Forgive us. We see “Naimo,” we think “name-o,” and there we are, on the rug in kindergarten, singing about the farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o. There was also a Korean automaker who had a concept, and Naimo was its name-o. The company is Kia, the concept is being shown at [...]
BMW’s next “Gran Turismo” hatchback won’t look like a hunchback. Take a car like the Mercedes-Benz CLS or Volkswagen CC, stretch the roofline a little farther back so that the backlight incorporates into the trunklid and forms a hatch, and you’ve got a body style that is booming on the other side of the Atlantic. [...]
The Pentastar V6 makes for a stronger, quicker base Challenger, but this pony is still most comfortable at a trot. It’s Dodge’s portly and nostalgia-slathered muscle pony, now with nicer interior materials and a new base engine: the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6. That means 305 hp instead of the old 3.5-liter V-6’s 250, as well as [...]
As happens every time Bayrische Motoren Werke prepares to release the tuned version of their mid-sized sedan, salivary glands activate in Pavlovian fanboy response, hackles are raised in the Mercedes-Benz and Audi camps and most folks of the gearhead persuasion have at least a passing interest in what the engineers in Munich have wrought. Recently, [...]
Earlier in the month, Rod, Melinda (our trusty Production Coordinator) and I headed out to Abbotsford for the World of Wheels car show. And in spite of battling traffic the entire way there, it was certainly well worth the trip. Our Melinda is a huge...(read more)
Chevy has announced that it will unveil a show-car version of the next-gen Malibu simultaneously at the Shanghai auto show and on Facebook. Yes, really. The reveal will take place at 8:30 p.m. EDT on April 18th, meaning that in several U.S. time zones, Chevy’s big reveal is at the same time as “American Idol.” [...]
American heart and Italian soul combine in an iconic race car for this—or any—decade. We recently attended an exclusive test session for the Ferrari 430 Scuderia–based P4/5 Competizione, a one-off race car built to compete in the brutal 24 Hours of the Nürburgring this June. We’ve compiled videos, a full photo gallery, and a history [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , March 30, 2011 SIMONE-MEADE AUTOSPORTS ANNOUNCES 2011 RACING SEASON PLANS Barrie , ON March 30, 2011 Today Simone-Meade Autosports is pleased to announce their plans to campaign two full time entries in the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire . Series Since joining forces mid way through last season Simone Autosport and business leader Donald Meade have begun implementing their strategy to take their racing program to the front of the field and also create awareness to the serious problem of injurious micro-organisms and eliminate the mould pandemic . The Simone-Meade Autosport driver line up will once again see Anthony Simone behind the wheel of the 95 Mouldie Meade . Dodge Joining Simone this year driving the 18 RxRemedy Dodge with support from Boomerang
Gott im Himmel! Rennsport und Familiewagen! Our spies have snapped what appears to be Audi’s new RS4 Avant undergoing testing at a local track in Germany’s Eifel Mountains colloquially known as “The Green Hell.” (Perhaps you’ve heard it called the “Nürburgring.”) The tells that this is an überwagen? RS5 wheels, more-muscular fenders and an angrier [...]
Jaguar’s cars may not sit at the top of their segments’ sales charts, but each of the company’s three current offerings—the XJ, XF, and XK—really hit the sweet spot. The cars all share forward-looking styling, interiors finer than a Milan luxury hotel’s, athletic handling, and powerful engines. For 2012, Jaguar will try to improve on [...]
General Motors has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the term “Intellilink.” In the application, GM describes Intellilink as an “electronic interface module sold as an integral part of a motor land vehicle for wired and wireless interface of handheld electronic devices.” This sounds an awful lot like the [...]
Porsche applies the go-fast formula to its top-spec sedan. It was inevitable—and reported by us just yesterday—that Porsche would further extend its Panamera range. Just a couple of years after the launch of the Panamera Turbo, Porsche is adding a Turbo S to the lineup by squeezing another 50 hp out of its awesome 4.8-liter, [...]
Let's take a third and final look at Saturday's NFS SoCal event. With some of the best cars the Southern California has to offer making it out to El Segundo, I couldn't think of a more fitting event to wrap up our month long celebration of the car meet....(read more)
Top Drift is the largest Amateur drift series in North America, and one of the biggest in the world. Quite a few pros including Justin Pawlak and Team Need For Speed driver Matt Powers learned how to drift at Top Drift. The three highest finishers from...(read more)
At 30,000 miles, our Kizashi is only getting more popular. Date: March 2011 Months in Fleet: 14 months Current Mileage: 31,197 miles Average Fuel Economy: 27 mpg Range: 448 miles Service: $556.37 Normal Wear: $0 Repair: $0 If a great mid-size sedan falls into the showrooms of a small brand that few people know about, [...]
