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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

3-time motorcycle Grand Prix winner Abe dies in street accident

3-time motorcycle Grand Prix winner Abe dies in street accident

YOKOHAMA, Oct. 8 KYODO News reported that three-time motorcycle Grand Prix winner Norifumi Abe died Sunday after his motorbike collided with a truck that made an illegal u-turn. He was 32. Abe, nicknamed ''Norick,'' joined the 500 cc MotoGP, the world's premier motorcycling championship, in 1994 and earned his first vi ... Continue reading

Hamilton wins in Japan

Hamilton wins in Japan

Tokyo September 30, 2007; Reuters reported that Lewis Hamilton won a wet and turbulent Japanese Grand Prix today and took a big step towards the Formula One world title as his McLaren-Mercedes teammate Fernando Alonso crashed out. The first 19 laps took place behind the safety car due to the adverse conditions. It came ... 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

VIDEO FEATURE - The Race to the Track: Logistics in Formula 1

VIDEO FEATURE - The Race to the Track: Logistics in Formula 1

COLOGNE - JULY 3, 2007: Formula 1 is all about racing but away from the competitions, a different kind of race is fundamental to the workings of Panasonic Toyota Racing. For the team’s logistics department, there is a constant race against time to get the cars, spare parts and pieces of equipment, to the track on ... Continue reading

RACING SPONSORS (VIDEO FEATURE) - ING Launches Formula 1 Race Index

RACING SPONSORS (VIDEO FEATURE) - ING Launches Formula 1 Race Index

Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix on May 27, ING launched its Formula 1 Race Index to provide new and existing Formula 1 fans with a clear and instant appraisal of the stresses and strains of all 17 Grand Prix circuits in the race calendar, providing a 'league table' ranking of the most difficult and challenging circuits. ... Continue reading

Honda Racing F1 Team - Bahrain Test Report

Honda Racing F1 Team - Bahrain Test Report

BAHRAIN 24 FEBRUARY END OF TEST REPORT The Honda Racing F1 Team today completed the first of two final pre-season tests which are being held at the Bahrain International Circuit. Testing outside of Europe for the first time this year, race drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello took part in all three days of runn ... Continue reading

Canada's McIntosh Maximizes Malaysian Track Time (z04)

Canada's McIntosh Maximizes Malaysian Track Time (z04)

Canada's McIntosh Maximizes Malaysian Track Time Friday 24 November, 2006 - A1 Team Canada's Sean McIntosh kicked off preparations for Sunday's fourth round of the 2006-07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, hosted at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, by posting the 13th fastest lap time in Friday's official prac ... Continue reading

Rafa Matos A1GP Debut Yields Two Top-Seven Finishes

Rafa Matos A1GP Debut Yields Two Top-Seven Finishes

Raphael Matos, a native of Belo Horizonte, Brazil now living in Miami, Florida, USA, made his A1GP World Cup of Motorsports debut this weekend in the A1GP Beijing, China with two top-seven finishes. The performance helped earn A1 Team Brasil its first points of the season moving them to 15th overall in the formula car ... Continue reading

Canadian James Hinchcliffe Scores Twice in China (W)

Canadian James Hinchcliffe Scores Twice in China (W)

Chinese Double Score for A1 Team Canada's Hinchcliffe Sunday November 12, 2006 - A1 Team Canada's James Hinchcliffe endured a fast but frustrating third round of the 2006-07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Beijing, China Sunday as the 19-year-old from Toronto added to the team's points tally with fourth and tenth place ... Continue reading

Rafa Matos to Make A1GP Debut in Beijing

Rafa Matos to Make A1GP Debut in Beijing

Raphael Matos to Make A1GP Debut with A1 Team Brasil in Beijing Young, Brazilian Open Wheel Standout Tests Daytona Prototype, Will Race A1GP BEIJING, November 8, 2006 - Raphael Matos, Rafa as he is best known, will make his A1GP World Cup of Motorsports debut this weekend in the A1GP Beijing, China. The young, Brazilia ... Continue reading

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