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"gordscfl@hotmail.com ? The Vancouver Province 2007 Ads by Google Top Sports Stories In the early summer of 2000, the Toronto Argonauts were coached by a man who advocated eating popsicles...Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on Friday admitted guilt in a dog-fighting case that threatens... Top Motorsport Stories This weekend, the American Le Mans Series cars return for their annual visit to ... Top Entertainment Stories Nicole Richie surrendered on Thursday to begin serving a... (Canada.com)
McQueen's Ferrari Sold For Twice The Price Aug 17, 2007
McQueen, who starred in The Great Escape, Bullitt, Le Mans and The Thomas Crown Affair, also raced cars. He took possession of the Lusso as a special order with brown metallic paint and a beige leather interior. (Sky News)
Steve McQueen's Ferrari Lusso sold for $2.31M at Calif. auction Aug 17, 2007
McQueen, who starred in such 1960s films as "The Great Escape," "Bullitt," "Le Mans" and "The Thomas Crown Affair," got the Ferrari as a gift from his first wife, Neile Adams. The actor special ordered the Lusso's brown metallic paint and beige leather interior. (KRNV.com, NV)
Being McQueen for a day Aug 15, 2007
Not only was McQueen a talented driver, rider and racer -- he won his class at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1970 -- he was, as an actor and producer, responsible for some of the most beloved cult films of autodom, including the weirdly wonderful "Le Mans," in 1971, a movie that does for racing fans what "The Devil Wears Prada" does for shoe fetishists. "Everything Steve McQueen is hot, hot, hot," says Dick Messer, director of the Petersen Automotive Museum. (Los Angeles Times)
DIRECTV partners with Kangaroo TV(TM) to expand NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) In-Stadium service to Four NFL Stadiums Aug 13, 2007
"Our goal is to transform the fan experience, and there are few better ways to do that than bringing DIRECTV's NFL SUNDAY TICKET to every fan at the stadium through Kangaroo TV(TM) technology. Our proprietary technology is already popular in motorsports, where Kangaroo TV(TM) can be found at NASCAR, Formula-1 and 24 Hours of Le Mans races." About Kangaroo Media Inc. Kangaroo Media Inc. develops, manufactures, commercializes, sells and rents hand-held wireless audiovisual multi-functional... (Canada Newswire)
UK LAN Gaming Hits the Next Level Aug 11, 2007
UK, August 10, 2007 - Omega Sektor - the UK's largest dedicated gaming venue, featuring more than 400 top-spec PCs and next-gen consoles - opened its doors to the public this week and sales and marketing director Adrian Le Mans reckons it will "change the way that people play games in the UK". At a glitzy launch ceremony last night, Le Mans suggested Omega Sektor "takes gaming to a new cultural level in this country", offering the next evolution in multiplayer gaming ... Speaking to IGN during... (IGN PC Games)
More of this story Jul 31, 2007
He was more jet set - a winner at Le Mans, said to have an eye for the ladies - and more James Bond - he actually drove in the original "Casino Royale" in the 1960s - than Jeff Gordon. But he praises stock-car racing, which has crossed over from being country to upscale. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Indy Q&A with Roger Penske Jul 27, 2007
Last year, Penske Racing earned championships in the IndyCar and American Le Mans series. However, his two cars in NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series, driven by and , missed the 10-race title run. (USA Today -- Sports)
Omega Sektor Interview Jul 27, 2007
Omega Sektor, located on Birmingham's Corporation Street, opens its doors on August 10, but ahead of the grand unveiling we spoke to sales and marketing director Adrian Le Mans about what we can expect from Britain's premier gaming venue ... Adrian Le Mans: Omega Sektor is much more than any LAN centre or gaming experience currently available in the UK. LAN centres are traditionally quite small and only offer gaming and internet access ... Adrian Le Mans: It's about gaming for everyone. (IGN PC Games)
Video feed filling fans Jun 26, 2007
"His company's product debuted five years ago in the Champ Car series and is now available at F1, NASCAR tracks and European Le Mans races. It's obvious why it's popular among devotees of auto racing.The main reason is that they tend to be into both technology and finding out every detail on every shift of the gears."NASCAR fans, in particular, have really embraced this," says Charette. "Before we had our deal, we knew that 25 to 30 per cent of people at the tracks had their own scanners to pick... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Donington surface tensions fail to get the better of classy Stoner Jun 25, 2007
