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Nissan’s Darren Lobb Third in South Africa Off-road Championship

Former national champion Hannes Grobler and co-driver Juan Mohr were convincing winners of the production vehicle category of the Sun City 400 on Saturday in their Sasol-supported Nissan Navara to give Nissan Motorsport its second successive victory in the event.

It was their first win together since teaming up at the start of the season and, while it was the veteran Grobler’s 24th victory in the past seven and a half seasons, it was Mohr’s first time on the top step of the podium in the production vehicle category of the Absa Off Road Car Championship. Read more

NISSAN GT-R takes 8th place at SUPER GT 2008

Round 5 of SUPER GT, the “SUGO GT 300km RACE” was decided on Sunday, July 27th at Sportsland SUGO (lap: 3.707km) in Miyagi prefecture. After starting 13th, the “WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R” (#24 –Joao Paolo de Oliveira, Seiji Ara) took 8th and was awarded three championship points for their efforts.

In the four events since the opening round of the season, the NISSAN GT-R has taken three wins. As a result, a Special Performance Adjustment was levied on the cars. The undulating up-down nature of the SUGO track meant a hard fight was expected. Read more

GNGWC 2008: Game and Game World Championship starts in Europe

The international game contest, GNGWC, sponsored by KIPA, has been held for 3 years for the purpose of globalization of Korean online games. In this year, 4 Korean games, including ShotOnline (by OnNet), Atlantica (by NDoors), SilkroadOnline (by JoyMax), and Navy Field (by SDEnternet), have been chosen for official games. The online preliminary contests will start in July, the local final contests will be in 6 countries all around the world, and the final match will be in Korea in November.

GNGWC has become a source to find out great online games developed by medium or small sized Korean game companies, and to help them distribute the products to overseas by their own capacities in the short period of time.

Korea was the number one in the online game industries on the basis of world class IT infrastructures and game developments. But other countries such as China getting into the business lately have been improved rapidly, and Korea’s overseas marketing with licensing through local publishers has met the limitation causing its market decrease. At this moment, KIPA’s GNGWC has become the window for Korean game companies to prove their superior products internationally.

KIPA and its official sponsor KT Corporation (CEO: Jungsu NAM) established base servers in 6 different countries considering their online infrastructures in order to support localization and marketing of the games for GNGWC. This year in GNGWC, based on the administration know-how regarding international game contests, contests will be held in 6 countries, which is one more country compared to last year.

In GNGWC 2007, about 120 gamers through online preliminary contests and the local final contests all around the world competed. The official games of last year such as Lunia (by Allm), BombNDash (by Innodis), and Navy Field (by SDEnternet) have been contracted for overseas services through GNGWC 2007. As a result, those companies reached significant marketing achievements, i.e. increasing the number of new users, etc.

GNGWC 2008 will start with online preliminary contests in July, with subsequent local final contests in Europe (Leipzig, Germany), Southeast Asia (Singapore), North America (San Francisco, U.S.A.), Korea (Yongin), South America (Sang Paulo, Brazil), and Japan (Tokyo), and the final contest will be in Korea in November.

Taekmin KWON from the Digital Contents Business Group of KIPA said “Korean online game industries are currently depressed, and we need the entry for global market as soon as possible. And GNGWC will be the suitable marketing means”, and added “We will try to foster the domestic e-sports contests using foreign games for professional gamers, will try to encourage public users with Korean online games through the GNGWC.”

For more information about the GNGWC, please refer to the official KIPA website.

NISSAN Tiida in China Circuit Championship Round 3

June 8, Beijing Golden Port Circuit Round 3 of the “China Circuit Championship” or “CCC” took place at Beijing’s Golden Port Circuit (1 lap, 2.39kms), continuing the closely-fought battle from the last round in the series. The winner in the 1,600 class was a NISSAN Tiida, run by the DongFeng NISSAN Ghia Team, driver #4Lin Li Feng taking a lights-to-flag victory.

After taking 2nd in the opening round, and then an unfortunate retirement in the following race, this event saw the #4Lin’s car turn up with 20kgs success ballast. Showing perfect consistent of speed in qualifying, pole position was duly snatched. In the warm-up session held on the morning of race day, his rivals also demonstrated quick lap times, but it was no worry for Lin ahead of the final race. On this day, Beijing’s Golden Port Circuit was blessed with fine weather. Just prior to race start, the temperature stood at 33 degrees Celsius, with the track surface measured at 43 C which was like day on midsummer. A total of 17 cars left the line together for the start of the race, Lin calmly holding on to the lead. Over the course of the opening lap, he built up a gap over the ensuing pack. Later on, last year’s championship-winning Volkswagen and Kia Cerato gave chase, but Lin gradually moved further and further away. He ran at the head of the field for the duration of the 33-lap event. It was a lights-to-flag victory, his first win of the season.

