| Topless cars enjoy Easter sun
IT was a perfect day for convertibles yesterday at Flagstaff Hill, where about 20 sports cars rolled up to bask in the sun before hitting the road for a social run to Mt Eccles. A fleet of vehicles mustered for the drive that took them to Koroit and on to Macarthur before heading up Mt Eccles to meet some Mt Gambier drivers for lunch. The gathering was a great opportunity for south-west car enthusiasts to give their favourite toys a gentle work-out, said South West Sports Car Club organiser Roger Gleeson. ``You don't know if you're going to get 30 or 100 cars,'' Mr Gleeson said. He has owned 11 sports cars since he was 17 and he was proud of his latest machine - a red 1972 MG Mark II. ``It's just a social group, we like to get together. ``Geelong's got into it in a big way so we thought we would get involved down here,'' Mr Gleeson said.
Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races to include special guests
PORTLAND, Ore. - April 11, 2007 - The Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races is pleased to welcome special guests Tony Adamowicz and George Follmer to the 31st annual event, taking place July 6 through 8 at Portland International Raceway, 1940 N Victory Blvd. The event will highlight the classic Porsche sports car as the featured marque, along with a grid of historic Trans-Am cars. In 1968, Adamowicz won the under-2-liter Trans-Am championship in a Porsche 911 that started out as a shell from the New York City impound. At the time, Porsche considered the 911 to be only a Rally car and a Hill Club car in Europe; Adamowicz quickly changed that mindset. He followed his Trans-Am championship by winning the 1969 Formula-5000 Series championship in a Chevy-powered Eagle. He played a vital role in the legendary battles between Ferrari and Porsche in the 1970s, and is one of the few drivers living today who drove both the 240 mph Porsche 917K, and its archrival, the Ferrari 512M at LeMans.
Analysis: McClatchy Pact Opens Door to Yahoo ‘a la Carte’
The WSJ is reporting that McClatchy, the publisher of 30 newspapers, is set to be the 12th newspaper publisher to join the Yahoo consortium, leaving behind Gannett and Tribune, which had hoped to work with McClatchy to build an alternative national ad network. Meanwhile, The L.A. Times reports that Yahoo has agreed to provide prominent links on section fronts for Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Finance to consortium members in exchange for their implementation of the Yahoo search box (and everything else).. It has previously been whispered that the consortium is working with Yahoo on a used cars portal. McClatchy is still tied to Gannett and Tribune via its stake in CareerBuilder, so it won’t be using HotJobs. It is also a partner in Classified Ventures, which owns cars.com, so it isn’t clear to what extent it can work with Yahoo on autos.
NASCAR 08 Hands-on Preview (Xbox 360)
I'm just going to come right out and say it, NASCAR is not an exciting sport to watch on TV. Unless you've got some unbreakable ties to one of the drivers, the common sports fan has an understandably difficult time accepting the fact that NASCAR has developed into one of the most popular sporting events in the nation. Yes, the cars are moving fast and yes, there are plenty of wrecks, but at the end of the day they're all still turning left over and over again. Video game NASCAR racing has always been a bit more fun, with some titles taking more of an arcade approach, while others have tried delivering a true, simulation experience. EA Sports' NASCAR series has always attempted the latter, trying to bring all of the intricate detail of NASCAR to the mainstream gamer. Sometimes their games have garnered great acclaim and success, while other efforts haven't exactly panned out.
50 years of sports cars in New York
The Chowderheads are turning 50. The Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving & Chowder Society, a group of car enthusiasts who have been meeting and eating at Sardi's restaurant in New York City since 1957, are celebrating their 50th anniversary in style. This group, which has included famous racers, celebrities, journalists and average, everyday car nuts of every stripe, was founded by CBS Radio exec Art Peck and advertiser King Moore back in March, 1957. The purpose of the organization was to push car enthusiasm into the mainstream. By the '70s and '80s they were better known for their wild races across the city. Like the time in 1978 when they had Phil Hill, Janet Guthrie, Bob Tullius, Steve Behr and Jacques Vaucher race a small fleet of career cabbies through New York. The cabbies had their usual steeds, while the racers had 4 Ferraris and a Saab.
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