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Top Two USF2000 Drivers Test Star Mazda Cars at Sebring

Top Two USF2000 Drivers Test Star Mazda Cars at Sebring

SEBRING, Oct. 30, 2010: The USF2000 series’ top two drivers of 2010, Sage Karam and Patrick McKenna, accomplished another milestone on their personal roads to Indy on Friday when they tested Andersen Racing Star Mazda cars at Sebring International Raceway. The “Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Champ ... Continue reading

Andretti Autosport and Ryan Hunter-Reay Sign Two-Year Contract

Andretti Autosport and Ryan Hunter-Reay Sign Two-Year Contract

INDIANAPOLIS,, Oct. 30, 2010: Andretti Autosport and driver Ryan Hunter-Reay announced today they have signed a two-year contract that keeps the American star with the team through the 2012 season. The parties agreed to the terms of the new contract the night before this year's Indianapolis 500, and with today's announ ... Continue reading

Changes Announced to 2011 Runoffs Qualification Process

Changes Announced to 2011 Runoffs Qualification Process

TOPEKA, Oct. 30, 2010: Sports Car Club of America’s Board of Directors has changed the process in which invitations for the Club Racing National Championship Runoffs are determined, bringing both Divisional and National point standings back into the mix. After soliciting, receiving and evaluating input from the me ... Continue reading

2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 4X4 Crew Cab LTZ Review

2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 4X4 Crew Cab LTZ Review

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS: 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 4X4 Crew Cab LTZ Model: 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 4X4 Crew Cab LTZ Engine: 63.6-liter turbo diesel ($7,195 option) Horsepower/Torque: 397 hp @ 3,000 rpm/765 lb.-ft. @ 1,500 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic with manual shifter on stalk Whe ... Continue reading

Collins Bus Provides Portland Schools with First Factory-Direct Propane Buses

Collins Bus Provides Portland Schools with First Factory-Direct Propane Buses

PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TAKE NEXT STEP IN GREEN OPERATIONS WITH NEXBUS PROPANE BUSES FROM COLLINS BUS CORP First factory-installed, propane powered small school buses delivered by Western Bus Sales PORTLAND, OR - Portland Public Schools, a national leader in the deployment of clean, safe and cost-effective propane-powe ... Continue reading

Donaldson Company to Present at Gabelli & Company’s 34th Annual Automotive Aftermarket Symposium

Donaldson Company to Present at Gabelli & Company’s 34th Annual Automotive Aftermarket Symposium

MINNEAPOLIS--Donaldson Company, Inc. announced today that Bill Cook, Chairman, President and CEO, will present at the Gabelli & Company 34th Annual Automotive Aftermarket Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 2nd at 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET). The presentation will be webcast live on the Investor Relations sect ... Continue reading

Electric Motorcycles Return to Infineon Raceway in 2011

Electric Motorcycles Return to Infineon Raceway in 2011

Attached is an image of 2010 Sonoma winner Shawn Higbee. Photo by Mike Finnegan. TTXGP Electric Motorcycles Return to Sonoma for West Coast Moto Jam in 2011 SONOMA, Calif. (Oct. 28, 2010) - TTXGP eGrandPrix will return to Infineon Raceway for a second consecutive year in 2011 at the West Coast Moto Jam, May 11-15, offi ... Continue reading

First Solar, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results

First Solar, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results

TEMPE, Ariz.--First Solar, Inc. today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 25, 2010. Third quarter 2010 net sales were $797.9 million, an increase of $210.0 million from the second quarter of 2010, primarily due to increased system sales (driven principally by the sale of the 60 megawat ... Continue reading

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING OCTOBER 28, 2010

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING OCTOBER 28, 2010

GEORGIA STOCK CAR RACING OCTOBER 28, 2010 The Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series has a fifty-lap, $5,000 to win Super Late Model main event on Saturday night at Cochran. It will be the first time since 2002 the Southern All Stars has visited the 3/8 mile red clay oval located in central Georgia. A larger paying spri ... Continue reading

MEDIA ALERT: Targa Trophy Road Rally Finale Nov. 6 Following SEMA

MEDIA ALERT: Targa Trophy Road Rally Finale Nov. 6 Following SEMA

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Multi-State I-95 Corridor Coalition Steers Travelers on the 50-Year-Old Highway Into the Future

