ALPHARETTA, Ga. (February 4, 2010) – Series Officials announced a significant price reduction for competitors in the 2010 Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda. This price reduction is part of a new movement by the Atlantic Championship to help aspiring drivers onto the “Road to F1”.

The Atlantic Championship Series is offering a full season of racing for a fixed cost of $495,000, including ten race weekends and twelve races. The 2010 season will include world class championship level racing throughout the year, starting with the 12 Hours of Sebring and finishing with Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The fixed price budget is available direct from the series and interested parties should contact David Bowes at DBowes@AtlanticChampionship.com. Ben Johnston, Atlantic Championship owner, said “I am delighted to confirm that we have negotiated a fixed budget for all of our drivers in 2010. It is a fact that the Atlantic Championship consistently demonstrates, above all other series, that it promotes its drivers into the highest levels of motorsport. We are now able to do all of that for less, which is a huge opportunity for all current and future competitors.”

The Atlantic Championship will be hosting a two day test at Spring Mountain Motorsports Park, Nevada – just outside Las Vegas – on February 22nd and 23rd for all drivers considering competing in the 2010 season. Series officials confirmed today that at least one current European F1 team manager will be in attendance throughout the two day test. This is the first of the opportunities that the Atlantic Series will be offering to drivers this year as part of its new “Road to F1” vision. Interested drivers should contact David Bowes for more details.

About Atlantic Championship

The Atlantic Championship series is the premier ladder series for up-and-coming professional race car drivers around the world. For more than 36 years, the Atlantic Championship has facilitated the launch of racing careers into Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar and other forms of professional motorsport. Atlantic Championship vehicles are ultra-lightweight, powerful, open-wheel race cars that help prepare drivers for top tier global racing environments. For 2010, Mazda and Cooper Tire title sponsor the Atlantic Championship and provide some of the world-class components used in competition. For more information please visit AtlanticChampionship.com

Takeda launches with initial applications for Honda, Acura, Scion, Nissan, Infiniti, Subaru and Mitsubishi.

Corona, California, April 6, 2009 – advanced FLOW engineering is proud to announce the launch of Takeda. Takeda will specialize in the development, design and production of premium aftermarket performance products for import vehicles. Based in Southern California with a strong tie to Japanese tuning, Takeda products are designed for the progressive automotive enthusiast that is performance driven. Takeda products will be available today, beginning with eleven products aimed at today’s best selling import vehicles, followed by additional monthly releases.

Flowing from the company’s philosophy of highly engineered performance products, all Takeda products are developed in a state of the art factory by experienced airflow engineers, utilizing digital measuring, rapid prototyping and real world dyno testing for optimal performance and original factory fit and function. All Takeda intakes are built using polished aluminum tubes and featuring an anodized maintenance-free clear coat. Takeda filters are flow bench tested to the highest standards and all intake pipes are computer modeled for maximum efficiency before dyno testing. …

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With over 260 horsepower and 260 lb.-ft of torque on tap, the factory LNF engine is a formable powerplant to have residing under your hood. GM is committed to the Sport Compact enthusiast and as such, is releasing the LNF Turbo Upgrade kit for the Pontiac Solstice, Sky Redline and HHR SS. This upgrade kit includes a new engine calibration and upgraded MAP sensors that turn those 260 ponies into 290 stampeding horses!

GMTunerSource worked with Todd Christensen at GM to help put us in touch with the lead engineer of this upgrade, Bill Duncan, at GM’s High Performance Vehicle Organization to give us an exclusive inside look at the new LNF Turbo Upgrade Kit. After many meetings with Bill, we are very excited about the new kit. GM really did their homework and has delivered a knockout upgrade for LNF owners.

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