31 Jan, 2010
If you’ll be strolling down Lincoln Road in downtown Miami later this week during Eats, Beats and Cleats, be sure to snap a photo of the Indy Racing League Championship Cup.
The trophy, hoisted by Dario Franchitti at Homestead-Miami Speedway in October, will be on display at the four-day and night block party beginning Feb. 4 that celebrates Super Bowl XLIV in town. More than 75 current and former NFL All-Stars and other sports legends will be featured as the festival launches with fan experiences and VIP events. The event replaces the mothballed NFL Experience.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, who tested the No. 37 IZOD car for Andretti Autosport at Sebring International last week and competed in the Rolex 24 At Daytona over the weekend, will be among the participants in the Super Bowl Hall of Fame Players Classic presented by Van Heusen on Feb. 4 at the Biltmore Golf Club and Resort in Coral Gables. The event’s goals are to raise awareness and funds for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinees Assistance Fund, which lends assistance to fellow Hall of Fame Alumni.
Andretti Autosport driver Danica Patrick will be a guest on “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials” on Feb. 3 (8 p.m. ET, CBS). Patrick has been featured in GoDaddy.com spots during the Super Bowl the past few years.
As a side note, Patrick is included in BusinessWeek’s 2010 Power 100 list of athletes. Tiger Woods, who ended ‘09 embroiled in scandal, still topped the list as he raked in an estimated $103 million on and off the golf course. The issue is on newsstands and online now.
30 Jan, 2010
Virgin Racing, one of four new entrants to the Formula One grid for 2010, will reveal their first car next week. The VR-01 will be unveiled online on the morning of Wednesday 3 February.
The Cosworth-powered car, which has been designed entirely in the digital domain by technical chief Nick Wirth’s Wirth Research organisation, will be raced by former Toyota driver Timo Glock and team mate Lucas di Grassi…
30 Jan, 2010
Friday may have been the world’s first opportunity to glimpse the new McLaren, but surprisingly it was also the first time either of the British team’s drivers had laid eyes on the MP4-25. Unsurprisingly, both Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton seemed enthralled with their new charge and can’t wait to get behind the wheel. Here the pair reveal their first impressions and look ahead to next week’s debut test…
30 Jan, 2010
With the regulation changes for this season far less extensive than they were for 2009, you’d be forgiven for thinking McLaren’s 2010 car would bear more than a passing resemblance to its predecessor. The MP4-25, however, is a very different beast, with its distinctive dorsal fin just one of a number of major design changes. The British team’s director of engineering, Paddy Lowe, and the car’s chief engineer, Tim Goss, explain…
30 Jan, 2010
Hot on the heels of Ferrari, McLaren presented their 2010 car to the world on Friday, when the MP4-25 was unveiled at the UK headquarters of sponsors Vodafone. The team hope the new machine will maintain their strong momentum from the latter part of 2009 and put them firmly back in title contention.
With its dramatic looking engine-cover fin, the car will bear the prestigious number one, thanks to reigning world champion Jenson Button joining fellow Briton – and 2008 champion – Lewis Hamilton…
30 Jan, 2010
They had already named the date, but now the new Lotus team have also announced a venue for the launch of the car in which Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will contest the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The wraps will come off the Malaysian-backed squad’s first F1 car at London’s Royal Horticultural Hall in the UK on Friday 12 February. An expected audience of 400 guests will be the first to see the new Lotus livery…
30 Jan, 2010
Williams have confirmed the appointment of Finland’s Valtteri Bottas as the team’s official test driver. Bottas, a 20-year old from Nastola, will take up the role vacated by Nico Hulkenberg as he steps up as a team race driver…
30 Jan, 2010
After two years of lacklustre results at Renault, Fernando Alonso is impatient to get back to his front-running ways with new team Ferrari this season. Speaking at the launch of the Italian team’s 2010 challenger, the F10, Alonso was very optimistic he’s got a machine that could put him right back into contention.
30 Jan, 2010
Auto repair shops work on smarter cars, but with fewer tools and technology to fix them say Greulich's Automotive (PRWeb Jan 30, 2010)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3543384.htm
30 Jan, 2010
Although admittedly there is no fresher face in a new place than Danica Patrick at JR Motorsports, Ms. Patrick is only part of the larger story when it comes to what’s new in 2010 for the Nationwide Series.
