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Testing, 1-2-3…4

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Week-End Motorsports

Corvette Racing, 24 Hours of Le Mans Test, May 31, 2008, Le Mans, France, C6.R #63 driven by Johnny O’Connell, Jan Magnussen, and Ron Fellows, and C6.R #64 driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Max Papis, photographed with the two Luc Alphand Adventures C6.R GT1 entries after ACO technical inspection (Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo).

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LAND ROVER G4 CHALLENGE NEVADA PASSAGE ADVENTURE COMPETITION GETS UNDERWAY ON MAY 6

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · News North America, Uncategorized, Week-End Motorsports

Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage Adventure Competition Gets Underway on May 6
Nevada hosts only U.S. qualifier – one of 18 national selection events worldwide
Editor’s Note:  During the competition, daily updates and high-resolution, digital photos are downloadable at www.nevadapassagephotos.com (User Name: PrintMedia; Password: usage2008), and b-roll footage available by going to www.thenewsmarket.com.
CARSON CITY, Nev. – […]

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Rally d’Italia Sardegna: 25 countries at the start line

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Week-End Motorsports

 
Rally d’Italia Sardegna: 25 countries at the start line
59 crews in the entry list of the World Rally Championship race
The crews in the entry list of the Rally d’Italia Sardegna are 59. This is the sixth race of the World Rally Championship 2008, scheduled from 15th to 18th May with the start and the finish […]

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Formula DRIFT heads to the East Coast for Round 3 and for the first time enters Englishtown Raceway

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments · News Asia, News North America, Week-End Motorsports

 
The Gauntlet
Formula DRIFT heads to the East Coast for Round 3 and for the first time enters Englishtown Raceway
Englishtown Raceway Park has been open since the mid 1960’s and has been one of drag racing’s premier facilities. The addition of a first-class motocross track in 1975, sanctioned by the AMA, has proven itself popular with […]

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Announcing Williams Hybrid Power

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Week-End Motorsports

Announcing Williams Hybrid Power
Oxford, UK, 28 April 2008. Williams F1 today announced that it has acquired a minority shareholding in Automotive Hybrid Power Limited, a company developing high-energy composite flywheels for use in energy recovery systems. AHP has relocated from Norwich to Williams’ headquarters outside Oxford, UK and has been renamed Williams Hybrid Power Limited.

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When the goings get tough…! Rally Jordan

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Week-End Motorsports

Photo swrt.com
Stage summaries with Stéphane Prévot
24 April 2008
It’s a strange surface in Rally Jordan, almost like tarmac it’s so hard but not with the grip of tarmac. It’s not going to clean very fast, and I think will be dirty like gravel for a long time. It’s so hard, I mean it’s like concrete, yet […]

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DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION LOEB HEADS TOP CLASS ENTRY INTO HISTORY-MAKING JORDAN RALLY

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Week-End Motorsports

Photo Rallye d’Argentine

DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION LOEB HEADS TOP
CLASS ENTRY INTO HISTORY-MAKING JORDAN RALLY
DEAD SEA (Jordan): The 2008 Jordan Rally gets underway with a ceremonial start at the Dead Sea on Thursday afternoon and marks the start of the first FIA World Rally Championship event to be held in the Arab world in the modern era. […]

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Two KTM X-Bow cars, run by German racing specialists Reiter Engineering, score class wins in the new GT4 Sports Light series

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments · News Europe, Week-End Motorsports

Two KTM X-Bow cars, run by German racing specialists Reiter Engineering, score class wins in the new GT4 Sports Light series
Both cars finish ahead of immensely more powerful opposition in the GT4 European Cup
Excellent results of the KTM X-Bow car’s first competitive racing appearance are an emphatic confirmation of the concept behind KTM’s sportscar

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Ford’s “Drive One”

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Photo Flash, Week-End Motorsports

Yates Racing’s Travis Kvapil’s No. 28 Ford Fusion:
DEARBORN, Mich., April 10, 2008 - Ford Racing cars will sport a variety of “Drive one” logos starting with this weekend’s events in Phoenix (NASCAR), and Las Vegas (NHRA), highlighted by the No. 28 “Drive one” Ford Fusion, driven by Yates Racing’s Travis Kvapil. (04/10/2008)

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FORD FOCUS CCC RACING CAR

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · News Asia, Week-End Motorsports

FORD FOCUS CCC RACING CAR
Ford Racing Focus race car
The Changan Ford Racing Team is looking forward to the 2008 China Circuit Championship (CCC) series and the opportunity to build on the outstanding success of the Changan Ford Racing Focus race car in its 2007 season.

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