Sunday, July 8, 2012

NHRA Pro Stock - Making Progress On Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s Mind

Making progress on Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s mind as Pro Stock turns to eliminations NORWALK, Jul. 8, 2012: Local favorite Jeg Coughlin Jr. was all smiles at the conclusion of Pro Stock qualifying after earning the No. 10 spot in the elimination field for his JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger. "Q4 was probably our best run of the ... Continue reading

ALMS GT - Miller/Maassen P8 At Lime Rock

LAKEVILLE, Jul. 8, 2012: The No. 48 Dunlop/Chopard/TOTAL Porsche 911 GT3 RSR from Paul Miller Racing picked up another top-10 result on Saturday as teammates Bryce Miller and Sascha Maassen co-drove the machine to an eighth-place result in the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park. Miller started the ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Franchitti Qualifies P1 At Toronto

TORONTO, Jul. 7, 2012: Dario Franchitti earned his first Indy car pole start on the streets of Toronto in 1997. He claimed No. 29 on the 1.75-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit for the Honda Indy Toronto. Franchitti posted a lap of 59.3510 seconds on the last of his five laps in the Firestone Fast Six to wre ... Continue reading

FIA GP3 - Daly Produces Another Top-5 In Race 1

Silverstone, Jul. 7, 2012: American Conor Daly produced a credible P5 result in Race 1 at Britian's venerable grand prix circuit. Daly, who was originally hampered by a 10 grid penality at the start, worked his way through the field to notch another impressive performance. ... Continue reading

Historics - HGP Will Race At USGP

Austin, TX -- Formula 1 fans attending the U.S. Grand Prix at the debuting Circuit of the Americas here will have the opportunity to witness the dichotomy of mechanics working on current F1 machines with laptops, while at the same time watching Historic Grand Prix® caretakers with socket wrenches in their laps. COTA h ... Continue reading

Indy Lights - Final Qualifying At Toronto

TORONTO - Qualifying Saturday for the Toronto 100 Firestone Indy Lights event on the 1.755-mile Streets of Toronto, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, time and speed in parentheses: <p> 1. (3) Victor Carbone, 01:20.2282 (78.750)<br> 2. (11) Esteban Guerrieri, 01:20.3348 (78.646)<br> 3. (2) Gusta ... Continue reading

Nationwide - Kurt Busch Wins At Daytona

<b>By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service</b> DAYTONA BEACH, Jul. 7, 2012: The Great Pumpkin arrived early, and Kurt Busch left Daytona International Speedway with something more than peanuts after winning Friday night's Subway Jalapeno 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race in a battered No. 1 Chevrolet that looked like a r ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Canada Reports All-Time Best June Results

Strong Sales of Jetta and Passat Lead the Way Volkswagen Canada celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and is pleased to report June sales of 5,500 cars and light trucks. This was the company's best-ever result for the month, and betters the previous mark; set just last year, by 10%. Volkswagen's 135 Dealers have de ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Global Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market 2011-2015: The Global Compressed Natural Vehicle Market to Reach 19.8 Million Units By 2015

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market 2011-2015" report to their offering. 'Global Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Market 2011-2015' One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the cost benefits of using compressed natural gas. The Global Co ... Continue reading

From City to City: car2go Now Offers Multi-City Access

Starting today, car2go Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daimler North America Corporation, will give all car2go members in Canada access to its network of fuel-efficient smart fortwo cars in all car2go cities within the country -- including Vancouver, Toronto, and starting later this month in Calgary. "Ste ... Continue reading