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Driver Alan Burgess Succumbs to Burns from Daytona Fire

Driver Alan Burgess Succumbs to Burns from Daytona Fire

TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 28, 2009) – Alan C. Burgess, of Winter Garden, Fla., died Aug. 24 at Orlando Regional Hospital after sustaining burns from a fire at a Sports Car Club of America-sanctioned race at Daytona International Speedway on Aug. 9. ... Continue reading

Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races

Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races

MONTEREY, Calif.--Every year at the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, attendees look forward to indulging in Rolex’s award-winning “Moments in Time” display, which honors six different historic racing cars and their most significant achievements. This year, at the vintage motorsports event's 36th ... Continue reading

Toyota Outlines Motor Sports Activities for 2009

Toyota Outlines Motor Sports Activities for 2009

Tokyo, Mar 16, 2009; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, which regards motor sports as an ideal medium for conveying the anticipation and excitement associated with automobiles, announces it plans to continue engaging in motor sports this year, despite being financially restricted by severe business conditions. TMC plans to focu ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 Tire Brings Formula One Inspiration To The Street

Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 Tire Brings Formula One Inspiration To The Street

Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 Tire Brings Formula One Inspiration To The Street Advanced “Stealth Technology” helps RE-11 accelerate from the pack NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 12, 2009; Race car drivers around the globe have long relied on the leading-edge technology in Bridgestone Potenza™ tires to carry them to ... Continue reading

Legendary Drivers and celebrated Corvette Racers to be reunited at the Houston Classic Auction.

Legendary Drivers and celebrated Corvette Racers to be reunited at the Houston Classic Auction.

WWG Logo.jpgPress Release For Immediate Release March 12th, 2009 Legendary Drivers and celebrated Corvette Racers to be reunited at the Houston Classic Auction. Worldwide Auctioneers has today confirmed that Corvette racing legends, Dick Guldstrand and Delmo Johnson, will be reunited with some of the celebrated race ca ... 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

Club Racers Honored, SCCA Hall of Fame Adds Five as National Convention Closes

Club Racers Honored, SCCA Hall of Fame Adds Five as National Convention Closes

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Feb. 22, 2009) – In addition to another full day of productive seminars and meetings, the final day of the 45th SCCA National Convention, at the South Point Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nev., recognized achievements in Club Racing and added five new members to the SCCA Hall of Fame. Like the pr ... 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

Shelby Autos and Ford Racing to Offer up to 37 2009 Shelby GT "R Model" Jerry Titus Edition Track Cars to the Public

Shelby Autos and Ford Racing to Offer up to 37 2009 Shelby GT "R Model" Jerry Titus Edition Track Cars to the Public

LAS VEGAS, NV Jan 29, 2009; Four decades after Shelby and Ford collaborated on a race version of the legendary Mustang, the companies are offering a limited edition track day version of the Ford Shelby GT. Ford Racing and Shelby Automobiles, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International, Inc. (Other OTC:CSB ... 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

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca recommends the Lone Oak Lodge.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca recommends the Lone Oak Lodge.

Family-Owned hotel gears-up for race fans. Monterey, CA 05/06/08 --- The management of the Lone Oak Lodge today announced that Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has selected the longtime family operated motor lodge as a “Recommended Hotel.” Lone Oak Lodge owner Richard Quaglia says he’s very happy with the track ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (INDIANAPOLIS, IN.) - The Drive of Your Life: 2nd Annual Great American Run; Potential Cash Prize of One Million Dollars

SPECIAL EVENT (INDIANAPOLIS, IN.) - The Drive of Your Life: 2nd Annual Great American Run; Potential Cash Prize of One Million Dollars

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The infamous Great American Run road rally is scheduled to set the USA ablaze when it departs Los Angeles, California on September 7, 2008. The event will conclude with a celebratory final night party in Los Angeles on September 12th. "This is a driving experience like n ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (DETROIT, MI.) - 2009 Corvette ZR1 Powered By The Most Powerful Production Engine Ever From GM: The Supercharged LS9 Small-Block V-8

SPECIAL EVENT (DETROIT, MI.) - 2009 Corvette ZR1 Powered By The Most Powerful Production Engine Ever From GM: The Supercharged LS9 Small-Block V-8

New, Supercharged LS9 V-8 is the Heart of a Bedeviling Performance Experience DETROIT – The rumors are true. The speculation ends. And the UFO sightings on desert highways were not of extraterrestrial craft – but they were of a low-flying object capable of seemingly otherworldly performance. Chevrolet officia ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (VIDEO) - 2008 Cadillac CTS On The Road And On The Track

SPECIAL EVENT (VIDEO) - 2008 Cadillac CTS On The Road And On The Track

by Carey Russ The plan was simple enough - a new 2008 Cadillac CTS would be delivered to my house, near San Francisco, CA, and I would drive it to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to watch the last race of Cadillac's current career in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT Championship. Then I'd drive home. Seat time in the second ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (TORRANCE, CA.) - Honda Supports Southern California Wildfire Relief Efforts

SPECIAL EVENT (TORRANCE, CA.) - Honda Supports Southern California Wildfire Relief Efforts

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 25 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced today a pledge of $250,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to assist the Red Cross in providing shelter, relief and recovery support to those affected by the Southern California wildfires. In addition, American Honda is working with th ... Continue reading

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