February 17, 2010 6:38 PM
ANTRON BROWN AND MATCO TOOLS DRAGSTER TO VISIT STUDENTS AT GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON FEB. 22
News from Don Schumacher Racing
and Matco Tools Racing
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Feb. 16, 2010)
Antron Brown, driver of the Don Schumacher Racing-owned Matco Tools dragster, will visit with students at Glendale Community College just outside of Phoenix on Feb. 22. The former college track star at Mercer (N.J.) Community College will speak to students at Glendale C.C. about education and career choices one day after competing at the 26th annual Arizona Nationals. Brown's 7,000-horsepower Matco Tools dragster also will be on display
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February 11, 2010 9:30 PM
Porsche Motorsport Talent 2010 Development programme for five budding pilots
Porsche Motorsport
Stuttgart.
“Porsche Motorsport Talent” – five young drivers from four countries can be truly proud of this title heading into the 2010 season. From twelve candidates at a talent search held in Vallelunga (Italy), Porsche Motorsport selected the five most promising youngsters. Niall Breen (23, Ireland), Jono Lester (20, New Zealand), Tim Sandtler (22, Germany), Harald Schlegelmilch (22, Latvia) and Ferdinand Stuck (18, Germany) share up to 180,000 Euro as a cash injection into their racing budgets for the international Porsche Mobil1 Supercup or the Carrera Cup Deutschland. With this, Porsche writes yet another chapter in its long-standing and hugely successful junior development programme in motorsport.
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February 2, 2010 2:14 PM
ANTRON BROWN AND MATCO TOOLS DRAGSTER TO VISIT STUDENTS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE ON FEB. 9
News from Don Schumacher Racing
and Matco Tools Racing
NORWALK, Calif. (Feb. 2, 2010)
Two days before beginning the 2010 NHRA season, 24-time NHRA winner and driver of the Matco Tools dragster Antron Brown will visit with students at Cerritos College. The former college track star at Mercer (N.J.) Community College will speak to students at Cerritos College about education and career choices. Brown's 7,000-horsepower Matco Tools dragster also will be on display.
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January 16, 2010 6:05 PM
DSR AND IUPUI SHARE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE ON-TRACK PERFORMANCE
DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Jan. 16, 2010)
Lee Beard, team manager at Don Schumacher Racing, announced today that DSR and the Motorsports Engineering program at Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis (IUPUI) have united to develop a comprehensive program to help advance the performance of DSR Top Fuel teams in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
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December 18, 2009 9:06 AM
Get $500 off Enrollment thru 12-31-09 at Hedgecock Racing Academy
Save $500 Now (tuition only) at the Hedgecock Racing Academy thru 12-31-09, so Enroll Now! They are now accepting applications for 2010, view the 2010 Class Schedule. See Video 1 See Video 2
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June 22, 2009 9:09 PM
Race to Learn
Williams F1 & Cambridge University Press
Williams F1 and Cambridge University Press are pleased to announce the launch of Race to Learn, the new educational resource that brings the excitement of Formula OneTM to the primary classroom.
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January 30, 2009 6:56 AM
Oxford Brookes University Launches CPD courses
Oxford Brookes University
Learning while earning: Industry-focused short courses
Oxford Brookes University launches a new motorsport programme to respond to a long-standing industry need for flexible, market-driven educational short course provision
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October 3, 2008 8:33 PM
Hot Rod High
NHRA
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – (Oct. 3, 2008)
California Hot Rod Reunion, Oct. 10-12, Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, Calif.
Antelope Valley High School automotive students to participate in automotive educational seminar hosted by the California Hot Rod Reunion, Oct. 10
About 50 automotive students from Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, Calif., will get a lesson in Hot Rod 101 thanks to the veteran racing parts maker Joe Mondello and the California Hot Rod Reunion. Mondello will be the featured lecturer at this year’s education seminar hosted by the Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, on Fri., Oct. 10.
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August 1, 2008 8:12 PM
Matco Tools Gives Votech Students a Chance to Win A Pontiac G8
News From Matco Tools
Stow, Ohio (Aug. 1, 2008)
Enter to win WWW.MATCOTOOLS.COM/VOTECH
For the straight second year, Matco Tools and Matco Tools Votech are giving Votech students the opportunity to win a new car. The winner receives a Pontiac G8 with performance parts to increase the horsepower of the motor to 500-horsepower.
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June 26, 2008 8:22 PM
FORMULA SAE DYNAMIC COMPETITION SET FOR AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY JUNE 27-28
FORMULA SAE
82 University Teams From Nine Countries Entered
Formula SAE West, an educational competition in the SAE Collegiate Design Series
82 university teams from Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, U.S. and Venezuela come together for the final event in the 2008 SAE Collegiate Design Series, a winner of the National Science Foundation Public Service Award. In Formula SAE competition, students design, build and compete with small formula-style racing cars. The restrictions on the car frame and engine are limited so that the knowledge, creativity and imagination of the team members are challenged.
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June 24, 2008 9:52 PM
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FACE OFF IN FORD/AAA STUDENT AUTO SKILLS COMPETITION AT FORD WHQ
FORD
DEARBORN, Mich., June 24, 2008
The automotive technicians of tomorrow will be honing their skills today as they compete in the annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Finals at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich.
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May 21, 2008 9:40 PM
Mississippi State University Students Win GM and DOE Challenge X 2008 Competition
Challenge X 2008 Competition
Washington, D.C.
Mississippi State University, for the second consecutive year, has earned top honors in General Motors (GM) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Challenge X student engineering competition. Over the past nine months, the 2008 Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainability competition challenged 17 university teams from the U.S. and Canada to reengineer a Chevrolet Equinox that employs advanced powertrain technologies. The goal is to produce a vehicle that has improved fuel economy and lower emissions, all while maintaining driver comfort and vehicle performance.
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April 25, 2008 9:25 PM
JACK ROUSH AND DAVID RAGAN TALK ABOUT FORD/AAA STUDENT AUTO SKILLS; FINALS IN DEARBORN ON JUNE 24
JACK ROUSH – team owner, Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusions
“The reason Roush Fenway is represented with me being present is to help bring attention to the wonderful program that AAA and Ford have partnered to further the interests that a lot of high school students have in the automotive technology industry, service industry, which, of course, includes NASCAR racing and the service of the race cars that we’re involved with here at the Talladega race track.
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March 14, 2008 7:11 AM
WOMEN IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE FOUNDATION
New Scholarship Program for Female Race Car Drivers – Project Podium
Founder Lyn St. James Opens Online Application; Deadline March 31
Young women who test their mettle each week on race tracks may be able to enhance their competitive performance through an innovative new scholarship program exclusively for race car drivers. Project Podium, founded by entrepreneur and former Indy 500 driver Lyn St. James, is the newest program of Women in the Winners Circle Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, and is designed to empower active young female race car drivers to help further their early professional careers.
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March 11, 2008 8:40 PM
CRANFIELD LAUNCHES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH WILLIAMS F1
Oxford, UK. 11 March 2008.
A unique partnership has been announced between the Centre for Customised Executive Development at Cranfield School of Management and the Formula One team, Williams F1.
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