Weekly NHTSA Recalls - July 19, 2010
Jul 19, 2010
Jul 7, 2010
⢠Voting for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) design that will be featured on the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car begins Tuesday, July 6, and ends on September 3, a total of 60 days in honor of Wood Brothers Racingâs 60-year anniversary of racing Ford prod ... Continue reading
Swiss Racecar Driver Buys One-of-a-Kind Tesla Roadster
Jul 7, 2010
ZURICH--Swiss racecar driver and promoter Fredy Lienhard has bought a Tesla Roadster Sport that gained fame as the record-setting winner of the Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally. âAnd this particular car wrote history as the first fully electric car to win an international FIA race. Automobile racing must fully ... Continue reading
Yokohama Tire Corporation Releases Second Educational Video
Jul 7, 2010
<b>New âYokohama Tire Tipsâ segment focuses on 'how to read the sidewall of a tire' and is again hosted by off-road racing champion Cameron Steele. Video can be seen on the companyâs Website and YouTube</b> FULLERTON, July 6, 2010: How to read the sidewall of a tire is the subject of Yokohama Tire Corpor ... Continue reading
Yokohama's Electric Vehicle Wins with Record Time at Pikes Peak
Jul 2, 2010
<b>EV bests previous âRace to the Cloudsâ mark by over a minute</b> Vehicle driving on Yokohama tires and powered by a new AC Propulsion motor broke the record for electric vehicles in the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs, Colorado over the weekend. With Japanese driver Ikuo Hanawa ... Continue reading
Jun 29, 2010
⢠Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) has joined the effort of finding a cure for Type 1 Diabetes by partnering with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in raising funds and awareness through its NASCAR Sprint Cup Program. ⢠JDRF children have the chance to design the paint scheme of the No. 21 Mot ... Continue reading
Jun 19, 2010
Tuxedo NY, June 18, 2010: Take 55 cars, 54 men and one woman, add six miles of asphalt, $500,000 worth of prizes at stake, throw them together for two days of challenging racing in the historic Hudson Valley and what do you get? The Robin Hood Rally, www.robinhoodrally.com, a televised series of 10 amateur road races o ... Continue reading
Yokohama Adds Orange Oil-Infused Race Tires to Pikes Peak Electric Buggy
Jun 16, 2010
FULLERTON, June 16, 2010: Yokohama Tire Corporationâs ADVAN® ENV-R2⢠orange oil-infused race tires have another mountain to conquerâ¦literally. Already the official spec tire in the IMSA Patrón GT3 Challenge by Yokohama and the new ALMS GT3 Challenge (GTC) Class, the ENV-R2 is now poised to take on ... Continue reading
Yokohama Tire Corporation's New 4-Year Contract with Union Highlights Positive Working Relationship
Jun 8, 2010
FULLERTON, June 7, 2010: The new four-year contract between Yokohama Tire Corporationâs manufacturing plant in Salem, Virginia and the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1023 signifies the positive working relationship between the two sides, according to Rex Simpson, Yokohama vice president, administration. Previousl ... Continue reading
Yokohama Tire Corporation To Release Series Of Educational Videos
Jun 5, 2010
<b>First âYokohama Tire Tipsâ segment â featuring off-road racing champion Cameron Steele â to go live on the companyâs Web site and YouTube during Tire Safety Week</b> FULLERTON, June 5, 2010: To increase public awareness about a wide variety of tire-related subjects, Yokohama Tire Corporation ... Continue reading
Drivers on Yokohama Tires Claim Redline Time Attack Victories at Auto Club Speedway
Jun 5, 2010
FULLERTON, June 4, 2010: Yokohama Tire Corporation-shod race cars took the overall win and earned three first-place finishes at the Redline Time Attack event at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, May 29-30. The drivers scored the wins on Yokohamaâs ADVAN A005® and ADVAN Neova® AD08 tires. The Redline ... Continue reading
LADIES, START YOUR ENGINES! IT'S OUR TURN NOW!
Feb 23, 2009
<b><i>By Theresa Earnheart, President Track Chic</b></i> <i>We know who we are. Weâre passionate! We LOVE speed! Weâre motorsports racing fans. Die hards! Balancing our love of the sport with our other roles of worker, mother, sister, friend, daughter, wife...</i> <b>We are the Track Chic phenomenon.</b> Shar ... Continue reading
REAL WORLD AUTOMOTIVE STIMULUS - JOIN THE VINTAGE RACING LEAGUE COMMUNITY!
Feb 13, 2009
If you've ever owned, or wished you owned a vintage race/performance car, we'd like to invite you to join the global VRL Community. <p> The Vintage Racing League (VRL) is committed to the protection and development of "living motorsports history", by showcasing the passion, power, nostalgia and excitement associated wi ... Continue reading
2009 Dakar Coverage Sunday - Chapter 2
Jan 21, 2009
TACH DAKAR 2 1/4/09 SUNDAY NOTE PHOTO CALLOUT - UNDERLINED It is now 3:25 PM Dakar Rally time and defined by Greenwich Mean Time. We are driving due south to San Antonio Oueste, and then joining a major highway bound for Puerto Madryd. Temperatures are above 35C, or very hot and the winds are above kite flying speeds. ... Continue reading
2009 Dakar Coverage Tuesday - Chapter 4
Jan 21, 2009
TACH Dakar â 1/6/09 NOTE PHOTO CALLOUTS PHOTO Dakar_09-3708 Yesterday in the desert, waiting for cars and then suffering repeated dust showers, was grand. It was the big payoff for all of us. Piercing sunlight kept us warm despite cooler temperatures and fierce winds. Though there were no trees, an abundance of ve ... Continue reading
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