Sunday, May 4, 2008

Ellis notches third semifinal finish of season in St. Louis

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2008 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 4 of 17 for Pro Stock Motorcycle NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS Gateway International Raceway Madison, Ill. May 2-4, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Walters, 561-964-2195; cell 561-632-5713; plus320@aol.com ELLIS NOTCHES THIRD SEMIFINAL FINISH OF THE SE ... Continue reading

Scelzi loses close one at Gateway

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2008 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 7 of 24 NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS Gateway International Raceway Madison, Ill. May 2-4, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; stropus@earthlink.net SCELZI LOSES CLOSE ONE AT GATEWAY MADISON, Ill. (May 4, 2008) - Fo ... Continue reading

Toliver ousted early at Midwest Nationals

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2008 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 7 of 24 NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS Gateway International Raceway Madison, Ill. May 2-4, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Walters, 561-964-2195; cell 561-632-5713; plus320@aol.com Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net T ... Continue reading

PRRACEwire Now Offers Comprehensive Syndicated Text, Video, Audio News

Austin Texas, PRRACEwire now offers daily automotive news through the company's "Newswire" capability. The portal provides for multiple syndicated news channels in either text, video or audio formats. "The intent of the program is to display and demonstrate the promotional advantages of integrated multi-casting for pro ... Continue reading

FIRST ROUND LOSS FOR LUCAS

MADISON, Ill. (May 4) – Morgan Lucas was defeated in the first round of eliminations at the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals against arch-rival, Tony Schumacher for the second consecutive race weekend. Lucas did his job at the starting line leaving first over his opponent (.054 - .063), but was reeled in by Schumac ... Continue reading

AGONIZING FIRST ROUND FOR J.R. TODD

MADISON, Ill. (May 4) – It was an agonizing first round loss against Alan Bradshaw for J.R. Todd and his Torco/Lucas Oil Top Fuel team in the running of the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway when he collected his fourth hole-shot loss of his career and second in consecutive weekends. ... Continue reading

Drive The Mile Event Exceeded Expectations at The Milwaukee Mile

MILWAUKEE (May 4, 2008) – Race fans, classic car clubs, various race teams and area neighbors got their once-a-year chance to drive around The Milwaukee Mile on Sunday, in the historic speedway’s 6th Annual Drive The Mile event. Once again, The Mile made non-perishable food donations to the Hunger Task Force ... Continue reading

A1 TEAM USA finishes 2nd in Sprint at Brands Hatch

KENT, England—A1 TEAM USA’s Jonathan Summerton finished second in the Sprint race, but mechanical problems reduced a top-10 run to 12th Sunday in the Feature in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport at Brands Hatch. Summerton started second in the Sprint and ran there throughout the 15-lap race on the 2.6-mile Gra ... Continue reading

GM Could Use Wuling to Compete with Tata Nano - VIDEO ENHANCED

GM could use Wuling to compete with Tata Nano http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6316/GM-could-use-Wuling-to-compete-wit h-Tat a-Nano.html Shanghai, May 4 (Gasgoo.com) US auto giant General Motors is likely to up its stake in its Chinese venture SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co (SGMW). The growing interest in the joint ventur ... Continue reading

Coughlin qualifies for 70th straight race

ST. LOUIS -- Just as he predicted Friday night, three-time and reigning POWERade champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the rest of the naturally-aspirated Pro Stock set saw dramatic improvements in performance Saturday at Gateway International Raceway as an overnight cooling trend pushed temperatures into the 50s. Fortunately ... Continue reading

Foss Wins First MX-5 Cup Race of 2008 at Road Atlanta

BRASELTON, Ga. – Polesitter Eric Foss, of Fort Worth, Texas, won the first SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup race of 2008, part of the Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta. Hooverspeed teammates Todd Buras, of Melbourne, Fla., and Brad Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., completed the podium. Car setup beca ... Continue reading

TODD WILL THUNDER IN ST. LOUIS

MADISON, Ill. – J.R. Todd, driver of the Torco/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster, stepped up his racing program on Saturday and qualified in the No. 7 position on the 16-car roster with an elapsed time of 4.537 seconds, 318.39 mph for Sunday’s running of the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals at Gateway International ... Continue reading

Hernandez hurries to track record; earns Ohio Crankshaft dough

ST. LOUIS -- Reigning JEGS ProMod Challenge champion Josh Hernandez zipped to a Gateway International Raceway record of 5.955 seconds at 241.89 mph Saturday afternoon to secure his second Ohio Crankshaft Low Qualifier Award of the season. Hernandez is trying to make up for missing the Atlanta event and his series-leadi ... Continue reading

FIRST ROUND ON SUNDAY - AGAIN

MADISON, Ill. – Morgan Lucas has been seeing a lot of Tony Schumacher in the first round. Last week in Atlanta was another first round episode and although Schumacher might have won the round, Lucas was right beside him all the way giving him a run for the money. Tomorrow for the running of the 12th annual O’ ... Continue reading

Payne nears national E.T. record with 5.920-second winning pass in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS -- Former series champion Jay Payne shattered the Gateway International Raceway elapsed time record Saturday night with a 5.920-second moonshot that highlighted the opening round of the JEGS ProMod Challenge. Payne's pass was the quickest of his career and is second only to Josh Hernandez's 5.914, which was p ... Continue reading

Canada Secures Ninth in Final A1GP Standings

Brands Hatch, United Kingdom (Sunday 04 May, 2008) - A1 Team Canada celebrated its highest placing in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport on Sunday, finishing the 2007-08 A1GP season ninth overall despite a tenth and final round to forget for Toronto's James Hinchcliffe at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit in the United ... Continue reading

Switzerland Wins A1GP Title as GBR Takes Superb Home Victory

Brands Hatch, Great Britain - A1 Team Switzerland has won the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, after finishing fourth in this morning's sensational Brands Hatch Sprint race in the UK, in which Great Britain's Robbie Kerr took a fantastic home race victory ahead of USA and Ireland. The crowd went wild as home favou ... Continue reading

India Wins as GBR Takes Home Race Podium

Brands Hatch, Great Britain - A1 Team India secured its second win of the season when Narain Karthikeyan took victory in the Brands Hatch season finale Feature race this afternoon while GBR's Robbie Kerr notched up another home race podium after a beautiful drive, just losing out to India during the second pit stop. Ne ... Continue reading

Seven Hybrids Approved for Volume Production in China

Seven hybrids approved for volume production in China http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6318/Seven-hybrids-approved-for-volume- produ ction-in-China.html Shanghai, May 4 (Gasgoo.com) Seven new-energy models produced by joint ventures and homegrown automakers in China have been granted approval for mass production, report ... Continue reading

FAW-VW to deliver New Bora in Q3 this year

FAW-VW to deliver New Bora in Q3 this year http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6317/FAW-VW-to-deliver-New-Bora-in-Q3-t his-y ear.html Shanghai, May 4 (Gasgoo.com) The FAW-Volkswagen joint venture unveiled its new Model X car at the 2008 Beijing auto show (April 20-28). Named New Bora, this new model will be put into the ma ... Continue reading