Road Magazine: Ashley Van Dyke does Barrett Jackson Auction

Road Magazine: Ashley Van Dyke does Barrett Jackson Auction: "Road's American correspondent, Ashley Van Dyke had to hold on tight to her dollars the other day – as she attended a huge, amazing car auction in Orange County, Cali."

Full story and more photos coming out next month in the August issue of Road Magazine.

To read more from Ashley on Road please visit, http://www.skiddmark.com/tag/ashley-van-dyke/.

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As the 2011 racing season is well underway, I catch up with driver David Cheng. Check out the link below to read what David had to say in our Q & A and be sure to share with your friends. See you at the races!

http://www.auto-journals.com/features/260

Check out my drift article in this issue of ROAD MAGAZINE

Back in April I was down at Long Beach taking in the big horsepower of my friend Conrad's GMPP Chevy Camaro for the Formula DRIFT opening round on the Grand Prix circuit.

You can read all about it in this issue of Road Magazine:
http://www.roadmagazine.co.uk/?p=1030

I also hope you follow along to Road's blog as they post great content about cars and racing all over the world. Always new and we keep it fresh!
http://www.roadmagazine.blogspot.com/

Thanks Phil and everyone at Road...great work!

Road Magazine: Ashley Van Dyke returns to Road Magazine

Road Magazine: Ashley Van Dyke returns to Road Magazine: "Hello boys! Road Magazine's first lady, Ashley Van Dyke ( www.ashleyvandyke.com ) returns to her Road role testing crazy cars in the next is..."

"You're such a petrol head race fan...how can you say you're green?!?"

I hear this all the time. In fact, it's not uncommon for most people I speak with to find the issue of being a motor racing fan and caring about the environment to be a contradiction. I would like to explain my thoughts on both of these subjects and try to bring some clarity.

Very few things out there get me more excited than racing. I even like the smell of race gas. The loud engines and exhausts giving off noise and vibrations...all very sexy to me. Automotive performance both in NASCAR, road racing, open wheel...you name it and I respect and love it. High performance in street cars like Porsche and Ferrari are appreciated and loved by myself and so many. It's my personal belief that these cars, race cars and performance street cars, have reason and practical use of burning petrol.

I also believe fossil fuel is a high performance fuel and it should be used for high performance applications. This may offend or confuse some or many of you out there, however, I stand firm in stating that burning fossil fuel in a mini van driving your kids to school or in a "so called" economy vehicle on your way to work is not efficient or even a practical use of said fossil fuel.

It's fair that everyone should have the choice to drive what kind of car or vehicle they want and desire. The freedom and liberty that we enjoy on the road way is an amazing thing. I would like to go on to guess that many people currently burning petrol in their daily driver, would change that fuel choice if they had other options that were cost relative and easy to access.

Regarding the subject of transportation, fossil fuel may or may not be the best way to ship and transport goods and it's possible there could be better solutions. In order for us to ever find other options we need to be open to looking at the questions and exploring more with technology.

Let the race cars burn the "race gas" and let petrol be used in high performance vehicles. For everyone else that doesn't desire the suck and blow of the ICE or wants other options for daily driving, I really hope our development of cleaner methods to commute and transport come sooner than later. We can find more options for the road than just simply fossil fuel for everyone.

Global Tuner Grand Prix coming to Laguna Seca this October

The Global Tuner Grand Prix is the North American event that sets itself apart from any other tuner race in this part of the world. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will be the stage for a head-to-head lap battle race for the most respected and skilled performance shops in the world.

With major race teams and underground garage tuners coming out for a spectator celebration of speed, we're going to see some amazing lap times and great competition at the GTGP. The event will also feature a 50 minute sprint Challenge Race, the Pirelli Driver's Cup Race and the Historic Motorsports Association Race.

For all the details and news updates regarding the GTGP check the website, www.globaltunergp.com, or send me an email for more info, ashley@globaltunergp.com.

Thanks for your interest in the GTGP and we're looking forward to seeing you there!

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