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Q & A With Raikkonen And Montoya

Q & A With Raikkonen And Montoya

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on January 24, 2006 at 9:05 AM CST As we told you yesterday, testing for the new McLaren Mercedes MP4-21 has officially kicked off, and by week's end both Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya will have had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the team's newest World Championship c ... Continue reading

BorgWarner to Present Trophies to Winning Indy 500 Driver and Team Owners at Automotive News World Congress Dinner

BorgWarner to Present Trophies to Winning Indy 500 Driver and Team Owners at Automotive News World Congress Dinner

Dan Wheldon and Andretti Green Racing to be honored for 2005 victory AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 16 -- Termed "the greatest spectacle in racing," the Indianapolis 500 has thrilled race fans since 1911, and last year was no exception. Dan Wheldon's exciting victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May earned him a pe ... Continue reading

Robert Wickens first Canadian Red Bull Junior driver

Robert Wickens first Canadian Red Bull Junior driver

For immediate release; January 11, 2006 Robert Wickens first Canadian Red Bull Junior driver Cameron Motorsports graduate gets deal of a lifetime HAMILTON, ONTARIO - Cameron Motorsports graduate driver Robert Wickens has just been awarded the contract of a lifetime. The Ontario stand out karter has been announced as a ... Continue reading

Update On The McLaren Mercedes F1 Team

Update On The McLaren Mercedes F1 Team

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on January 9, 2006 at 1:15 PM CST Here's a quick update for all you F1 fanatics. Garry Paffett and Pedro de la Rosa will be piloting the ridiculously awesome orange MP4-20 you see pictured above prior to the launch of the new Team McLaren Mercedes livery in mid-February. The orange liver ... Continue reading

SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM STEPS CLOSER TOWARDS 2006 ENTRY

SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM STEPS CLOSER TOWARDS 2006 ENTRY

Leafield, UK 21 December 2005 SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM STEPS CLOSER TOWARDS 2006 ENTRY SUPER AGURI F1 Limited is delighted to announce that its late entry application to participate in the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship has been accepted by all 10 of the current F1 teams. SUPER AGURI F1 Limited will now apply to th ... Continue reading

AAA Returns to Indy 500

AAA Returns to Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS--Dec. 21, 2005--AAA (American Automobile Association), which sanctioned every Indianapolis 500 from 1911 to 1955, returns to the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" in 2006 in a new partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). AAA is the Official Auto Club, the Official Travel Agency and Official Aut ... Continue reading

Michael Andretti Returning to Run Indy 500

Michael Andretti Returning to Run Indy 500

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Franchitti Joins Klein Tools/Jim Beam Team For '06 IndyCar Season

Franchitti Joins Klein Tools/Jim Beam Team For '06 IndyCar Season

If the following text-only file is not Franchitti Joins Klein Tools/Jim Beam Team for 2006 IndyCar Series Season INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 20, 2005) - Dario Franchitti will join the championship-winning Klein Tools/Jim Beam team as part of Andretti Green Racing's four-car effort for the 2006 Indy Racing League® IndyCar ... Continue reading

Herta Returns with XM Satellite Radio for Third IndyCar Season

Herta Returns with XM Satellite Radio for Third IndyCar Season

Herta Returns with XM Satellite Radio for Third Season in IndyCar Series INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 20, 2005) - For the third-consecutive season, Bryan Herta will pilot the #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series. Herta capped the 2005 campaign ... Continue reading

AGR to Field Pro Series Entries for Klein, Camara

AGR to Field Pro Series Entries for Klein, Camara

www.andrettigreen.com Andretti Green Racing to Field Pro Series Entries for Klein and Camara in 2006 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 20, 2005) - Andretti Green Racing announced today it will field Indy Racing League Pro Series entries in 2006 for drivers Jonathan Klein and Jaime Camara. The cars will be Andretti Green Racing ... Continue reading

Intel and BMW Enter Comprehensive Partnership; Agreement Includes Technology, Co-marketing and Motorsports Sponsorship

Intel and BMW Enter Comprehensive Partnership; Agreement Includes Technology, Co-marketing and Motorsports Sponsorship

MUNICH, Germany--Dec. 15, 2005--Intel Corporation and the BMW Group today announced a comprehensive partnership that includes technology, co-marketing and Intel's sponsorship of the BMW Sauber F1 Team. As part of this agreement, Intel technology will be deployed throughout the BMW Group and its worldwide dealer network ... Continue reading

Honda St. Pete Grand Prix Information

Honda St. Pete Grand Prix Information

Renewal requests have been mailed out to 2005 ticket holders, which offer them the first opportunity to reserve seats for the 2006 event. 2005 customers have until Jan. 15, 2006, to return a ticket order for those seats. After that date, any tickets not renewed will be added to the allotment available to the general pu ... Continue reading

Vodafone To Sponsor McLaren Mercedes F1 Team

Vodafone To Sponsor McLaren Mercedes F1 Team

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on December 14, 2005 at 10:20 AM CST The McLaren Mercedes F1 team is announcing today that Vodafone will be their title sponsor for the 2007 race season. Benefits of the sponsorship include branding on the the new 2007 cars, drivers' and pit crews' overalls and helmets, as well as other ... Continue reading

Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. Announcement of Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders

Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. Announcement of Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 14 -- Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. (the "Company") (CPNT.PK) announced that its Special Meeting of Stockholders held on December 13, 2005 to vote on the approval of the Company's Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution was adjourned to allow stockholders additional time to vote. The meeting will ... Continue reading

One More Step Toward The End of Corporate Motorsports: Michelin to Quit F-1

One More Step Toward The End of Corporate Motorsports: Michelin to Quit F-1

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

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