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Indy 500 Winner Sam Hornish Jr. to Drive Mobil 1 Dodge in Seven NASCAR Busch Series Races in ’07

Indy 500 Winner Sam Hornish Jr. to Drive Mobil 1 Dodge in Seven NASCAR Busch Series Races in ’07

FAIRFAX, Va.--ExxonMobil and Penske Racing announced today that 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. will drive the #12 Mobil 1 Dodge in seven NASCAR Busch Series races during the 2007 season. The three-time IndyCar Series champion will join fellow Penske Racing drivers Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch for a limited ... Continue reading

HONDA RACING F1 TEAM UNVEILS NEW RA107

HONDA RACING F1 TEAM UNVEILS NEW RA107

The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 25 January 2007 10.00hrs CET HONDA RACING F1 TEAM UNVEILS NEW RA107 Following a successful debut for the Honda Racing F1 Team's new RA107 race car on the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona yesterday, the team's management and drivers ... Continue reading

ING Renault F1 Team Launches 2007 R27 Car

ING Renault F1 Team Launches 2007 R27 Car

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and LONDON, Jan. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The ING Renault F1 Team officially launched the ING-branded R27 2007 F1 car to over 600 journalists from the international media in Amsterdam today. ING CEO Michel Tilmant, ING Renault F1 Team President Alain Dassas and Managing Director Flavio Briatore ... Continue reading

Mike Ryan Going For Seventh Record at Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Mike Ryan Going For Seventh Record at Pikes Peak Hill Climb

For Immediate Release: January 23, 2007 Contact: 818.766.2200 Julie Leibovitz Julie@fastrucks.com www.fastrucks.com Mike Ryan Racing For Seventh Record in 2007 At Pikes Peak Hill Climb! North Hollywood, California- 2006 proved to be a very exciting year for Mike Ryan Motorsports. The 2006 Pikes Peak International Hill ... Continue reading

Team Cadillac to Field Two Champions in 2007

Team Cadillac to Field Two Champions in 2007

Reigning SCCA SPEED GT Champion Lawson Aschenbach Joins 2005 Champion Andy Pilgrim on New-Look Cadillac Team DETROIT, Jan. 24 -- Team Cadillac will have two champions on its roster in its pursuit of the 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge manufacturers championship. Lawson Aschenbach, the 2006 SPEED GT champion, will join ... Continue reading

Office Depot Inks NASCAR Sponsorship Extension

Office Depot Inks NASCAR Sponsorship Extension

CONTACTS: Mindy Kramer Chad Young Office Depot Edelman 561/438-4276 312/240-2733 mindy.kramer@officedepot.com <mailto:> chad.young@edelman.com OFFICE DEPOT INKS SPONSORSHIP EXTENSION AS THE "OFFICIAL OFFICE PRODUCTS PARTNER" OF NASCAR NASCAR Sponsorship Helps Fuel Office Depot's Success With Business Customers Delray B ... Continue reading

Marathon Extends Sponsorship of the Petty Enterprises #45 NASCAR Team

Marathon Extends Sponsorship of the Petty Enterprises #45 NASCAR Team

FINDLAY, Ohio, Jan. 23 -- Marathon Oil Corporation , through its wholly owned subsidiary, Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, (MPC) today announced that the Company has signed a two-year contract with Petty Enterprises LLC. The contract, covering the 2007 and 2008 NASCAR racing seasons, sponsors the #45 Marathon American S ... Continue reading

Ford Daytona Busch Test -- Day 4

Ford Daytona Busch Test -- Day 4

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES NASCAR Preseason Thunder (Busch), Page 1 January 22, 2007 Daytona International Speedway Roush Racing's Carl Edwards and development driver Peter Shepherd took part in afternoon press conferences today at Daytona International Speedway as Busch Series testing continued at the 2.5-mile speed ... Continue reading

Raceline (TV Show)

Raceline (TV Show)

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Petersen Closes 2007 Dakar with Highest Stage Finish - Petersen/White Lightning Dakar Stage 15 Race Report

Petersen Closes 2007 Dakar with Highest Stage Finish - Petersen/White Lightning Dakar Stage 15 Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Curtain Falls on Euromilhões Dakar 2007, Petersen/White Lightning Earns 23rd Overall Michael Petersen Takes Top-Eight Finish in Final Stage, Highest Result of Team’s Debut DAKAR, Africa January 21, 2007 – The curtain has fallen on the Euromilhões Dakar 2007 and Petersen Motorsports ... Continue reading

Fitzpatrick Wins at Columbus

Fitzpatrick Wins at Columbus

USAC MIDGET CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: January 20, 2007 - Columbus, Ohio - State Fairgrounds Expo Center - "Rumble in The Buckeye State" QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jacob Wilson, 07, Wilson-7.137; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 0, RAD-7.142; 3. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow-7.181; 4. Brandon Knupp, 15x, Knupp-7.281; 5. ... Continue reading

NGK Spark Plugs, Inc. Renews With S&H Motorsports For 2007 Season

NGK Spark Plugs, Inc. Renews With S&H Motorsports For 2007 Season

NGK Spark Plugs, Inc. Renews With S&H Motorsports For 2007 SeasonHOLLY, Mi (January 19, 2007) - - As the 2007 ARCA RE/MAX Series season approaches, S&H Motorsports is pleased to announce that longtime racing supplier NGK Spark Plugs has resigned as an associate marketing partner on the No. 8 Ford this season. NGK joine ... Continue reading

Ford Daytona Busch Test -- Day 1

Ford Daytona Busch Test -- Day 1

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES NASCAR Preseason Thunder (Busch), Page 1 January 19, 2007 Daytona International Speedway Today marked the first day of NASCAR Busch Series testing at Daytona International Speedway in preparation for next month's Orbitz 300 season-opener. Stephen Leicht, driver of the No. 90 Ford Fusion for ... Continue reading

Catching up with '05 Funny Car champ Gary Scelzi

Catching up with '05 Funny Car champ Gary Scelzi

(Editors: Attached is a "spy" image of the new Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car bodies and paint scheme.) DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CATCHING UP WITH 2005 NHRA FUNNY CAR CHAMPION ... Continue reading

Jourdain, Servia, Gollin and Gidley to Drive for Doran Racing

Jourdain, Servia, Gollin and Gidley to Drive for Doran Racing

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

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