Coronavirus concerns cloud Hamilton’s shot at history

Lewis Hamilton, pictured celebrating his Tuscan Grand Prix triumph on Sept 13, will bid to tie Michael Schumacher”s record 91 Formula 1 wins at Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix in Sochi. REUTERS SOCHI, Russia-Lewis Hamilton will seek to equal Michael Schumacher’s record 91 Formula One wins at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi on Sunday despite fears over a potential coronavirus fallout from allowing 30,000 fans to attend. The six-time world champion is one… Source link

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Kettering Cruise-in livens up Saturday nights

AUG. 22 12TH ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE GEEZERS, gates open 8 a.m., time runs at 10 a.m., racing at 2:30 p.m., Kil-Kare Speedway and Drag Strip, 1166 Dayton Xenia Road, Xenia. Spectators $15; Old-time drags (1987 and older), $25; car show (any year) or to swap, $20. Cash awards, 50 Lowe’s goodie buckets, trophies to top 40 show cars and 10 elite, Hagerty Choice Award, three winners get one-year AAA membership. Classes: super stock/stock combo, sportsman, modified, nostalgia eliminators, Grandpa… Source link

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor News: Toyota rolls out car lease and subscription program |

NEW DELHI: Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Tuesday launched the all-new car leasing and subscription program in India called Toyota’s Mobility Service (TMS). The subscription program will be launched in Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Mumbai in its initial phase and then it will gradually expand to ten more cities within the first year. The current models offered for subscription are Toyota Glanza, Yaris, Innova Crysta, Fortuner and the upcoming Urban Cruiser. Under this new initiative, customers can… Source link

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Hamilton strolls to F1 Styrian GP win as Ferraris crash

Mercedes” Lewis Hamilton wears a protective face mask as he celebrates winning the race on the podium on July 12, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] BEIJING – Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton cruised to his first win of the 2020 Formula 1 season in the inaugural Styrian Grand Prix on Sunday, leading his teammate Valtteri Bottas home for a dominant 1-2 finish as the two Ferraris collided. The irregular nature of the 2020 season saw Formula 1 holding consecutive Grands Prix at… Source link

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The Great Race still set to stop in Rolla as event postponed due to COVID-19

The 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Driver’s Club has been rescheduled for June 2021 due to concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, race organizers announced Tuesday. The annual event, which features cars dating back to 1909 in a time-speed-distance rally across the country, will still start in San Antonio, Texas, and end in Greenville, South Carolina. The 2021 race will be from June 19 to June 27, and the start will still be in front of the Alamo. “We… Source link

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Hemmings Motor News Great Race postponed until June 2021

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (KFVS) – The 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race has been rescheduled for June of 2021. The event will still start in San Antonio, Texas, in front of the Alamo on June 19, 2021. It will end in Greenville, South Carolina, on June 27, 2021. “The safety of Great Racers, their support crews and our staff is our top priority, and we believe that postponing the event in the responsible decision with the conditions and restrictions we are facing,” race director Jeff Stumb said.

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor News: Toyota Kirloskar resumes operations at Bidadi plant |

NEW DELHI: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Friday said it has resumed operations at its Bidadi plant in Karnataka after taking measures to sanitise the facility where two employees had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. The company had suspended operations at the unit on June 17 after two employees, who had attended work on June 7 and 16, respectively, tested positive for the infectious disease. “Post confirming the safety of the workplace and adhering to all the mandatory… Source link

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor News: After Maruti and Hyundai, Toyota Kirloskar manufacturing facility latest casualty of Covid-19 |

NEW DELHI: Two employees at Toyota Kirloskar Motor’s Bidadi plant in Karnataka have tested positive for COVID-19, the auto major said in a notification. The automaker, which had resumed production at the plant on May 26 after weeks coronavirus-led lockdown, has again temporarily suspended operations at the facility due to the confirmed cases. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) said it had partially restarted operations with a reduced workforce at its plants while all the strategic business units… Source link

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‘Hemmings Motor News Great Race’ rescheduled – WFXRtv.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Washington negotiators continued to reach for a long-delayed agreement on COVID-19 relief on Monday, but rank-and-file Democrats appeared increasingly resigned to having to drop, for now, a scaled-back demand for fiscal relief for states and local governments whose budgets have been thrown out of balance by the pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin by phone Monday evening and continues to press for help for… Source link

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