation today announced the donation of a 2011 Toyota Sienna with a BraunAbility Rampvan® XT wheelchair van conversion to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Guardian Angels Foundation. As ... Continue reading

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