Creative Toys

Christmas is on its way and my children have started to remind me of the promise I gave them last October ... that suits all age even collectible toy for big kids like dragons figurine. I saw these two beautiful toy ... of my children, I really think the boy might like Disney’s Cars Piston Cup Race Set and my daughter might [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:49:58

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How to Decide what is Newsworthy for Your Press Release

I’ve embarked on a series of posts on press relations and so far, ... me to write a press release about his having attended a week-long, racing-car track school. I swear ... online. What’s newsworthy is often common sense but it can also be subjective. It’s something to think [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 16:09:11

Screen legend Paul Newman has died

Paul Newman, the quiet, classy star who, despite those bright blue eyes and leading man looks, ... for his quiet generosity, unconventional business sense, race car daring, political activism and enduring ... , pix from some of his films, and from his racing days. There's a sweet note about Newman [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 16:51:59

Brabham M3 launch at the Essen Show

Just a few weeks ago, the old-school British Racing car manufacturer, Brabham, ... Racing Returns as BMW TunerParis Auto Show: BMW X1 Real Life PhotosEssen 2007: BMW M3 Tuned UpParis ... FaceliftParis Auto Show: More BMW X1 Shots and Videos [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 18:37:56

Finding a Partner to Trust - Using Competitive Sprints to Select an Agile Software Vendor

Some people would like to believe that building complex software is like going to the grocery store: pick a candy bar off of the shelf, ... custom software is more like building a race car. A special one-off product to meet exactly the needs of its sponsor: win races. As a customer, what are you really buying when you contract for software [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 22:48:43

Kevin Costner roped in for NASCAR deal

Kevin Costner has inked a deal with NASCAR and is set to make personal appearances for the American racing giant while lending them his tunes ... for the new documentary ‘The Ride of Their Lives’ that touches upon the motor racing world. “ ... cars in the United States when his country-rock band had given a performance during a pre-race [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 10:18:23

Speed Racer R5 XViD-BaLD

This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content. Hey Guys! ... the competition, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed ... is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 01:08:15

Volkswagen Scirocco Cup race car revealed in China

As U.S. and European car sales plummet, developing brand recognition and loyalty in the so-called developing markets of China, ... will campaign. Painted in a brilliant pearlescent blue, dubbed Motorsport Blue, and inscribed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 06:29:33

Hands On: Mario Kart Wii Lives Up to the Series

Mario Kart is back and better than ever--this time with a steering wheel ... . The Wii version of the game includes dirt bikes, stunts, and new, innovative tracks. Grand Prix mode is the main racing competition of Mario Kart. It offers three difficulty levels: 50cc (race cars only [more...]

Date: 2008-05-12 02:21:55

Stopping Sharia

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Tom Trento, Director of the Florida Security Council, ... law into the American way of life and the Jewish or Christian leader does not have a clue! FP: What about “moderate” Muslims? Trento: After many years of racing sports cars, I still enjoy driving [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 14:57:50

'Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines'

‘Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines’ Autos | Put Nascar out of its impending misery, a fan says. “Let’s face facts—even if Ford, G.M., and Chrysler get the cash they want from the taxpayers, they are going to have to pull back heaps of sponsorship dough from stock-car racing.” In a changing auto business, Nascar’s gas-guzzling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 09:59:47

Gordon Procter RIP, Rhine Glider Pilot

Gordon Procter - Telegraph This chap had a colourful life, including a brief but hazardous experience of WW2 Quote: Gordon Procter, ... , with a bubbling enthusiasm for fast cars. As a young man he was an amateur driver for Ford of Europe ... for racing while retaining the company car for business. Procter also took delivery at Silverstone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 01:12:45

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I was a huge slacker this year and didn't get the Christmas cards made til today - just a week late, ... a girl in his primary class at church, be a dentist and a race-car driver, and have 17 kids.  Where ... and his score on video games - he has to make sure he's winning!  Competitive little guy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 04:07:15

The Daily Hotness: Dolphins are immune to Earthquakes (07/30/08)

