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Heart of Racing program elevates women in sports cars
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Inside this former textile mill, a retro building built in 1892 with massive floor-to-ceiling windows and sturdy brick, Toyota has planted a future seed with the GR Cup. Once a hub for making cotton dye, the first floor has been turned into a factory that churned out spec sports cars for the past year as Toyota Racing Development prepares to launch its first single-make series. The inaugural season of the Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Cup will begin this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, the first of seven SRO-sanctioned events (each with two races) featuring a field of homologated GR86 production models that have been modified for racing with…
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SD-Area Police Agencies to Bring Car-Repair Voucher Program to California
The San Diego-area law enforcement agencies partnered with the San Diego Padres Foundation and Scripps Health to help pay for the initiative. Photo via @ChiefNisleit Twitter Officers with the San Diego Police Department and their counterparts in two neighboring cities will soon begin offering vehicle owners help in paying to replace burned-out headlights, tail lights, brake lights and turn signals while avoiding traffic citations that can prove unaffordable for some lower-income motorists. Instead of issuing so-called “fix-it tickets” for failed car lights, the SDPD and the Chula Vista and National City police departments are preparing to offer drivers vouchers that can be redeemed at participating auto-service providers for up to…
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UWTVA receives grant for Don’t Despair Car Repair program
FARMINGTON — United Way of the Tri-Valley Spot [UWTVA] is obtaining $10,000 in grant funds from the Maine Charity Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation [MaineCF] for their “Don’t Despair Car or truck Repair” method. The application, which introduced in spring of 2022, is made to support individuals who personal autos, but do not have the resources to resolve any challenges the vehicles may perhaps be going through. Because getting their first application in May well of past 12 months, UWTVA has assisted a lot more than 40 homes and dispersed much more than $38,000 for motor vehicle repairs for people who skilled. “[The program] is geared toward helping…
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Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview
■Summary of speech by Shinji Aoyama, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. In 1959, Honda competed in the Isle of Man TT Race for the first time, in our company founder Mr. Soichiro Honda’s quest to become the world’s number one in technology. Since then, Honda has been competing in various motorcycle and automobile races around the world. Many generations of Honda engineers and motorsports team members who came before us faced difficulties over and over again while competing on the world stage, but they overcame such difficulties and accumulated victories by taking on challenges without giving up. In motorsports, this attitude is indispensable for…
