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2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash

Hendrick Motorsports won the race as a team victory but after the race was over, NASCAR immediately summoned all the Hendrick Motorsports drivers– including the race winner Jimmie Johnson– to the NASCAR hauler and all victory lane ceremonies were cancelled.

2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season

The Virginia NHRA Nationals has also been eliminated, as Virginia Motorsports Park chose to align with rival Kenneth Feld's International Hot Rod Association instead (many tracks changed sanctioning, owing to their sportsman classes).

2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season

Oliver Webb, who competed in Indy Lights in 2012, returned to the series with Fortec Motorsports.

Alan J. Gow

Gow is also a main Board Director of the prestigious Royal Automobile Club, a committee member of the Motorsport Industry Association, the manager of champion Australian racing driver James Courtney and has varied business interests in both the USA (motorsports) and Australia (agriculture).

Aric Almirola

In 2013 Almirola returned to Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 43 in the Sprint Cup Series; at Martinsville Speedway in October, the team ran the No. 41 to honor Maurice Petty's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Best Driver ESPY Award

The Best Driver ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Auto Racing Driver ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the motorsports driver, irrespective of racing series or sort or nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year.

BMW M30

The M30 powered a series of BMW 6-cylinder E9 and BMW E24 coupes to European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) throughout the 1970s and into the middle 1980s, even though a more powerful DOHC 24-valve head had been developed for high-performance motorsports and street use.

Bob Latford

Latford began his 55-year career in motorsports media and public relations by selling programs for the Daytona Beach races in 1946 for NASCAR founder Bill France, the father of Bill France, Jr. who was one of Latford's classmates at Seabreeze High School.

Brian Whitesell

He joined Hendrick Motorsports in 1993 as a transporter driver, timer/scorer, and chassis technical on rookie Jeff Gordon's #24 DuPont team.

Carl Long

That season Long was also announced as a driver for a new team, Victory Motorsports, owned by Terance Mathis, but the team never ran.

Chad Ragland

Most recently, Chad competed in the SCORE International Laughlin Desert Challenge in 2010 and The Best in the Desert Parker 425 with past SCORE Trophy Truck Champion, BJ Baldwin for Baldwin Motorsports.

Cholula Hot Sauce

Cholula is served as the "Official Hot Sauce" in concessions at motorsports events including the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and Coca-Cola 600.

Chuck Bown

He competed in nine Cup races in the #32 Fina/Lance Snacks Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Active Motorsports, his best finish a 21st at Charlotte.

Del Worsham

Worsham retired after the end of the 2011 season, to join Kalitta Motorsports as a crew chief for the Toyota Camry Funny Car driven by Alexis DeJoria, daughter of John Paul DeJoria of the John Paul Mitchell Systems hair care line, and sponsored by Tequila Patrón, founded by John Paul.

F1600 Championship Series

Cape Motorsports won the drivers championship with Finnish Formula Ford graduate Matias Köykkä.

Flying Lizard Motorsports

After competing with Porsches since its inception, the Flying Lizard Motorsports team announced on November 11th, 2013 that it would partner with Audi Sport Customer Racing to campaign a two car Audi R8 LMS effort in the newly formed Tudor United SportsCar Championship GT Daytona Class.

Gary Gerould

In the 1980s and 1990s, he also worked for the motorsports program American Sports Cavalcade.

George N. Gillett, Jr.

On August 6, 2007, Gillett bought a controlling interest of the NASCAR team Evernham Motorsports from founder Ray Evernham, thereby forming Gillett Evernham Motorsports.

Glenn Allen

Glenn Allen, Jr. (born 1970), racing driver and co-owner of Allen-Hock Motorsports

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

At the time, there was a big push by Bernie Ecclestone to have a German driver in the Formula One World Championship, so the ONS (the German National Motorsports committee) decided to support both Frentzen and Schumacher.

Ian Baas

In 2009 KONI Challenge Series driving a Volkswagen GTI for APR Motorsport Finished fifth in Street Tuner points standings, winning first career KONI race at Barber Motorsports Park with co-driver Josh Hurley and APR Motorsport.

Jeff Stec

In 2005 Stec also purchased SCORE Motorsports to field the #66 Ford sponsored by Peak Fitness, with Hermie Sadler and Mike Garvey running the car.

