Record Number of NASCAR Engine Builder Teams to Face-Off at the Upcoming 2007 Clevite Engine Builder Showdown
Participation in the eighth annual Clevite Engine Builder Showdown – now MAHLE Engine Builder Showdown – presented by MAHLE Clevite Inc., is the highest since the competition was first held in 2000. Nineteen teams from 10 NASCAR engine shops will compete in building and successfully running a NEXTEL Cup 357-cubic-inch Ford engine in the shortest time possible.
MAHLE Clevite Inc. Gears up to Host NASCAR’s Top Engine Builders at the 2007 Clevite Engine Builder Showdown
Preparations are in full swing at MAHLE Clevite Inc. for the Seventh Annual Clevite Engine Builder Showdown. The finals for this year are scheduled for May 23rd at the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, NC.
Chip Foose Set to Ride Again with the Mac Tools Top Fueler in Las Vegas
World-renowned custom hot rod builder and TV personality Chip Foose, Mac Tools and Kalitta Motorsports will once again bring their high-horsepower partnership to the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. The partnership will come together April 12-15, during the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals, at one of the NHRA’s premier quarter-mile facilities, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary
2007 marks the 10th consecutive year of Raybestos brand brakes’ sponsorship of the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Program, and like the rookies that this program is designed to salute – Raybestos brand brakes is just getting started.
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NASCAR Team Works with Ingersoll Rand on Tool Design
Ingersoll Rand, known in NASCAR pits for their "thundergun" pneumatic impact wrench, recently launched the IQV Series of cordless impacts and drill/drivers. Their relationship with Evernham Motorsports proved to be not only a huge marketing vehicle, but a unique setting to test the new cordless tools.
WIX Filters Announces ‘Geek My Garage’ Sweepstakes
WIX Filtration, part of Affinia Group’s family of brands, and Speedway Motorsports, Inc., have announced the new WIX Filters "Geek My Garage" Sweepstakes, designed to stockpile and supercharge WIX customers’ garages with cool tools and equipment.
NGK Spark Plugs Debuts all New Website
NGK Spark Plugs (USA), Inc., a subsidiary of NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD., has just launched a newly redesigned website for its NGK Spark Plug and NTK Oxygen Sensor lines. The new website features a fresh new look and an enhanced application look-up.
Building Hot Rod and Muscle Car Engines
Sometimes the best opportunities are cleverly hidden in plain view. As one example, when Chris Lafferty of Lafferty Engine Creations was asked why he opted to expand beyond race engines into the hot rod and muscle car arenas, he said, "Just look outside." His North Carolina facility sits squarely in the middle of both NASCAR and cruisin’ country.
WIX Filters Announces ‘Party Like a Rock Star’ Sweepstakes Winners
Thanks to Affinia Group’s WIX Filters, Ken Erickson of Loveland, CO, and his three guests will get a taste of celebrity life during the March 11 NASCAR Nextel Cup UAW Daimler-Chrysler 400. Erickson was selected as the winner of the WIX Filters "Party Like a Rock Star" Sweepstakes.