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• A real team effort: Bernhard, Dumas drive Penske Porsche Spyder to

  - 2008-05-19

  TOOELE -- The Penske Porsche Spyder started in the lead, for the first couple of hundred feet, anyway, but what counted most was it finished in the lead in the Miller Motorsports Park's American Le Mans Series. Driver Tino Bernhard earned the pole position for Sunday's start. Co-driver...

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• American Le Mans Series points leaders

  - 2008-05-15

  LMP1 Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr -- 66 points Team: Audi Sport North America Car: No. 2 Audi R10 TDI In the revolutionary diesel-powered Audi R10, the duo kicked off the season with a second-place finish in LMP1 at the 12 Hours...

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• At stake: Berth in full-length Le Mans

  - 2007-10-04

  Petit Le Mans' ultimate prize -- a bid to next season's 24 Hours of Le Mans -- could be left on the table by some teams. "I'm not sure we're ready," says Honda Performance Development President Robert Clarke, whose duties include overseeing Acura's upstart ALMS program....

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• Rain threatens Peugeot's Le Mans return

  - 2007-06-15

  LE MANS, France AFP — Peugeot's dream of a title-winning return to the Le Mans 24 Hours Race after a 14-year absence could be washed away by heavy rain which is threatening the 75th edition of the endurance race. Sebastien Bourdais, Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy took their Peugeot...

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• No Beetle for Fernandez's debut

  - 2007-06-14

  Adrian Fernandez's ride for this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans is a little more complex than his first around-the-clock race. "I drove a Volkswagen Beetle," says Fernandez, who shared the iconic car with uncles Jose and Santiago Fernandez in the 24 Hours of Mexico in...

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• Aftersales team triumph

  - 2007-05-04

  The Aftersales Department of Newcastle Audi has been named top performer in the Audi UK National Aftersales Centre of Excellence awards. The accolade was announced last weekend at a gala dinner in Cannes in the South of France, attended by 30 members of the Scotswood Road centre's aftersales team....

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• Servia gets another call to sit in, race in Houston

  - 2007-04-20

  Oriol Servia began last weekend in the virtual driver's seat as the 32-year-old Spaniard turned laps on a race simulator set up in the paddock of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It ended with a very real podium finish and possibly a revitalized driving career. ...

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• Magnificent sevens festival

  - 2006-05-25

  The draw has been made for Saturday's inaugural Spinnaka Newcastle Festival of Rugby, to be held at Kingston Park and the adjoining Bullocksteads ground. In addition to three Sevens tournaments, the day also sees a Falcons Legends side take the field for a one-off match, with a host of...

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• Michelin® Showcases World Championship Vehicles and Ultra-High Performance Street Cars at SEMA; Consumers Invited Inside World's Largest Automotive Aftermarket Show for Virtual Photo Tour

  - 2005-11-01

  LAS VEGAS -- Whether dominating the race track with 11 World Championships in 2005 or providing the ultra-high performance MichelinR PilotR Sport PS2TM tires for the world's fastest production vehicles, Michelin brings the best of both worlds together this week for display at the Specialty Equipment Market Association Show SEMA...

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• Two named in top team

  - 2005-09-23

  It's all change at the region's top performing Audi retailer as Newcastle Audi announces two additions to the strength of the senior management team. Tony Jowett has been appointed head of business with overall control of the day to day running, while Michael Stones has been named sales manager....

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