Allan McNish in the No. 2 Audi R10 TDI claimed a provisional front row starting position for the 75th Le Mans 24 Hours at the opening official qualifying session this Wednesday. This is anchored on the fact that McNish was denied the fastest time in the dying seconds of the race. Scot McNish, seeking provisional pole in his diesel-powered Audi R10 TDI to the French Peugeot of Stephane Sarrazin, snatched the fastest time in the opening time trials for the 54-car field. McNish’s 3 minutes and 26.916 seconds, an average speed of 147.34 mph around the 8.47 miles long circuit consists of closed public roads, was 0.572 seconds slower than Sarrazin. The fastest ever Le Mans race lap was achieved on soft tires, regardless of the difficult conditions and darkness. Performance can be compared to the superiority of the GT Styling. "Qualifying was difficult because of the red flag stoppages and again, so it all came down to the last ten minutes or so when times began to fall after track conditions allowed us to bolt on dry ‘slick back tires," reflected McNish. He added, "I had two reasonable laps but encountered traffic in the last chicane on my second ‘hot’ lap which was frustrating having worked hard for over eight miles only to see time slipping away in the last tenth of one mile. However, I do not think it cost me more than half a second which is how much faster the Peugeot went right at the end. "On that day, the Audi Sport Team Joest focused on qualifying all nine drivers for the race. The Audi team used the few dry laps and the wet track tires for various compounds, suspension set-ups and aerodynamic configurations to test for the race. All three Audi R10 TDI prototypes ran without any technical difficulty.McNish, 37-year-old 1998 Le Mans winner, shares his Audi V12 diesel with regular American Le Mans Series team-mate Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen. Kristensen passed fit earlier this week to race at Le Mans after an accident in a German Touring Car Masters (DTM) race in April. The first qualifying session for the race has a hint of what some observers this weekend, the 75th running of the French endurance classic. The event will sport a breathtaking battle between Audi and Peugeot sportscars.After the first qualifying session, Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Motorsport said: "It was a very unusual qualifying today because I think it has never happened before that Fastest lap times were set during the final minutes. But that was only due to the fact that during the usual time-window for a fast lap times there was either a red flag, whether the runway was wet. We have done some good work and all our drivers qualified in the night. I am satisfied with the times we have achieved today. "Ralf Jüttner, Technical Director of the Audi Sport Team Joest, added:" With the changing track conditions and the many red flags we experience a kind of strange qualifying today. The circumstances made it impossible to hold on to our program because we always had to respond to the circumstances. At the end it was a matter of slicks on the very right time. "Teammate McNish, Tom Kristensen, one of the" high spirits "in Audi racers. He said: "It’s great to be back at Le Mans and to be here with my Audi team members and co-pilots. It’s long wait for me and I’m really glad to be back behind the wheel of the R10 TDI. "
Tags: Audi, Cars, Drivers, sport, Team, winnerUltimate Chargers / UnileverFOR IMMEDIATE release june 18, 2007PRESS Release Contact: Alison Kramer, 919-459-8157, akramer@919marketing.comWhat Would NASCAR Fans do for a Klondike Bar Klondike ® is up to work with eight Unilever sponsors behind The ultimate chargers? and getting NASCAR fans charged about the classic American ice brand.Englewood Cliffs, NJ-After being appointed by Unilever, USA as one of the nine official sponsors of the Ultimate Chargers 2007 NASCAR Busch Series program, Klondike has wasted no time in getting the attention of NASCAR fans. The popular ice cream brand to respond quickly to a successful collaboration of Unilever advertising campaign with national lotteries and primary driver Kasey Kahne. "This is a great opportunity for Klondike to participate in a phenomenal program that centers on NASCAR target audience of our brand," says Julio Del Cioppo, director of marketing at Unilever Ice Cream. "And we are proud to be the first ice cream brand of such a program sponsor." Klondike ice cream is the first official sponsor of NASCAR and this year is offering a national lottery to award one grand prize winner and guests a trip to the Daytona 500 live 2008.Though Klondike is seen as a well-known brand today, the company inception nearly a century ago in contrast to what many might think. The popular ice cream treat can be traced to Switzerland and the Isaly family known for their superior dairy products.Klondike bars are made in the early 1900s by the Isaly family owned and operated a dairy farm in Mansfield, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some suggest that Klondike got its name from the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory and the site of the 1890 Gold Rush.A 1922 article claims that