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PERFECT DEBUT FOR THE AUDI R15 TDI MARCH 21, 2009/ Sebring - The Audi R15 TDI has defeated its competition in its debut race: Dindo Capello (Italy), Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Allan McNish (Scotland) achieved a historic victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring (US state of Florida) with the new diesel-powered sports car of AUDI AG. The Audi drivers completed 383 laps - beating the previous distance record by an impressive 13 laps. In the fastest ever Sebring race, Audi Sport Team Joest's pair of Audi R15 TDI prototypes ran the entire distance without technical problems despite the innovative Le Mans prototype having only completed its maiden run in December. Bad weather had hampered Audi Sport's test program and temperatures never exceeded 15 degrees during the tests in Europe. >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com. IAMUNDI SWEEPS MOSPORT Mosport- June 28, 2009 Eugene Carcini claimed his first pole position of his Formula 1200 career. The 2008 champion Michael Iamundi claimed all three races on the Grand Prix of Mosport weekend, showing he can win in the hot sunny dry conditions of Saturday and the wet cold conditions of Sunday. >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com.

	ALMS- CORVETTE RACING TO MOVE TO GT2 SEPTEMBER 9, 2008/ Corvette Racing announced Tuesday that it will enter GT2 starting in the second half of the 2009 American Le Mans Series. >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com. MORTIMER RACING DOMINATES 2008 OFFC SEASON Mortimer Racing is celebrating a dominant season in the Ontario Formula Ford Championship after clinching both A and B class titles over the weekend at Mosport International Raceway. Despite a disappointing showing in the final two races, Matt White was crowned class A champion with a total of 6 wins and 3 second place finishes, placing no worse than second in every race he completed. From the first race of the season, Matt established a points lead in the series that remained unchallenged to the end. Matt was the overall Champion in 2007. >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com.
Matt White at Mosport

2009 TARGA NEWFOUNDLAND SEPTEMBER 17, 2009/ The rally is over. It covered 2,200 kilometres with minimal incident. Mechanical failure removed more competitors from the course than driving incidents, and although some switched catagory from Targa to Grand Touring, almost all who started the event drove across the finish line at the Keg Friday evening. When the skies cleared, provisional results showed Roy Hopkins and Adrienne Hughes had come from behind Thursday's leaders to grab their third overall win in a row. "He deserves to be where he is," said Ross Wood, clerk of the Targa Newfoundland course. "We were very pleased with the level of competition this year. Rain on the final day certainly made changes, but the veterans always seem to find a way." >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com. VOLKSWAGEN TO TAKE ON "DAKAR" CHALLENGE AGAIN IN 2010 Wolfsburg/ Mar 7, 2009 Volkswagen will again participate in the legendary Dakar Rally in 2010. After the one-two victory and the historic first "Dakar" triumph of a diesel-powered car this year, the automobile manufacturer from Wolfsburg will yet again take on one of the major challenges of international motorsport. "No doubt, the 2009 Dakar Rally contributed to the fact that the Volkswagen brand is now shining even brighter around the world," said Prof Dr Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Volkswagen Group, on the occasion of the "Dakar" victory celebration at the Wolfsburg "Autostadt". "Therefore, our participation in this event is a good investment in the future of our company and that's why we decided to again compete in the Dakar Rally in 2010." In the Race Touareg powered by a 280-hp TDI diesel engine Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (RSA/D) had won the "Dakar" that was staged for the first time in South America; as the runners-up, Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/RSA) gave Volkswagen a one-two victory. In 2010, the Dakar Rally will be held in Argentina and Chile again, from 02 to 17 January." >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com News Page	Grand Touring Class 2009 MINI Cooper S Clubman of Tom Thornton & Ron Bartleet 3rd time overall winners Roy Hopkins & Adrienne Hughes's 2002 BMW

	WORLD WIDE PREVIEW OF PEUGEOT 908 HY AT SILVERSTONE SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 Peugeot previewed for the first time the 908 HY, the new sportscar with an hybrid engine. At this occasion, Jean-Philippe Collin - Peugeot's general manager - was present in order to present to the media what they consider to be the future of motorsport. Even before the static presentation during the Paris Motorshow in October, Nicolas Minassian performed some laps of the Silverstone circuit with the brand new car. The driver attests that the car feels the same as the 908 he drove for the whole season. >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com. BMW TESTING IN VALENCIA Jan. 23, 2009/ Valencia "Finally I could drive the F1.09 for the very first time," Heidfeld said after completing 92 laps. "We still have a lot of work to do, but we are making progress with each kilometre and the reliability is already there. Overall the F1.09 handles quite differently to last year's car. Fortunately I managed to work on the set-up in the afternoon. The most important result after my first day of testing is that the car reacts as intended to set-up changes." >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com.

