SEB, WEB AND SEB RED BULL RACING'S 2012 DRIVER LINE-UP
Red Bull Racing
Thursday 5 January 2012
Red Bull Racing is pleased to confirm that Sébastien Buemi will continue his relationship with Red Bull as Red Bull Racing's test and reserve driver for 2012.
The 23-year-old joins Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, who are already confirmed.
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Nine Racing To Feature Three Cars At Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
Nine Racing Inc.
Brownsburg, Indiana January 4, 2012
Nine Racing, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of three excellent drivers for the 26th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire midget event that will take place January 10-14, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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MATT ARTIN JOINS NHRA AS DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS
NHRA
GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012)
NHRA announced today that Matt Artin, an eight-year veteran in media planning, advertising and promotions, has joined the world's largest motorsports sanctioning body as director of advertising and promotions.
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Colin Monahan Named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway
SONOMA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012)
Colin Monahan has been named Marketing Coordinator at Infineon Raceway, raceway officials announced.
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GLOBAL iPRINT NAMED OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF NHRA
NHRA
GLENDORA, Calif. Jan. 4, 2012
Global iPrint, a premier printing and distribution company, has signed a three-year agreement to become the "Official Print Sponsor" of NHRA.
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Carella's 2011 World Title Turns a New Page in F1 H2O Series!
F1 H2O / F1 Powerboat News
ABU DHABI - January 2, 2012
Italian Alex Carella of the Qatar Team used both his driving skills and youthful exuberance to overtake his wily veteran teammate Jay Price of the USA with a victory in Abu Dhabi in early December to win the 2011 UIM F1 H2O World Championship for power boating for the first time in only his second season in the series.
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Yamaha and PETRONAS Conclude MotoGP Partnership
Yamaha Racing
Sunday, 01 Jan 2012
As 2011 draws to a close it marks the end of a successful partnership between Yamaha's Factory MotoGP Team and PETRONAS.
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PATRICK HEAD STEPS DOWN FROM THE BOARD OF WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX HOLDINGS PLC
WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX HOLDINGS PLC
Grove, UK. 31 December 2011
Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (Ticker: WGF1) today confirms that Director of Engineering Patrick Head will step down from its Board of Directors with immediate effect.
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HAYDEN INJURED IN TRAINING ACCIDENT
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HAYDEN INJURED IN TRAINING ACCIDENT
Thursday Dec 29 2011
Nicky Hayden's winter vacation was marred on Tuesday, December 27, when he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was training at a private indoor flat track facility, riding a motorcycle for the first time since breaking his scaphoid at the Valencia Grand Prix on November 6. He underwent an X-ray and CAT scan on the same day he was injured, and he has since undergone an MRI. At the moment, there are no plans for surgery, but Hayden will have the scapula reassessed next week by Dr. Arthur Ting in Fremont, California, to see how his fracture is progressing. According to the healing process, the next few weeks will determine whether Hayden will take part in the first winter test session of 2012, which will begin on January 31 in Sepang, Malaysia.
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Shane Lewis to Make Dubai 24H Debut
Shane Lewis
Dubai 24H
DUBAI - December 29, 2011
American to Start 31st Career 24-Hour Race at Middle East's Premier Event
Shane Lewis began his career running open wheel races that lasted 30-minutes. Today, he has become one of the sport's most sought-after endurance specialists being called on to compete all over the world. When the Jupiter, Fla.-resident takes the green flag in the Seventh Edition of the Dunlop 24H of Dubai January 13, Lewis will add his 31st career 24-hour race-start to a resume which already boasts multiple victories. Lewis will join longtime endurance race teammate Vic Rice (San Rafael, CA) as well as Germans Karl Pflanz and Kim Hauschild in the No.125 Hamburg Racing Team (HRT) Aston Martin Vantage GT4. The Middle East's premier endurance touring and grand touring (GT) race marks the debut of Lewis in the event and at the Dubai Autodrome.
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NHRA JR. DRAG RACING LEAGUE CONFERENCE FINALS RETURNING TO DENVER, BRISTOL FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2012
NHRA
GLENDORA, Calif. Dec. 20, 2011
To help kick off the 20th Anniversary celebration of the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League, NHRA announced today that the Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals will once again return to Bandimere Speedway in Denver and Bristol Dragway in Tennessee for the 2012 season.
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Mike Conway signs with AJ Foyt Racing for the 2012 Indy Car season
AJ Foyt Racing
Mike Conway
London, UK - Tuesday 20th December 2011
Long Beach Grand Prix winner Mike Conway has signed with AJ Foyt Racing to drive the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series.
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Audi R8 LMS ultra to fight for World Champion's title in 2012
AUDI Motorsport
Ingolstadt, December 20, 2011
- GT1 World Championship to be held with GT3 cars in 2012
- Team WRT from Belgium is set on battling for championship
- Two new Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on the grid
The new Audi R8 LMS ultra will also be competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship next year. Two vehicles of the brand new customer sport race car will be independently fielded by Team WRT in the world's highest-caliber GT racing series.
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MORE THAN 1000 FANS CELEBRATE MATT HAGAN'S 2011 FUNNY CAR CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIS HOMETOWN
MATT HAGAN
2011 FUNNY CAR CHAMPION
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (Dec. 19, 2011)
More than 1000 fans and friends celebrated Matt Hagan's 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car championship at the special event hosted by Shelor Motor Mile in his hometown of Christiansburg, Va., on Friday, Dec. 16.
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Dieter Gass to reinforce Audi Sport
AUDI Motorsport
Ingolstadt, December 19, 2011
- New position: Head of Racing Commitments
- Engineer is returning to Audi family
- Experience from eleven years in Formula One
Audi is tackling the 2012 motor sport season with an extended leadership team. Dieter Gass (48) will reinforce the squad led by Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich as of January 1. The native of the German state of Hessen will assume the newly created role as Head of Racing Commitments.
