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The National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) has a broad reach with 1,800 racing events in 36 states at more than 110 tracks. Among major professional sports, NASCAR ranks number one in corporate involvement and per-event attendance, and number two in television viewership. The sanctioning body for stock car racing is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla., with offices in New York City (Corporate Marketing), Los Angeles (Broadcasting Media and Entertainment), Charlotte, N.C. (Licensing and Aftermarket), Concord, N.C. (Research and Development Center), Mexico City and Toronto.
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In addition to Continental, other major sponsors of Tartan Racing include General Motors and Caterpillar. Additional sponsors include Intel, Google, Applanix, TeleAtlas, NetApp, Vector CANTech, Ibeo, Mobileye, HP, CarSim, Clean Power Resources and M/A-COM. Tartan Racing includes team members from Carnegie Mellon and sponsors.
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Tartan Racing includes Carnegie Mellon faculty, staff and students from the School of Computer Science’s Robotics Institute, as well as Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering. It received major support from General Motors, Caterpillar and Continental AG. Strengthening the team were engineers from GM, Caterpillar, Continental and Intel who were embedded with the team in Pittsburgh.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Racing fan and Columbus, North Carolina resident Mickey Jackson, and five-year-old son, Kalob, earned the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver the 'gentlemen, start your engines' command live at this year's Bank of America 500. Bank of America today announced Mickey as the winner of the Bank of America 500 Honorary Grand Marshal contest, a consumer promotion supporting the company's title sponsorship of the October 14 race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
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The ORIGINAL Nextel Cup Stock Car Racing School with 14 years of experience that puts YOU behind the wheel of a Real Nextel Cup Stock Car from top NASCAR teams. Passing is ALWAYS allowed!
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Over its 35-year history, the ORECA Group has responded to a formidable challenge: competing in every category of automobile racing except Formula 1, and establishing a record of excellence with over 380 victories to its name! From Formula 3 to the World Rally Championship, not to mention the Andros Trophy, the Paris Dakar and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, ORECA has acquired an expertise unique in Europe. The remarkable ascendancy of ORECA is demonstrated by the list of top French drivers who got their start on the ORECA team, including Jacques Laffite, Franck Montagny, Alain Prost, Patrick Tambay, Jean Alesi, Jacky Ickx, Hubert Auriol and Yvan Muller, and more recently Nicolas Prost, Laurent Groppi and Nicolas Lapierre. ORECA is considered a true incubator for talent. Hugues de Chaunac, president and founder of the Group, has built ORECA into an exceptional organization, totally dedicated to motor sport, built on the synergy of five critical skills: Competition, .Race car engineering, .Motor engineering, .Events, Equipment & Accessories. Today, ORECA has a unique technical and commercial presence in France and across Europe that has led to partnerships with many manufacturers: Audi, Seat, Porsche, Renault, Citroen, Toyota, Saleen....A team of over 180 employees, located in 4 strategic sites continues to assure ORECA's growth and success.
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