The Australian, who enjoyed his maiden grand-prix win in the rain of Le Mans this season, said that he had suffered serious problems when his visor began to steam up. I was struggling a bit because the sweat made my visor fog over, he said. (Times Online)
Finalists chosen for special Daytona 500 ticket design Jun 21, 2007
American Le Mans Series regular Leitzinger has made three starts in Cup competition all at the Watkins Glen International road course in upstate New York. The 38-year-old has won three races in NASCAR's Busch North Series. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Cassis confident in track's future Jun 21, 2007
We have the GTA covered. Stay up to date with all the latest. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Hamilton win puts more strain on teammates Jun 19, 2007
Hamilton win puts more strain on McLaren teammates - Motorsport - Sport. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Luigi Colani: Translating Nature Jun 18, 2007
The 1982 'Le Mans 82' sports coupe and BMW 'M2' were studies that while somewhat baroque, defined a unique form language seen years later in vehicles such as the Corvette Indy and Porsche 959. Colani's aircraft designs have ranged from lightweight personal aircraft to huge heavy-lift flying wings and re-usable spacecraft, all photographed by Colani in a distinctive style that presents scale models as if full-size, with meticulously modeled sets and tiny figures to complete the illusion. (BusinessWeek)
Soccer | US men reach CONCACAF Gold Cup semis Jun 17, 2007
24-Hours of Le Mans, finish of race. SPEED. (Seattle Times)
Motor Racing: From dreamers to celebrities, the amateur driver is a Le Mans tradition Jun 16, 2007
LE MANS, France: It is one of the fastest, most challenging and important automobile races for a professional driver ... Despite the long Le Mans tradition of admitting gentlemen drivers, performance-testing rules have resulted in a more colorful list of partly qualified dreamers, celebrities and weekend racers for whom the job is, if not a second profession, then certainly more than just a passing interest ... "But when you do a race like the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it's not something you do... (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Patrick Unhappy With Eighth-Place Finish May 28, 2007
I really had a fast car. But silly lapped traffic got in the way. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
With two champs showing the way, Briscoe in running to make history May 26, 2007
He has had an interrupted preparation for this year's oval enduro, taking time out from the track to return to his regular American Le Mans Series, where he won the round in Utah last weekend in his Porsche RS Spyder. The Australian drives for the American racing legend Roger Penske in the ALMS category but has been recruited by the Luczo Dragon Racing outfit for Indianapolis, which is run by Penske's youngest son, Jay. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Indy champ Hornish hears Cup's siren song May 25, 2007 Supercharged Shelby May 4, 2007 The Maids murder mystery May 3, 2007 In brief: Ridley Scott joins Crowe on Nottingham May 1, 2007 Playtex peels off $108 million for Hawaiian Tropic Apr 20, 2007 Marathon men, and women, deserve a mention Apr 17, 2007 PDX works to offset emissions at Portland track Apr 10, 2007 U.S. Impressive at NIKE Hoop Summit Apr 8, 2007 Jacques Villeneuve sings, just don't call him an artist Apr 3, 2007 Fernandez Enjoys 'Perfect Scenario' Mar 31, 2007 At Home Week: Fast lane Mar 16, 2007 At Home Week: Auto-mated Mar 15, 2007 Wooden Nickels: World's ugliest pregnant woman Mar 14, 2007 Aston Martin could soon be back in British hands Mar 11, 2007 NASCAR: Plan for 'Car of Tomorrow' bumped up Mar 2, 2007 McLaren movie to shoot worldwide Jan 23, 2007 Tom Cruise for McLaren movie? Jan 22, 2007 1967 Toyota 2000GT Jan 16, 2007
As one of several open-wheel drivers to moonlight in stock cars, Hornish is fortunate to drive for the only IRL team based in Mooresville, N.C. Team Penske operates its IndyCar and Nextel Cup teams (as well as an American Le Mans squad) from the same 424,000-square-foot facility. Switching from precision-handling, high downforce vehicles to 3,400-pound stock cars with tricky tires can be precarious. (USA Today -- Sports)
Victorious Sarkozy seeks sanctuary to ponder his policies May 8, 2007
The president-elect is said to have promised the job to the smooth-talking M. Fillon, a relatively inexperienced politician from Le Mans who pushed through reforms of the pension system in 2002-04. In any case, M. Sarkozy is likely to be his own prime minister in all but name. (Independent)