Multi-State I-95 Corridor Coalition Steers Travelers on the 50-Year-Old Highway Into the Future

PR Newswire ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 28 ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 28 -- As Interstate 95 marks its 50th anniversary this year, the I-95 Corridor Coalition announced several key milestones in their coordinated multi-state effort focused on improving the transport of people and commerce in a region representing the world's 3rd la ... Continue reading

Penske Automotive Group Appoints New Director

Penske Automotive Group Appoints New Director

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.--Penske Automotive Group, Inc., , an international automotive retailer, today announced that Yoshimi Namba has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Namba fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Hiroshi Ishikawa from the PAG Board. Mr. Ishikawa will continue in his role as Executiv ... Continue reading

Re: SEMA 2010: Debut of Stage II ProCharged 2011 5.0 Mustang

Re: SEMA 2010: Debut of Stage II ProCharged 2011 5.0 Mustang

This email has the attachment. Jeff Lacina Marketing Director ProCharger: The ULTIMATE Power Adder® http://www.procharger.com Come see ProCharger at the 2010 SEMA Show in Booth 21011! Come see ProCharger at the 2010 Performance Racing Industry Show in Booth 3506! On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Jeff Lacina wrote: > Pleas ... Continue reading

The Blackstone Group Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

The Blackstone Group Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

NEW YORK--The Blackstone Group L.P. today reported its third quarter 2010 results. Economic Net Income was $339.3Â million for the third quarter of 2010, an increase of $63.9Â million from $275.3Â million, or 23%, for the third quarter of 2009. Economic Net Income was $904.9Â million for the nine months ended Septe ... Continue reading

2010 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX - PREVIEW

2010 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX - PREVIEW

MERCEDES GP PETRONAS 2010 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX INTERLAGOS 5-7 NOVEMBER PREVIEW The Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, takes place on Sunday 7 November at the Autodromo José Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo. The 4.309km anti-clockwise track is the highest on the calendar ... Continue reading

ASA Press Release - ASA RACING SCHEDULE FOR October 30-31, 2010

ASA Press Release - ASA RACING SCHEDULE FOR October 30-31, 2010

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE October 29, 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 SANCTIONED SERIES RACING FOR October 30-31, 2010

ASA Press Release - ASA SANCTIONED SERIES RACING FOR October 30-31, 2010

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE October 29, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ... Continue reading

Breaking Ice in Buffalo

Breaking Ice in Buffalo

CLEVELAND--When the wicked winter weather begins to blow off Lake Erie, a shipbuilder and a crane company in Cleveland, Ohio, and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will be glad they cooperatively commissioned and built a barge-mounted pedestal crane. The crane is the latest weapon for the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice ... Continue reading

Diversity of Topics, Elite Speakers, and Trade Show Floor Highlights SAE International's 2010 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress

Diversity of Topics, Elite Speakers, and Trade Show Floor Highlights SAE International's 2010 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress

PR Newswire WARRENDALE, Pa., Oct. 29 WARRENDALE, Pa., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It wasn't just the diversity of topics. It wasn't just the covey of elite speakers. And, it wasn't just the spectacular trade show floor. ... Continue reading

FORCE HOOD AND FORCE CASH IN FRIDAY AT LAS VEGAS

FORCE HOOD AND FORCE CASH IN FRIDAY AT LAS VEGAS

2010 TEAM JFR QUALIFYING REPORT5th race of Countdown to 122nd of 23 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Series10th annual NHRA Las Vegas NationalsOctober 28-31, 2010 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, NV FORCE HOOD AND FORCE CASH IN FRIDAY AT LAS VEGASLAS VEGAS, NV – John Force gave an impassioned spe ... Continue reading

Harbin Electric Special Committee Selects Advisors

Harbin Electric Special Committee Selects Advisors

PR Newswire HARBIN, China, Oct. 29 HARBIN, China, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Harbin Electric, Inc. ("Harbin Electric" or the "Company", Nasdaq: HRBN), a leading developer and manufacturer in the People's Republic of China of a wide array of electric motors, announced today the Special Committee of its Board ... Continue reading

