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Consumers change buying habits, but will it last? (AP via Yahoo! News)

Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn’t expect to have another gas-guzzler.

Economy changing consumers’ habits

NEW YORK - Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn’t expect to have another gas-guzzler. “I had a paradigm shift …

Acura race team on sizzling track (The Plain Dealer)

Lexington, Ohio- The heat has arrived and is locked in for the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. About the only thing comparably hot on the track is the Acura race team featuring David Brabham and Scott Sharp in the American LeMans Series.

Mid-Ohio: Acura qualifying report (Motorsport.com)

LEXINGTON, Ohio — Gil de Ferran continued Acura’s hot streak Friday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by setting an overall track record in qualifying for Saturday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge.

de Ferran head all-Acura front row at Mid-Ohio. (Crash.net)

Acura run continues as de Ferran Motorsport pips Lime Rock winner Highcroft to ALMS pole at Mid-Ohio.

Mid-Ohio: Acura race report (Motorsport.com)

BRABHAM’S COME-FROM-BEHIND CHARGE FALLS JUST SHORT IN EXCITING AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES FINISH AT MID-OHIO LEXINGTON, Ohio — Saturday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was setting up to be another David Brabham highlight reel, just like last week’s wild Lime Rock Park overall victory, when he grabbed the lead with 90 […]

ALMS-Acura Sports Car Challenge results (Everett Herald)

1. (5) Marco Werner, Lucas Luhr; Audi AG R10/TDI (1, P1), 111 laps. 2. (7) Rinaldo Capello, Emanuele Pirro; Audi AG R10/TDI (2, P1), 111. 3. (3) Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas; Porsche RS Spyder (1, P2), 111.

Mid-Ohio: Penske Racing race report (Motorsport.com)

LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 19, 2008) — Last week, it was the Brabham/Sharp Acura that ran down the No. 7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 90 seconds left to score a victory at Lime Rock Park, but the roles were reversed today in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as Romain Dumas […]

Mid-Ohio: Fernandez Racing race report (Motorsport.com)

Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz brought the #15 Lowe’s Acura ARX home to a third-place class and fifth-place overall result in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this afternoon.

Mid-Ohio: Series race report (Motorsport.com)

Audi returned to its dominating style at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a 1-2 finish in the Acura Sports Car Challenge on Saturday with Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner taking the first overall victory for the R10 TDI since April.