Nitto Tires is sponsoring a downtown LA races over the course of 2 and a 1/2 weeks to determine the fastest car

http://www.drivingline.com/2015/03/battle-of-the-streets-los-angeles/




16 competing cars and their positions on the brackets are set.

  Aventador   AMG C63   GT3 (991)   458  Nissan GTR  Saleen GTX Tesla   Mustang 5.0
 Audi RS5  Toyota Dragquoia  Lexus LFA  Rolls Royce Phantom   Challenger
  Mclaren 650s  Mercedes Mclaren SLR   Corvette  Ford GT Heritage

click on http://battleofthestreets.nittotire.com/  and the bracket will appear at the bottom of the page, you choose which car you've decided ought to win each race, and click on it, progress from top to bottom, left to right, and then in the event of a tie, come up with an estimated winning time.

Fans now have the chance to fill out and submit their own bracket forms at www.battleofthestreets.com until March 25th for a chance to win trip to Las Vegas to drive supercars with Exotics Racing should they pick the perfect bracket.

The tournament consists of three elimination rounds
 March 26th-27th,
 March 30th-31st,
and April 2nd (April 3rd is the Friday that the new Fast and Furious 7 movie hits theaters, by the way.)

during which time the two brackets will be whittled down to the top two cars before culminating with the Finals on Monday, April 6th.

8 years ago, there were chocolate covered Jeeps, and a contest, to win a Jeep Liberty by licking the chocolate off a grill

Full story and more photos at http://www.trucktrend.com/features/news/2007/163_news071023_jeep_sweetest_day_challenge/  via  http://www.materiaincognita.com.br/jipeiro-come-lama-e-poeira-mas-lambe-chocolate-ate-na-carroceria/#axzz3TF2Vb69y

Riding with the stars

Wonder what Malaysian actress Maya Karin, actor and singer Shaheizy Sam, DJ Yoon, Hong Kong heartthrob Him Law, and Bii, the Taiwanese sensation, have in common?

Well, PETRONAS is now giving you the chance of joining your favourite celebrity on a five-day road trip across the country. Not only that - you also stand the chance of winning a cash prize of up to RM100,000 as well as gift cards and Mesra points.

The ‘FUELLED BY FANS, POWERED BY PRIMAX’ contest started on 14 October 2013. However, you still have time to enter as the cut-off date for participation is 24 November 2013.

Each of the five teams will be provided a car, a preloaded Mesra Card and a smartphone with data plan. They have to use these with their own smarts and the aid of fans and Twitter followers to win the challenge. Starting off from PETRONAS Solaris, Serdang, all the way to PETRONAS Kulim in Kedah, the challenge is not about who finishes first but rather, who travels the farthest.

To take part in the contest all you have to do is spend RM30 at any PETRONAS station or purchase a Mesra combo.

You can also download the entry form at www.like2savefor.my/fuelledbyfans and drop it off at any PETRONAS station.

There’s also over 800 prizes worth up to RM 1,000,000 to be given away, including 215 bi-weekly winners for each of the three contest rounds with cash prizes, PETRONAS vouchers, Gift Cards and Mesra points!

If you are undecided on which star to support, just log on to the site and watch the stars tell you why you should pick them.
FYI, PRIMAX was specially formulated by Petronas, for fuel efficiently by producing a finer fuel spray thus giving you smoother acceleration and a more economical drive. This means more savings for things that matter.

You can join in the conversation at facebook.com/PETRONASBrands or @PETRONASBrands on Twitter. Use the tag: #LIKE2SAVEFOR

NOTE: Contest open to residents of Malaysia only.

Don with the Nitro T-Shirt

Don from Canada, was one of the winners of the Dodge Nitro T-shirt contest that I ran on my blog sometime back.

He finally sent me a picture of him wearing the t-shirt. He also informed me that he's buying a Nitro next year.

Go on over to his blog 'Binary-01' and say Hi!

Think your tuned imported ride is amazing

Join the Import Tuner Ride of the Month contest and you stand a chance of winning a great t-shirt and getting your car featured in Importtuner.com.

The contest starts on 6th of June (next month) this year. Last date of entry is the 22 of June, 2007. Online voting will start immediately after that from 17:30 p.m. PST onwards and ends on the 30th of the same month (till 17:00 p.m. PST).

All you have to do is submit your contest entry and photos of your ride. Images of your car will automatically be resized and/or cropped to a 112x80 Thumbnail and a 400x300 Full Size. Only one entry is limited per person. I guess that's fair. So if you have a few modified cars, choose the one that you think is the most outstanding. Another rule is that you be 18 or older as of 1st of June 2007 with a valid driver's
license to enter or win. Oh! I nearly forgot. This is open to US residents only.

Three top entries will ultimately be selected as the winners of the contest and will have the honour of being featured on the site. Getting featured is a big deal as this site has a 6 Google page rank. Was going through some of the feature articles and I especially liked one on Honda tuning. A guy called Chang was already on the 3rd version of his 2000 Honda S2000 with more modifications expected in the future. I guess it's a hobby, an addiction and a passion for some guys.

In case you didn't know, Import Tuner Cars is a PRIMEDIA publication that focuses on modified / modifying cars imported to the States.

Sponsored post

Dodge Nitro T-shirt contest sponsors disappear

I finally realized I was scammed after repeated e-mails to the contact person and the company who sponsored my Dodge Nitro T-shirt contest, remain unanswered.

The winners of the contest will not go empty handed. I have already sent them a t-shirt each from my own 'Auto Enthusiast' online shop. I really apologise for not being able to deliver the promised prizes. This is a big lesson for me.



Read the whole series of events here, right from the start when a lady named Corrie Zielinski contacted me. I later found out that she was the Online Brand Manager of an online advertising company called New Media Strategies.

UPDATE: 5 June 2007
I am really happy to announce that everything turned out great in the end. The whole fiasco was due to e-mail problems.