Chad sat through an Earthquake today that could have hurt him so what's the first thing he thinks of doing after the quake? ... Warriors 6 Special: Zhang He busts out the claws Trailers & Videos: Racing cars, man: Midnight ... with Capcom for Resident Evil and Devil May Cry comics Street Fighter IV on the Wii? It's a possiblity [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 01:01:00

My mailbag

Forgive me for a moment - this has nothing to do with cars, drivers or racing ... Morning, I noticed that your blog, My Name is IRL, has a lot of great information about NASCAR! I am writing on behalf of my client, Scene Daily. Scene Daily.com is a NASCAR news site featuring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:59:39

Walt Disney World’s Space Mountain closing for ‘refreshment’ on April 19

OrlandoSentinel.com is reporting that one of the more iconic attractions at Walt Disney World is getting a makeover ... permanent photo op home for ‘Cars’ characters L…Walt Disney World closes Space MountainIndy Race Car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:56:55

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   I was a huge slacker this year and didn't get the Christmas cards finished til today - just a week late, ... a girl in his primary class at church, be a dentist and a race-car driver, and have 17 kids.  Where ... and his score on video games - he has to make sure he's winning!  Competitive little guy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 04:30:10

Caterham Cars at Autosport Show

Caterham Cars will be attending the Autosport International Racing Car show at Birmingham’s NEC this weekend (January 10-11). This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:51:37

Paul Newman's Will Revealed

ET has obtained Paul Newman's Last Will and Testament, and we're revealing the final wishes of the late Hollywood legend, ... of this year and provided by RadarOnline.com, Newman asks that his airplane and race cars be sold at a public auction or private sale, with net proceeds going to his estate. He also bequeaths his Westport [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 23:00:00

Thanks to volenteers, Hall House will soon provide shelter for 100 homeless families

The historic Hall House, built in 1940 on Tryon Street as a luxury hotel, sat vacant and in a state of disrepair until just recently ... . Many sets of blankets, sporting numbers and bright logos of race car drivers, were donated by NASCAR ... , please contact A Child’s Place. More pictures after the jump. credit: James Willamor, view [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 04:46:34

"Best of 2008-Best Crash Photos"

Best of 2008-Best Crash Photos By Mark J Rebilas 5 Comments Categories: Dover, Drag Racing, Indy Cars, Iowa, Kansas, NASCAR, Racing, Sports, Talladega and boat racing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:54:16

Father Makes Math Fun

CourierPostOnline.com: In the era of Nintendo’s, Playstations and thousands of computer games, ... for children. In evaluating auto racing, many variables change - drivers, sponsors, car makes ... math-learning for kids surrounded by the exciting concept of racing. It’s no secret that keeping [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 18:11:13

KeyStream Inserts Ads Into Video Blank Spaces

Mountain View ad startup KeyStream came out of stealth mode Monday with a new ad format that allows publishers to insert copy in the " ... to the clip's digestion. Think: put an ad on every square inch of a race car or baseball infield fence ... to LiveRail's third-quarter 2008 State of the Industry online video advertising research report [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 00:30:37

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A few years back I went to Indiana for a Titans at Colts football game and had to leave New Haven very early in the morning due to a 3-4" ... until the warmth and sounds of racing cars that draw my head to the north ... that I HAD TO LEAVE!!!!! I just had to stop by the old homestead on Henry Street to get a picture of her in her white [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 03:39:54

The End of an Era!

Race cars 001     THIS WEEK’S STORY LINES 1.   IT IS OFFICIAL– PETTY MERGED WITH GEM:(foxsports.com) 2.   ALMENDINGER REPLACES SADLER @ GEM:( ... RACE REAMS: (scene daily) 9.   EVERNHAM STILL WANTS A ROLE IN NASCAR:(Charlotte Observer) The 2009 ... , with this merger just being announce, there are some shake-ups in the driver’s seat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 18:47:08

Marathon Done!

