Sigalsport enters Mexico City event
Sigalsport has recently acquired several PTG BMW M3s and one of the BMW M3s will be co-driven at Mexico City by Gene Sigal and Matt Alhadeff.
The Sigalsport BMW M3 Alhadeff Companies / Guarneros Racing Wear / Motul / GlycoMax / The Speed Gallery / Envista No. 05 will be the only BMW car to compete in the final round of the 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series. The BMW M3 has won seven Rolex Series GT races this season and its PTG BMWdrivers have scored six pole positions.
Sigalsport’s BMW team will race at Mexico with the ambition to win and will try to score their first ever podium finish in the Rolex Series GT class.
Sigalsport will be assisted by PTG BMW team technicians for this race to make sure we put all chances on our side to score big in Mexico. Prototype Technology Group has been BMW’s primary U.S. motorsports research and development team for the BMW M3 since 1995. In 2004, the team fielded three BMW M3s in the GT class of the Rolex Sports Car Series, sweeping the Manufacturer, Driver and Team championships.
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Mexico pig manure project enters Kyoto pollution scheme
A scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions from pig manure has become Mexico's first project to win approval under the Kyoto Protocol rules on investing in poor countries, the project's developer said on Tuesday.
The scheme, which covers 23 farms, has gained United Nations registration under Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), said Ireland-based AgCert International in a statement.
"We are delighted to be the first company to have a CDM project registered in Mexico and we will now be moving toward certification as soon as possible," said AgCert's chief executive officer Bill Haskell.
Registration of
Hurricane Katrina enters the Gulf of Mexico
HURRICANE Katrina passed through southern Florida overnight Thursday and entered the Gulf of Mexico early Friday morning at a point north of and near Cape Sable, in the southwestern Florida peninsula, according to Official Note No. 12 from the Cuban Meteorological Institute’s Forecast Center.
Katrina, after weakening somewhat upon touching land, once again reached the category of hurricane; the storm now has sustained maximum winds of 120 kilometers per hour, with stronger gusts, and its central pressure has gone down to 987 hectoPascal, which is why is remains a Category 1 hurricane on the
Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in 64
Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in
MEXICO CITY - The United States has agreed with a request from Mexico to not prosecute undocumented Mexican migrants affected by Hurricane Katrina who recur to U.S. officials for help, President Vicente Fox said Friday.
"We have agreed with the government of the United States that those who were not documented at the time will not be subject to any pressure or persecution whatsoever," Fox said during a government event Friday afternoon.
"In this way, they can receive help from the American authorities, they can approach the authorities to point out what they've lost and, above all, to ask for support."
Mexico estimates
Mexico tops Canada, 7-2, in Olympic event
Former major league pitcher Rigo Beltran scattered six hits in six innings Friday and Mexico stayed alive for the final Olympic baseball qualifying spot with a 7-2 victory over Canada.
Beltran, a left-hander who pitched for St. Louis, the New York Mets, Colorado and Montreal from 1997-2004, gave up just one run. Pablo Ortega worked the final three innings to earn the save for Mexico (2-2).
Luis Garcia had four hits, and Leo Arauz went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs for Mexico, which had 17 hits off five Canadian pitchers.
Joey Votto hit a
Mexico City: Forsythe Racing race report
In a chaotic event marked by passes, penalties and punts, Forsythe Championship Racing matadors Paul Tracy (#3 Indeck Lola/Ford-Cosworth/Bridgestone) and Mario Dominguez (#7 Roshfrans/Indeck Lola/Ford-Cosworth/Bridgestone) locked horns with the best drivers in the world at the final event of the 2005 season as Bridgestone presents the Champ Car World Series powered by Ford, Round 14 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in the heart of Mexico City. It was a mix of sweet and sour as Tracy came from deep in the field not once but twice to score an astonishing third place finish while home
Jeff Jarrett Causes Near-Riot In Mexico City On Sunday Night
NEAR-RIOT ERUPTS IN MEXICO CITY DURING APPEARANCE BY NWA WORLD CHAMPION JEFF JARRETT
Security and police called in to escort Jarrett out of arena
The El Toreo arena in Mexico City nearly erupted in a full-scale riot on Sunday night during an appearance by NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett.
During the main event of the huge AAA “Verano de Escandalo” show in front of over 20,000 spectators, police and extra security had to be called in after fans rushed the ring and threw hundreds of projectiles at Jarrett.
In a total show of disrespect,
Reed Life Sciences Expands Global INTERPHEX Portfolio to Mexico; INTERPHEX Mexico to Co-Locate with PMMI's EXPO PACK Event
Reed Life Sciences, a division of Reed Exhibitions, one of the world's largest trade events producers, is bringing its flagship INTERPHEX event to Mexico City June 27-30, 2006, to be held at Centro Banamex. INTERPHEX Mexico, which is co-locating with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute's (PMMI) EXPO PACK and PROCESA events, focuses on both the pharmaceutical and medical device industries in Mexico, and has garnered key supporters including ISPE (The Society for Engineering Pharmaceutical Innovation), Pharmaceutical Processing, Pharmaceutical Technology En Espanol, and Revista
Mexico City: Doran Racing race report
Doran Racing's Crown Royal Special Reserve No. 77 Finishes Tenth in Rolex Series Season Finale
Matteo Bobbi and Fabrizio Gollin recorded another top-10 finish Saturday as they concluded their first full season of Rolex series action at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Doran Racing's Crown Royal Special Reserve DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77.
Unofficially the Lebanon, Ohio-based team ended up tenth in the Daytona Prototype point standings for the 14-race 2005 season. Bobbi and Gollin tied with Mike Borkowski for tenth place in the DP driver standings. The DORAN JE4 was third in the DP chassis
