Category: Auto Shows and Events

  • SBS updates 2024 schedule – SoVaNOW: Home of The News & Record and The Mecklenburg Sun

    SBS updates 2024 schedule – SoVaNOW: Home of The News & Record and The Mecklenburg Sun

    Jason Myers (4), Jake Crum (12), Daniel Yates (18) and Jeremy Gerstner (55) battle for position as they speed into the second turn during the Oct. 14 SMART Modified Tour race at South Boston Speedway. Layne Riggs (62), Deac McCaskill (08) and Carson Kvapil (8) lead the field into the first turn during pace laps…

  • Fundraiser brings OUWB students together for fun and a good cause

    Fundraiser brings OUWB students together for fun and a good cause

    More than 20 medical students from Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine gathered for a fundraiser designed to help “strike” out cancer. The Oncology Interest Group (OncIG) held its annual Strike Out Cancer bowling fundraiser on Nov. 10 at Avon North Hill Lanes. All funds raised by OncIG will be donated to the Breast…

  • Midas Church Hill spot revving up with $1.6M property purchase

    Midas Church Hill spot revving up with $1.6M property purchase

    Midas of Richmond held a ‘Friendsgiving’ event last week at the site, where it’s planning its sixth area location. (Photos courtesy Mark Smith) Plans for a sixth Midas of Richmond store are in full swing with the purchase of a long-dormant auto shop site in Church Hill. The former Duke’s Auto Electric & General Repair…

  • TA2 to take on New Zealand

    TA2 to take on New Zealand

    By Thomas Miles Date posted: November 28, 2023 The TA2 Muscle Car Series will go racing in New Zealand next year as part of a two-round Trans-Tasman Challenge. The venues for the historic journey will be Euromarque Motorsport Park in Christchurch on February 9-11 and Highlands International Motorsport Park circuit at Cromwell, near Queenstown the…

  • More than $37,000 raised for a disabled veteran on Veterans Day at Legends Golf & Country Club

    More than $37,000 raised for a disabled veteran on Veterans Day at Legends Golf & Country Club

    <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> More than 250 members of Legends Golf and Country Club participated in two days of fundraising events on Nov. 10-11, resulting in $37,561 for the nonprofit Stand Up and Play Foundation. With the funds the foundation will purchase a VertaCatTM for Capt. Karen Atkinson (ret.), U.S. Army, who lives in Tampa.…

  • City of Laredo sets schedule for upcoming Christmas events

    City of Laredo sets schedule for upcoming Christmas events

    LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) – The City of Laredo is working to make the most wonderful time of the year a memorable one for its residents. Starting this week, a few events are hoping to bring in the Christmas spirit. Here’s a schedule of events. District 5′s “Winter Wonderland” — Thursday, November 30th District Five hosting…

  • The Auto Show: An Institution Worth Saving

    The Auto Show: An Institution Worth Saving

    I recently attended a lavish new car debut two days before the Los Angeles Auto Show. Genesis unveiled its new GV80 sport utility vehicle and GV80 coupe. The event was held in a modern $75 million mansion in the hills of Bel Air in Southern California. While a Jazz quartet set the mood, the Genesis…

  • Mooresville to host Executive Car Events CLT23 at NTI

    Special to the Tribune Speedology Lifestyle Solutions, along with co-host Columbia Car Meets and title sponsor Audi Charlotte, will present an automotive fundraiser event happening in September in Mooresville. The Executive Car Events CLT23 at the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, AKA Race City, USA, is taking place Sept. 16 from 5-9 p.m. (rain date…

  • The US Military’s AI ‘Swarm’ Initiatives Speed Pace of Hard Decisions About Autonomous Weapons

    AI employed by the U.S. military “has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces’ missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia,” reports the Associated Press. But that’s the beginning. AI also “tracks soldiers’ fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space.” Now, the Pentagon…

  • Sports on TV: Sunday, November 26, 2023

    Sports on TV: Sunday, November 26, 2023

    (All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSunday, November 26 AUTO RACING 7:55 a.m. ESPN — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ESPNU — Formula 1: The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (F1 Kids) Advertisement…