The wraps are off the Silverline Chevrolet team’s 2011 cars, set to campaign in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. Built by RML, which also constructs and runs the title-winning Chevrolet World Touring Cars, the two new Cruzes will campaign in the 2011 BTCC series with the same successful driver line-up as 2010; driver’s [...]
Mini’s first hybrid will take the mullet approach: combustion-engine business up front, electric party in the back. Due in about three years, the next-generation Mini Cooper will offer a four-wheel-drive version. There’s a catch, though: The rear wheels will have no connection to the engine. The car will be a hybrid, and the rear wheels [...]
With the latest version of BMW’s all-wheel-drive system, the 535i improves on previous deficiencies—but finds new ones. We’ve sampled a bunch of configurations of BMW’s latest-generation 5-series since it debuted about a year ago, but they’ve all been rear-drivers. Last fall, though, BMW launched the all-wheel-drive 535i xDrive, fitted with the most recent iteration of [...]
The next generation of Mercedes-Benz’s wonderful SL-class roadster has been running around for over a year now. First caught wearing camouflage that resembled vinyl siding, the car is beginning to lose its plastic disguise as it progresses toward launch. Now we’ve even caught a glimpse of the interior. These new pictures reveal an SL that [...]
First things first: Johan Ernst Nilson once piloted a flying boat from Sweden to Africa. And not your basic, workaday PBY Catalina or Sikorsky Pan Am Clipper. Think Zodiac inflatable boat crossed with an ultralight airframe and you’ve basically got the picture. Of course, he’s also engaged in more pedestrian pursuits—climbing the highest peak on [...]: : . skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , March 29, 2011 Race Time Radio : Tonight Tues . March 29th 2011 RACE TIME RADIO Presented by : Shell ROTELLA Broadcast Tuesday Nights On theScore . SIRIUS 98. . Home of the Hardcore Race Fan Your Weekly Racing Broadcast TONIGHT : nbsp Tuesday March 29, 2011 Listen at 8 p.m . ET on theScore SIRIUS Channel 98 Sam Bass , Todd Bodine , J.R . Fitzpatrick , David Ragan and more Visit www.racetimeradio.com for links to listen . live Posted by GREGM at 2:26 PM 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom READ INSIDE TRACK ON YOUR COMPUTER OR IPAD Subscribe 9.99 for 12 issues or purchase a single issue 99 cents The new issue of Inside Track is available right now . Click on the image above to find out . more Follow the
Rolls-Royce’s Babylonian tendencies were in full bloom as it announced the opening of the world’s largest Rolls-Royce showroom in—where else—Abu Dhabi, United Emirates. The facility is nearly 10,000 square feet and will display but five cars at a time. Admittedly they’re five land yachts, but are they really so large as to require 2000-square-foot parking spaces? [...]
Porsche will soon unveil its hottest Panamera yet, a Turbo S, according to Car and Driver‘s network of informants, and it will be confirmed soon—perhaps even as early as this week. The current range-topping Panamera Turbo makes 500 hp, as much as 568 lb-ft of torque, and ripped off a breathtaking 3.3-second 0-to-60 run with [...]
It’s only a matter of time before BMW turns its fresh new 6-Series coupe into a Bahn-storming M6, and with our spy shooters capturing prototypes like this one on the open road, it appears that time is drawing nigh. Telltale signs that the car seen here will wear that holiest of monikers, the M: a unique [...]
We could start this off with a spin off of Yakov Smirnov’s apparently evergreen, “In Soviet Russia, [blank] [blanks} YOU!” But in the interest of glasnost, perestroika, and other Tony Kushner plays, we will instead restrict ourselves to simply reveling in the glow of Russia’s homegrown automaker, ZIL. Initially known as AMS and then AMO [...]
Infiniti’s performance division kicks off with a conservative, but satisfying, G coupe. What Is It? Infiniti’s first crack at the in-house tuner idea. IPL stands for Infiniti Performance Line, the company’s new performance sub-brand. The IPL differs from good old Gs in that it has a more aggressive body kit, 19-inch y-spoke wheels, and, most [...]
