SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A 70-meter dash race between man and machine, which took place at the 2016 Motor & Leisure Sports Festival in Yeongam on May 5, resulted in the defeat of runner Kuk-young Kim by a margin of only .195 seconds. Kim’s competitor, a Hyundai Avante, crossed the line in a [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s only in-city racing festival, The Brilliant Motor Festival 2016, will be held at the Songdo International Business District (SIBD) on May 21 and 22. The event, which is celebrating its three-year anniversary this year, will be hosted by Hyundai Motors, the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, and the [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A special 70-meter dash event will take place at the 2016 Motor & Leisure Sports Festival in Yeongam on May 5. It’s a man-versus-machine match featuring Kuk-young Kim, the South Korean record holder for the 100-meter dash, and Hyundai’s Avante (better known internationally as Elantra). Kim, who is preparing for the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy announced on October 23 that it would hold the first drag racing competition for tuned cars at a racing track of the Korea Intelligent Automotive Parts Promotion Institute in Daegu City on November 15. The event is part of plans to promote [...]
IRVINE, Calif., March 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – After burning the midnight oil during an extremely busy off-season, Kia Motors America (KMA) and its racing partner Kinetic Motorsports are ready to kick off the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) campaign on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., with an action-packed double-header weekend alongside the warm waters [...]