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Preview Of The Formula Bmw Usa Mosport

The 17year old Daniel Morad after taking a 67point lead in the overall standings and qualifying into the final two rounds of the 2007 Formula BMW USA Championship at Motosport International Raceway sponsored by the maker of high quality BMW catalytic converter BMW this coming weekend is hoping to win this years Formula BMW USA title in the presence of his hometown fans.

Morad is a native of Toronto and last years rookie champion. He is having a remarkable season this year standing on the podium nine times of which five of them are on the top step.

Morad is one of the seven drivers who competed in the 15car field at Mosport last year. His experience on the track seems to assure that he will be able to obtain high scores this weekend. He only needs a seventhplace finish in the first race of the weekend to grab the title over this seasons Rookie Champion Esteban Gutierrez from Team Autotecnica which is the only driver with the chance to beat Morad. Gutierrez is also very young aging 16 years old only. He is from Monterey Mexico and has post a record eight poles and secured the Rookie title with his fourth win of the season in Round 12 at Road America.

The other three drivers who could challenge Gutierrez in the Overall points include Alexander Rossi from Team Apex Racing USA and HBR Motorsport Team USA teammates Maxime Pelletier and Steven Guerrero. Rossi is from California and has come on strong in the closing stages of the season winning two of the last four races. He is currently third in Overall points. Meanwhile the secondyear Formula BMW USA drivers Pelletier and Guerrero ranks fourth and fifth respectively were able to obtain four podium finishes and have never finished out of the top10.

Last August 23 2007 was the official test day while the final Formula BMW USA weekend of the 2007 season starts this Friday with practice sessions at 9:3510:00am and 12:551:20pm. Round 13 qualifying is scheduled for 5:155:40pm while Round 14 qualifying will be held at 8:008:25am. Round 13 is on Saturday at 5:00pm. The Round 14 is scheduled the next day Sunday at 1:30 pm.

Here are the Championship points after 12 of 14 races:

1. Daniel Morad EUROINTERNATIONAL 444
2. Esteban Gutierrez Team Autotecnica 377
3. Alexander Rossi Team Apex Racing USA 335
4. Maxime Pelletier HBR Motorsport Team USA 321
5. Steven Guerrero HBR Motorsport Team USA 320
6. Robert Thorne Team Apex Racing USA 301
7. Yannick Hofman EUROINTERNATIONAL 298
8. Jordan Dick JD Racing 288
9. Ricardo Favoretto HBR Motorsport Team USA 283
10. Sebastian Saavedra EUROINTERNATIONAL 258
11. Philip Major Team Autotecnica 246
12. Jeffrey Petriello Team KMA Racing 242
13. Eric Morrow Hearn Motorsports 228
14. Tim Hollowell Team KMA Racing 202
15. Mike Hill Team KMA Racing 180 16. Julia Landauer Team KMA Racing 154
17. Adrien Tambay EUROINTERNATIONAL 109
18. Lindsey Adams Team Apex Racing USA 84
19. Matt Ferris Gelles Racing 80 20. Billy Goshen Hearn Motorsports 48
21. Felipe Polehtto Team Apex Racing USA 28
21. Jordan Lynch Hearn Motorsports 28
22. Keenan Schmitke Gelles Racing 24
23. Michael Vincec Jensen Motorsports 12

Rookies:

1. Esteban Gutierrez 377
2. Ricardo Favoretto 283
3. Jeffrey Petirello Team KMA Racing 242
4. Eric Morrow 228
5. Tim Hollowell 202
6. Adrien Tambay 109
7. Keenan Schmitke 24
7. Michael Vincec Jensen Motorsports 12

About the writer:  Evander Klum is a Business Administration graduate who hails from Alabama. He enjoys extreme sports and he is also a car racing fanatic. At present he works as a marketing manager at an advertising agency in Cleveland.

Porsche Service

How to save money on your next Porsche service

Porsche servicing is now much cheaper for those in the know.

Thanks to European legislation you no longer have to be tied to high Porsche service costs dictated by your local dealer.