Mind the hilarity index—and the giraffe outfits. Wouldn’t you rather be looking at a clown dressed as a skunk? It’s the most requested clown gag ever,” asserts Greg DeSanto. “Everyone wants to see a lot of clowns come out of a really small car.” Considering DeSanto’s position as the executive director of the International Clown [...]
China’s auto sales dwarfed America’s last year, and that gap is only set to widen this year. The importance of the Chinese market explains why BMW is now releasing another special edition M3 for the middle kingdom. Last year’s M3 Tiger edition would have been suitable to the present American tabloid news cycle, but Chinese [...]Tonight on Race Time Radio.... at www.RaceTimeRadio.com Canadian stock car racers JR Fitzpatrick, Pierre Bourque, DonaldChisholm... and more!Inside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports'
BMW dances a merry jig on Lexus’s toes. This version of the story adds test numbers to our First Drive from October 2009. BMW seems to be on a mission lately to offer something for everyone, no matter how nonsensical a certain consumer’s particular set of needs and wants may be. Case in point: the [...]
We’ve got another exclusive debut to add to the growing list of Cars 2 characters: David Hobbscap! Fans of racer-turned-announcer David Hobbs—and we certainly count ourselves among them—will find the character’s resume familiar. Voiced by the venerable Hobbs, the 1963 Coombs Lightweight E-type hails from Royal Leamington Spa, England. Just like Hobbs, Hobbscap has 20 [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , March 28, 2011 Porsche announced GT3 Cup Challenge for Canada New Series Becomes Porsche's 20th GT3 Cup Challenge Series Worldwide . MISSISSAUGA , ON , March 28 CNW Porsche Canada today announced North America's newest single-make racing series , designed to develop new drivers and prepare them for competition in the American Le Mans Series the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada . Porsche Cars Canada Ltd PCL in partnership with Porsche Motorsport North America PMNA and the International Motor Sports Association IMSA has entered into an agreement for the 20th such series in the world . The inaugural 2011 series will consist of three events : May 14-15 at Calabogie Motorsports Park Calabogie , Ontario June 3-5 at Circuit ICAR Mirabel , Quebec and ending: . skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , March 28, 2011 COMPASS360 RACING WINS FIRST WORLD CHALLENGE ROUND AT ST . PETERSBURG St . Petersburg , FL Compass360 Racing C360R launched its new World Challenge Touring Car program in style this weekend , with 2006 WC GT Champion Lawson Aschenbach leading the team's three-car effort to victory in Round One on Saturday , and following that up with a strong second-place finish during Sunday's Round Two , driving the 71 Honda Civic Si Coupe . I really have to thank the team and our sponsors , enthused Aschenbach from the top step of the podium . Ray Lee , Enrico Dianno and Karl Thomson put all the right pieces into place with the folks at HPD , and I'm so pleased to bring home the win for Honda this weekend . Saturday's race was marred by a long
David E. Davis, Jr., died on March 27, 2011, while recuperating from cancer surgery. He was 80 years old. Davis was widely acknowledged as the dean of automotive journalism, the man who turned Car and Driver into the world’s largest automotive magazine, and the founder, in 1986, of Automobile magazine. Over his long career, he [...]: , skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , March 27, 2011 Speed Custom Car Show in London , Ontario If you're near London , Ontario today , come by the Western Fairgrounds for the final day of the Speed Custom Car Show . The show features hot rods , race cars and representation from a bunch of area tracks and . series The Inside Track booth is offering great deals on one-year subscriptions that include a free NASCAR Die-Cast model 1:24 scale Stop by and sign up or renew extend your current subscription . The show runs today Sunday until 5 p.m . Posted by GREGM at 10:35 AM Labels : Inside Track Motorsport News 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom READ INSIDE TRACK ON YOUR COMPUTER OR IPAD Subscribe 9.99 for 12 issues or purchase a single issue 99: : skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , March 27, 2011 NASCAR NATIONWIDE : Canadian Fitzpatrick Finishes 20th in Royal Purple 300 Cambridge , Ontario March 27, 2011 J.R . Fitzpatrick claimed a 20th place finish in Saturday’s Royal Purple 300’ , Round 5 of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series , at California’s Auto Club Speedway . The 22-year-old Canadian combated a lively No.27 Schick Hydro Energizer Baker Curb Racing Ford Mustang but went the distance to see his first checkered flag of the season having been forced to retire 10 laps into his debut at Daytona last . month Fitzpatrick , the 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Runner-Up , had earlier qualified 25th with Carl Edwards , also racing a Ford , claiming the pole to lead the 43-car field to the green in the . afternoon With just one: : . skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , March 26, 2011 INDYCAR : Power Wins Pole at St . Petersburg ST . PETERSBURG , Fla . March 26, 2011 Will Power led Team Penske’s strong performance Saturday by winning the pole position for the Honda Grand Prix of St . Petersburg , the season-opening race for the IZOD IndyCar . Series Power’s fastest lap of 1:01.9625 around the 1.8-mile , 14-turn street circuit in the No . 12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara Honda earned him the No . 1 starting position for Sunday’s race , which will be televised live on ABC-TV at 12:30 p.m . ET . It also led Team Penske’s effort , which resulted in three cars qualifying inside the top-10. Ryan Briscoe will start fifth after he posted a top lap of 1:02.5744 in the No . 6 IZOD Team Penske Dallara Honda , while Helio
In the 1970s, the Zephyr skate team redefined what it meant to ride a skateboard. Jay Adams—the troubled baby genius of the crew—turned 50 last month. Suffice to say, a good percentage of us grew up with Bones Brigade on VHS and mastered that first ollie on suburban sidewalks before ever piloting a self-propelled vehicle. [...]
