13th Annual Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Gears up for 2007 East Coast Adventure
Mar 16, 2007
The Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride is poised to make a big splash in 2007, traveling 2,800 miles down the East Coast from July 14-22. Enclosed and attached please find information about the 2007 Ride, route, Chick-fil-A and other sponsors, and - at the heart of it all - Victory Junction Gang Camp, the Ride's prima ... Continue reading
The Home Depot Expands Sponsorship With NASCAR and Becomes the Exclusive Retailer of NASCAR Day
Mar 16, 2007
Proceeds to benefit The NASCAR Foundation and KaBOOM! ATLANTA, March 16 -- The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer and the "Official Home Improvement Warehouse of NASCAR(R)," today announced it will become this year's exclusive retailer of NASCAR Day pins. NASCAR Day 2007, an annual, charitable ... Continue reading
DENSO Announces Motor Sport Sponsorships for 2007
Mar 14, 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
Toyota Outlines Motorsports Activities for 2007
Mar 13, 2007
Tokyo, Japan, Mar 12, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation announced today that its 2007 motorsports activities will focus on competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), NASCAR, Super GT and Formula Nippon, and on training upcoming and promising drivers. In F1, for its sixth year of competitio ... Continue reading
Sam's Town 300 Notes and Quotes
Mar 11, 2007
Las Vegas March 10, 2007 Las Vegas Motor Speedway GREG BIFFLE â No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (finished 38th) â âRight-rear tire. Itâs been a long time since weâve had conditions like this. Charlotte was pretty bad, but you could still drive âem. Here, you canât even drive âem. ... Continue reading
Madame Tussauds Immortalizes Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Mar 10, 2007
Both NASCAR Stars Unveil Wax Figures During Grand Opening of Neon Garage at LVMS LAS VEGAS, March 9 -- Madame Tussauds Las Vegas immortalized Richard Petty, "The King" of NASCAR, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., currently its most popular driver, in wax today in special ceremonies during the first public opening of the new Neo ... Continue reading
Mar 8, 2007
DETROIT, March 7 -- The public is invited to stop by AAA Michigan's Motorsports display at the Detroit Autorama at Cobo Center Friday through Sunday (March 9-11). AAA will have the new #6 AAA Ford NEXTEL Cup race car on display, and fans will have the opportunity to race in the #6 AAA simulator in a virtual experience ... Continue reading
Mar 5, 2007
FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Telcel-Motorola 200, Page 1 March 4, 2007 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez JORGE GOETERS-27-STAR Motorsports Ford Fusion (Finished 7th) - TALK ABOUT RECOVERING FROM THE EARLY-RACE INCIDENT. "The team did very, very good work repairing my car and everything. I was very pleased to have my opportu ... Continue reading
Ford Mexico City Busch Qualifying
Mar 4, 2007
FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Telcel-Motorola 200 Qualifying, Page 1 March 3, 2007 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez JORGE GOETERS-27-Scotiabank Ford Fusion (Qualified 4th) - "The car is OK. We were working very hard trying to get a stronger car for qualifying. I think we have a very good setup for racing. We are fine. We ar ... Continue reading
Feb 25, 2007
FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Stater Bros. 300 Qualifying, Page 1 February 24, 2007 California Speedway Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 60 Fusion, spun on his first lap of qualifying this afternoon in turns one and two and was unable to complete his qualifying attempt. While the car suffered no damage, Edwards failed to ... Continue reading
GM Executive, Others Urge NASCAR to Explore Renewable Fuels
Feb 22, 2007
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. February 21, 2007; Chris Jenkins WRITING FOR THE AP REPORTED THAT while working for General Motors in Brazil in the 1990s, Brent Dewar got a firsthand look at the country's successful switch from an oil-based economy to ethanol. Dewar wants to see the same thing happen in the United States, and he t ... Continue reading
NASCAR - Busch Crew Chief Penalized For Daytona Violations
Feb 21, 2007
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 21, 2007) â NASCAR announced today that Bryant Frazier, crew chief of the No. 66 Dodge driven by Steve Wallace in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been penalized due to rule violations at Daytona International Speedway. Frazier was fined $1,000 for violating Sections 12-4-A (actions detri ... Continue reading
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