THINGS TO DO WHILE I AM ALIVE! Climb half dome:   (2004, '05, '06, '07/video) Hike to "my tree" Skydive:   (Madera, 4/2005 and Kauai  8/2005) ... )   Helicopter: (Sept 15, 2007) Drive a race car: Read a book once a month: X so far so good ... , Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 19:29:44

Top 14 Top Gear Moments

Collectted by David Schwartz Now, here at Hecklerspray sometimes even we have to hold our hands up and give begrudging praise where it is due ... d all like to shoot Jeremy Clarkson with a tank. 4. The Arctic adventure Richard Hammond by sled, Jeremy Clarkson and James May by car. Who will win the race to the North Pole? Are we the only people [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 03:24:16

AMD Poised to Lose another Race with Intel

With Phenom II hitting the streets this week, AMD needs to learn a few simple rules about how to challenge a market leader like Intel in the ... up to challenge a racing sports car in speed performance in Intel’s Naleham processor.AMD can’t help ... , most desktop users aren’t looking to be speed kings (save for the video editor or autocad engineer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:36:00

David Rathman x No Mas NYC

rathmanlead.jpg Clothing line No Mas NYC just posted its collaborative T-shirts with David Rathman, from a series titled “The Unkindest Cut”. The Minneapolis-based artist captures a unique story and spirit with each of his minimalist works, and these two shirts are an interesting look at the glory and dark side of boxing and car racing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 20:24:19

Music Legend News

Two stories, found at Contact Music, involving some big time names ... he was 16 years old. Jimmy Page likes being a musician. That’s what he does! He doesn’t want to be a race car driver or a solicitor. “They decided that if they could find a singer that they thought would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:56:20

Life imitating toy

In reply to Ralph DePalma: 1918: Living in an age of more robust machines and concern for safety, it is hard not to look at this racing car and imagine that you are looking at a child's toy made ... -looking contraption? Who would do it today? Some of these cars went a lot faster than 100 mph [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 23:09:59

M.A.S.K. Buzzard . . .

The Slingshot needed something to fight so out came the Buzzard, a race car that is packed with surprises. As you'll see in the photos. [ ... in the side compartments. Buzzard 002 A close shout of the "doid" pilot. The pink helmet pulls ... and Maximus. In the cartoon series, Miles was the evil mastermind. Once the "racing" series started [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 10:56:57

2008 Review/ 2009 Preview: Kurt Busch

By Richard Allen Over the next few days and weeks I will be presenting a review of 2008 and a preview of 2009 for each of the drivers and ... : Kurt Busch Car: #2 Owner: Penske Racing South Sponsor: Miller Lite Manufacturer: Dodge Crew Chief ... these pieces will run in order by car number. If you should miss out on your favorite driver simply [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:31:17

Press Release: U.S. women set to swim across the Atlantic

January 7, 2009; Cape Verde Islands—U.S. swimmer Jennifer Figge will depart later this week from Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa ... for children in Ethiopia. The 56-year-old mother of a race car driver plans to swim six to eight ... device found via her Facebook page, where she’s chronicling the adventure: www.facebook.com/pages [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:35:47

Audi R8 GT3 race car spied at the Nurburgring

Audi’s motorsport division announced plans back in August to launch a 500hp-plus (373kW) version of the R8 for use in next year’s GT3 series, and now a prototype for the race car has been spied [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 11:31:00

Essential Reading for January 5th, 2009

Recommended links for January 5th, 2009: Collector’s Addition - David Coulthard's old racing cars are being transported from Twynholm to the ... to be displayed as part of a special tribute to Coulthard's racing career. Ferrari laughs off Peugeot KERS ... has announced that it is switching to Volkswagen engines in Formula 3 for 2009, following [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:00:15

Essential Reading for January 7th, 2009

Recommended links for January 7th, 2009: Collector’s Addition - David Coulthard's old racing cars are being transported from Twynholm to the ... to be displayed as part of a special tribute to Coulthard's racing career. Ferrari laughs off Peugeot KERS ... has announced that it is switching to Volkswagen engines in Formula 3 for 2009, following [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:12:15

Monday,

5th of January - Go figure this one: One Johnnie Walker wins the 1974 Round 1 Tasman Cup series race at Levin Circuit in New Zealand with his ... 2 racing, the Frenchman raced for Ferrari in 1952 and was a Mercedes works driver in GP and sports cars in 1955. He kept on racing, though as a privateer in sports and GT racing, up until [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:05:15

Patrick Pays $196 Fine For Speeding

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Danica Patrick paid a US$196 fine to settle a speeding ticket after the star race car driver was caught going 87 km/h in a 55 km/h zone last month.Patrick, the first woman to win an IndyCar race, was due in traffic court ... in the past three years.A call to Patrick's racing team wasn't immediately returned.SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:Slow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 23:36:00

This Just In: BSNYC Wins a Race!