Paying more for an electric boost that affects fuel economy and nothing else—and that’s the point. The GM engineers assigned to the LaCrosse eAssist project don’t want you to be able to tell they’ve done anything to the car. The goal of the eAssist was to create a more fuel-efficient version of the four-cylinder LaCrosse [...]
Aston, Transformed: The British bulldog mashes up with the German zeppelin. Since the arrival of the 2004 DB9, all successive Aston Martins from the V-8 Vantage coupe to the Rapide sedan have used the company’s VH (“vertical horizontal”) architecture. Developed during Ford’s ownership of Aston, the VH platform cannot be stretched beyond the size of [...]
You could almost forget there’s a Sebring hiding under there. When George Clooney’s character in Up in the Air rents a car, he will settle for nothing less than a Chrysler Sebring. Now, there’s some willful suspension of disbelief that accompanies moviegoing, but it’s hard to accept that anyone would insist on the Chrysler mid-sizer, [...]Inside Track Motorsport News // www.insidetracknews.com // 'Canada's Source for Motorsports'
Never mind that the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was once badged as a serf-suitable Dodge. Mercedes, which took over distribution duties for the van in the U.S. in 2010, wants you to think of its star-clad behemoth as capable of decadent personnel carriage, as well. Benz has aligned itself with New York City’s Brilliant Vehicles to posh them [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , March 24, 2011 Ferrari Challenge Series Returns to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve To Delight Fans at the Canadian Grand Prix Montréal , March 24, 2011 Spectators at the next June 10, 11 12, 2011 Canadian Grand Prix will once again witness two exciting and highly contested race events featuring cars from the North American Ferrari Challenge Series . Entering its 19th season of competition , the series will compete for the 13th time on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with their powerful and spectacular Ferrari 430s whose owner drivers' only professional status is their daily occupation . Passion is what uniquely drives them to compete in this sport with their exotic cars . Furthermore , for the first time in Canada , the Ferrari 430 will share the track with: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , March 24, 2011 Pennzoil to be Under the Hood of Top IZOD IndyCar Series Teams Houston , Texas March XX , 2011 After a 20-year absence from IndyCar racing , Pennzoil is returning to the sport in a big way . In addition to being back on the track through the brand’s multi-year alliance with Penske Racing and Penske Corporation , the brand’s premium Pennzoil Ultra™ Euro 5W-40 motor oil has been approved for use in all Honda Indy V8 engines that will compete in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series . And the Pennzoil Ultra Euro formulation that will be used by IndyCar’s top teams is the motor oil available to consumers . today Pennzoil is no stranger to Indy racing , so we are happy to add Pennzoil Ultra Euro 5W-40 to the short list of motor oils approved to: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , March 24, 2011 Audette Sets Sights on 2011 Title Montreal , Quebec After running a competitive partial season in , 2010 winning in the rain at Mosport , and following a third place championship effort in 2009, Remy Audette and Audette Racing have confirmed they will contest the entire 2011 F2000 Championship Series in their 21 Van Diemen Zetec . It will mark the team’s fourth season in the F2000 Series , and its second full-season effort . We want to win a championship in the U.S . said Audette , who was the oldest winner in the 2010 F2000 tour at the age of 25. We have a crew chief coming over from our touring car team and I think we will be able to fight for the title . 8221 Audette added he has been training all winter , and the car has been
Ferrari builds a four-wheel-drive wagon—and it’s just as thrilling as anything else prancing out of Maranello. Running through hairpin corners in the Dolomite Mountains of the South Tyrol region of Italy, the Ferrari FF’s two-door wagon body style is the last thing on my mind, which is interesting because it’s probably the first thing anyone [...]
