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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Happy Birthday, Pink Cadillac

Happy Birthday, Pink Cadillac

It was a hot Texas summer in 1969, when the pink Cadillac was born weighing 4,650 pounds, measuring 225 inches with a roaring engine and 375 horsepower. Today more than 19,000 pink Cadillacs have been in the hands of Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants. Currently, there are more than 1,200 Mary Kay pink Cadillacs o ... Continue reading

American Cruise Lines Introduces Queen of the Mississippi, the First New Riverboat on the Mississippi in 17 Years

American Cruise Lines Introduces Queen of the Mississippi, the First New Riverboat on the Mississippi in 17 Years

GUILFORD, Conn.--American Cruise Lines, operator of the newest fleet of riverboats and small cruise ships in the industry, is celebrating the launch of Queen of the Mississippi, the first new, authentic paddlewheeler built for the Mississippi River in nearly 20 years. Commencing the company's first-ever season on the M ... Continue reading

NASA Selects SpaceX to Return Americans to Space +VIDEO

NASA Selects SpaceX to Return Americans to Space +VIDEO

HAWTHORNE, CA --Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today won a $440 million contract with NASA to develop the successor to the Space Shuttle and transport American astronauts into space. "This is a decisive milestone in human spaceflight and sets an exciting course for the next phase of American space exploration" ... Continue reading

Indy Lights - Vautier Paces Practice At Three Rivers

Indy Lights - Vautier Paces Practice At Three Rivers

TROIS-RIVIERES, Aug. 4, 2012: Three drivers with plenty of experience on the street course in Trois Rivieres led the opening day practice at the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières. Tristan Vautier, who won one of the two Star Mazda races in 2011, led the way with a lap of 58.1293 seconds on his final lap in the 45-minute pr ... Continue reading

Indycar - Power Paces Practice At Mid-Ohio

Indycar - Power Paces Practice At Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Aug. 04, 2012: Team Penske's Will Power set the pace as IZOD IndyCar Series teams began preparations for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Power, who is third in the championship standings entering Round 12, had a quick lap of 1 minute, 6.8632 seconds - which was just off the IZOD IndyCar Series lap time recor ... Continue reading

ALMS P2 - Dempsey Racing Back In Action At Mid-Ohio

ALMS P2 - Dempsey Racing Back In Action At Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Aug. 3, 2012: Dempsey Racing shook off some Thursday issues that forced them to miss practice and took to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Friday for the first run of the weekend with drivers Patrick Dempsey, Joe Foster and Dane Cameron at the wheel of the No. 27 Trina Solar/GNC Beverages/Motegi Racing/Dempsey Rac ... Continue reading

Nationwide - Stenhouse Aims To Win Four In A Row

Nationwide - Stenhouse Aims To Win Four In A Row

CONCORD, Aug. 3, 2012: This weekend at Iowa Speedway, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. looks to join an elite group of only six NASCAR drivers to ever win four consecutive races at a single track. If the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Champion wins the U.S Cellular 250 on Saturday night, he would become the first ... Continue reading

Sprint Cup - Kurt Busch Pocono Preview

Sprint Cup - Kurt Busch Pocono Preview

MOORESVILLE, Aug. 3, 2012: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season has started the process of winding down. A champion has yet to be crowned. The sport’s version of playoffs – the Chase for the Championship – is still six weeks away and the 12 drivers who will compete for the championship have yet to be dete ... Continue reading

Indy Lights - Saavedra First Practice Report

Indy Lights - Saavedra First Practice Report

Three Rivers, Aug. 3, 2012: Saavedra was fifth in the first Firestone Indy Lights practice at Trois Rivières. He ran as high as first throughout the session. This is his first time racing on the circuit. "This was my first contact with the track at Trois Rivières. ... Continue reading

POWRi Micros - Series Set To Run For Sixth Straight Year At Washington Town Fair

POWRi Micros - Series Set To Run For Sixth Straight Year At Washington Town Fair

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2012: The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will race for the sixth consecutive year Saturday (Aug. 4) on the one-fifth mile temporary track at the Washington (Mo.) Town and Country Fair. Joe B. Miller of Millersville, Mo., enters the popular event leading the championship with 1,520 p ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Andretti Autosport Practice Report

IndyCar - Andretti Autosport Practice Report

Marco Andretti, Team RC Cola Chevrolet, No. 26 Marco Andretti was third quickest overall in today's only practice session for the IZOD IndyCar Series. Andretti has a streak of three consecutive top-10 finishes here at Mid-Ohio. "We were good at the test (last week at Mid-Ohio), and that carried over to today. We didn't ... Continue reading

Pro Karting - Geibler Racing Produces Back To Back Wins

Pro Karting - Geibler Racing Produces Back To Back Wins

Orange, Aug. 3, 2012: Phil Giebler Racing’s Carter Williams drove to back-to-back feature victories in TaG Junior and finished second in S5 Junior Stock Moto, Nicky Freytag took fourth and sixth in S1 Pro Stock Moto and teammates Vatche Tatikian, Kevin Hernandez, Shawn Cricca, Noah Grey and Valentina Sarmiento had ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Dixon Looking Forward To Mid-Ohio

IndyCar - Dixon Looking Forward To Mid-Ohio

Mid-Ohio, Aug. 3, 2012: There's a simple explanation as to why Scott Dixon has been successful on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: "It seems to suit my style," the New Zealander said. Dixon has won three of the five IZOD IndyCar Series races on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course, and he'll need another strong effort in ... Continue reading

The All-Electric Toyota RAV4 EV First Drive

The All-Electric Toyota RAV4 EV First Drive

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS) offered news media first drive opportunities today for the Toyota RAV4 EV, an all-new, all-electric SUV arriving in select California dealerships later this summer. During the media event, Toyota engineers lifted the hood and shared developmental and technical details of this uniqu ... Continue reading

2013 Subaru Legacy: More Powerful, Smoother Ride, Redesigned Styling, Better Value

2013 Subaru Legacy: More Powerful, Smoother Ride, Redesigned Styling, Better Value

Subaru Canada, Inc. (SCI) is pleased to announce the release of the 2013 Subaru Legacy . With more modifications than a typical model year change, the 2013 Subaru Legacy has undergone an extensive facelift with a restyled front end including new headlights, grille and front bumper. The 2013 Subaru Legacy also debuts ch ... Continue reading

The Vehicle Production Group (VPG) Sponsors Mission: ABLE and Offers $5000 Discount on the MV-1

The Vehicle Production Group (VPG) Sponsors Mission: ABLE and Offers $5000 Discount on the MV-1

The Vehicle Production Group (VPG) today announced a partnership with Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) in sponsorship of Mission: ABLE and will offer a $5000 rebate toward the purchase of an MV-1 for eligible members. This is in addition to a grant of up to $19,858.14 that qualified members can receive from the VA t ... Continue reading

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