Firstly, since I'm no longer commenting in the comments section (for the time being anyway) ... anything on a bicycle the bike had 20-inch wheels. I even borrowed some guy's pit bike so I could ... is about me. Recently, a car magazine called 0-60 challenged me to a bike-vs-car race. I immediately [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 12:12:00

NASCAR Report: Dover International

The Monster Mile didn’t take long to show its teeth. On the third lap of the Best Buy 400 J.J ... cars in need of repair, half of them currently holding top twelve slots in the Chase. The race ... . Greg Biffle had a fast car all day, leading for much of the first half of the race. After another [more...]

Date: 2008-06-02 14:30:41

Radiator Chair Looks Heavy, Uncomfortable and Awesome

While the radiator chair is almost certainly heavy, I would stake a respectable wager on it being much more comfortable than it looks ... Related posts Two Thumbs up for an Ultra Modern Rocking Chair (0) Smartchair, A Teched Up Concept Seat (1) Race Chairs, Exotic Car Seats Make Awesome Gaming Chairs (0) Positively Villainous, Dodolivin’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 06:15:04

A raise for Congress, Sarah Palin, and a poem

In the past, whenever I heard that Congress had voted itself a raise (Shh! Don’t spread the news around, Comrade!), I shrugged it off ... labor contracts, 2. ruinous pension and health-care obligations, and 3. they make cars that people ... Senate race. Are people really going to sit by and watch Franken steal the election? It just may [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 14:35:58

Robby Gordon at the Dakar 2009

  Rally Dakar 20009, originally uploaded by dunerider70. I paid a visit to the monster team this afternoon. As always the Monster team is present with two racing cars. Robby wasn’t super happy. He started ... cheering for the cars and bikes passing by. Dunerider [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 21:53:36

The Monday Roundup

Could a carfree city center work in Portland? It would sure be fun! (Photos © J. Maus) ... car race. Event organizers plan to bring all spectators to the event by public transit ... Take a seat and join me on a tour of interesting stories from around the Web. Here’s your Monday [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 18:54:22

It's Paul Freakin' Newman, people!

Did you hear? Butch Cassidy is dead. Henry Gondorff, Fast Eddie, Doc Hudson, gone. Cool Hand Freakin' Luke! Gone! ... a smackdown in a dirt-track race outside Radiator Springs. Except I won't do all that, because I'm ... summer camps for cancer patients. He wants me to race cars when I'm 70. He wants me to romance [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 18:00:30

Jessica Simpson in the NASCAR Pit & Talking Engagement Rumors!

Gentlemen, start your engines! Jessica Simpson performed a pre-race concert and sang the national anthem at the NASCAR Bank of America 500 on Saturday in North Carolina, but before she crooned for car race fans, she spoke to ET about love with NFL beau Tony Romo! The beauty also got a lesson in changing tires at pit crew speed from pro [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 07:01:00

Six-Wheeled Covini

Six-Wheeled Covini December 10, 2008 “The Covini Six Wheeler takes its engineering inspiration from the 1976 Tyrell P34 race car which had two pairs of smaller front wheels that were intended to increase air penetration and have a smaller frontal area effectively reducing drag.” w/ photos + video Posted in Pretty Cool | Subscribe [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 23:09:32

Transformers - Gibson Challenges Statham To Real Death Race

TRANSFORMERS star TYRESE GIBSON has fast plans for 2009 - he's keen to recreate his car racing scenes in DEATH RACE for real. The actor/model played MAChine Gun Joe Mason ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:02:27

GM May Pull Out Of Daytona 500 Sponsorship

If you needed more proof that the recession is cutting deep into sports sponsorship, here’s your sign: GM, ... long sponsorship of NASCAR’s greatest race, the Daytona 500. Yup, a car maker may stop sponsoring a car ... and truck provider of Daytona Speedway since the early 1970s is in talks about a new sponsorship deal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 23:00:03

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