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Smoking + Motorsport = Banned
Drinking + Motorsport = How Long?

Please post all your alcohol-sponsored motorsport pictures.

Please note: the administrators and moderators of this group DO NOT endorse drink driving at all. Please find a designated driver. It is rewarding to help a friend or stranger.

www.flickr.com/groups/dont_drink_and_drive/

802 photos - August 29, 2009 - when Mario Moraes finished third with his indycar.

1,001 photos on October 25, 2009 which was when Loeb won his 6th WRC title.

Over five million people watch IRC Sardinia on Eurosport

www.rallybuzz.com/big-tv-audience-sardegna/

A record 12 million viewers watched the IRC Monte Carlo Rally on Eurosport channels

www.rallybuzz.com/rallye-monte-carlo-record-viewers/

Will only energy drink companies be able to sponsor motorsports instead of alcohol?

Monster Energy sponsors Paul Tracy in the IZOD IndyCar Series and Ken Block in the Monster Energy World Rally Team.

www.monsterenergy.com/web/athletes-paul-tracy

www.monsterworldrallyteam.com/

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/rally-ken-block-switches-...

NOS Energy Drink sponsors ACP Racing in the Rally America Series

www.musketeerracing.com/

blog.drinknos.com/nos/2010/02/were-just-getting-home-from...

Corona Rally Mexico - FIA World Rally Championship

www.rallymexico.com/

www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?id=717

A great bar to visit during the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón race weekend at Road America:

Siebkens Tavern: The Last Open Bar

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

Painting by Roger Warrick

www.rogerwarrick.com/

www.siebkens.com/

www.racingpilot.com/

Tequila and Cheese

Tequila Patrón is now the title sponsor of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón.

www.autoblog.com/2010/02/26/american-le-mans-series-gets-...

www.luxist.com/2010/02/25/tequila-patron-becomes-title-sp...

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-patron-signs-on-as-s...

Pictures from the announcement

www.theraceforum.com/index.cfm?template=pa&pa_id=5302...

Yancey’s Fancy, from northwest New York, is now the official cheese. They are also an official sponsor of the Buffalo Sabres from the NHL.

(model of a Panoz Esperante GTLM is shown)

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news|14442

www.yanceysfancy.com/

www.motorsport.com/photos/select.asp?S=ALMS&Y=2010&am...

Warsteiner with the McLaren F1 GTR Longtail from the FIA GT Championship

www.warsteiner.com/

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/vintage-mclaren-supercar-...

One of the best sponsors currently in motorsports: the Patrón Spirits Company

www.patrontequila.com/racing/

www.patronspirits.com/#/company/

www.motorsport.com/photos/drivere.asp?D=Scott_Sharp

www.motorsport.com/photos/drivere.asp?D=Ed_Brown

www.motorsport.com/photos/drivere.asp?D=John_Baker

Scott Sharp has created a new GT (GT2 class renamed 'GT' for 2010) team for the 2010 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón. Extreme Speed Motorsports will race two Ferrari F430 GTEs with Michelin tires. The new GTE is the 2010 version of the GTC.

Johannes van Overbeek with Scott Sharp

Ed Brown with Guy Cosmo

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news|14004

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news|14108

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news|14202

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news|14233

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2742/Ferrari-F430-GTC.html

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-10-questions-with-sc...

Information on the new F430 GTE model

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-sebring-tuesday-note...

ESM makes public debut

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-sebring-winter-test-...

Guy Cosmo's first race in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida since the 2006 event when he raced a Courage C65 Mazda in the LMP2 class.

www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=news|14577

Patron Spirits' CEO Ed Brown talks about future plans

(interview from mid-2009)

www.speedfreaks.tv/articles1-1293/PatronSpiritsSpiritEdBrown

Testing pictures of the revised 2010 Ferrari F430 GTE

(I think the wider fenders make it look better)

www.johnthawley.com/journal/2009/12/23/extreme-speed-moto...

Simon Pagenaud joins Patrón Highcroft Racing

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-pagenaud-joins-patro...

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/alms-primetime-pagenaud/

New aerodynamics for the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans

www.endurance-series.com/acura-ou-hpd-les-evolutions-aero...

News of some teams sponsored by the Patrón Spirits Company:

www.acura.com/MotorSports.aspx#/Motorsports_ALMS

www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=IMSA

Azul Tequila was involved in motorsports with Mario Moraes from KV Racing Technology in the 2009 IndyCar Series. As of March, 2010, Azul is not competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Jimmy Vasser is a co-owner of the team and he has mentored Moraes. Vasser won the 1996 PPG CART Indy Car World Series.

kvracingtechnology.homestead.com/

www.motorsport.com/photos/drivere.asp?D=Mario_Moraes

www.facebook.com/home.php#/KVRacingTechnology

www.tenampaazul.com/

auto-racing.speedtv.com/gallery/view/1018438/304302

From the 2009 Honda Indy Toronto

www.flickr.com/photos/thegarage/3733335226/

Patrón Highcroft Racing has been competing in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón with a Le Mans Prototype for the past several years.

2008 Acura ARX-01b

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3824/Acura-ARX-01b.html

2009 Acura ARX-02a

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4025/Acura-ARX-02a.html

Patrón sponsors both Orbit Racing and Velox Motorsport in the Patrón GT3 Challenge by Yokohama.

www.orbitracing.com/patron-gt3-challenge/

www.veloxmotorsport.com/

www.flickr.com/groups/alms/

The Bruichladdich-Bruneau Team has been competing in the Le Mans Series in Europe with its own Le Mans Prototype, a Radical SR9 AER, for the past several years. Pierre Bruneau had raced a Pilbeam LMP2 chassis with a Judd V8, but worked with the factory Radical team for the 2009 season.

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2839/Radical-SR9-AER.html

www.teambruichladdichradical.com/

bruichladdichblog.wordpress.com/

bruneau-rostan.monsite.wanadoo.fr/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbeam_Racing_Designs

Whyte & Mackay sponsors the rising Force India F1 team

www.whyteandmackay.co.uk/

Gordon Finest Beers has sponsored various GT machines in the Total 24 Hours of Spa, Belgian GT racing, and several rally cars.

Is the tagline "GO!!!!!!!" one of their advertisements?

www.anthonymartin.be/EN/news-events/events.aspx

www.ffsa.org/photo.php?id=891&page_num=2&photo=41...

www.pk-carsport.com/2009/nl/fotos/181/

www.anthonymartin.be/EN/news-events/news/gordon-a-partner...

www.rtbf.be/sport/sport_moteur

www.rallybuzz.com/minichamps-duez-porsche-911/

Martini & Rossi machines

martini.racing.club.site.voila.fr/accueil.htm

www.martiniracing.com/

motorcycling.speedtv.com/article/bikes-ducati-showcases-m...

Group C, Group B, and then Group 6 machines are shown in the following links:

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/248/Lancia-LC2.html

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/249/Lancia-Delta-S4-Group-B.html

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/424/Porsche-936.html

Racing the turbocharged Porsche 936 in the wet:

auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/vintage-darkness-and-rain...

Campari sponsored Alfa Romeo's 33 TT/12 Spider which won the 1975 World Sportscar Championship. Derek Bell and Henri Pescarolo won the 1,000 km of Spa in May, 1975.

www.campari.com/

www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/642/Alfa-Romeo-33-TT-12-Spide...

Jägermeister Die Cast Models

www.rallybuzz.com/jagermeister-liveried-models/

TWR Jaguar XJR-12D at Silverstone Classic

www.motorstv.com/car/others/silverstone-classic/09072009/...