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Monthly Archives: January 2009

HUH?: These Cars won Awards?

25-Jan-09

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Dishonorable Mention: The 10 Most Embarrassing Award Winners in Automotive History

Don’t tell anyone, but we’re not always right. Neither are those other magazines.

By The CARandDRIVER.com Staff

Here and now, in vivid HTML, Car and Driver formally apologizes for naming the Renault Alliance to the 1983 10Best Cars list. For the last 26 years, it’s been [...]

GRAND AM SERIES: Rolex 24 kicks off at Daytona

23-Jan-09

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2009) – The months of preparation are over, and now a wide-open battle is expected when the green flag waves at 3:30 p.m. Saturday for the 47th running of America’s premier sports car race, the Rolex 24 At Daytona.”It’s going to be close,” said Chip Ganassi, who is seeking his [...]

BARRETT-JACKSON: Fins, Chrome and Charity Featured

18-Jan-09

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. 
As the flow of the auction hit its stride, Saturday saw bidders with bigger budgets and more excitment on the floor at Barrett-Jackson. SPEED TV was there for about 10 hours of live action from Scottdale.
Billed as the ‘World’s Largest Collector Car Auction’, B-J features all types of collector cars from the so called antique [...]

CLASSICS: Buyers Year at Barrett-Jackson

16-Jan-09

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. If you love cars, you are watching all or part of the annual Barrett-Jackson car auction on SPEED TV. Grumpy loves cars. Lots of cars. I thrill to see the beauties that cross the block at each B-J event. Looks like the troubled financial times have made a dent in the hobby.
I am [...]

Grand Am Series: Ganassi goes for 4 in a row

15-Jan-09

From the Grand Am News:

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2009) – Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates will be looking to make history in the Rolex 24 At Daytona from Jan. 24-25, seeking to win America’s premier sports car race for the fourth consecutive time.
Ganassi Racing has a pair of Lexus-powered Rileys entered in the [...]

NASCAR: Ticket Prices Falling For Many ‘09 Events

11-Jan-09

MARTINSVILLE has joined a long list of tracks controlled by INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP. to reduce ticket prices for the ‘09 season.
Grumpy wants to think that I$C is responding to the pain felt by the little people who are faced with tightening budgets or job loss. Call it what you like. The phones are not ringing [...]