Motor vehicles

First 5 Mods For Your 2005-2015 Toyota Tacoma

by Mike
First 5 Mods For Your 2005-2015 Toyota Tacoma

In the most recent episode of ‘Throttle Out’ from ExtremeTerrain (XT), host Sara Riordan selects her first 5 modifications to perform on 2005-2015 Toyota Tacoma.

While the Tacoma looks and preforms well in stock form, a few additional toppings go a long way in spicing up the appearance and functionality of these Tacos! (more…)

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CJ7 Parts Now Available From ExtremeTerrain

by Mike
CJ7 Parts Now Available From ExtremeTerrain

ExtremeTerrain (XT) has been home to aftermarket parts and accessories for 1987 to current model year Jeep Wranglers since 2003. With the addition, and success of Toyota parts , the team at XT wanted to ensure classic Jeep owners were included in the fun.

Today, XT is happy to announce the addition of 1976 – 1986 CJ7 Wrangler parts and accessories to our online catalog.

See them here: https://www.extremeterrain.com/cj7-jeep-accessories-parts.html 

For more on XT from us, click here.

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Mountune Racing Launches Classic Engines Division

by Mike
Mountune Racing Launches Classic Engines Division

Brentwood, Essex – 17 March, after a successful acquisition by the original founder, David Mountain and a team of expert industry investors in October 2020, globally renowned engine builder Mountune Racing is pleased to announce an exciting expansion to the core racing division’s product offering, to support a range of historic race engine builds, component design services and also to support those that require classic engine builds and restoration work, under the Mountune Classic Engines banner. (more…)

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AmericanTruck’s Customer Spotlight Build Breakdown

by Mike
AmericanTruck’s Customer Spotlight Build Breakdown

Quarantining aint’ easy, but at AmericanTrucks (AT) we are making the best of it. Our Customer Spotlight series utilizes state of the art video meeting technology to bring truck content to our audience!

In this first installment, AT host, Adam Maqboul, “meets up” with one of our community favorites’ 2014 Big Horn owned by Jesse Heflin. Adam gets into a full break down of the build and sheds some light on the inspiration behind Jesse’s build. (more…)

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‘Detained At The Dealership’ Story – Jalopnik

by Mike
‘Detained At The Dealership’ Story – Jalopnik

Car dealerships are trash. I’ll say until the end of time. Being both a customer and a former salesperson, I can attest both to the tactics used on customers and why they are used.

The factor that poisons the customer service experience is the same thing that poisons everything: money. It’s not important that sales people care about the product, the brand, your lifestyle or why a given customer might need the vehicle. None of that matters. All that matters is selling the next car. (more…)

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Start The Season With a Free Jeep Wrangler Soft Top From XT

by Mike
Start The Season With a Free Jeep Wrangler Soft Top From XT

With warmer weather around the corner, many Jeepers are starting to think about soft top options. With that in mind, ExtremeTerrain (XT) is launching it’s latest monthly giveaway.

The giveaway launches at the start of March, and runs until 3/31/21. Participants can enter daily for the best chance to take home the grand prize: a soft top valued up to $1000!
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Ilmor and Edelbrock Partner with SRX

by Mike
Ilmor and Edelbrock Partner with SRX

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2021) – Ilmor, widely recognized as one of the most successful high-performance engine design and manufacturing companies in the world, and Edelbrock Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive aftermarket performance parts, have joined Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) as official suppliers. (more…)

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Lime Rock Park Schedule For 2021

by Lou Modestino
Lime Rock Park Schedule For 2021

At Lime Rock Park, preparations are well underway and we’re pleased to announce that Porsche will be this year’s honored marque, with our honored collector to follow soon.

We’re planning on dedicated Porsche classes for the vintage racing events as well as Sunday in the Park, the Lime Rock Concours, where we’ll be showing some of the finest 356s, 911s and competition Porsches in the country. We’re currently working on a number of other Porsche-related activities that will be announced shortly.

In addition to our Porsche classes, Sunday’s Concours will again showcase a stunning display of classic, sports and competition cars arrayed along the Posey Straight. Sunday will also include the Gathering of the Marques, where hundreds of enthusiasts will be able to display their favorite rides all around the track.

