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Briscoe Wins Third Straight Pole at Chicagoland

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Written by Amy Konrath/Indycar.com | 27 August 2010

Ryan Briscoe earned his third consecutive pole position at Chicagoland Speedway winning the pole for the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 under the lights on Aug. 28.

Briscoe, who notched his third pole start of the season (all on 1.5-mile tracks), won the PEAK Performance Pole Award with a two-lap average of 216.346 mph (50.5857 seconds) for the 200-lap event. Dario Franchitti recorded his 10th consecutive top-five start with an average of 215.593 mph to claim the outside front row starting spot in the No. 10 Breathe Right car.

Will Power, entering the race with a 59-point cushion over Franchitti, recorded an average of 215.521 mph and will join Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves (215.475) on the second row. Marco Andretti will start fifth (215.321 mph) in the No. 26 Team Venom Energy entry for Andretti Autosport.

Danica Patrick (214.750) was the highest qualifier of the record-tying five females in the field (12th in the No. 7 GoDaddy.com car for Andretti Autosport). The 29-car field is separated by one second.

Graham Rahal starts a season-high sixth in the No. 02 Quick Trim car (215.314) for Newman/Haas Racing. Dan Wheldon recovered from the incident at Infineon Raceway earlier in the week for a season-best seventh starting position (215.099). He'll join him Hideki Mutoh, driver of the No. 06 Formula Dream/Panasonic car for Newman/Haas Racing (215.055) on Row 4.

Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay (214.979) and Takuma Sato (214.945) of KV Racing Technology will be on the fifth row. Ed Carpenter, competing in his second race for Panther Racing/Vision Racing, will start 11th (214.831).

Also on Aug. 27, Charlie Kimball, driving the No. 26 Levemir FlexPen car for AFS Racing Andretti Autosport, topped the initial practice session for the 67-lap Chicagoland Speedway race on the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway oval with a lap of 191.323 mph (28.6008 seconds). Teammate Martin Plowman in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers/KEP Printing car was second (190.153; 28.7768).

Pootmans, Sallenbach Fastest in Castrol Touring Car Practice at the Grand Prix of Mosport

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Written by Perry Iannuzzi/Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship | 27 August 2010

Team Aldo/Northwest's Gregory Pootmans laid down the fastest practice time for the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires at the Grand Prix of Mosport.

Pootmans, driving a BMW 328, led the Super Touring class with a quick lap of 1:31.317, which was just over two tenths of a second faster (0.226) than the G1 Racing Hyundai Genesis of Sasha Anis (1:31.597). Dave Ciekiewicz of Donington Motorsports was third in ST with a time of 1:31.643 in his Subaru WRX STi.

In the Touring class, Michel Sallenbach of Octane Motorsports set the pace in his Mini Cooper with a time of 1:36.263. Anthony Rapone of Durabond/Compass360 Racing was close behind (0.544) in his Honda Civic Si with a best lap of 1:36.807. M&S Racing’s Tom Kwok was third in Touring with top time of 1:36.900 in his Honda Civic.

The 30-minute weekend qualifying session will get underway on Saturday morning at 11:45 a.m.

Follow all the action from Mosport, including session reports, live timing and scoring and the latest championship news at www.touringcar.ca.

The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Presented By Toyo Tires is Canada's Premiere Touring Car Series and features Canada's Best Drivers Racing Today's Hottest Touring Cars. The Championship is showcased at eight event weekends in Quebec and Ontario with marquee events at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres and Honda Indy Toronto.

McColm Forms Marketing Partnership With Race Time Radio and Affiliates

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Written by Adam Ross/CM2C Racing Public Relations | 26 August 2010

Joey Mccolm's season just keeps getting better. The Ajax, Ontario, racer is riding a streak of solid finishes and career firsts, and his efforts were recently rewarded with an exciting sponsorship announcement.

McColm will add Race Time Radio, Shell Rotella, Sirius Satellite Radio, and The Score Satellite Radio as sponsors on his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series entry for the series' biggest race next weekend in Montreal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve . The announcement coincidentally came the same week McColm cracked the top-10 in series points for the first time in his young career.