FORMULA BMW AMERICAS WRAPS UP SEASON AND SERIES AUGUST 30, 2009 The Formula Americas season and series concluded at Mosport International Raceway this weekend with Round 13 and 14. Giancarlo Vilarinho earned his seventh Formula BMW Americas win of the season August 30 at Mosport International Raceway in the last ever series race. The 2009 Formula BMW Americas champion is EuroInternational's Gabby Chaves. Michael Lewis won the Rookie Cup, with a fourth place finish in the final race at Mosport. "I had a really great time this year running in the Formula BMW Americas championship and much of what I learned here will help me throughout my career," Chaves said. "Today was a good race for me, I really wanted to finish on the podium, and we were able to run hard and get a good finish." >>>Read more inside RolfsRacing.com.

USF2000: Andersen Racing Tests Canadian TRAK Champs Monday, February 8, 2010   PALMETTO, FLA. (February 7, 2010) — Karters Bryson Schutte of Uxbridge, Ont., and Taylor Gates of Ajax, Ont., have a much better understanding of what it would take to move from karting to the USF2000 National Championship, after participating in intensive two-days tests at Andersen RacePark .. .. read more.. F1000: SCCA Super Sweep Prize Announced Monday, February 8, 2010   An F1000 National Championship driver will take home 00 from Rilltech Racing-Speads if they can win the SCCA Super Sweep in 2010 (Photo: eFormulaCarNews.com - Al Craighead) Series officials have announced that as part of the 2010 F1000 National Championship presented by George Dean Racing Eng.. .. read more.. The Insider: Open Wheel News and Rumors Monday, February 8, 2010   THE INSIDER – OPEN WHEEL NEWS AND RUMORS Welcome to the eFormulaCarNews.com Rumor Mill, otherwise known as ‘The Insider’. EFCN has spies and inside sources all over the junior formula open wheel ladder and we’ll be using this page to keep our readership, you information hungry formula car ent.. .. read more.. British F3: Brundle Joins Series with T-Sport Monday, February 8, 2010   Alex Brundle will make his F3 debut with T-Sport in the 2010 British F3 International Series (Photo: Jakob Ebrey Motorsports Photography) Alex Brundle, son of former Grand Prix star and BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle, is to step up to the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series.. .. read more.. Virgin declare VR-01 shakedown a success Monday, February 8, 2010 In a few days' time Virgin Racing will pit their 2010 car against those of their rivals at this week's Jerez test, becoming the first of this year's four new teams to debut their car alongside the more experienced squads. But thanks to a productive shakedown at Silverstone last week, the team are fe.. .. read more.. 2/08 :: Swift proposals Monday, February 8, 2010 Officials of the Indy Racing League have been in ongoing discussions with Dallara Automobili, DeltaWing, Lola and Swift Engineering about designing, manufacturing and supplying the IZOD IndyCar Series chassis scheduled to hit the racetrack for the 2012 season. Swift Engineering, Lola, Dallara and D.. .. read more.. 2/08 :: 'I liked what I saw' Monday, February 8, 2010 In the past three weeks, Justin Wilson: • Hastily returned to his Colorado home from the Indy Racing League preseason meetings in Indianapolis to be present for the birth of his second daughter. • Co-drove a Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Daytona Prototype to a runner-up finish in.. .. read more.. 'It would be fantastic to be challenging for the win,' says Gronholm Monday, February 8, 2010 But Finn admits a podium is the target when he returns in Sweden .. read more.. Loeb: 'I don't think I'm Rally Sweden favourite' Monday, February 8, 2010 Defending champion warns that this year's Swedish conditions could favour the Finns .. read more.. Hirvonen's braver approach starts in Sweden Monday, February 8, 2010 While team-mate Latvala is out to support Mikko's title bid from the opening round .. read more.. Wraps come off Petter's 2010 team livery Monday, February 8, 2010 Team Solberg reveals its new yellow and black look for the 2010 WRC season .. read more.. Q&A with Sebastien Loeb Monday, February 8, 2010 Citroen's six time World Champion shares his thoughts ahead of Rally Sweden .. read more.. GP2 Asia: Valsecchi Storms to Abu Dhabi Win Sunday, February 7, 2010   Davide Valsecchi extended his championship lead with the Round Four win (Photo: GP2 Series Media Services) Davide Valsecchi has solidified his GP2 Asia Series championship lead with a brilliant drive to victory on Saturday evening (February 6) in Abu Dhabi, claiming the win with a measured bu.. .. read more.. A change of style for Le Mans Series Sunday, February 7, 2010 You must be very impatient to see the impressive 2010 entry-list! To help you wait, Le Mans Series reveals its graphic chart evolution. .. read more.. Powered by Feed Informer