Meanwhile, his teammate and 2006 series champion #3Guo Haisheng was saddled with a colossal 120kgs success ballast in qualifying, relegating him to a fifth-place start. Guo fought for position with the 4th-place starter, the #7 Kia Cerato throughout the opening lap, finally taking the position after a daring move on the back straight stuck at the last corner. Heavy side contact however meant that the cars spun out. Both machines ended up in the gravel bed and went into retirement.

Winner Lin Li Feng:
“Over the course of the first 10 laps, I was a little worried when the following cars made up some ground. Over the final 10 laps however, I was able to ease off a little as I had built up a bit of a margin. The handicap weight has now become 100kgs – still very heavy. The next round is at Zhuhai, our home circuit, so somehow we’ll have to finish on the podium. I really want to fight to be this year’s champion. Today, we got support from over 500 Tiida Owner’s Club members. It’s really very gratifying, thank you all very much.”

The season has now reached its halfway point, with Wang(Kia) leading on 20 points. Lin (NISSAN Tiida) sits in 2nd with 2 points down. Also, in the tie for 3rd is Guo (NISSAN Tiida) and the top VW, with the battle set to continue.
Source: Press Release

Ashley Force’s Mustang Funny Car reaches semifinal at NHRA race

Ashley Force, driver of the Castrol GTX Mustang, made it to the third round of the NHRA race in Joliet, Ill., before losing to Tony Pedregon. She remains second in the standings, now just 57 points behind leader Tim Wilkerson. Read the press release below.

DEARBORN, Mich., June 8, 2008 – Ashley Force’s Mustang Funny Car may have been the best dragster going into Sunday’s NHRA race in Joliet, Ill., but a broken belt in the semifinal round ended her day early, highlighting a busy Ford Racing weekend.

Force qualified third and had defeated her teammate Robert Hight in the first round and Gary Scelzi in the second round on her way to the semifinal against Tony Pedregon. In the semifinal run, Force jumped out to an early lead before her car suffered a dropped cylinder and broken supercharger drive belt, causing her to lose enough power to end her day earlier than she hoped.

“This weekend I definitely felt like we were going to go a lot of rounds because my car was so good,” Force said. “The conditions were so difficult, but we still ran well. Getting our car down both lanes really gave us some confidence. We had a really good feeling going into this race. It’s tough on the team when you have to sit around in the rain. We were ready every round, and I am so proud of my guys. There were no mistakes. Bad luck just bit us, (but) we gave them a run for their money.”

Force remains second in the standings, now just 57 points behind leader Tim Wilkerson.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup series was at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., where Matt Kenseth finished as the top Ford driver in the race in the No. 17 Fusion. Kenseth crossed the finish line in seventh place and moved up one spot to 15th in the standings as he continues his charge toward championship contention.

Carl Edwards led late in the race for a few laps before heading into pit road. On his way out, Edwards’ car had a flat left-rear tire and he needed to pit yet again, dropping him to 33rd. Edwards would fight back the rest of the race and still ended with a top-10 finish, taking ninth place. He remains fourth in the standings.

“It was not too bad,” said Edwards of his finish considering his flat tire. “We have just got to a better job on pit road. But, we went from 34th to ninth. I’m not real good at math, but that’s a lot of cars. This was fun. I mean, I had a good time on that last run. I just wish (I had) 10 more laps or something to work on people, you know?”

David Ragan led all Ford drivers across the finish line in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Nashville, Tenn., finishing fifth in the No. 6 Fusion. Ragan has landed a top-10 finish eight times through 15 Nationwide Series races this season.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers competed in Fort Worth, Texas, this weekend. Bobby East, who was behind the wheel No. 09 F-150 for the second time this season, spent the entire day running in the top 10 before eventually finishing eighth. The finish marked East’s first top-10 result in a NASCAR event. East has run in a total of 37 NASCAR events; 26 Truck Series races and 11 Nationwide Series races.

“The Zaxby’s Ford F-150 was great,” said East. “We unloaded good, and Chad Norris and the crew did a great job. Our performance was because of him, Mike Beam and Matt Puccia. I want to thank everybody. I want to thank Jack Roush for this opportunity.”

East will also be driving the No. 09 F-F150 again next weekend at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

Four Fords finished in the top 10 spots of the Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Watkins Glen, N.Y. Team Owner Michael Shank’s No. 60 Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype, driven by Oswaldo Negri Jr. and Mark Patterson, took fourth place, while his No. 6 Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype, driven by Ian James and John Pew, were sixth.

“All of our drivers really pulled their weight for all six hours out there,” said Shank. “Oz [Negri Jr.] and Ian did over three hours each and didn’t put a wheel wrong. It was a very good weekend all around for us. We were in the fight all day, and Mark put in I think his absolute best stint ever, bringing the car into the pits in second place deep into the race. Just fantastic.”