SAM BIRD TO DRIVE FOR MERCEDES GP PETRONAS AT YOUNG DRIVER TEST

SAM BIRD TO DRIVE FOR MERCEDES GP PETRONAS AT YOUNG DRIVER TEST

MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Brackley/Stuttgart 29 October 2010 SAM BIRD TO DRIVE FOR MERCEDES GP PETRONAS AT YOUNG DRIVER TEST MERCEDES GP PETRONAS is pleased to confirm that Sam Bird will drive for the team at the Young Driver test days to be held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 November ... Continue reading

Valley Offers New Complete 5th Wheel Hitch Line

Valley Offers New Complete 5th Wheel Hitch Line

PR Newswire ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Oct. 29 ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Oct. 29 -- Valley Towing Products - a Revstone company - is proud to introduce a new line up of 5th Wheel Hitches. These newly redesigned and strengthened hitches feature a one-piece jaw, locking indicators and a double pivot yoke that stands up to hea ... Continue reading

Coughlin looking to cash-in once again at Las Vegas race (NHRA/JEGS)

Coughlin looking to cash-in once again at Las Vegas race (NHRA/JEGS)

Coughlin looking to cash-in once again at Las Vegas race LAS VEGAS (Oct. 30) -- Five-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. will attempt to win his sixth national event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from the No.3 position after posting a best pass of 6.657 at 206.56 mph Saturday during qualifying fo ... Continue reading

Matt McCall Holds Off Steven Wallace For 3rd Late Model Victory This Season; Five Other Race Winners Determined

Matt McCall Holds Off Steven Wallace For 3rd Late Model Victory This Season; Five Other Race Winners Determined

Matt McCall Holds Off Steven Wallace For 3rd Late Model Victory This Season; Five Other Race Winners Determined In Short Track Shootout FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (Oct. 30, 2010) – Matt McCall inherited the lead in Saturday's Late Model 150 at Historic North Wilkesboro Speedway when Rebecca Cas ... Continue reading

SSP Race Results from Saturday, October 30, 2010

SSP Race Results from Saturday, October 30, 2010

Contact: Lillian Bell (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Buckwalter Beats Buckwalter at SSP on Saturday's J&K Salvage Candy Bowl Newberrytown, PA (October 30, 2010) - The 6th Annual Candy Bowl at the Susquehanna Speedway Park presented by J&K Salvage of York on Saturday, October 30 found Bruce Buckwalter Jr. of Roye ... Continue reading

2011 Land Rover LR4 HSE Review

2011 Land Rover LR4 HSE Review

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2011 Land Rover LR4 HSE A luxury SUV this week, how nostalgic! Feels like 1999 all over again… except that this is a Land Rover LR4, and Land Rover does not follow trends. The British manufacturer essentially invented the luxury SUV with the debut of its Range Rover back in 19 ... Continue reading

Toyota, China's CATARC to Start Plug-in Hybrid Tests in China

Toyota, China's CATARC to Start Plug-in Hybrid Tests in China

Tianjin, Oct 28, 2010; Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that TMC and the Chinese government-affiliated China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) held a ceremony today to mark an agreement to conduct joint verification tests of the "Prius Plug-in Hybrid" in Tianjin. CATARC President Assistant Li W ... Continue reading

Happy Halloween - ASIMO the Humanoid Robot Celebrates its 10th Anniversary Today - VIDEO ENHANCED

Happy Halloween - ASIMO the Humanoid Robot Celebrates its 10th Anniversary Today - VIDEO ENHANCED

TOKYO - October 31, 2010: To mark this special occasion, Honda has launched a dedicated website at hosting films and photographs detailing ASIMO's evolution over the past 10 years. A 'Run with Asimo' smartphone and iphone app has also been produced to allow users to interact with a virtual version of the robot on their ... Continue reading

General Motors Foundation Helps Provide Funding Support to the Creative Youth of America

General Motors Foundation Helps Provide Funding Support to the Creative Youth of America

DETROIT, MI – The General Motors Foundation today provided a $10,000 grant to the scholarship fund of the Organization of Black Designers (OBD) to support the non-profit organization in its mission to offer financial aid to creative young people at major design schools across the country. The OBD launched an initi ... Continue reading

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