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Wholesale Change For Specialist Bookseller Chater's

Wholesale Change For Specialist Bookseller Chater's

West London, July 29, 2010: Motoring publishers can breathe a sigh of relief, following the news that Chater's, the motoring and motorsport bookseller, has purchased the assets of specialist automotive wholesaler Menoshire. The struggling West London-based company was the established route to market for motoring titles ... Continue reading

Unique Picture Library Of Classic British Motoring Prints Now Available On Line

Unique Picture Library Of Classic British Motoring Prints Now Available On Line

<b>Choose from more than 5,000 stunning images, spanning 100 years of motoring history.</b> <p> London, July 27, 2010: For the first time ever, thousands of prints of historic photographs, advertisements and other promotional material from the archives of the British motor industry have become available on line, from h ... Continue reading

Yokohama Tire Adds the Dallas Cowboys to its Roster of Sports Marketing Partners

Yokohama Tire Adds the Dallas Cowboys to its Roster of Sports Marketing Partners

FULLERTON, July 26, 2010: The Dallas Cowboys have joined the Yokohama Tire Corporation line-up. The Fullerton, California-based tire maker announced today it is partnering with the National Football League's Cowboys on a one-year sponsorship agreement. The deal includes signage at the state-of-the-art, three-million-sq ... Continue reading

Yokohama Tire Corporation Launches Online Fuel Savings Calculator for Commercial Fleet Owners

Yokohama Tire Corporation Launches Online Fuel Savings Calculator for Commercial Fleet Owners

<b>Interactive Web site tool calculates savings with Yokohama’s fuel-efficient truck tires</b> FULLERTON, July 22, 2010: Yokohama Tire Corporation today announced it has launched an interactive, online-based tool on its Web site that will enable commercial fleet owners to learn how they can improve their bottom li ... Continue reading

Updated Contract with Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association Keeps IMIS in Indianapolis Indefinitely

Updated Contract with Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association Keeps IMIS in Indianapolis Indefinitely

INDIANAPOLIS, July 21, 2010: After substantial growth following the inaugural International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) last year in Indianapolis, officials from IMIS and the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association (ICVA) have announced an unprecedented agreement to keep the show in Indianapolis indefinitel ... Continue reading

Yokohama Tire Expands Los Angeles Angels Partnership with Home Team Pride Jersey Promotion

Yokohama Tire Expands Los Angeles Angels Partnership with Home Team Pride Jersey Promotion

FULLERTON, July 19, 2010: Beginning on July 30, Yokohama Tire Corporation will kick off its “Home Team Pride” jersey promotion as part of its sponsorship of the Los Angeles Angels baseball team. The promotion, which will run through September 12, will offer fans an official replica Angels baseball jersey with ... Continue reading

Online Voting Begins for Ford Customer Service Division’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Car Design Contest to Support Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Online Voting Begins for Ford Customer Service Division’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Car Design Contest to Support Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

• Voting for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) design that will be featured on the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car begins Tuesday, July 6, and ends on September 3, a total of 60 days in honor of Wood Brothers Racing’s 60-year anniversary of racing Ford prod ... Continue reading

Swiss Racecar Driver Buys One-of-a-Kind Tesla Roadster

Swiss Racecar Driver Buys One-of-a-Kind Tesla Roadster

ZURICH--Swiss racecar driver and promoter Fredy Lienhard has bought a Tesla Roadster Sport that gained fame as the record-setting winner of the Monte Carlo Alternative Energy Rally. “And this particular car wrote history as the first fully electric car to win an international FIA race. Automobile racing must fully ... Continue reading

Yokohama Tire Corporation Releases Second Educational Video

Yokohama Tire Corporation Releases Second Educational Video

<b>New “Yokohama Tire Tips” segment focuses on 'how to read the sidewall of a tire' and is again hosted by off-road racing champion Cameron Steele. Video can be seen on the company’s Website and YouTube</b> FULLERTON, July 6, 2010: How to read the sidewall of a tire is the subject of Yokohama Tire Corpor ... Continue reading

Yokohama's Electric Vehicle Wins with Record Time at Pikes Peak

Yokohama's Electric Vehicle Wins with Record Time at Pikes Peak

<b>EV bests previous “Race to the Clouds” mark by over a minute</b> Vehicle driving on Yokohama tires and powered by a new AC Propulsion motor broke the record for electric vehicles in the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs, Colorado over the weekend. With Japanese driver Ikuo Hanawa ... Continue reading

Ford Customer Service Division Launches NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Design Contest To Support Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

Ford Customer Service Division Launches NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Design Contest To Support Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

• Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) has joined the effort of finding a cure for Type 1 Diabetes by partnering with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in raising funds and awareness through its NASCAR Sprint Cup Program. • JDRF children have the chance to design the paint scheme of the No. 21 Mot ... Continue reading

Robin Hood Rally Arrives In Tuxedo NY June 25 & 26. Second Installment Of Televised Amateur Race Series On Closed Roads To Benefit Local Community

Robin Hood Rally Arrives In Tuxedo NY June 25 & 26. Second Installment Of Televised Amateur Race Series On Closed Roads To Benefit Local Community

Tuxedo NY, June 18, 2010: Take 55 cars, 54 men and one woman, add six miles of asphalt, $500,000 worth of prizes at stake, throw them together for two days of challenging racing in the historic Hudson Valley and what do you get? The Robin Hood Rally, www.robinhoodrally.com, a televised series of 10 amateur road races o ... Continue reading

Yokohama Adds Orange Oil-Infused Race Tires to Pikes Peak Electric Buggy

Yokohama Adds Orange Oil-Infused Race Tires to Pikes Peak Electric Buggy

FULLERTON, June 16, 2010: Yokohama Tire Corporation’s ADVAN® ENV-R2™ orange oil-infused race tires have another mountain to conquer…literally. Already the official spec tire in the IMSA Patrón GT3 Challenge by Yokohama and the new ALMS GT3 Challenge (GTC) Class, the ENV-R2 is now poised to take on ... Continue reading

Audi Achieved Record Victory at Le Mans with New Technology

Audi Achieved Record Victory at Le Mans with New Technology

- First Le Mans exploit with Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG) - New distance record thanks to efficiency and reliability - All three Audi R15 TDI cars in top three places INGOLSTADT, Germany - June 15, 2010: For the ninth time Audi has won the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans and thus equalized Ferrari's position in the ro ... Continue reading

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