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Porsche at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Porsche at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

LONDON - July 2, 2009: With an unbeaten record of 16 victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours race, the reputation of Porsche has been founded on success in the high speed, high pressure motor sport environment. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Porsche 917, the first Porsche to win Le Mans outright, and it is there ... 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

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

2009 Dakar Coverage Sunday - Chapter 2

2009 Dakar Coverage Sunday - Chapter 2

TACH DAKAR 2 1/4/09 SUNDAY NOTE PHOTO CALLOUT - UNDERLINED It is now 3:25 PM Dakar Rally time and defined by Greenwich Mean Time. We are driving due south to San Antonio Oueste, and then joining a major highway bound for Puerto Madryd. Temperatures are above 35C, or very hot and the winds are above kite flying speeds. ... Continue reading

2009 Dakar Coverage Tuesday - Chapter 4

2009 Dakar Coverage Tuesday - Chapter 4

TACH Dakar – 1/6/09 NOTE PHOTO CALLOUTS PHOTO Dakar_09-3708 Yesterday in the desert, waiting for cars and then suffering repeated dust showers, was grand. It was the big payoff for all of us. Piercing sunlight kept us warm despite cooler temperatures and fierce winds. Though there were no trees, an abundance of ve ... 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

2009 Dakar Coverage Chapter 1

2009 Dakar Coverage Chapter 1

Last night I mingled with an estimated 500,000 citizens of Buenos Aires, Argentina, celebrating the first DAKAR Rally in South America. Long a staple in North Africa, the rally once known as The Paris To Dakar Rally, now just Dakar, moved the start of its 31st event to South America after violence and the death of Fren ... Continue reading

60 Ferraris in Heritage Parade at Le Mans

60 Ferraris in Heritage Parade at Le Mans

Le Mans-goers drive the circuit for themselves SUFFOLK, England - June 20, 2008: At 7.30am on Saturday 14th June, the morning of the Le Mans 24 Hours, some 60 Ferraris took to the circuit for the Heritage Parade, organised by Motor Racing Legends. This gives Le Mans-goers the unique opportunity to drive three high-spee ... 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

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

DENSO Announces Motor Sport Sponsorships for 2008

DENSO Announces Motor Sport Sponsorships for 2008

KARIYA, Japan, March 12 -- DENSO Corporation today announced its motor sport sponsorship plan for the 2008 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

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 (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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