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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

AMA Racing Ice Race Grand Championships promise fun-packed weekend

AMA Racing Ice Race Grand Championships promise fun-packed weekend

AMA Racing News Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Dec. 12, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Connie Fleming Phone: (614) 856-1910, ext. 1258 E-mail: cfleming@ama-cycle.org [mailto:cfleming@ama-cycle.org] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Continue reading

Electric Motorcycle Makes History at Infineon Raceway

Electric Motorcycle Makes History at Infineon Raceway

Santa Rosa's Swallow Makes History Aboard Electric Motorcycle at Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (March 13, 2008) - <p> Santa Rosa's Mike Swallow made history at Infineon Raceway, powering his electric motorcycle to victory during the track's weekly Wednesday Night Drags program. The win marked the first time in the 20 ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (WATERTOWN, MA.) - First Electric Vehicle in History to Break into the Sevens at 7.82 Seconds at 168mph

SPECIAL EVENT (WATERTOWN, MA.) - First Electric Vehicle in History to Break into the Sevens at 7.82 Seconds at 168mph

WATERTOWN, Mass.--A123Systems™, sponsor of the world record setting KillaCycle, today announced that the official world record holder in the electric quarter-mile drag again broke its previous world record. The KillaCycle is the first electric vehicle of any kind to break the eight-second barrier with two runs of ... 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

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

SPECIAL EVENT (DETROIT) - Explore Grand Auto Racing Collection at Henry Ford Museum

SPECIAL EVENT (DETROIT) - Explore Grand Auto Racing Collection at Henry Ford Museum

DEARBORN, Mich.--When the Motor City hosts the Grand Prix this Labor Day weekend, nearby Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan is the perfect place to whet your appetite for all things racing. With an automotive racing collection that is among the very best in the country, Henry Ford Museum is home to automobiles spa ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (LAS VEGAS) - Bikers Rev up and Ride into Sin City for the Seventh Annual Las Vegas BikeFest™, September 27-30

SPECIAL EVENT (LAS VEGAS) - Bikers Rev up and Ride into Sin City for the Seventh Annual Las Vegas BikeFest™, September 27-30

LAS VEGAS--More than 40,000 bikers and motorcycle fanatics will hit the highway to attend the seventh annual Las Vegas BikeFestTM, a national motorcycle and biker rally held in Sin City September 27 – 30, 2007. This four-day motorcycle extravaganza will host some of the world’s most skilled custom motorcycle ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (MINNEAPOLIS) - Victory Motorcycles to Auction Off Kyle Petty's All-New Victory Vision(TM) From Charity Ride

SPECIAL EVENT (MINNEAPOLIS) - Victory Motorcycles to Auction Off Kyle Petty's All-New Victory Vision(TM) From Charity Ride

Bike is one of the first Victory Visions available to public with all net proceeds to benefit children of Victory Junction Gang Camp MINNEAPOLIS, July 11 -- Victory Motorcycles, a division of Polaris Industries Inc. , announced today it will put up for auction the brand new Victory Vision(TM) that Kyle Petty will ride ... Continue reading

BIKES (SOUTH DAKOTA)- Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, Inc. appoints Hines to Board of Directors

BIKES (SOUTH DAKOTA)- Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, Inc. appoints Hines to Board of Directors

SPEARFISH, SD, May 2.2007; Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, Inc. proudly announces that Kennon D. (Ken) Hines, Vice President of Business Development and Customer Support, Lehman Trikes USA, Inc. has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Hines is a dedicated advocate of the motorcycle industry and the spor ... Continue reading

BIKES (LAUGHLIN) - 25th Anniversary Laughlin River Run Set for April 25-29, 2007

BIKES (LAUGHLIN) - 25th Anniversary Laughlin River Run Set for April 25-29, 2007

Proceeds From West's Largest Motorcycle Rally to Benefit Charities LAUGHLIN, Nev., April 18 -- The rumble will be loud and the chrome brightly polished when more than 70,000 motorcycle enthusiasts roar into Laughlin April 25-29 for the 25th annual Laughlin River Run. Started in 1983 with only 426 people, this annual ev ... Continue reading

DENSO Announces Motor Sport Sponsorships for 2007

DENSO Announces Motor Sport Sponsorships for 2007

KARIYA, Japan, March 13 -- DENSO Corporation today announced its motor sport sponsorship plan for the 2007 season. DENSO will continue to sponsor teams participating in the world's top motor sports including FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (F1), FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (WRC), and FIM ROAD RACING WORLD CHAMPIONS ... Continue reading

Manheim To Hold First-ever Motorcycle Auction in Conjunction with Daytona Bike Week

Manheim To Hold First-ever Motorcycle Auction in Conjunction with Daytona Bike Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chowning Johnson February 9, 2007 McNeely Pigott & Fox (615) 259-4000 MANHEIM TO HOLD FIRST-EVER MOTORCYCLE AUCTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAYTONA BIKE WEEK Exclusive On-Site Sale at Bruce Rossmeyer's Destination Daytona ATLANTA - Manheim Specialty Auctions will hold a motorcycle auction for ... Continue reading

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