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MOTOR TREND FEATURES DANICA PATRICK
AS GUEST TEST DRIVER
Detroit Grand Prix Runner-Up
Helps Explore the Question: How Many Cylinders Do You
Need for Speed?
LOS ANGELES, CA, September 5, 2007 — The
October issue of MOTOR TREND, the world’s
leading automotive authority, explores the connection between
cylinder-driven horsepower and speed by giving IndyCar sensation
Danica Patrick the keys to a few of the world’s most
desirable supercars.
Now on newsstands everywhere, “The Science of Speed” explores
a water-cooler question posed by the MOTOR TREND editorial
team: if a six cylinder car can achieve 190 miles-per-hour,
why would anyone need more cylinders? To find out,
editors took a cross-section of fast cars, ranging from six
cylinders to 12, to Ford’s Arizona Proving Grounds
and asked Patrick to take the cars to their limit. The
result offers a rare but exciting insight into how these
cars drive with a seasoned racer at the wheel.
Patrick, recognized as one of the world’s top up-and-coming
drivers and one of its most popular athletes, just scored
a career-best runner-up finish at the Detroit Grand Prix
over Labor Day weekend. Sponsored by Motorola, GoDaddy.com
and Firestone, Patrick drives a Dallara Honda for Andretti
Green Racing, the winningest team in Indy Racing League history. She
is the only woman in the history of the Indy 500 to lead
the race, which helped her earn Rookie of the Year honors
for the 2005 IndyCar Series.
“It was a lot of fun and a tremendous privilege to
have Danica Patrick as our test driver,” said Angus
MacKenzie, editor in chief of MOTOR TREND. “We
needed a driver who could take turns at 150 mph during some
hot laps, but we also wanted to gain insight from the personal
evaluation of a true-blue racing expert. We enjoyed
getting Danica’s opinions on each of the cars she drove,
and I think readers will, too.”
For the cover story, Patrick offers her assessments of the
race-ready Porsche 911 GT3 RS (flat six), the Chevy Corvette
(V-8), the Dodge Viper SRT-10 (V-10) and the Lamborghini
Murcielago LP640 (V-12). Online video of Patrick’s
test drives can be viewed on the MOTOR TREND website at http://www.motortrend.com/multimedia/videos/roadtests.
“It wasn’t that long ago that 150 miles-per-hour
was real supercar territory,” said MacKenzie. “Now,
you can get that kind of speed from turbo-charged versions
of cars that are available to the masses. We found
that there are many answers to the question we posed. In
addition, Danica’s driving helped us get to the personalities
of these cars.”
About MOTOR TREND
MOTOR TREND was founded in 1949 and has a circulation of
1.1 million and a total readership of 7.1 million. Internationally
recognized as the world's number one automotive authority,
MOTOR TREND is one of the leading brands in automotive
publishing. The MOTOR TREND brand is comprised of
motortrend.com; Motor Trend Radio; Truck Trend; Motor Trend
International Auto Shows; Motor Trend en Espanol; and the
renowned Motor Trend Car, Sport/Utility and Truck of the
Year Awards program. MOTOR TREND is a part of Primedia
Enthusiast Media, Inc., a Source Interlink Company. Source
Interlink Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s
largest publishers of magazines and online content for
enthusiast audiences and a leading distributor of DVDs,
CDs, magazines, games and books.
For more information, contact:
Brian Posnanski (314) 968-7712
bposnanski@gravitas-pr.com
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