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NASCAR on Deck for Red Sox All-Star

NASCAR on Deck for Red Sox All-Star

FORT MYERS, Fla., May 5 -- Former Red Sox All-Star Mike Greenwell is looking to compete in the upcoming NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is in its 12th season with over 30 million fans in the U.S. Greenwell has teamed up with CarSponsorships.com, an automotive sponsorship placement agenc ... Continue reading

Premiere of Disney-Pixar's CARS at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina

Premiere of Disney-Pixar's CARS at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina

NEW YORK, May 4 -- WHO: From the film - Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, John Ratzenberger, Richard Petty, Paul Dooley, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michael Wallis, Darrell Waltrip, Jenifer Lewis, Katherine Helmond, Dave Foley, soundtrack artist Brad Paisley, President and ... Continue reading

Pontiac Solstice GXP Dirfting Along

Pontiac Solstice GXP Dirfting Along

New drift car for Bridgestone-sponsored 2006 Formula D driver Nashville, Tenn. (May 4, 2006) - Already poised for a repeat of last year’s Formula Drift Championship win, Rhys Millen, sponsored by the Bridgestone® brand, will debut his new ride, a turbocharged Red Bull Pontiac Solstice GXP, at the third drifting ... Continue reading

Bullrun on MTV Networks and Spike TV

Bullrun on MTV Networks and Spike TV

NEW YORK, May 2, 2006 – Spike TV speeds into action with a new event series, Bullrun, based on the international automotive rally of the same name. The 10-episode high-octane series premieres in first quarter 2007. At the MTV Upfront presentation in Madison Square Garden, MTV Networks announced the new Bullrun sho ... Continue reading

Racing Legends Join Reality Racing - The Rookie Challenge

Racing Legends Join Reality Racing - The Rookie Challenge

BOCA RATON, Fla., May 2 -- Reality Racing, Inc. President Lee F. Schaefer today announced the signing of seven (7) NASCAR racing legends as part of the Reality Racing - The Rookie Challenge weekly television program. DONNIE ALLISON, CALE YARBOROUGH, NED JARRETT, BUDDY BAKER, JUNIOR JOHNSON, GEOFF BODINE AND HARRY GANT ... Continue reading

Nissan Motorsports Backs Three-Truck Effort in 2006 Championship Off-Road Racing Series

Nissan Motorsports Backs Three-Truck Effort in 2006 Championship Off-Road Racing Series

GARDENA, Calif.--May 2, 2006--After falling just short of the Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) Pro-Lite Manufacturers' Championship last season, Nissan Motorsports returns in 2006 with a new lineup of three factory-supported vehicles - a pair of Pro-Lite Class Nissan Frontiers driven by Chad Hord and Art Schmitt, an ... Continue reading

Spike TV Revs Up Its 2007 Lineup With 'Bullrun' OOH EDGEY

Spike TV Revs Up Its 2007 Lineup With 'Bullrun' OOH EDGEY

New Series Follows High Action Automotive Rally Across the Country NEW YORK, May 2 -- Spike TV speeds into action with a new event series, Bullrun, based on the international automotive rally of the same name. The 10-episode high-octane series premieres in first quarter 2007. Bullrun is produced by Pilgrim Films and Te ... Continue reading

Subaru Rally Team USA Finishes One-Two at Rim of the World Rally; -- Travis Pastrana claims first rally victory --

Subaru Rally Team USA Finishes One-Two at Rim of the World Rally; -- Travis Pastrana claims first rally victory --

LOS ANGELES, May 1 -- X Games and motocross phenom Travis Pastrana has now officially made his mark in professional rally racing by winning the Subaru Rim of the World Rally, held April 28-29, 2006. The Subaru Rally Team USA driver won in convincing fashion, leading from the very first stage and driving faultlessly on ... Continue reading

BLOOMINGTON = IT'S TWO FOR GAINES !!!

BLOOMINGTON = IT'S TWO FOR GAINES !!!

ROBINSON & TRAMMEL ALSO SCORE WINS BLOOMINGTON, IN (April 29, 2006) - As we arrived at the track and looked at the line of haulers waiting to enter the pits, it looked as if we might not have the car count that we had had the first two weeks. There would still be plenty of cars; but there might not be as many as we had ... Continue reading

WJ Steps Up, Qualifies Fourth in Thunder Valley

WJ Steps Up, Qualifies Fourth in Thunder Valley

Event: 7th Annual O'Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals Day/Date: Saturday, April 29, 2006 Location: Bristol Dragway, Bristol, TN Warren Johnson completed a solid qualifying effort on Saturday at the O'Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, TN. On each of his first three attempts, Johnson bettered his previous time, w ... Continue reading

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Ram Tough 200 Truck Race

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Ram Tough 200 Truck Race

April 29, 2006 Gateway International Raceway MARCOS AMBROSE-20-Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford F-150 (Finished 34th) - WHAT HAPPENED? "I saw him (Skinner) go up into the wall and I tried to stay low, but I just couldn't stay low enough; he came back down the track and I had nowhere to go. I guess that's an introduction t ... Continue reading

KJ Battles to a Semi-Final Finish in Bristol

KJ Battles to a Semi-Final Finish in Bristol

Event: 6th Annual O’Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals Day/Date: Sunday, April 30, 2006 Location: Bristol Dragway, Bristol, TN Kurt Johnson and the ACDelco Cobalt Racing team completed an eventful weekend in Thunder Valley on Sunday, powering to a semi-final finish at the O’Reilly Thunder Valley NHRA Nationals i ... Continue reading

NHRA Top Fueler Doug Kalitta goes back-to-back in Bristol to pick up first win of 2006

NHRA Top Fueler Doug Kalitta goes back-to-back in Bristol to pick up first win of 2006

BRISTOL, Tenn. (April 30, 2006) - Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster driver Doug Kalitta was in a win drought. The 24-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national event winner had not won a Top Fuel title since the Brainerd, Minn., event last August, until today. For the third time in his nine-year drag racing career and fo ... Continue reading

NASCAR Goodyear at Talladega

NASCAR Goodyear at Talladega

GOODYEAR TIRE NOTES NASCAR Nextel Cup Series -- Race No. 9 -- Aaron's 499NASCAR Busch Series -- Race No. 10 -- Aaron's 312Talladega Superspeedway (2.66-mile oval) -- Talladega, Ala.Fast Facts for April 28-30, 2006 Tire: Goodyear Eagle Superspeedway Radials Number of Tires: Nextel Cup: Left-side -- 1,200, Right-side -- ... Continue reading

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