The roads get icy. Snow piles up by the inch. And temperatures dance around the freezing mark. It’s winter in Michigan, and these conditions are to be expected.
But while drivers, shovelers and anyone without a sweater may gripe, skiers and snowboarders are delighted.
Snow skiing accounts for nearly 10% of total leisure spending in Michigan, said Claire Bunker of Travel Michigan. In 2007 alone, the ski industry in Michigan brought in $94 million in revenues…Â More info
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The River Rats are paddling against the current, trying to keep North Quabbin’s premiere community event alive.
The Athol Lions Club, the event’s organizers, has had to deal with loss of sponsors, cutbacks in the communities where the race is held and hazards in the river that require members to rethink where the start will be. “We’ll make do,†said David Flint of the Lions Club. “What’s the alternative? Not to have it.â€
Mr. Flint said the race will be held this year, but the future is in doubt if the club continues to lose sponsors…Â More info
Chinese cars have been displayed at the Detroit Auto Show for the past several years. Many industry critics ridiculed them for design or quality flaws. But others see these first Chinese vehicles and remember how Japanese and Korean cars were once laughed off—only to become mainstream products in America.
Kathleen Ligocki, CEO of GS Motors and formerly president of Ford of Mexico, expects Chinese-designed cars to begin production in Mexico in 2010—and make their way to the US about five years after first testing the waters in Latin America and Canada. GS Motors, a Mexican company, already imports three models from China’s First Auto Works (FAW) and sold 4,000 of them in Mexico last year…. More info
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Sebastien Bourdais will dovetail his second season of Formula 1 with a bid to win the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar classic.
A Toro Rosso spokeswoman confirmed to itv.com/f1 that a report in French newspaper L’Equipe suggesting Bourdais would be part of Peugeot’s 2009 Le Mans line-up was correct.
Peugeot will make an official announcement at its headquarters in France on Monday afternoon.
Although grand prix drivers used regularly to make time in their schedules for the famous endurance race…Â More info