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Honeywell Boosts Audi TDI Win at Sebring

Honeywell Boosts Audi TDI Win at Sebring

Audi R10 TDI Race Car Victorious in Racing World's First Major Turbodiesel Win SEBRING, Fla., March 27 -- Honeywell helped the Audi R10 TDI rock the racing world recently by proving that turbo diesels can beat some of the world's greatest racecars by besting all competition in its racing debut at the 12 Hours of Sebrin ... Continue reading

Audi Triunphs with Diesel Power at Sebring

Audi Triunphs with Diesel Power at Sebring

SEBRING, FL - March 20, 2006: The new Audi R10 TDI has immediately written motorsport history in its first outing: Dindo Capello (Italy), Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Allan McNish (Scotland) won the 12-hour race at Sebring (USA) achieving the first ever victory of a Diesel powered sportscar. Tom Kristensen became the f ... Continue reading

Dow Automotive and Audi Win at Sebring with Diesel Sportscar

Dow Automotive and Audi Win at Sebring with Diesel Sportscar

SEBRING, Fla., March 20 -- The Audi R10 diesel sportscar, featuring the innovative Dow Automotive diesel particulate filtration system, won the 12 hours of Sebring endurance race Saturday, March 18 at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla. The Audi R10 TDI exceeded performance expectations and went on to become ... Continue reading

Flying Lizard Sebring 2006 Results

Flying Lizard Sebring 2006 Results

Team Contact: Jennifer Hart, Flying Lizard Motorsports Tel: 707.935.9600 x 552; Mobile: 415.425.3578, e-mail: jennifer@lizardms.com Flying Lizard 2nd and 4th at Sebring; Two Top-Finishing Porsches in GT2 March 18, 2006 - Sebring, Florida - Flying Lizard Motorsports' No. 45 (Johannes van Overbeek/Jon Fogarty/Marc Lieb) ... Continue reading

McCann Earns First Career SCCA SPEED World Challenge Win at Sebring

McCann Earns First Career SCCA SPEED World Challenge Win at Sebring

For Immediate Release McCann Earns First Career SCCA SPEED World Challenge Win at Sebring SEBRING, Fla. (March 17, 2006) - Michael McCann, of North Canton, Ohio, earned the first win of his SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge career, taking the SCCA SPEED GT portion of the 54th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring by 1 ... Continue reading

Auberlen Takes SCCA SPEED Touring Car Portion of 54th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring

Auberlen Takes SCCA SPEED Touring Car Portion of 54th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring

For Immediate Release Auberlen Takes SCCA SPEED Touring Car Portion of 54th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring SEBRING, Fla. (March 17, 2006) - Bill Auberlen, of Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., set a new lap record and won the season-opening round of the 2006 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car season, tak ... Continue reading

Curran Leads Strong RealTime Effort in SCCA SPEED Touring Car Practice at Sebring

Curran Leads Strong RealTime Effort in SCCA SPEED Touring Car Practice at Sebring

For Immediate Release Curran Leads Strong RealTime Effort in SCCA SPEED Touring Car Practice at Sebring SEBRING, Fla. (March 15, 2006) - Eric Curran, of Hampton, Mass., swept both SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Round One practice sessions Wednesday at Sebring International Raceway, and led a practice ... Continue reading

After Historic Rolex 24 Victory, Lexus Prepares For Mexico City Grand AM

After Historic Rolex 24 Victory, Lexus Prepares For Mexico City Grand AM

March 6 2006 - Torrance, CA - After registering an historic first victory at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the Lexus Daytona Prototype program heads into Round Two of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series on a wave of momentum as the series travels to Mexico City and Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, March 2-4. While the R ... Continue reading

Ultimate Car and Youth Culture Festival Kicks off 2006 Season in San Jose

Ultimate Car and Youth Culture Festival Kicks off 2006 Season in San Jose

IRVINE, Calif.--Feb. 10, 2006--Action Media premieres its all new 2006 XM Satellite Radio Hot Import Nights (HIN) season on Feb. 25 at the San Jose Convention Center from 5 p.m. to midnight. For 2006, HIN takes the ultimate custom car festival to a new level by creating a show that celebrates all elements of youth cult ... Continue reading

Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point Entries Open on 8February 2006

Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point Entries Open on 8February 2006

Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point Entries Open on 8February 2006 2 February 2006: The Washington DC Region of the Sports Car Club of America announced today that it would accept entries for the 8th Annual Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point, an endurance race for sports cars and sedans, starting at 1PM, 8February2006. Th ... Continue reading

Sascha Maassen - Rolex 24

Sascha Maassen - Rolex 24

Sascha Maassen raced to one of his best finishes in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, bolstered by a flawless performance from the Brumos Racing crew. Although Maassen, of Raeren Belgium, had a fast qualifying time, he started the No. 58 Porsche-powered Fabcar 29th on the 66-car grid due to an administrative glitch. He quickly ... Continue reading

CITGO/SAMAX - Rolex 24 18h and final

CITGO/SAMAX - Rolex 24 18h and final

race 18h The No. 7 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac-powered Riley Mk XI continued to regain position in the Rolex 24 At Daytona after a long pitstop to replace a drive shaft during the first half of the race. All four of the team's drivers completed stints during the third quarter of the race, with Milka Duno starting in the 13th h ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing Debuts with Impressive Top-Five Owed to Teamwork

Krohn Racing Debuts with Impressive Top-Five Owed to Teamwork

Krohn Racing Debuts with Impressive Top-Five Owed to Teamwork DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 29, 2006 – At noon yesterday, as the call to start engines for the 44th time in Rolex 24 At Daytona history came, Tracy Krohn sat inside his No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac-Riley Daytona Prototype in disbelief as his engine fai ... Continue reading

Derhaag Motorsports Takes Checkered Flag at 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona

Derhaag Motorsports Takes Checkered Flag at 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona

Derhaag Motorsports No. 40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype CONTACT: Cristi Brumm 336-210-0980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Derhaag Motorsports Takes Checkered Flag at 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona Beach, FL (January 29 2006) ­ The #40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype took the checkered flag for the fini ... Continue reading

SAMAX - Rolex 24 18h

SAMAX - Rolex 24 18h

The No. 17 SAMAX Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car is still in the hunt for a top-10 GT finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, but the team's No. 11 Tuttle Team Racing/SAMAX Riley was out of the race after 16 hours. The No. 17 Porsche was pushing for a class podium finish with stints from Johnny Mowlem, David Shep and Bry ... Continue reading

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