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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

Thom Cannell 2009 Dakar Coverage 3

Thom Cannell 2009 Dakar Coverage 3

I have time to write today as we are all trapped, encircled by racing bikes, cars and trucks, circling helicopters, and omnipresent clouds of dust. Somehow we have entered the racecourse rather than our Assistant’s route. We found this out abruptly and violently as a motorcycle passed us—not an uncommon occur ... 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

Lamborghini Announces the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo: World's Fastest One-make Series

Lamborghini Announces the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo: World's Fastest One-make Series

BOLOGNA, Italy - October 25, 2008: Automobili Lamborghini has today announced The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo – the world’s fastest one-make series. The series will debut in May 2009, and feature Lamborghini’s Super Trofeo: a lightweight version of the Gallardo LP 560-4 super sports car launched e ... Continue reading

Green Racing in the City Becomes a Success - VIDEO STORY

Green Racing in the City Becomes a Success - VIDEO STORY

GOTHENBURG - August 9, 2008: The Swedish Touring Car Championship, STCC, moved into to the city of Gothenburg this summer. Thanks to a firm determination to make racing more environmentally-friendly, the city council and the local authorities accepted the idea of hosting the Gothenburg City Racing, attracting more than ... Continue reading

Mini Challenge expected in North America

Mini Challenge expected in North America

By Henny Hemmes The Mini Challenge has become a much beloved series on the European race tracks. The Mini club sport races started in Great Britain, Belgium and Switzerland and Germany and from 2004 also in Germany. From this year on, the participants all drive the second generation of the Mini in the Mini John Cooper ... Continue reading

Le Mans 24 Hours Won By Audi Diesel (again)

Le Mans 24 Hours Won By Audi Diesel (again)

Allan McNish became the first Briton to drive a diesel engined sportscar to victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours today (15 June) when the Scotsman’s Audi scored an emotional and hugely popular win. The victory earned the 38-year-old Scotsman his second Le Mans career win – 10 years after his previous triumph in th ... Continue reading

Ohana Road TV Show: Featuring Mazda Cars and Racing - VIDEO FEATURE

Ohana Road TV Show: Featuring Mazda Cars and Racing - VIDEO FEATURE

This week's show takes an in-depth look at the latest Mazda models and Mazda's very successful grass roots Star Mazda racing program. ... 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

2008: A VINTAGE YEAR

2008: A VINTAGE YEAR

Once again, Morocco was extraordinarily kind to competitors on the "Classic", skillfully run as usual by the Rageys family and their team. Leaving behind the miserable and fickle European spring, lovers of old classics have for 15 years enjoyed a peerless welcome and the chance - for one week - to enjoy driving in the ... Continue reading

Volvo Develops New Green Racing Car for 2008 STCC Season - VIDEO STORY

Volvo Develops New Green Racing Car for 2008 STCC Season - VIDEO STORY

GOTHENBURG - March 19, 2008: Volvo Car Corporation will develop a completely new racing car in 2008 and continue its work with bioethanol (E85) and Green Racing in the STCC (Swedish Touring Car Championship). The modern green racing car is based on the Volvo C30, the model that most clearly demonstrates Volvo's environ ... Continue reading

Cellulosic E85 Going Racing in Sebring

Cellulosic E85 Going Racing in Sebring

TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 2008 SERIES, EPIC INTRODUCE CELLULOSIC E85 ETHANOL FOR 2008 In a technological breakthrough in both the renewable fuels arena and racing, KL Process Design Group (KL) of Rapid City, SD, will supply the American Le Mans Series with cellulosic E85 racing ethanol for the 2008 season. The fuel, produced ... 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

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