If you have been watching The Jay Leno Show, the guest appearances are sure to be one of the most anticipated segments you would want. Guests are normally celebrities or famous personalities. But a car? Apparently there is a new twist on the next show via NBC. This time it is not a human celebrity but a car celebrity. And that car celebrity is the electric Ford Focus.

The appearance of the electric Ford Focus is actually part of the “Green Car Challenge”. Jay Leno will make use of the electric Ford Focus as the official vehicle that will be driven by the rich and famous and find out who can lap a track at the quickest time. With the Ford Focus scheduled to be unveiled by 2011, this may be a good teaser and publicity gimmick to build on the fortunes of Ford Motors.

The prototype vehicle that will be used on The Jay Leno Show was developed by Ford in partnership with Magna. Tune in to NBC and watch the Jay Leno Show at 10 p.m./ 9p.m. central and see which personality can drive the electric Ford Focus the fastest!

(Source) Automobile Mag

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Due to bad weather, the scheduled Rich Vogler Classic USAC National Sprint race at Winchester Speedway was canceled. The Rich Vogler Classic will now be held at Winchester Speedway when the USAC National Sprint cars return for Thursday Night Thunder on Thursday, July 2nd.

The Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series late models will be added to the May 17th Pier-Mac Plastics King of the Wings Sprint Car Challenge, which will now be the season opening event for Winchester Speedway and will also include season opening events for the CRA Street Stocks and Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts.

The cancellation was announced on Saturday afternoon to allow race teams and fans to alter their travel plans for Sunday in the interest of curtailing costs during this economically-challenging time.

(Source) Who Won

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The 2009 Jetta TDI Cup season is set to get underway. After initially announcing 9 of the 10 venues of the said meet, the 10th and last venue was finally revealed. The last one is the Miller Motorsports Park to the list of venues that will host its SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned events.

The Jetta TDI Cup’s second season will begin on April 24 at VIRginia International Raceway. During the season, 30 young, undiscovered drivers (between ages 16-26) will compete in ten events on eight road courses around North America in identical factory-prepared Jetta TDI’s powered by clean diesel. The series champion will win $100,000. In addition, each driver competing in the series will earn a Pro Racing license from SCCA at the conclusion of the season.

Last season’s Jetta TDI Cup Champion, Josh Hurley used his opportunity to propel his racing career into a full-time position. Hurley was signed by APR Motorsport to compete in the 2009 Koni Sports Car Challenge Championship, a division of the Grand-Am Series. In addition, last year’s runner-up, Liam Kenney also secured a full-time professional ride in the 2009 ADAC Formula Masters Championship in Europe driving for Ma-Con Motorsport.

(Source) Press

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