Dealer option Le Mans stripes were available, running down the center of the body. The interior was black with a flat wood-rimmed wheel. (BusinessWeek)
The events that shocked France and inspired Genet's play took place on a cold February evening in 1933 in the French town of Le Mans. A local solicitor, concerned by the failure of his wife and daughter to join him at a relative's house for dinner, returned home to find it in darkness. (Guardian Unlimited)
The Bullitt star was a racing car aficionado, even pushing his passion so far as to produce and act in the doomed 1971 film Le Mans, about the legendary car race. The auction is to take place in August in California. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Rice, 66, said he will stay with the company to run its Miss Hawaiian Tropic International pageants and do other promotions, including participating in the Le Mans in France. He decided to sell the company because he wants to make sure he is not leaving any loose ends for his 16-year-old daughter, he said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Rancho Santa Fe product and co-driver Antonio Garcia finished fourth in the Le Mans Series season opener. We mentioned a couple days ago that Torrey Pines High alumnus is 6-for-6 making cuts on the Nationwide Tour this year. (North County Times)
A car powered by diesel fuel won the American Le Mans race in Portland last summer. And while NASCAR lags behind some series, it recently started using unleaded fuel. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Sports)
6-foot-8 forward Nicholas Batum (Le Mans, France) scored a game-high 23 points for the World team in a losing cause. Another player who stood out was Flynn. (Kentucky Sports -- Rivals.com)
He has recently signed up with Peugeot to race in Le Mans, a sports car endurance race. He says motor sports has been good practice. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Fernandez Enjoys 'Perfect Scenario. It's really a perfect scenario for me. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Competing in Europe at the 1964 GT Championship, he won the GT category and took fourth at Le Mans with partner Dan Gurney. In 1965, he won seven out of 10 races in the World Manufacturers' Championship - the first-ever victory for the U.S. The feat earned him a meeting with the legendary Enzo Ferrari, who had him fitted for a Formula 1 car to drive in the 1965 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. (AZCentral -- Home)
Jaguar designed and built about 50 C-Types to be legal for Le Mans in 1951 - a gambit that paid off in the team's 100 mph-plus average for 24 hours and a win. "The originals are pushing a million and a half dollars, out of our price range," said Bud. (AZCentral -- Home)
Better to project an aura of masculinity, a devil-may-care insouciance, as if you just won Le Mans or single-handedly sailed a clipper around the horn of Africa. Who cares if you're a little rumpled, your confident posture should ask, when you've just stopped Auric Goldfinger from detonating a nuclear bomb at Fort Knox. (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, IA)
While it always had an illustrious history through winning major sports car races such as Le Mans, it lost millions for previous owners. Under Ford's ownership and the leadership of its German-born chief executive Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin has turned in undisclosed profits, increased production from fewer than 50 cars a year in the 1990s to 7,000 cars and launched a string of models such as the Vanquish S which costs 177,000. (Guardian Unlimited)
Canada's most successful sports car racer, Ron Fellows, has been replaced by Denmark's Jan Magnussen in the No. 3 Corvette C6-R for the 2007 American Le Mans Series GT1 season. Fellows is on his way to Mexico City where he will drive the Kevin Harvick Incorporated No. 33 Chevy in Saturday's NASCAR Busch Series race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Garlick said the McLaren story was the greatest in world motorsport because the Kiwi and the team he founded won the world Formula One championship, Indianapolis 500, Le Mans 24-hour, Can-Am sports-car series and Tasman Series. Next Story. (Stuff.co.nz)
In 1966 he formed Team McLaren, which went on to be the most successful team in world motor sport with victories in Formula 1, the Indianapolis 500, Le Mans and Can-Am racing series and championships. The Formula 1 team has won 11 world drivers' titles and eight constructor's Championships. (iAfrica.com)
This car sold for $225,988 at Christie's auction in Le Mans, France, July 8, 2006. While devotees of the Honda NSX continue to explain how and why their car should be taken seriously as a "real" supercar, Toyota 2000GTs owners need make no such excuses. (BusinessWeek)
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