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Monday, July 4, 2011

ILMC - RML AD Soldiers On After Serious Le Mans Shunt

ILMC - RML AD Soldiers On After Serious Le Mans Shunt

Imola, July 4, 2011: Imola in Italy saw RML AD Group's Tommy Erdos make up more than three seconds on the team's best practice time, but the Brazilian was unable to challenge in the highly competitive class, as the team continued to play catch up in the aftermath from the Spa incident. The weekend's three free practice ... Continue reading

POWRi - Kuhn Cruises To Victory, Felker Triumphant In Micros At Belle-Clair

POWRi - Kuhn Cruises To Victory, Felker Triumphant In Micros At Belle-Clair

BELLEVILLE, July 3, 2011: Brad Kuhn drove to his first feature victory of the season in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Andrew Felker won his second feature of the season in the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series in Saturday’s 2nd FanFest presented by Budweiser at Belle-Clair Speedway. ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Another Disappointing Finish For Newman At Daytona

Sprint Cup - Another Disappointing Finish For Newman At Daytona

Daytona, June 3, 2011: For Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team, Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway delivered the kind of outcome they’ve come to expect in a restrictor-plate event – high hopes dashed by disappointmen ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Busch Fights To Fifth-Place Finish At Daytona

Sprint Cup - Busch Fights To Fifth-Place Finish At Daytona

Daytona, June 3, 2011: Kyle Busch rallied from a late-race accident to score an impressive fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 Interstate All Battery Center Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) notc ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Late Multicar Wrecks Result In 24th-Place Finish For Smith At Daytona

Sprint Cup - Late Multicar Wrecks Result In 24th-Place Finish For Smith At Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, July 3, 2011: A Saturday night cruise-along suddenly turned into a demolition derby at Daytona International Speedway. And one of the victims in the late-race wreckfest was Furniture Row Racing driver Regan Smith, who limped home with a battered race car to a 24th-place finish in the Coke Zero 400. The w ... Continue reading

POWRi - Nick Knepper Wins Midgets, Kara King Takes Micros In FanFest Opener

POWRi - Nick Knepper Wins Midgets, Kara King Takes Micros In FanFest Opener

at Belle-Clair BELLEVILLE, July 3, 2011: Nick Knepper passed Andrew Felker on the final lap to win his first POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series race of the season and Kara King took her second career victory in the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series in Friday’s opener of the 2nd FanFest presented ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - David Ragan Scores First Career Sprint Cup Win At Daytona

Sprint Cup - David Ragan Scores First Career Sprint Cup Win At Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, July 3, 2011: David Ragan took the lead and held on for two green-white-checker finishes to score his first career Sprint Cup points’ victory at Daytona International Speedway in Saturday night’s wild Coke Zero 400 finish. Matt Kenseth, who pushed Ragan to the victory finished second. The two p ... Continue reading

Infiniti Brings Out The Big Guns For The Festival Of Speed

Infiniti Brings Out The Big Guns For The Festival Of Speed

Inspired cars, inspired drivers, inspired event - Japanese luxury performance brand Infiniti will be providing the fireworks at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 1-3 July. On show: perhaps the most convention-defying compact luxury car ever designed. And on track: the world's fastest accelerating hybrid. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Campervans Available Now For Summer Fun... Assured

Volkswagen Campervans Available Now For Summer Fun... Assured

If you fancy getting away from it all this summer, it's not too late to escape in a modern Volkswagen California campervan - with several models available immediately from the Van Centre network via the Volkswagen Assured Used programme. ... Continue reading

Chevy's Summer Sizzlers

Chevy's Summer Sizzlers

With a whole host of new models arriving in showrooms, Chevrolets are hot property at the moment, but that doesn't mean they're not great value! ... Continue reading

New 'Silverstone GP' Limited Editions Of Twingo And Clio Renaultsport Take To The Track (And Road)

New 'Silverstone GP' Limited Editions Of Twingo And Clio Renaultsport Take To The Track (And Road)

Following the recent launch of the flagship 265hp Trophy version of Megane Renaultsport, its two smaller, but no less thrilling, performance siblings, Twingo and Clio Renaultsport, now welcome their own top-of-the-range versions, the 'Silverstone GP' limited editions, on sale from 1st July 2011. ... Continue reading

Bentley Global Sales Boosted By New Models

Bentley Global Sales Boosted By New Models

Bentley today confirmed that its global sales for the first half of 2011 have increased by 20% on the same period last year. 2978 cars were delivered to customers in the first six months, the best start to a year by Bentley since 2008. ... Continue reading

Style, Performance And Class Makes New Ssangyong Korando A Winner In The Compact SUV Market

Style, Performance And Class Makes New Ssangyong Korando A Winner In The Compact SUV Market

Ssangyong has launched its first all-new model in more than three years with the arrival of the Korando, a stylish and contemporary SUV that is set to redefine the Ssangyong brand. ... Continue reading

Ford Introduces Capped Price Servicing For All Models

Ford Introduces Capped Price Servicing For All Models

Ford Australia is providing customers with peace of mind by introducing capped price servicing on its vehicles. ... Continue reading

Peugeot e-HDi: Defining Characteristics

Peugeot e-HDi: Defining Characteristics

In 2004 Peugeot Citroen Group (PSA) pioneered a micro-hybrid stop & start starter-alternator technology ... Continue reading

The New Mercedes-Benz SLK Roadster in Melbourne

The New Mercedes-Benz SLK Roadster in Melbourne

With the completely newly developed SLK, one of the most exciting and successful sports cars ever built is entering its third generation. ... Continue reading

Show-Stopping Jayco Conquest Tour Edition Set To Take Australia By Storm

Show-Stopping Jayco Conquest Tour Edition Set To Take Australia By Storm

Jayco has announced the release of the hugely popular Conquest Tour Edition Motorhome. ... Continue reading

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