Memo Gidley and Brad Jaeger finished fifth in the No. 77 Ford-Dallara Daytona Prototype and Brian Frisselle and Mark Wilkins took seventh in the No. 61 Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype.

Next weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will compete at Michigan International Speedway, while the NASCAR Nationwide Series will be in Sparta, Ky. Also competing will be the Grand-Am KONI Challenge and the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ont.

Nike Dunk High PE Throwbacks: as worn by Kentucky Wildcats

We all love throwbacks and there are not many as good at these Nike Dunk High PE, as worn by the players of the 1985 Kentucky Wildcats. If you love baseball and you also like kicks then these sneakers are perfect for you.

The Nike Dunk High PE Throwbacks feature the Kentucky Wildcats school logo on its tongue. The year of 1985 was a successful one for the Kentucky Wildcats when Eddie Sutton was the team. The team won the SEC regular season as well as the tourney championship.

Source – Nice Kicks

Microsoft Surface at 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship Drawing Party

Back in 2007 we were meant to see a rollout of the Microsoft Surface at a number of Harrah’s casino properties; however it seemed as if Surface was hit by some delays. Well Microsoft Surface will be making an appearance at the upcoming 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship Drawing Party, which is being held at Caesar’s Palace.

Microsoft is allowing a number of B and C list celebrities to have a play with Surface while at this gambling event. However these celebrities could not get too exited as they were only allowed to write their names on photographs of themselves.

Source – Engadget via Harrahs Surface

Last 30 News & Products: 03-04-2008

The Halo 3 Championship Tournament has opened

It has been announced that the Halo 3 Championship Tournament has opened for registration.

This is your chance to participate in one of the biggest gaming competitions of the year. Read more

Rare Nintendo World Championships Gold Up For $15,000 On eBay

Every die-hard collector knows that being the owner of the rarest of the rare is the only way to prove your worth. Any Nintendo fan looking to boost their collection had better head on over to eBay, where there is a limited-edition game that Nintendo released for the NES in 1990. The game is Nintendo World Championships Gold and is one of only 26 ever produced. Read more

Bob Knight Resigns From College Basketball

ESPN.com have reported that Bob Knight, the Texas Tech Coach, resigned yesterday. 67-year-old Knight surprised his colleagues and fans by leaving in the middle of the season, although former coach and friend Pete Newell understood why Knight would want to resign after an amazing career boasting 902 victories. Read more

UFC 81 Video of Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar in Ultimate Fighting Championship

This 5 minutes and 20 seconds video from UFC 81 was between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar; you can watch the video below, which shows a horrible stoppage.

I love Ultimate Fighting Championship and this fight was good, but the ref was a bit stupid stopping the fight the way he did Read more

Last 30 News & Products: 02-03-2008

Australian Open Men’s Final: Novak Djokovic defeats Tsonga, 1st Grand Slam title

In this years Australian Open Men’s Final we saw Novak Djokovic play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, these are two greats in the mens championship and after Tsonga trimmed the lead to 5-2, we then saw Tsonga play great defense to get a point Read more

ESPN To Cover Video Gaming: Since When Did It Become A Sport?

It has been reported that the ‘worldwide leader in sports’, ESPN is adding video-gaming to their lineup of football, baseball, basketball and other sports. This is the craziest thing I’ve heard all day! Read more

New York Giants NFC Championship Tickets

If you enjoyed watching the NFC divisional playoffs between Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, then you will also know their next game is on the Sunday 1/20/2008 at 5:30pm.

The NFC Championship is Green Bay Packers vs New York Giants Read more

Giants vs Cowboys: 21-17 victory puts New York into NFC championship game

The Sunday game “Giants vs Cowboys” has seen a 21-17 victory to New York, this puts them in the NFC championship game and that’s something that has not happened since the 2000 season.

Manning only had a few chances and he made them count when needed Read more

Christopher Bowman Dead: Chris in probable drug overdose

Christopher Bowman was a former U.S. figure skating champion but sadly he has been found dead in a motel called “Budget Inn” in North Hills, San Fernando Valley the Paramedics that arrived at the motel had responded for a “probable drug overdose” Read more

Kelly Tilghman apologies for saying lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley

The good looking girl from The Golf Channel (Kelly Tilghman) has apologized to not only Tiger Woods representatives but also during Sunday’s telecast.

The apology comes after Kelly Tilghman said “young players should lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley” Read more

BCS National Championship: future talent in Ohio State vs LSU game

The BCS National Championship game between Ohio State and LSU will kick off Jan. 7 in New Orleans and people are saying that this game will showcase the future talent of many stars.

This is the biggest game of the 2008 college football postseason Read more

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