In October 2003 new European legislation affecting the motor industry came into force called Block Exemption Regulation 14002002 BER and this now means that you can book your next Porsche car service online and save up to 50 on what you might pay at your local Porsche dealer.

Before the law changed it was difficult to have new cars within their warranty period serviced outside a franchised dealer. If you wanted to shop around for the best prices on Porsche servicing your hands were tied.

The change in the law now gives every car owner the freedom to service their car away from the main dealers and still have their warranty protected.

Thousands of Porsche car owners have now taken advantage of their new right and reduced their Porsche serving costs whilst benefiting from the convenience of booking with national car service providers such as Service A Car.

Service A Car is a leading online car servicing network that prides itself on the quality of its Porsche servicing their customer service and transparent pricing. Because the company is not tied to any particular car manufacturer they are able to service any make of vehicle and compete freely in the market on a likeforlike.

Every vehicle is rigorously serviced according to the manufacturers servicing schedule using genuine recommended parts fitted by qualified technicians. This means that every Porsche car service fulfils the warranty criteria and there is no compromise on the servicing standards of a main dealer.

Companies like Service A Car who fulfil the warranty criteria when servicing your Porsche are able to maintain your service book just as main dealer can thereby protecting your warranty and helping you to maximise the resale value of your Porsche car.

Of course booking direct with a national car servicing network has its own advantages:
You no longer have to do all the running around. Service A Car collects your Porsche in the morning and delivers it back that afternoon free of charge
You pay a fixed Porsche service price which can be up to 50 below the price at the Porsche servicing desk of your local dealer
No additional work is carried out without your agreement which means no nasty surprises when it comes to paying the bill
Trained Customer Advisers are on hand throughout the day to keep you informed of progress and report back on problems you asked to be investigated as part of your Porsche service e.g. knocks and rattles
Your Porsche service includes a free wash and vacuum clean
You simply pay with your credit or debit card and your car is delivered back to your home or work address.

Our advice for saving money on Porsche car servicing is to contact a national car servicing network who is not tied to any one particular car manufacturer like Service A Car.

So before you book your next Porsche service why not ask your local dealer to tell you the cost of the service plus parts oil and any extras and then compare it with a fixed price quote from a national servicing network like Service A Car?

Happy motoring
Howard.
Chairman Service A Car

About the writer:  Service A Car is the fastest growing independent car servicing specialist in the UK with a network of over 500 garages nationwide.

Poet Continues To Open Ethanol Production Plants

Apparently POET is too busy building and opening ethanol plants to read the headlines and know that the financial world as we know it is coming to an end.

The worlds biggest ethanol producer just keeps getting bigger opening a new plant today in Fostoria Ohio and announcing another plant opening in the same state at the end of October.

In fact POET may be looking to get even bigger through acquisitions according to this story from the Ottawa Citizen which quotes CEO Jeff Broin saying that the financial crunch has made it the best time in at least five years to do so.

Obviously he has not heard that the financial crisis may delay biofuels development as Reuters reported this week from an interview with the CEO of BlueFire Ethanol. The fear is that the crisis will stifle cellulosic ethanol development because it has raised project finance costs and made ambitious targets to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources look less achievable. Just last month POET announced they would complete construction on a 4 million pilotscale cellulosic ethanol production facility by the end of this year and Jeff Broin said he is more confident about the future of cellulosic ethanol than ever before.

Some ethanol producers have been affected by bad financial decisions lately no question. But with corn prices heading back down futures dropped below 5 today those who are the most fiscally responsible will continue to turn a profit and keep moving forward. Im no economist but it seems that one of the best solutions to our financial problems is to invest even more into domestic renewable sources of energy that produce jobs and keep more American dollars here at home rather than sending them overseas.

About the writer:  Matt Hartwig is the Communications Director for the Renewable Fuels Association in Washington DC. Previously he worked as the assistant media director for the Consumers Union in Washington. Prior to that he was the Democratic Communications Director for the Senate Agriculture Committee.