Klondike bars gained popularity as one of the sons Isaly Ohio Vindicator newspaper employees gave more to try. By the year 1940, the family was running seven dairies and production staffs for nearly 300 Isaly Dairy Stores. They probably never thought they liked Klondike bar would become a major sponsor in the NASCAR Busch Series, the second most popular form of motorsport in the USUntil the late 1970s are the bars were only sold in Pennsylvania and Ohio, but the early1980s, a national campaign and Klondike could be found in almost every supermarket across the country. The popular slogan "What would you do for a Klondike bar? "Was seen and heard everywhere. In 1993, Unilever acquired the Isaly Klondike Company owned and joined the brand in a good mood-Breyers Ice Cream Company.Continued success for the Klondike bar is final and many will take note of the famous polar bear logo on the tracks NASCAR this season. "Ultimately, our loaders are strong drivers and we want our sponsors to the strength of the team to maintain," said Ray Evernham, team owner and CEO of Evernham Motorsports. "Klondike is a perfect addition to the list of other sponsors and additional backing to help our drivers get pumped in and out of the circuit." So what would NASCAR fans do for a Klondike Bar? They would cheer Kasey Kahne behind the No. 9 Ultimate Chargers Dodge and all the yelling for Klondike ice cream bars .* * * To enter to win a trip for the 2008 Daytona 500 and more to learn about the Klondike visit: http:/ / www. icecreamusa.com / klondikeVisit www.ultimatechargers.com to access behind-the-scene photos, special offers and great tailgating recipes.About Unilever Unilever [NYSE: UL, UN], one of the world’s largest consumer products companies, aims to aims to add vitality to life by meeting everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care. Every day, around the world, consumers make 150 million decisions to purchase Unilever products. The company has a portfolio of brands that make people feel good, look good and get more out life.In the United States these brands include recognized names such as: Axe, "all" Ben & Jerry’s, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Knorr, Popsicle, Promise, Q-Tips, Skippy, Slim-Fast, Snuggle, Suave, Sunsilk and Vaseline. All previous names are registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies. Dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where we live, work and play, Unilever in the United States employs approximately 15,000 people in 66 offices and factories in 24 states and Puerto Rico-generating more than $ 9 billion in sales in 2005. For more information visit www.unileverusa.comUnilever North American Ice Cream, headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the largest producer and marketer of branded packaged ice cream and frozen novelties in the United States.
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Horik Chief Satoru Honda Racing Corporation, 21-year-old Dani Pedrosa will continue racing in Repsol colors next year. A last-minute decision was made by Horik fly to Assen for the Dutch TT in a bid to Spaniard racer, who is out of contract at the end of the year, to sign a contract at a new factory deal. the team inability to win a race, as did Nicky Hayden in the U.S. 12 months ago had led Pedrosa last week to tell the audience that he was open to offers from rival teams 2008.Horike told MCN that he can understand what Dani is, but the chief believes that we can soon make a contract and that he will continue. Pedrosa is in third place in the world. He earned the win after finishing on the podium four times so far this year, but is 66 points (the equivalent of two wins and third place) adrift of leader Casey Stoner, his main competitor, when the pair flew in 2005 250S another two-time race winner has been rumored with a move to Suzuki next year but has denied that any talks have taken place with the team.Grand Prix motorcycle racer Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa was born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain, and the youngest world champion in the 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. He grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. Pedrosa is 5 meters and 2 inches tall and weighs 51kg (112.4 pounds). Honda racing aside from building quality car parts like Honda Del Sol parts, the second largest automaker in Japan is also in the race. Honda entered Formula One as a constructor for the first time in 1964 season at the German Grand Prix with Ronnie Bucknum at the wheel. The year 1965 was the addition of Richie Ginther to the team that scored the first point of Honda at the Belgian Grand Prix. It was also the year that Honda’s first victory, the Mexican Grand Prix. Their next victory at the Italian Grand Prix with John Surtees as their driver was in 1967. Unfortunately, in 1968, Jo Schlesser was slain in a Honda RA302 at the French Grand Prix. This racing tragedy plus commercial enterprise difficulties of selling cars in the United States prompted Honda to withdraw from all international motorsport that year.
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