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Demeny Racing All Fired Up over E3 Spark Plugs

Demeny Racing All Fired Up over E3 Spark Plugs

Hbrams, WI (February 7, 2013) - A few weeks ago, Don Demeny was ahead of schedule with his off-season rebuild of his #885 RAM powered Super Stock Truck, and just about to install the new power plant when his latest sponsor called. Now thanks to the team's latest partner, E3 Spark Plugs, the Nsight Cellcom Mickey Thomps ... Continue reading

Nitto Tire Sponsors King of the Hammers Off-Road Challenge and Six Teams Vying for 4x4 Championship

Nitto Tire Sponsors King of the Hammers Off-Road Challenge and Six Teams Vying for 4x4 Championship

Nitto Tire returns again this year as Presenting Sponsor and sponsor of six topnotch off-road racing teams for the grueling seventh running of the Griffin King of the Hammers Presented by Nitto Tire on Fri., Feb. 8, 2013. The tough 4x4 race will be the culmination of this year's week-long event billed as the most impre ... Continue reading

Subaru Sweeps the Podium at Rallye Perce-Neige

Subaru Sweeps the Podium at Rallye Perce-Neige

Subaru Rally Team Canada gains five-point lead in first event of the CRC season. - Subaru Canada, Inc. (SCI) is thrilled to announce Subaru Rally Team Canada's victory at Rallye Perce-Neige, held February 2 and 3, in Maniwaki, Quebec. Subaru Rally Team Canada driver Pat Richard and new co-driver Rob Fagg gained 22 poin ... Continue reading

2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Ride and Review By John Heilig

2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Ride and Review By John Heilig

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG Mid-Atlantic Bureau The Auto Channel 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution…It’s Two, Two Cars in One SPECIFICATIONS - 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Model: 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVOlution Engine: 2.0-liter turbocharged I4 Horsepower/Torque: 291 hp @ 6,500 rpm/300 lb.-ft. @ 4,000 rpm ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Happy Happy From The Auto Channel - Motorsports

Special Motorsports Event - Happy Happy From The Auto Channel - Motorsports

Auto Central, Dec. 17. 2012: We wanted to thank our readers for following The Auto Channel - Motorsports throughout 2012. We're going to be bigger and better next year so tune in. Meanwhile, have a good Holiday from those of us located in Sacramento, Louisville, Chicago, Austin and our Editors in Europe and in the Paci ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Santa Arrives at The World's Largest Children's Museum in a Dallara IndyCar!

Special Motorsports Event - Santa Arrives at The World's Largest Children's Museum in a Dallara IndyCar!

Vroom vroom! Black Friday became Fast Friday in the Racing Capital of the World November 23, 2012 as Santa traded in his sleigh for a slick new Dallara IndyCar. It was all part of the plan to whisk Mr. Claus to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in record time before the holidays. It started with a pre-dawn Pit Stop ... Continue reading

Australasian Safari - Bruce Garland Shoots For Sixth Safari Crown

Australasian Safari - Bruce Garland Shoots For Sixth Safari Crown

Five Safari wins aren't enough for Bruce Garland. His mission this month is to make the Isuzu D-MAX the first diesel to win the Australasian Safari. ... Continue reading

Spyker WILL Build Paris-to-Peking Super SUV

Spyker WILL Build Paris-to-Peking Super SUV

Ambitious Again By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, August 30, 2012; Some five years after its planned production start, the Spyker Paris-to-Peking SSUV will finally be realized. That was the latest news this week from Spyker CEO Victor Muller. Thanks to an investment of ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi i-MiEV Evolution Scores Impressive 2nd-Place Finish in 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Debut +VIDEO

Mitsubishi i-MiEV Evolution Scores Impressive 2nd-Place Finish in 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Debut +VIDEO

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) saw its 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) electric vehicle racing team achieve an impressive debut on the difficult 12.42 mile long, 156 corner mountainside race course by recording a second-place finish in the Electric Vehicle class with its Mitsubishi i-Mi ... Continue reading

International Rally - Proton Wins Rally Of Thailand

International Rally - Proton Wins Rally Of Thailand

Current British Rally Championship leader Tom Cave drove remarkably in his debut as a factory driver for PROTON enroute to setting fastest time in 11 of the rally's 13 special stages, and to win by a margin of more than 10 minutes. ... Continue reading

Intercontinental Rally Challenge - Andreas Ready To Sink His Teeth Into Transylvania

Intercontinental Rally Challenge - Andreas Ready To Sink His Teeth Into Transylvania

You can usually count on Andreas Mikkelsen to stake a claim on anything he sets out to do, and the Skoda UK Motorsport driver's aim for the Sibiu Rally Romania (20-21 July) is to extend his lead in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Ford's 2012 Jim Clark Award For Rally Driver David Bogie

Special Motorsports Event - Ford's 2012 Jim Clark Award For Rally Driver David Bogie

The Association of Scottish Motoring Writers has honoured Dumfries rally driver David Bogie with this year's Ford-sponsored Jim Clark Award in recognition of his sporting achievements. ... Continue reading

Historics - Derek Bell And Bentley Inspired By 'Mission Motorsport' Team At Le Mans Classic

Historics - Derek Bell And Bentley Inspired By 'Mission Motorsport' Team At Le Mans Classic

Bentley's brand ambassador and five time Le Mans winner, Derek Bell MBE, returned to the iconic French race circuit last weekend to spearhead a unique motorsport challenge. ... Continue reading

Bosch Australian Rally Championship - Honda And Evans Continue Their Winning Streak At The International Rally Of Queensland

Bosch Australian Rally Championship - Honda And Evans Continue Their Winning Streak At The International Rally Of Queensland

With three wins from three starts, Honda and the Evans Motorsport team led the two-wheel drive category at the Brakes Direct International Rally of Queensland. ... Continue reading

Motorsports Commentary - Sleeping With The Enemy

Motorsports Commentary - Sleeping With The Enemy

<b>by Rick Carlton – Senior Motorsports Editor</b> <p> Austin, May 25, 2012: While I appreciate successful decisions that drive motorsports businesses positively, I am particularly interested in evolutions that become troublesome, and subsequently fall into the category of having to deal with ‘unintended cons ... Continue reading

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