VOLKSWAGEN IN THIRD AND FIFTH AT HALF-WAY STAGE
Jan 9, 2006
WOLFSBURG, Germany - The Volkswagen works team defended third and fifth places at the half-way stage during on one of the most bitterly fought Dakar Rally’s very. Giniel de Villiers improved from fourth to third on the 568 kilometre eighth stage in the Race Touareg 2. Mark Miller set exactly the same time as new ... Continue reading
BT Infonet to Sponsor Volkswagen's FIA Cross Country World Cup and Dakar Rally Team
Jan 4, 2006
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--Jan. 4, 2006--BT Infonet, a leading provider of managed network communications services for multinational entities, today announced its sponsorship of the Volkswagen Motorsport team in the 2006 Dakar Rally, one of the world's toughest motor sport events. The Dakar Rally is an annual professional off ... Continue reading
CITGO, SAMAX, Duno, Franchitti, McGarrity for Rolex 24
Jan 4, 2006
CITGO Racing joins SAMAX Motorsport, Duno, Franchittis and McGarrity to compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona Venezuela, Scotland and Northern Ireland will team with American power for the 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Milka Duno of Caracas, Venezuela, will be reunited with two of her co-drivers in last year's Rolex 24, Scots ... Continue reading
Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz Team In The Dakar Rally
Jan 2, 2006
Posted by www.eMercedesbenz.com on January 2, 2006 at 10:00 AM CST Welcome back everyone, I hope you all had a fabulous new year's weekend. To get things started in 2006, I thought I'd take a second a post a quick update about Ellen Lohr and the Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz team. They just wrapped up the European leg of the ... Continue reading
VOLKSWAGEN LEADS WITH CARLOS SAINZ AFTER SECOND STAGE WIN
Jan 2, 2006
WOLFSBURG, Germany - After the second Dakar Rally leg, Volkswagen still tops the leader board with Carlos Sainz and travels as leading team to Africa as a result. Having won yesterday, the Spaniard repeated his success in the Race Touareg 2 on the second 115 kilometre special stage between Portimao and Malaga (total 56 ... Continue reading
Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz Team Enters The Dakar Rally
Dec 22, 2005
Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on December 22, 2005 at 12:05 PM CST In the world of desert rallies, few races can compare to the prestige the Dakar Rally offers its contestants. The 16 day, 5,500 mile course is one of the most difficult races in the world. This year, the Dakar Rally will showcase a new team entry into ... Continue reading
AMERICAN GT ROAD RACING HIRES PR VETERAN LEE ELDER
Dec 15, 2005
WILTON, CT Dec. 6, 2005; The American GT Road Racing Association announced today that it has retained the services of veteran public relations representative Lee Elder. Elder is part of Goodyear Racing’s public relations effort. He also works as a public relations consultant for Utts Racing, Custom Printing and o ... Continue reading
FIA Extends HANS Device Mandate to All International Events
Dec 14, 2005
ATLANTA, Dec. 14 -- HANS Performance Products, inventors of the International Award winning HANS Device, will once again be supported as the preferred leader in head and neck restraints by the FIA. The World Motor Sport Council of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) met in Monaco on December 9, 2005. Th ... Continue reading
One More Step Toward The End of Corporate Motorsports: Michelin to Quit F-1
Dec 14, 2005
Michelin has on several occasions expressed the conditions of its involvement in Formula One: Michelin considers Formula One to be a highly technical motorsport in which the tyre is a very influential component in the scope of the performance of the vehicle. The teams' freedom to choose their own tyres is essential. Th ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors to Suspend Participation in the FIA World Rally Championship Series
Dec 14, 2005
Tokyo Dec 14, 2005; Jun Ota writing for JCN reported that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced today that it will suspend participation in the FIA World Rally Championship series from 2006. With the Mitsubishi Motors Revitalization Plan as a basis, MMC has made a solid start toward revitalizing its busines ... Continue reading
New Ford Rally Challanger Launced in Bologna
Dec 3, 2005
FORD'S NEW RALLY CHALLENGER LAUNCHES AT 2005 BOLOGNA MOTOR SHOW Featured Stories Press Releases The all-new Ford Focus RS World Rally Car 06 BOLOGNA , ITALY , 1 December, 2005 – Ford of Europe today officially unveiled the all-new Ford Focus RS World Rally Car 06 at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy . The car will ... Continue reading
Subaru Signs Travis Pastrana to Lead Subaru Rally Team USA
Dec 1, 2005
-- Company to showcase 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX in the Rally America National Championship -- CHERRY HILL, N.J., Dec. 1 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced it has signed Supercross and Motorcross Champion, multi-time X Games gold medallist, and up-and-coming rally star Travis Pastrana to lead Subaru Rally Team US ... Continue reading
Four U.S. Drivers Advance to Dunlop Drivers Cup World Finals
Nov 28, 2005
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 28, 2005; Dunlop USA's two teams may be claiming "home field advantage" in the international Dunlop Drivers Cup World Finals, scheduled for March 20-28 in California, but they also have renewed respect for European precision driving skills. The top scoring U.S. teams consist of Albert Andrade, store m ... Continue reading
Robby Gordon Adds Off-Road Prodigy Andy McMillin to Red Bull Team Gordon
Nov 14, 2005
November 14, 2005-- Robby Gordon has added Andy McMillin to the co-driver slot on his off-road racing team, Team Gordon. Together, Robbie and Andy will tackle the world’s toughest off-road races, with help from their professional crew and top-notch sponsor support. At eighteen years of age, Andy is the youngest c ... Continue reading
HUMMER to sponsor Team Dakar USA
Nov 2, 2005
HUMMER to sponsor Team <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Dakar USA <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> World-renowned driver to pilot H3 in world’s most challenging off-road race DETROIT -- HUMMER Division and Robby Gordon Mot ... Continue reading
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