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Trans-Am Memorial Day Classic – May 28-31, 2021
SCCA NER June 11-12 2021
IMSA North East Grand Prix – July 16-17, 2021
Historic Festival 39 September 2-6, 2021
Also includes premium infield parking
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International Porsche Outfit MRS GT-Racing Set for US Breakthrough

by Mike
International Porsche Outfit MRS GT-Racing Set for US Breakthrough
February 15, 2021 – Miami, FLORIDA – Genuine opportunities are hard to come by in the professional world of motorsport, but with the 2021 season now just a few weeks away, German sportscar team Molitor Racing (MRS GT-Racing) have made a seat available in an outstanding championship caliber program in the new North American Porsche Carrera-Cup Series. The team’s track record in Europe speaks volumes for their competitiveness and professionalism.
Molitor Racing Systems Gmbh
Founded in 1993 and with 18 years of competition experience in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and Carrera Cup, MRS GT-Racing are the hugely successful international GT racing team based at Lonsee-Luizhausen in Germany. Expertly managed by founder and team principal Karsten Molitor, MRS GT-Racing have won multiple Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup races as well as the Porsche Carrera Cup Title since 2003. Naturally, they have built up a tremendous working relationship with the Porsche factory and North American sportscar division, something that US and Canada based drivers can now take advantage of for the first time. Fresh from competing in the Hankook Dubai 24 Hour, we spoke to team supremo Karsten Molitor recently about preparations for the team’s US testing debut at Sebring next month. In addition to the Carrera Cup, the team is also eyeing the Porsche Sprint Challenge and a first ever GTD appearance in IMSA.
USA Launch for MRS GT-Racing
“We´re working hard on everything; we decide to take the harder way as we want to install MRS here in the US and we are not doing any kind of collaboration,” said Karsten, who is known for his thoroughness and efficiency. “We need to take care of all the details by ourselves. That includes truck and trailer transport for the racecars, the workshop, finding local employees, building up the MRS administration and most importantly, finding the right drivers! It’s not at all easy but then if it was easy anyone could do it!”
Reflecting on the current schedule and workload Karsten added, “The cars are going to be delivered in less than ten days, with the first official test March 8 and 9 at Sebring. At the same time, we´re working on a program at the Porsche Sprint Challenge. Meanwhile in Europe, the team is also busy with the season preparations as we’re competing with the 992 on both continents.”
Regarding the driver’s seat available Karsten went on, “On a last-minute call we decided to take a second Porsche Cup car, so we´re still open for one more driver which we´re looking for at the moment,” true to the form of the team’s achievements in Europe he added, “Our aim is to win the Championship.”
Setting up the US branch of an already successful motorsport team is no small feat, but MRS are an ambitious, go-ahead outfit. Karsten continued, “It was an ambitious plan from the very beginning. We’ve done so many things in our team’s history, but the step into US motorsport opens an entirely new chapter for MRS going forward. To establish the original MRS team here in the US, we’re ready to go the extra mile, ready to work a lot for it. We´re coming to stay and we´re coming to have the most possible success. I’m personally looking very much forward to our very first competition here, we are putting in the effort to make this debut as successful as possible. I hope we´ll see lots of good racing this year.”
Joining a team as focused and successful as MRS GT-Racing is an extremely rare opportunity and we wish the team and new drivers every success with their North American venture.
Porsche Carrera Cup 2021
2021 sees an entirely new landscape in North America with the introduction of the Porsche Carrera Cup, a sister competition to international formats ran for many years. An open GT competition, it represents the highest level of motorsports within the single make Porsche pyramid. Using the latest 911 GT3 Cup car, the series is expected to feature both established talent and up-and-coming drivers, with maximum field sizes of 25 cars competing over 16 rounds at tracks across the USA and Canada. The first race weekend is on the schedule for March 17 to 20 at Sebring International Raceway and the series takes in Watkins Glen, Toronto Indy and Road America en route to the finale at Road Atlanta, October 6 to 9. The Series will offer up $120,000 in prize money allocations for the 2021 season.
The New Porsche 911 GT3 Car – Type 992
The 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup will also see the introduction of the new 911 GT3 Cup car. Designed for racing in its purest form, this latest evolution of the iconic 911 features the newest 4 liter, normally aspirated iteration of the legendary 6-cylinder engine producing over 500HP. With a front axle specifically designed for road racing, a new shift actuator, more downforce and ergonomic interior – it’s a state-of-the-art machine that’s one hundred percent track ready.
CONTACT
https://www.molitor-racing.de/
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Chip Ganassi Racing Announces Renewal of Partnership with Yorktel & Caregility

by Mike
Chip Ganassi Racing Announces Renewal of Partnership with Yorktel & Caregility

CONCORD, N.C. (Feb. 9, 2021) – Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) announced today a partnership renewal with Yorktel and Caregility. The two organizations: Yorktel, a leading global provider of enterprise collaboration and managed service solutions and Caregility, a telehealth company dedicated to delivering care to wherever the patient is located, joined CGR for the 2020 NASCAR Playoff run as an associate partner on the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, driven by former Daytona 500 and NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Champion Kurt Busch.

