Jennifer Wins the 2011 Dancing with the Iredell Stars



Jennifer Mills and Harold Carrillo of the Havana Ballroom



The Salsa, Waltz, and Rumba are not just new steps for Nancy Grace, Ricki Lake, and J.R. Martinez out in Hollywood. Hot and spicy dance moves were right here in Iredell county Saturday night, when Mitchell Community College played host to the 2011Dancing with the Iredell Stars. Taking center stage was Randy Marion Automotive’s very own star, Jennifer Mills and her partner Harold Carillo of the Havana Ballroom. Jennifer went on to win the evening’s top honor of Judge’s Choice, as well as second place in the overall fan vote. It was a wonderfully entertaining evening with all proceeds benefiting the MCCEE Scholarship Fund. With numbers tripling that of last year, by the end of the night guests were energized by all the exciting performances and donated $77,000 to the cause.  We are looking forward to next year’s event!

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Honda CR-Z Mugen-Hybrid Turbo To 200 HP

That the dream is about to become reality? A small sports car, with many horses, but it consumes and pollutes little. This is the intent of the Honda CR-Z Mugen is a concept for now, to be presented at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​in England later this month.

But really could be produced in series. Made by Mugen (which means "without limits") historical preparer Honda, which has added vitamins, CR-Z with a supercharger that increases power and torque than half of the hybrid sports series.

The 1.5 petrol now delivers 200 horsepower with 25 pounds of torque and works synergistically with electric motor (IMA, Honda). All this should provide very high performance (0 to 100 km / h well below the 7 ") in line with the very bad Civic Type" R" for an average distance by car, about 21 km / liter.

Honda CR-Z Mugen preesnta with the rear track is wider, the hood CFRP (Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer) Mugen wheels, an adjustable rear spoiler, as the structure, which has 5 positions.

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