Kaeng Krachan

Kaeng Krachan Circuit - Motorsports venue (race track) in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand

Kranefuss

Michael Kranefuss, former head of Ford Motor Company's International motorsports division

KW Motorsport Ltd

KW Motorsport Ltd have a wide range of engineering consultancy in Champ car and Le Mans series including the design of the Nasamax, Protan and Creation AutoSportif chassis that are based on Reynard Motorsports original products.

Lakshmi Mills

The group companies also promote various sports notably Hockey, Motorsports and Horse racing.

Marlboro Motor Raceway

Motorsports entrepreneur Roger Penske got his start at Marlboro and many other greats in oval and road racing made their way to "The Grand Lady of the East" to test their stock cars and grand prix racers on its challenging curves and intimidating straights.

Michel Nandan

Before joining Hyundai in 2013 he was employed by the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile(French Motorsports Federation) as the technical/regulation representative.

MillsporT

Millsport became the sports sponsorship and motorsports consulting and activation division of fellow Omnicom agency The Marketing Arm in 2004, a move that triggered several personnel moves within the agency.

Mugen Motorsports

Mugen Motorsports (M-TEC Co., Ltd) (無限) is a Japanese company formed in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda, the son of Honda Motor Company founder Soichiro Honda, and Masao Kimura.

NBS 24/7

Season 3- Attempting to capitalize on the rookie hype for the 2006 season, NBS 24/7 changed its name to NBS 24/7: The Rookies, again traveled with FitzBradshaw Racing and Akins Motorsports, but this time covered their rookies, Joel Kauffman and AJ Foyt IV.

Nelson Ledges Road Course

The 2007 event was won by the #86 Boxing Cat Motorsports Porsche 911.

Nissan 300ZX

In 1995 and 1996, Steve Millen Motorsports (Stillen), co-developed a number of limited production Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo vehicles with Nissan North America that were sold throughout the United States and Canada through designated Nissan dealerships.

Nissan R391

Although Nissan was able to gain automatic entry to the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans with their win at Fuji, Nissan officials decided that the motorsports program was no longer worth the cost, especially with Nissan attempting to restructure itself under new leader Carlos Ghosn.

Nissan VQ engine

A modified version of the VQ35DE, called the S1, is produced by Nismo (Nissan's motorsports and performance division) for the Fairlady Z S-Tune GT.

Nobuaki Katayama

Through the 1990s, Katayama worked in Europe as an executive in Toyota's Motorsports division, where he assisted in World Rally Championship, Sports Car World Championship, and Le Mans racing.

Pacific Coast Motorsports

However, the deal fell apart, Rubicon became Rubicon Sports Agency and aligned itself with Conquest Racing and Pacific Coast Motorsports filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on May 12.

Pescarolo

Pescarolo Sport, the French motorsports team founded by Henri Pescarolo

Porsche 928

On September 15, 2011 at the Bonneville Salt Flats, racing driver and owner of 928 Motorsports, LLC.

Punjab Warriors

It has developed India’s premier motorsports destination – Buddh International Circuit – at Greater Noida near New Delhi.

R: Racing Evolution

R is a racing-sim game featuring over 33 licensed cars from various motorsports series (such as JGTC, WRC and 24 Hours of Le Mans), and in-depth customization options such as braking, front wheel stabilizers, and car weight.

RESQ

Instead, RESQ had at one time negotiated with Gravity Motorsports, a subsidiary of Gravity Entertainment, about a possible marketing cooperation for the drink in the racing business.

Riverside Motorsports Park

The name "Riverside Motorsports Park" was derived from the configuration of the park's 3-1/2 mile Road Course, which would have replicated, as closely as possible (given current track safety requirements), the road course at the Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, California) that closed in 1989.

Russ Dugger

Upon graduating college, he felt a calling to serve his country and promptly decided to join the United States Air Force - a decision which ultimately led to an opportunity to play trumpet in the United States Air Force Band, which he did for five years before deciding to pursue motorsports.

Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts

Established in 1969 as a club of enthusiasts, it has grown into a major desert motorsports racing event organizer in the Southwest United States and is based out of Las Vegas Nevada.

Steve Krisiloff

Krisiloff currently is the team manager for Carl A. Haas Motorsports where his son Kyle Krisiloff drives the #14 Ford Fusion with Clabber Girl sponsorship.

TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat

TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat (バギーヒート Buggy Heat in Japan and Europe) is an off-road racing video game for the Dreamcast, developed by CRI and published in the USA by ASC Games.

Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

In addition to these duties Dallenbach works on NBC's motorsports telecasts, usually paired with his former NBC and TNT partner Bill Weber.


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