“It's hard to explain how happy I am with our progress this season,” said McColm. “This is the first time we've attempted to run the entire 13-race schedule, and my crew has been amazing.

“The western swing was hard on everybody, but we keep finding consistency on the race track. It's much easier to keep the car maintained when we make it to the finish.”
The marketing partnership was announced on the weekly Race Time Radio program, and it's a first for McColm.

“Getting media attention is the name of the game in motorsports,” said McColm. “It's necessary to keep the sponsors happy. The opportunity to have the media as a sponsor is rare.

“I'm excited to come to the series' premier event to represent some great partners. If we can score another top-10 finish it will be a successful outing.”

For more information on #50 Joey McColm NCATS Driver: www.joeymccolm.com
Follow Joey on Face Book ' Joey McColm'
To learn more about Race Time Radio: www.racetimeradio.com
To learn more about Shell Rotella:  www.rotella.com
To learn more about Sirius Satellite Radio: www.sirius.ca
To learn more about  The Score: www.hardcoresportsradio.com
To learn more about: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca
To learn more about NASCAR Canadian Tire Series: www.hometracks.nascar.com/series/canadian_tire_series

Fantrax Fantasy Sports to Join Kerry Micks at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal This Weekend

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Written by and Photos by Micks Motorsports | 26 August 2010

Micks Motorsports has confirmed that Fantrax Fantasy Sports will join Kerry Micks as an associate sponsor for the NAPA Auto Pro 100, race number 10 in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series coming up this weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

“This is our first foray into the sponsorship arena and we felt that teaming up with Micks Motorsports for the weekend’s NASCAR Canada race in Montreal was the perfect way for us to introduce ourselves. Joining up with Kerry was a simple choice as we both have similar MO’s. We are both known entities in our respective fields, but are also both battling bigger and more established organizations as we chase our dreams of reaching the top.” Stated Lee Kleiner, President, Fantrax.

Kerry Micks currently sits third in NASCAR Canadian Tires Series points.

Fantrax is the ultimate Fantasy Sports experience, a FREE one-stop platform for all Fantasy Sports fans! Fantrax is a full-fledged sports information site, containing the highest quality real-time statistics, up-to-the-minute news, player updates, injuries, box scores, schedules, and much more.

Fantrax offers the best Fantasy League Manager on the web, for FREE! Whether you’re just a fan, or a fantasy player, of NASCAR racing, hockey, football, baseball, basketball, or other sports, Fantrax offers more features, options, flexibility, and detailed help. For more info, check out Fantrax at www.fantrax.com.

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"We are very happy to welcome Fantrax on board with us for the Montreal event. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is one of my favorite events. That track has always been good to me and always proves to be very exciting for the fans,” stated Kerry. “Fantrax is a very unique site and covers all the major sports including NASCAR. I think the fans and even my competitors are going to enjoy visiting this site.”

Kerry Micks is currently third in points after finishing in third place in round nine at Mosport Speedway this past Saturday night.

The 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is comprised of 13 events run on temporary street courses, road courses and oval tracks. All events are televised on TSN with this Sunday’s event airing live at 11:30 am!

Williamson-Dickie Canada Co., Beyond Digital Imaging Inc. Ultraflex, Canadian Detailing Services, Cathcart Trucking, Thor Motors Orillia, Sequin Marina, Steadymate, Prostate Cancer Canada, NGK Sparkplugs, Castrol Canada and Mustard Seed Contracting are proud sponsors of Micks Motorsports, www.micksmotorsports.com.

TorcUP Sponsors Alex Tagliani's FAZZT Race Team For Remainder of 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Season

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Written by and Photo by TorcUP USA | 25 August 2010

TorcUP USA is proud to announce the sponsorship of the FAZZT Race Team and Driver Alex Tagliani in his Honda Powered #77 IndyCar for the balance of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series.

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TorcUP USA will sponsor Alex Tagliani's FAZZT Race Team Dallara/Honda for the remainder of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule.

For more information on the FAZZT Race Team and Alex Tagliani visit: www.fazztraceteam.com and www.tagliani.com

For the IZOD IndyCar Series Schedule and information visit:  www.indycar.com

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