Mazda’s bringing its prodigal son of the seminal Elan back to its spiritual home of Blighty’s racing circuits in the guise of the MX-5 GT, destined for the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship. The lightness-added, horsepower-increased racing machine’s said to accelerate to 60 in three seconds and top out at 160 mph, using that Chapmanian [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , March 23, 2011 AIM Autosport Fielding Three Cars in Star Mazda Championship Woodbridge , Ont . March 23, 2011 AIM Autosport is pleased to announce that it will enter three cars in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear . AIM will field cars for Championship Class driver , Zack Meyer , and Expert Class drivers , Walt Bowlin and Larry . Pegram Zack , an eighteen-year-old Torontonian , is a graduate of karting and is fresh off taking the shifter kart championship in the Florida Winter Tour . He made his Star Mazda debut last year at Mosport International Raceway , a one-off race with AIM . He is used to winning , but faces a steep learning curve this year as he adapts to cars . Zack will drive a silver and blue car sporting 66. Both
Never let it be said that the Fiesta-owning rambling boys of pleasure and ladies of easy leisure don’t love their assorted doohickies and gewgaws. In fact, Ford says its sold 26,000 bits from the Ford Custom Accessories line since the car’s launch last year. The top picks? An upper-rear hatch spoiler, custom shift-knobs for manual-equipped [...]
What’s the product when you cross Mercedes-Benz and a full driver’s ed program? Besides a handful of brave Mercedes-Benz instructors riding shotgun with 15-year-0lds in Benzes, you get the Mercedes-Benz Driving Academy, Mercedes’ new driver’s ed school for teens. The school is no publicity stunt—Mercedes made it clear that the school will be a profit-earning [...]
Contrary to popular belief, America still builds a lot of cars. Contrary to popular belief, America still builds cars—a lot of them. Nearly 8 million cars and trucks came out of U.S. plants last year. Step back and look at the entire North American continent, and production adds up to more than 12 million units. [...]
Chevrolet is not planning to offer an SS version of its Cruze sedan, despite recent rumors to the contrary. We’ve learned that the company is holding its line on not deploying the SS branding to every model—in fact, at this point the only Chevy so badged is the Camaro—and as such, there won’t be a [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , March 23, 2011 Hinchcliffe Targets IndyCar Seat Toronto , Ontario March 23, 2011 James Hinchcliffe left little doubt after last week’s final IndyCar Series test that should he secure a full-time ride in North America’s premier open-wheel category , the Canadian would be a . front-runner While understandably frustrated not to be participating in this weekend’s 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season-opener , the Honda Grand Prix of St . Petersburg’ , the 24-year-old will still be on-hand to watch the action up-close and personal as part of the Newman Haas Racing team he tested with so successfully throughout the . off-season Hinchcliffe’s third and final outing for the Illinois-based outfit , last week’s full-field test at Barber Motorsports Park in
Can a car named after a stuffy 19th-century matriarch be modified into a hot rod for the redoubtable Kress Lounge? We try. We Succeed. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it… well, maybe I have only said it once: Anything weighing two tons and casting a 17.7-foot shadow ought to be a national monument. [...]
The U.S. is going to get its own version of Maserati’s track-inspired GranTurismo MC Stradale, which is already out in Europe. Ours will be called the GranTurismo MC—the Stradale name hits the autostrade—and will be unveiled on the eve of the New York auto show in April. It will be joined by the U.S. version [...]
