Theory is in charge of promoting and managing various aspects of the GM VIP ECOtec Owners Meet in Lexington, Ohio.

Below is the schedule of events going on during the day at the Mid Ohio Sports Course.

Sunday, June 22

8:00am Track opens for VIP ECOtec Roll In

9:00 Final Practice - KONI Challenge ST

9:30 End of VIP ECOtec Roll In - Owners must be in place by this time

9:40 On-Track Activities

10:00 Cobalt team paddock tours

10:00 KONI Series Drivers Autograph Session (Honda Pavilion)

10:35 Start - Formula BMW Race

11:00 Guest welcome, Cobalt driver/team intros - Chevy hospitality area

11:00 Cobalt team paddock tours (if needed)

11:30 Lunch - Chevy hospitality

12:30pm Recon Laps - KONI Challenge ST

12:45 START - KONI Challenge ST race (2 1/2 Hour Time Limit)

3: 45 START - Formula BMW Race

Theory put together a post on several ECOtec forums announcing GM’s planned VIP ECOtec Owners meet at the Mid Ohio Sports Course on June 22nd. This event is going to be a blast for owners with GM offering pit tours and free catered lunch along with free entry to watch the new 08 Turbo Cobalt SS tear up the Mid Ohio Sports Course in the KONI Challenge. There were 50 spots availible and Theory got the event full a record time of less than 48 hours!

Chevrolet wants to show their support to Cobalt and ECOtec enthusiasts! Chevy Racing is offering a limited number of Cobalt owners (and their guest) special VIP treatment at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, June 22, 9:00am – 4:00pm

Come cheer on the production-based Cobalt SS teams during the Koni Challenge race, plus get behind the scenes with the Chevy staff, teams

and drivers. Don’t own a Cobalt? No problem – any ECOtec-powered GM vehicle is eligible.

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The GM Tuner Tour is no stranger to all sorts of venues across the country however, Columbus, Ohio is uncharted territory for Hot Import Nights so we thought we’d show the fans in Columbus what HIN and the GM Tuner Tour was all about. The GM Tuner Rig was set up at center stage so it stole the show and grabbed everyone’s attention in the hall. The GM Tuner Tour also brought out something special for the Columbus show in the form of a Kat Von D “tattooed” Pontiac Vibe. The custom Vibe is decked out with airbrushed artwork that is inspired from Kat Von D’s actual artwork. There was also a custom backdrop and kiosk setup by Kat Von D’s car that allowed attendee’s a chance to enter a custom inked 2009 Pontiac Vibe.

Of course, the Tour staple’s where on hand like the Pontiac Solstice SD290 and Jason Whitfield LSJ Aveo, were on display and garnished the majority of attention as usual. If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out these cars at a Tuner Tour stop near you, make sure you do because both of these vehicles you have to see to believe. We know a lot of guys like the go fast cars more than show cars and the Columbus show had you covered there with the new “terror of the streets” 2008 Chevy Cobalt SS Turbo on display for fans to check out. These bad boys are at your dealer now for you to see in person, but if you’d rather check them out in an informal and comfortable setting and ask some questions to guys that actually know the guts of the car, come by any of the GM Tuner Tour events and ask away! Enjoy the pics from the show!

Visit www.GMTunerSource.com for more info or check out the Flickr Gallery from the show here!

This weekend, for the first time ever, NOPI came to Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. For NOPI’s inaugural event in New Jersey, NOPI sure pulled off an outstanding event. The 2008 season hasn’t been the best for NOPI when it comes to weather and this weekend was no different. Saturday the weather was cold and misty for most of the day which meant that the action would have to wait and hope for a more forgiving Sunday. The forecast looked much better for Sunday though and by 11AM the skies had cleared up and the event was filling with spectators.

There were over 21,000 people in attendance to check out variety of events that NOPI Motorsports has to offer. Englishtown is known for great racing action and this weekend didn’t disappoint. Racers from all over the country and Puerto Rico came out in full force to see who would take home top honors this weekend. NOPI had 201 drag racers show up to compete this weekend and also had 25 drifters show up to contend for the top prize in NOPI Drift. Car show competitors also arrived from all over to see who had the hottest car. There were cars on display for every type of motorsport fan, from old school Honda’s to supercharged Hummer’s. In total there were 550 entrants that registered to show their rides in the car show.

NOPI is all about motorsports, so of course there was incredible Drag Racing and Drifting all weekend long. Here are the Drag and Drift results from this weekend.

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