The 2010 Camaro may be the Indianapolis 500 pace car this month but the trips beyond may not be as swift.\u00a0Automobile magazine reveals that the financial squeeze has stalled production plans at General Motors.\u00a0 Just as GM decided to roll the highly anticipated Camaro off its assembly lines, the news was disappointing concerning the Z28 and convertible variants. The Z28 apparently has become a victim of company cost cutting, and GM reports it can\u2019t afford an estimated $50 million to bring the high-performance variant to market. However, Chevy executives don\u2019t want to give up the Z28 completely. It is the variant they hope will dethrone Ford in the muscle car wars.\u00a0 Camaro\u2019s vehicle line executive Gene Stefanyshyn says it will take some creative engineering. Meanwhile, the convertible Camaro was set to start production in a year until the German supplier for the roof went under.\u00a0Stefanyshyn warned that even if a supplier can be found,\u00a0it will take some time to get the supplier up to speed. So Chevy will miss the vital spring-summer window. As long as we\u2019re on the subject of Indy, the snake-bit Andretti family comes to mind when it places its 500 hopes again on grandson Marco. Aside from grandfather Mario\u2019s 1969 victory, the sad story has continued for 38 years. Mario has led 556 laps and has a pair of seconds to show for them.\u00a0 He actually held the victory trophy for four months in 1981, then lost it. He had finished second to Bobby Unser. But the next day Unser was penalized one lap for passing cars under a caution flag and Andretti was declared the winner.\u00a0 Unser and car owner Roger Penske appealed the race stewards\u2019 decision and the United States Auto Club overturned the penalty four months later. Mario\u2019s son Michael goes down in the books as leading 461 laps for 16 years and never reaching the top prize.\u00a0And he\u2019s been so close. The unlucky streak has even rubbed off on Marco. In\u00a02006,\u00a0he grabbed the lead from his father on lap 197 and only two laps separated him from victory. Had Sam Hornish Jr. not passed Marco before the finish line, he would\u2019ve been, at 19, the youngest Indianapolis 500 winner. Earle Brucker Jr., who was responsible for auto racing promotions at Cajon Speedway for 44 years, passed away on March 28.\u00a0He was 83. The track, featuring stock cars, operated\u00a0consecutively from 1961 until 2004. The track\u00a0was\u00a0removed to make room for eventual Gillespie Field airplane hangars. BG Automotive Group Ltd. puts the world\u2019s largest auto producers to the test with its C200 model, a high-speed, lithium-powered four-door sedan.\u00a0The C200 will be offered at $26,995 to $28,995, depending on options. The car will travel at speeds up to 75 mph, with a battery pack that will charge 80 percent in three hours for a distance per charge of 120 to 150 miles.\u00a0BG has located six sites for manufacturing facilities to be opened in six separate regions around the country in 2009.\u00a0 Each BG assembly facility will require 375 to 450 employees producing 15,000 electric cars per location. \u00a0 *** Notes \u2014 The Cajon\u00a0Classic Cruise,\u00a0considered Southern California\u2019s largest\u00a0weekly classic car show, begins its season May 13\u00a0on Main Street in\u00a0downtown El Cajon. Admission is free.\u00a0The themed shows will be held Wednesday nights through September \u2026 Yokohama Tire Corp. has developed a process that combines orange oil with natural rubber to form a new compound called “Super Nano-Power Rubber.”\u00a0The proprietary technology reduces petroleum by approximately 10 percent and increases recyclability while maintaining the high-performance levels of previous race slick compounds.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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