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Ethanol Is The Right Choice for Conservationists by Richard Childress

Ethanol Is The Right Choice for Conservationists by Richard Childress

Some may question how the owner of a NASCAR racing team can promote air quality with a straight face. After all, for years, my business has been burning rubber and racing fuel in front of massive crowds that leave a lot of litter behind. But times are changing. And the sport of NASCAR, including my team, Richard Childr ... Continue reading

Who Killed Racing Legend Mickey Thompson?

Who Killed Racing Legend Mickey Thompson?

Hello Friends of Michael Goodwin, Our friend John Bradley (creator of Justice On Trial<http://www.justiceontrial.com/>) sent out the News Release (below) a few days ago. I thought I would pass it on to all of you. Also, I talked to Michael a few days ago and he still has not received his boxes of legal papers from Susa ... Continue reading

Motorsports Brands - Ferrari Drivers Fuel Formula One Fans With Free Coffee

Motorsports Brands - Ferrari Drivers Fuel Formula One Fans With Free Coffee

Scuderia Ferrari's Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa served a special Shell V-Power Caffe Veloce to Ferrari fans today at Brunetti café in Carlton, MelbourneScuderia Ferrari ... Continue reading

Motorsports Engineering - Renault Sport F1 Racing Ahead with CD-adapco's Engineering Simulation Software

Motorsports Engineering - Renault Sport F1 Racing Ahead with CD-adapco's Engineering Simulation Software

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) plays an increasingly critical role in modern Formula 1, not only in the design analysis of vehicle aerodynamics, but also in engine development through advanced in-cylinder simulation. CD-adapco is helping expert engine supplier Renault Sport F1 by providing engineering simulation to ... Continue reading

Exclusive Young Danica Patrick VIDEO Interview from The Auto Channel Archives (she was 18)

Exclusive Young Danica Patrick VIDEO Interview from The Auto Channel Archives (she was 18)

Up close and personel with Danecia Patrick professional race car driver. This exclusive interview by The Auto Channel motorsport maven, was conducted at the Kentucky Speedway's Beterra 300 in September 2001 enjoy. ... Continue reading

Richards to revive Touring Car glory at Phillip Island

Richards to revive Touring Car glory at Phillip Island

Australia's greatest active touring car driver, Jim Richards, will relive the first of his four National titles when returns to the wheel of one of his 1985 Championship-winning BMW 635 CSi cars at the 2012 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 9-11. ... Continue reading

Marco Simoncelli MotoGP Racer Dies in Malaysian Crash +VIDEO

Marco Simoncelli MotoGP Racer Dies in Malaysian Crash +VIDEO

SEPANG, Malaysia - October 23, 2011: Sad news comes from the Sepang race track in Malaysia. Italian rider Marco Simoncelli, died in the collision in the second lap on Sunday afternoon. The MotoGP series 17 in Sepang, Malaysia, had to be stopped while in the second round. Marco Simoncelli was unconscious, and immediatel ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Indy 500 Champion Dan Wheldon Family Statement

IndyCar - Indy 500 Champion Dan Wheldon Family Statement

London GB October 17, 2011; GP Sports Management Ltd have been asked by Dan Wheldon’s family to issue a statement on their behalf. They thank everyone for their condolences, messages of sympathy and support at this very sad time. They will make a further statement in due course but in the meantime have asked that ... Continue reading

IndyCar - Indy 500 Champ Dan Wheldon Dies in Las Vegas Race Crash +VIDEO

IndyCar - Indy 500 Champ Dan Wheldon Dies in Las Vegas Race Crash +VIDEO

LAS VEGAS - October 16, 2011: Dan Wheldon, the popular IndyCar driver who won this year's Indianapolis 500 race, was killed earlier today in a horrific crash that many drivers described as "the worst they had ever seen." Wheldon was participating in a special program sponsored by GoDaddy that would have allowed him to ... Continue reading

'The Duel in the Desert' - Inaugural 'Dodge Viper Celebrity Challenge' - Premieres on Versus at 3 p.m. (EDT) Sunday, Oct. 9

'The Duel in the Desert' - Inaugural 'Dodge Viper Celebrity Challenge' - Premieres on Versus at 3 p.m. (EDT) Sunday, Oct. 9

Celebrity race features talented collection of drivers from across the spectrum of Dodge Motorsports' disciplines competing in identical Dodge Viper ACR-X spec cars Event at Utah's Miller Motorsports Park raises $18,000 for various charities One-hour special race broadcast kicks off 11 straight weeks of 2011 Dodge Vipe ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - Drive the Ford Test Track, Meet Parnelli Jones and Tanner Foust

Special Motorsports Event - Drive the Ford Test Track, Meet Parnelli Jones and Tanner Foust

Racing legend Parnelli Jones and three-time X Games Rally gold medalist and Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust will be attending Get Your Heart Racing, Saturday, October 15, at the Ford Development Center (formerly the Ford Proving Grounds) in Dearborn, Michigan, as Ford and Henry Ford Health System partner to fight heart ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - What Drives the Honda Racing Team? +VIDEO

Special Motorsports Event - What Drives the Honda Racing Team? +VIDEO

LONDON - September 4, 2011: The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) was formed in 1958 and is Britain's most popular motor racing spectacle. Its race season comprises ten events at top circuits across the UK. It is contested by professional racing drivers in competition versions of every day road cars. Some 325,000 ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - LIVE Danica Patrick Press Conference at 4PM EDT - 1PM PDT...WATCH IT HERE

Special Motorsports Event - LIVE Danica Patrick Press Conference at 4PM EDT - 1PM PDT...WATCH IT HERE

SONOMA, CA - August 25, 2011: You are invited to watch Friday's live press conference from Infineon Raceway with IZOD IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick today at 4PM New York time, 1PM Los Angeles time. This press conference comes just one day after Patrick's announcement that she is moving to NASCAR full-time in 201 ... Continue reading

Maryeve Dufault - The Real Thing or Just Another Incredibly Beautiful Face? Here's the Top 20 Racing Stories About Her

Maryeve Dufault - The Real Thing or Just Another Incredibly Beautiful Face? Here's the Top 20 Racing Stories About Her

Former game show model to make her NASCAR debut this weekend SPRINGFIELD, IL - August 16, 2011: Officials from Tony Marks Racing announced today that the team is forgoing its plans to compete in Sunday's Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in order to allow its driver Maryeve Dufault to concentrate on her ... Continue reading

Ford Wins 2011 Automotive News Suppliers' Choice Award

Ford Wins 2011 Automotive News Suppliers' Choice Award

Ford is working more closely than ever with suppliers to offer increasing levels of new technologies in its vehicles Ford uses Aligned Business Framework principles to promote early collaboration with suppliers on innovative vehicle features Ford Motor Company , which is working closely with suppliers to offer increasi ... Continue reading

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