NCATS: DJ Kennington signs with Castrol Canada. Set to commence 14th season in Castrol colours

“It’s a sponsorship that has outlived series and seen rivals come and go but continues to get better,” boasts DJ Kennington about this year’s sponsorship signing with Castrol Canada. DJ was a lad in high school when he and Castrol first hooked up so this year will represent the 14th season with Castrol colours on DJ’s hood.

This year, Kennington will run the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and hopes to exceed his 2005 season when he won four features. (“I’d rather forget 2006,” DJ jokes.)

Marsha McLaughlin, Product Manager for Wakefield Canada Inc., the company that distributes Castrol lubricants in this country is counting on DJ to win this year’s title. “With the new series on the calendar, this would be a great year to aim for the top.”

In addition to competing in every event in Canada’s top stock car series, DJ will stay busy all summer competing at local events all over Ontario and running selected Busch events driving for Canadian, Randy Macdonald’s team.

PHOTO: Driver DJ Kennington and Wakefield Canada’s Marsha McLaughlin seal the deal.

From John Morris / Marcovitch PR

2007 Edo Competition Porsche 996 Turbo

2007 Edo Competition Porsche 996 Turbo

- Increase performance to 585 HP
- New Turbocharger
- BMC-Sport air filter
- Sport-end pot stainless steel with Tri-alloy cat converter
- Stainless steel tail pipe
- edo competition Sport- brake system – FA:370mm brakepads wit 6-piston-single block-saddle und sports brake lining, RA: 342mm brakepads wit 4-piston- single block-saddle und sports brake lining, steel flex- brake cables
- 18 inch racing wheel set 3-part with FA : 9.0x18 ET41 with 245/35R18, RA :12x 18 ET45 with 315/30R18, painted wheel rim star and ZV- cap
- RDK-tyre pressure control system
- Stainless steel threaded chassis adjustable in compression and rebound
- Sport clutch kit
- Compacted gear change
- Front spoiler lip
- Front protective grill
- Tail lid 996 GT2
- Tail aerofoil profile with increased contact pressure
- Porsche – CD changer
- Porsche – telefone module with light wave cable setup

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2007 Edo Competition Volkswagen Touareg

(from Edo Competition) 2007 Edo Competition Volkswagen Touareg

- Increased perfomance up to 70 HP with electronic tuning controlled by dyno running and sport air filter

- 6-piston sport brake system. FA: 380 mm, red, edo competition writing

- 22 inch racing wheel set 3-part with: FA: 10,0x22 ET60 with 295/30R22 RA: 10,0x22 ET48 with 295/30R22

- Electronic lowering module with air suspension

- Sport back box stainless with super sound,

- Tail pipe set stainless 4 x 89 mm round 23° slash cut rolled, with TUV certificate

- Front centre section kit GFK with chrome frame incl. license plate base and grill insert set.

- Fender widening set with side shirt set and rear bumper

- Pedal set alloy with TOUAREG writing, footrest alloy

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Paris Hilton To Drive Spyker in Bullrun Cross-Country TV Event

The Real Bullrun USA 2007, part road rally and part international reality-TV show, has a new contestant: Paris Hilton. The darling of blogs and entertainment pages worldwide, Hilton has been issued a Spyker C8 Spyder in which she will participate in the Montreal-to-Key-West weeklong event.

The participants in the Real Bullrun USA event will leave the Montreal Ritz-Carlton on the morning of May 12 and will not learn the subsequent driving itinerary until the morning of each day's driving. The event concludes on May 18. Entrance fee is $17,500 unless, like Paris Hilton, you are an invited participant or are selected by the TV producers to be in the cast of the reality series.

Bullrun will be broadcast in 52 countries, including on Spike TV in the United States. The organizers say it will involve "100 cars, celebrities and a party in every city every night."

Proving it is also a competition of sorts, there will be $200,000 given away as a prize. To find out more, visit the Bullrun Web site.

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Mallett Cars Beefs Up Pontiac Solstice

BERERA, Ohio — Mallett Cars already offers more power for the Pontiac Solstice with its LS2/LS7 V8 engine conversion kits. Now it's adding more show to the go with its aggressive-looking Pitbull wide-body kit.

It adds 4 inches of width to the front and 5 inches in the rear, giving the Solstice a considerably more menacing look. More importantly, the six-piece body kit allows the use of ultrawide wheels so you can put all that V8 power to good use. The specially designed front fascia also improves airflow to the engine.

The fiberglass upgrade is expected to cost $16,000-18,000 fully installed and painted. A carbon-fiber package will also be available by special order.

Only a limited number of Pitbull Edition Solstices will be built. The official debut is scheduled for the 2007 SEMA show.

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Weber Carbon-Fiber Concept

MONACO — Top Marques Monaco is the show that tops them all. It is only about the fastest, most exclusive sports cars in the world. And it is the perfect venue to introduce new ideas.

The Swiss company Weber Sportcars had announced in advance that it would unveil an entirely self-developed carbon-fiber car at the show. The reality exceeded even the wildest expectations with an organic, and completely individual — one might say bizarre — appearance.

The 177.2-inch two-seater measures 80.3 inches wide and 45.3 inches high. The entire car was designed and built in-house, including the 143-pound aluminum chassis and carbon-fiber body.

Under the tweaked hood lurks a supercharged 900-horsepower, 7.0-liter engine. Its 775 pound-feet of torque enables the 2,425-pound coupe to get from zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds. Top speed is claimed to be over 249 mph.

There are four fuel tanks that will hold a total of 29 gallons of gasoline — which we'll bet a driver can go through quickly at the speeds at which this car would be driven.

Pricing of the forthcoming car has not yet been made public, but it has been revealed that standard spec will include active four-wheel drive, traction control, a rearview camera and a rain sensor.

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Toyota Reportedly To Build a new Smart-Fighting city car

Toyota reportedly will put a Smart-fighting "city car" into production in 2008. The automaker will unveil the car in concept form at the Frankfurt auto show in September, Car magazine is reporting.

Toyota had previously shown a city car at Frankfurt. The Endo concept was unveiled at the Frankfurt show in 2005. The Japanese automaker also has a minicar currently on the market, the Aygo. The new model reportedly will be even smaller — at about 118 inches long versus the Aygo's 134 inches — and will be considered a "3+1" that would seat two adults in front, one in back and have room for a child in the rear-seat position behind the driver seat.

Media are projecting sales of the new little car to start in the summer of 2008.

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