25 Cars Worth Waiting For. What it is: The second generation of Lincoln’s entry-level front-drive sedan, based on the mid-size Ford Fusion. Keep Reading: 2013 Lincoln MKZ – Feature
25 Cars Worth Waiting For. What it is: A sleek luxury sedan designed as a dedicated EV. Keep Reading: 2014 Infiniti Electric Sedan – Feature: skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , March 22, 2011 Fitzpatrick Returns to NASCAR Nationwide Series Canadian Back to Tackle Saturday’s Royal Purple 300’ Cambridge , Ontario March 22, 2011 Canada’s J.R . Fitzpatrick will make his second start of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series this Saturday , 26th March , as the 22-year-old gets set to tackle the Royal Purple 300’ at the Auto Club Speedway , Fontana , . California Fitzpatrick will again campaign the No.27 Baker Curb Racing Ford Mustang , with support from Schick Hydro and Energizer Canada , the Ontario-resident returning for the fifth round of the year to the seat he occupied for the season-opener at the Daytona International Speedway in . February Seeking a change of fortune , his race in the DRIVE4COPD 300’ last month barely lasting
Every red-blooded car fan knows that wagons are the business, serving drivers and fashionistas far better than SUVs can. And after years of obscurity, the appeal has reemerged for blue-blooded car fans as well. Ferrari’s Geneva debut of the shooting-brake FF ups the ante for the prancing horse’s primary antagonist and raises the question, “Why not [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , March 22, 2011 Canadian Superbike Championship by Parts Canada TO BE POWERED BY MOPAR® TORONTO , ON March 22, 2011 Frontline CSBK Inc . Canada’s premier road racing series organizer , is thrilled to announce an exciting new relationship with Chrysler Canada and the Canadian Superbike Championship by Parts . Canada The winner of the 2011 Superbike Championship will be presented with a new Jeep® Off-Road Camper Trailer from MOPAR valued close to 15,000. The unit will be on display at CSBK events throughout the . season This partnership with the Canadian Superbike Championship assists Mopar in expanding their marketing reach as a performance-based brand , 8221 said Jim Kiritsis , Senior Manager Service and Parts . The 2011 racing season will help us: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , March 21, 2011 WIX FILTERS AND PAUL TRACY JOIN DREYER REINBOLD RACING FOR THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 Indianapolis , Ind . March 21, 2011 Dreyer Reinbold Racing is excited to announce that WIX Filters will join the team as the primary sponsor on the DRR machine piloted by Paul Tracy during the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. WIX , whose highly-engineered filtration products have become a staple in auto racing around the country , will unite with the team for the first time as the primary sponsor for the Indianapolis 500 as well as serve as an associate partner on the No . 22 car of Justin Wilson for the 2011 . season Dreyer Reinbold Racing is extremely happy to welcome WIX Filters to the team for the Indianapolis 500 and: . skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , March 21, 2011 Give a racer a hand . and find out how you can win a Harley from A NASCAR Canadian Tire Series racer Jason White is getting ready for the 2012 season , driving the 21 A W Cruisin the Dub' Dodge . Part of A W's promotion involves an online contest to win a Harley-Davidson Fat Boy . You can help get exposure for this contest and thereby help Jason out by going to this Facebook page promoting the contest and clicking like . Thanks Posted by GREGM at 11:13 AM Labels : Jason White NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom READ INSIDE TRACK ON YOUR COMPUTER OR IPAD Subscribe 9.99 for 12 issues or purchase a single issue 99 cents The new issue of Inside Track is: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , March 18, 2011 Mirabel’s ICAR Complex to Host the 24 Hours on Ice in 2012 Mirabel Québec March 18, 2011.- Less than a month ago , the creation of Chamonix’s 24 Hours on Ice Revival” was announced and now , the organizers of this motorsporting event are pleased to inform competitors , media , and spectators that on March 11th , a five-year deal was signed with Mirabel’s ICAR Complex to host its first 24 Hours on Ice on February 24th , 25th , and 26th , 2012. This exciting event , restricted to vehicles from the 1970s and 80s , will take place at the ICAR complex , situated on the site of the Montreal’s Mirabel International Airport Québec , Canada Based on Chamonix’s 24 Hours , a European sporting concept that was very popular from the 1970s to the: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , March 18, 2011 Eco-Fuel Saver Debuts in Canada Solution for Fuel Emissions Launches Fresh off Daytona 500 Vancouver , British Columbia March 17, 2011 Eco-Fuel Saver , the revolutionary new fuel additive that sponsored TRG Motorsports No . 71 in the Daytona 500, is set to make its debut next month in Canada at Canadian Tire . This ground-breaking product reformulates hydrocarbon molecular chains , allowing fuel to burn more efficiently and completely in the combustion chamber . The results are increased mileage and dramatic emissions . reductions CEO Rick Stewart says My desire to find a way to combat our escalating air pollution issues from the burning of fossil fuels is what inspired me to get involved with Eco-Fuel Saver and get it to market as