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Yokohama Tire Corporation's New 4-Year Contract with Union Highlights Positive Working Relationship

Yokohama Tire Corporation's New 4-Year Contract with Union Highlights Positive Working Relationship

FULLERTON, June 7, 2010: The new four-year contract between Yokohama Tire Corporation’s 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

Yokohama Tire Corporation To Release Series Of Educational Videos

<b>First “Yokohama Tire Tips” segment – featuring off-road racing champion Cameron Steele – to go live on the company’s 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

Drivers on Yokohama Tires Claim Redline Time Attack Victories at Auto Club Speedway

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 Yokohama’s ADVAN A005® and ADVAN Neova® AD08 tires. The Redline ... Continue reading

Strong F1 Result a Boost for Renault Australia

Strong F1 Result a Boost for Renault Australia

The second place recorded by Renault F1 Team driver Robert Kubica in the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, comes at a good time for Renault Australia. ... Continue reading

2010 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE

2010 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE

2010 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX MELBOURNE 28 MARCH RACE An eventful race at Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix saw Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher bring their MGP W01 cars home in the points for a second successive race with Nico in fifth position and Michael in 10th place. Rain immediately before the start meant ... Continue reading

Torah Bright, Gold Medal Winner and Go-Kart Driver Wants to Race Rally Cars, Any Volunteer Instructors in TACHland?

Torah Bright, Gold Medal Winner and Go-Kart Driver Wants to Race Rally Cars, Any Volunteer Instructors in TACHland?

VANCOUVER, Feb 18, 2010; The Reuters Olympic web site features an interview with Olympic champion Torah Bright, the interviewer said that he heard that Torah said that if she wasn't a snowboarder she'd want to be a rally car driver? TB: I love to drive cars and I've always wanted to learn how to drive and would love to ... Continue reading

BMW Team Beats Panorama Drama to Win Bathurst 12 Hour

BMW Team Beats Panorama Drama to Win Bathurst 12 Hour

THERE was rain, fog and the even the ultimate unpredictability of a large fallen tree, but the Eastern Creek International Karts BMW 335i of Gary Holt, Paul Morris and John Bowe survived every challenge Mount Panorama could produce to win the Armo All Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama today. ... Continue reading

Ford and Dick Johnson Together Again

Ford and Dick Johnson Together Again

Ford Australia today announced a new partnership with Dick Johnson's Queensland-based V8 Supercar team, Jim Beam Racing, for the 2010 season. ... Continue reading

LADIES, START YOUR ENGINES! IT'S OUR TURN NOW!

LADIES, START YOUR ENGINES! IT'S OUR TURN NOW!

<b><i>By Theresa Earnheart, President Track Chic</b></i> <i>We know who we are. We’re passionate! We LOVE speed! We’re 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!

REAL WORLD AUTOMOTIVE STIMULUS - JOIN THE VINTAGE RACING LEAGUE COMMUNITY!

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

PRRACEwire Offers Electronic Brochure

PRRACEwire Offers Electronic Brochure

Austin TX. January 2, 2009: Potential PR, Marketing, Team and Sponsor organizations can now download and review all relevant templates for PRRACEwire's Driving Ambition (TDAP) marketing/advertising program. The self-contained e-book is entirely safe and can be reviewed online, saved to one's workstation for later use, ... Continue reading

F1 Race Driver Nico Rosberg Swaps Car for Surfboard - VIDEO

F1 Race Driver Nico Rosberg Swaps Car for Surfboard - VIDEO

SYDNEY, Australia - June 3, 2008: It's not easy being a racing driver. Outside of the cockpit, they're dragged from pillar to post fulfilling sponsor and media commitments, that is when they aren't testing. Every so often, however, a sponsor will come up with a fun day out, like RBS did for Nico just before the Austral ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (BOULDER) - Carroll Shelby and Other Racing Legends to Attend Shelby American Collection's 11th Annual Holiday Gala

SPECIAL EVENT (BOULDER) - Carroll Shelby and Other Racing Legends to Attend Shelby American Collection's 11th Annual Holiday Gala

Carroll Shelby, Bob Bondurant, Phil Remington and other racing heroes will headline the Shelby American Collection's 11th annual celebration at its museum in Boulder on December 1, 2007. The annual holiday party honors the race history of Carroll Shelby, his legendary 1960s Shelby American Team and the automobiles they ... Continue reading

A Glimpse at the Life of Formula One Racer Ralf Schmacher - VIDEO FEATURE

A Glimpse at the Life of Formula One Racer Ralf Schmacher - VIDEO FEATURE

July 27, 2007: Ralf grew up in Kerpen, Germany, just a few miles from the Panasonic Toyota Racing’s factory in Cologne. He started riding karts when he was two, raced in club championships by the age of five, and made his Formula 1 debut 10 years ago, challenging his brother, Michael, on the race track. Ralf stood ... Continue reading

Martin Brundle, Former F1 Driver Examines Physical Challenges of Racing - VIDEO FEATURE

Martin Brundle, Former F1 Driver Examines Physical Challenges of Racing - VIDEO FEATURE

Martin Brundle, former F1 driver and TV pundit, investigates the physical effects of driving a Formula One car by undergoing a series of assessments at QinetiQ's human performance laboratories. ... Continue reading

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