The renewed partnership with Yorktel and Caregility includes one primary sponsored event on the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, driven by Ross Chastain, along with associate branding on the No. 1 and No. 42 cars, driven by Busch and Chastain respectively. Both companies are owned by YTC Holdings.

NOTES OF INTEREST:

  • Kurt Busch will be competing in his 21stfull-time season of NCS competition. In 2020, he made his eighth consecutive and 14thoverall appearance in the NASCAR Playoffs, and was able to make the Round of 8 with a thrilling victory at his hometown track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, eventually coming up one race shy of transferring to the Championship 4 in the series finale.
  • Ross Chastain will make his CGR debut in NCS competition with the DAYTONA 500 on February 14, 2021. It will be his first full-time effort in the NASCAR premier series, although he does have 79 previous NCS starts to his credit in part-time competition.
  • During the 2020 NASCAR Playoffs, Yorktel and Caregility utilized their partnership to pay tribute to frontline caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the initiative “Caregility Cares,” the name of a selected caregiver was carried on the No. 1 Chevrolet driven by Busch. Additionally, Busch hosted a weekly virtual meet and greet with the honoree.

 QUOTEBOARD:

  • Ross Chastain, Driver No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE:“I’m looking forward to working with Yorktel and Caregility this season. It is always a positive to be able to expand the relationship with our partners. I know that they were excited about getting involved with our team and Kurt Busch during the NASCAR Playoffs last season, and I’m excited about working with them to continue growth through the partnership.”
  • Kurt Busch, Driver No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE:“I look forward to continuing the partnership with Yorktel and Caregility in 2021. I enjoyed having the opportunity to virtually meet several healthcare workers last season, that they recognized, for their efforts during the onset of the pandemic. It is a pleasure to continue the partnership that began last season.”
  • Ron Gaboury, CEO, Yorktel & Caregility:“Our experience in working with Chip Ganassi Racing last year was extremely positive. The partnership allowed us to increase brand awareness for both organizations as well as provide a vehicle to thank some of the front-line workers that have been battling the pandemic for almost a year now.  I’m looking forward to a winning season with CGR in 2021.”

About Yorktel

For over 35 years, Yorktel (www.yorktel.com) has been a leader in helping enterprise, healthcare, education and public sector customers plan, navigate and successfully execute their digital workplace transformation initiatives. Our global team works with yours to ensure all aspects of these initiatives, including systems evaluations, network preparedness, technology assessments, change management planning, device and network management and monitoring have been addressed. We then design, integrate and manage the IT solutions that enable your connected workforce. For more information, visit Yorktel. www.yorktel.com and follow Yorktel on Twitter: @yorktelcorp.

About Caregility

Caregility (www.caregility.com) is dedicated to delivering care to wherever the patient is located through the use of the Caregility Virtual Care Platform.  Designated as the #1 2021 Best in KLAS Virtual Care Platform (Non-EMR), Caregility’s core telehealth offering is a purpose-built ecosystem for the entire healthcare continuum. The Caregility Virtual Care Platform provides secure, reliable two-way audio and video communication designed for any device and clinical workflow, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Today, Caregility supports more than 2 million video sessions annually and has deployed over 9,000 access points of care systems across the US. From critical and acute, to urgent and emergent, to post-acute and ambulatory, and to the home, Caregility is helping transform the delivery of patient care everywhere. Follow Caregility on LinkedIn or on Twitter at @caregility.

About Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi has been a fixture in the auto racing industry for over 30 years and is considered one of the most successful, as well as innovative, owners the sport has anywhere in the world. Today, his teams include four cars in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, two cars in the NASCAR Cup Series and one car in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Extreme E. Overall, his teams have 20 championships and more than 225 victories, including four Indianapolis 500s, a Daytona 500, a Brickyard 400, eight Rolex 24 At Daytonas, the 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ganassi boasts state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis, and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh. For more information, visit www.chipganassiracing.com.

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Idemitsu Congratulates Mazda Motorsports USA on a Spectacular Finish in the Rolex 24 at Daytona

by Mike
Idemitsu Congratulates Mazda Motorsports USA on a Spectacular Finish in the Rolex 24 at Daytona

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Idemitsu Lubricants America Corporation (ILAC), a key sponsor of Mazda Motorsports USA, congratulates the team on a nail-biting finish that put Mazda Motorsports Car #55 on the podium in slot #3 at Sunday’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Overcoming initial setbacks, the Mazda Motorsports Car #55 roared into the third position at Daytona this past weekend in the 24-hour battle for victory. Car #55, sponsored by Idemitsu Lubricants America as The Official Oil Partner, tapped into serious performance with a 1:34:876 Best Lap, which beat both best laps of the 1 and 2 teams, Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 (1:35:253) and Ally Cadillac Racing (1:34:918), respectively. (more…)

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