Audi driver Katherine Legge about Brands Hatch

Audi
Ingolstadt

- Shortest track on the DTM calendar
- Spectator friendly infrastructure provides excellent view of track
- Return to English circuit for Katherine Legge

The DTM races at Brands Hatch for the third time. The mere 1.929 kilometre Indy Circuit layout is exciting for both drivers and fans alike. The race in Great Britain means a return to Katherine Legge’s home ground, where she last competed in a race in 2004. The eighth round of the 2008 DTM season is broadcast live on "Das Erste" on Sunday from 1:50 p.m.

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August 20, 2008 8:08 PM

HUMMER Racing Attempts New Record at Vegas to Reno

Team HUMMER
DETROIT

Team driver Emily Miller vies to become first Vegas to Reno "Ironwoman"

Rod Hall Racing's Team HUMMER, recognized as the most successful stock class desert racing program, attempts to enter the record books again this weekend as team driver Emily Miller, embarks on a quest to become the first woman to drive the entire 457-mile Best in the Desert (BITD) "TSCO Vegas to Reno" race. Racers take the green flag on Friday, August 22, 2008.

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August 11, 2008 8:32 PM

LADIES DAY AT WSORR’S BARK RIVER “THE DEUCE” AS KONITZER AND KRIEMAN SHARE SPOTLIGHT

World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR)
BARK RIVER, Mich., (August 11, 2008)

Rhonda Konitzer and Stephanie Krieman took a giant step forward for women racers everywhere by climbing up another step of the podium with matching second place finishes in their respective PRO classes at Bark River “the Deuce” this past weekend in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The pair now share the record for the highest finish ever for a woman in a professional class off-road race event.

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August 4, 2008 8:31 PM

Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green’s Sik Earns Moto X Women's Bronze Medal at X Games

Monster Energy Kawasaki
Irvine, Calif. (August 4, 2008)

“ Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green rider Tatum Sik finished third in the inaugural Moto X Women’s competition at X Games 14 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Sik’s Team Green teammate Mariana Balbi finished sixth in the supercross style event.

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July 22, 2008 9:22 PM

NHRA POWERade SERIES DRIVERS SET TO TAKE IT TO THE DIAMOND IN READING

NHRA
READING, Pa.

Drivers in the NHRA POWERade Series will compete against each other in the NHRA Softball Classic, a special softball game that will benefit the Drag Racing Association of Women (DRAW), on Aug. 14.

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July 21, 2008 9:12 PM

Cindi Lux Retires Early from World Challenge GT at Mid-Ohio

NayKid Racing
LEXINGTON, Ohio, July 21, 2008

Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) finished a frustrating weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a frustrating finish. The 11-time road racing champion left the Lexington facility with a 28th-place finish after a gearbox malfunction on the 19th lap. Lux entered the one-hour Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) SPEED World Challenge race weekend with high expectations for the No. 2 Team Mopar Dodge Viper Competition Coupe.

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June 25, 2008 8:49 PM

Prumm title ambitions thwarted by broken collarbone

Yamaha Racing

Double Women’s World Cup winner and current leader of the inaugural FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship, Yamaha Van Beer’s Katherine Prumm, will miss this weekend’s Grand Prix of Germany at Teutschenthal after breaking her left collarbone while training in Belgium on Tuesday.

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June 19, 2008 8:42 PM

Prinz extends her lead with an outstanding performance at Assen

Yamaha Racing

In the second round of the Women’s Road Racing European Championship at the TT circuit of Assen Nina Prinz again showed her class leading abilities on her Yamaha YZF-R1. As with the first round, there was no real competition for the German Yamaha rider. The reigning European champion from Mannheim / Leutkirch was quickest all weekend, and never looked as if she was going to struggle with the competition.

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June 12, 2008 8:03 PM

Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green Earns Top 10 in Texas

Monster Energy Kawasaki
Irvine, Calif. (June 11. 2008)

“ Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green rider Tatum Sik finished third in the second moto at Freestone County Raceway in Wortham, Texas to earn 10th overall at the second round of the AMA/WMA National Championship presented by Kawasaki.

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June 4, 2008 10:00 PM

Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green’s Sik Finishes Fourth in AMA/WMA Opener

Monster Energy Kawasaki
Irivne, Calif. (June 4, 2008)

“ Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green rider Tatum Sik finished 4-4 and fourth overall in the AMA/WMA National Motocross Championship Presented by Kawasaki season opener at the Hangtown Classic in Sacramento, Calif. Sik , a 17-year-old high school senior, rode near the front all day to finish fourth overall, matching her career best as a pro.

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June 3, 2008 6:19 AM

Grubbs looks to add to list of female champs

JEGS
JOLIET, Ill.

With groundbreaking Funny Car wins by Ashley Force, Melanie Troxel and Hillary Will in Top Fuel this has already been dubbed the “Year of the Woman” in NHRA competition. Now, Brenda Grubbs will have the chance to add her name to the roster of female drag racing champions as she takes aim at the Stock Eliminator crown during the 24th annual JEGS Allstars competition at Route 66 Raceway, June 7

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May 29, 2008 8:23 PM

GIRLS RULE!

Prolong Cruise Night at the Parks Museum in Pomona
POMONA, Calif. (May 29, 2008)

Melinda Miles, hot rod model, writer and co-owner of Walden Speed Shop.
Photo credit: David Hickey Photography. ---bg

Guys aren't the only ones who dig hot rods. That's why the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, annually dedicates its June Prolong® Twilight Cruise Night to female hot rodders. This year's event is on Wed., June 4 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fairplex in Pomona.

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May 11, 2008 9:30 PM

Prumm bravely takes fourth in Bulgaria

YAMAHA RACE REPORT 11/05/2008

Sevlievo and the Grand Prix of Bulgaria witnessed the opening round of five in the inaugural FIM Women's World Championship and Yamaha Van Beers Racing's Katherine Prumm battled adversity to take fourth overall.