HILLARY WILL TO GIVE NHRA’S FANS ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AN ‘ALL-ACCESS’ PASS

NHRA
GLENDORA, Calif. (June 25, 2009

Kalitta Motorsports’ Hillary Will, a winner at Topeka in 2008, will provide ‘Insider’ updates from Norwalk this weekend on NHRA’s Facebook and Twitter pages

NHRA will break new ground in its ongoing quest to provide the greatest fan access in all of professional sports when it invites a special guest, Kalitta Motorsports’ Hillary Will, to serve as a celebrity host on its Facebook and Twitter pages during the Third annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals June 26-28 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

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June 21, 2009 5:56 PM

Double victory for KTM's Steffi Laier for dream home GP win at Teutschenthal

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria,

After Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Steffi Laier sailed through the chequered flag for her home GP victory in Teutschenthal she said it had been "a perfect weekend".

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June 10, 2009 8:41 PM

Getting to Know Elizabeth Bash

Monster Energy Kawasaki
Irvine, Calif.

Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green rider Elizabeth Bash has scored three straight top-10 finishes in the first three WMA events. Click on the video link to learn a little bit more about her.

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June 8, 2009 6:26 PM

Yokohama Tire Corporation-Sponsored Heidi Steele Takes 2nd Place in SCORE Baja 500 Race

Heidi Steele
FULLERTON, CA (June 8, 2009)

Off-roader finishes grueling course on one set of off-the-shelf Geolandar M/T+® tires

Coming in second in the legendary SCORE Baja 500 is quite an accomplishment, especially while using only one set of tires along the rough 432.5-mile course. This is exactly what Yokohama Tire Corporation- sponsored Heidi Steele did, starting and finishing the June 5-7 race at Ensenada, Mexico on the same four off-the-shelf Geolandar M/T+® tires.

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June 7, 2009 9:52 PM

Steffi Laier second in France for KTM

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
2009 GP of France 07/06/2009

Germany's Steffi Laier, the only woman full factory rider in the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing put in a strong weekend's competition in Round Four of the Women's World Championship to finish second on the podium at Ernee, France on Sunday.

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June 5, 2009 4:36 PM

Local Cindi Lux Returns to Rose Cup Race with Viper

Cindi Lux
ALOHA, Ore., June 5, 2009

2008 Oregon SCCA Pro Driver of the Year Back to Portland Event after Two Years Away

Lux Performance Group Viper Comp. Coupe.
Image by Jeff Boerio.

Aloha's Cindi Lux might be one of the biggest motorsport names to come out of the Northwest but she has certainly not forgotten her roots. The 2008 Sports Car Club of America's (SCCA) Oregon Pro Driver of the Year returns to Portland International Raceway (PIR) for the 49th Annual Rose Cup on June 12-14. The Rose Cup, which Lux's father Dick Hahn won in its inaugural, 1961 running, is the largest amateur/club event west of the Mississippi River and signifies the unofficial first day of summer for local racers. Lux returns to the prestigious event to support her local racing community representing the Viper brand with the No. 12 Lux Performance Group, LLC Viper Competition Coupe.

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May 7, 2009 6:07 AM

Sarah Whitmore to Race Rounds 2 & 3 of Women's FIM Motocross World Championship

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG
Mattighofen, Austria

KTM sponsored rider Sarah Whitmore will head overseas to race rounds 2 & 3 of the Women's FIM Motocross World Championship Series

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April 21, 2009 9:19 PM

Nichole Cheza to serve as honoree at AMA Racing Dirt Track Grand Championships

AMA Racing
PICKERINGTON, Ohio

Trailblazing female racer will welcome amateurs from around the country to championship event

Every summer, the AMA Racing Dirt Track Grand Championships, set for June 27-July 4 in Du Quoin, Ill., invites an active or retired star from the pro ranks to greet amateur racers at the event.

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December 16, 2008 5:50 AM

Two more Dakar first for KTM: First KTM ATV ridden by a woman

KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG,
Mattighofen, Austria

KTM is no stranger to setting records at the Dakar, the most gruelling offroad test on the international racing circuit.

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November 20, 2008 7:56 PM

Prumm on the mend after surgery

Yamaha Racing

Yamaha rider and one of the leading figures in Women’s World Championship motocross, Katherine Prumm, was given good cause for optimism after a seven hour operation to repair three broken vertebrae was successful earlier this week.

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November 15, 2008 6:33 AM

Prumm suffers back injury

Yamaha Racing

Double Women’s World Cup winner Katherine Prumm will undergo surgery in the coming days after a practice crash in her native New Zealand left the 20 year old with several broken vertebrae.

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November 5, 2008 9:26 PM

WOMEN OF NHRA HEADLINE SEMA SHOW'S POPULAR NHRA BREAKFAST

NHRA
Las Vegas

Five of NHRA’s most compelling and successful female drivers were the featured guests this morning at the popular NHRA Breakfast, which has become an annual tradition at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

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October 13, 2008 8:35 PM

Nina Prinz wins the 2008 Road Racing Women’s European Championship

Yamaha Racing

After dominating for the entire 2008 season, German Yamaha rider Nina Prinz has taken the title on her YZF-R1, her second consecutive championship win, at the third and final round of the Women’s European Championship at Albacete (Spain) on Sunday. The reigning European champion from Mannheim / Leutkirch was in predictably consistent form all weekend, despite the atrocious qualifying and racing conditions.

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September 18, 2008 9:18 PM

Fast Five with Georgia “Mama” Seipel, Honoree of the California Hot Rod Reunion, Oct. 10-12

NHRA
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – (Sept. 18, 2008)

California Hot Rod Reunion, Oct. 10-12, Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, Calif.

“They’re all my kids and I want the best and safest tracks for them,” said Georgia Seipel, Infineon Raceway track manager. Aptly nicknamed “Mama” by drag racers, Seipel added, “People become extended families in drag racing. When someone gets injured, it’s like having someone in your family injured.”