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1998 IHRA National Event Schedule

1998 IHRA National Event Schedule

1999 Divisional Event Schedule ... Continue reading

1999 NMCA

1999 NMCA

1999 National Muscle Car Association Event Schedule ... Continue reading

Chicago Area High School Students to Present Their 'Dream' Vehicles

Chicago Area High School Students to Present Their 'Dream' Vehicles

Student teams from three area high schools have been selected as finalists in "Build Your Dream Vehicle," an automotive design competition sponsored by DaimlerChrysler. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Awards Traffic Safety Grants To Hault Red Light Running

DaimlerChrysler Awards Traffic Safety Grants To Hault Red Light Running

In an effort to raise public awareness of this dangerous problem, DaimlerChrysler announced that seven community safety organizations will be awarded grants, totaling $200,000. ... Continue reading

Delco Remy America Announces Tania Wingfield

Delco Remy America Announces Tania Wingfield

Delco Remy America, Inc., President Richard L. Stanley announced the promotion of Tania Wingfield to corporate director of manufacturing operations - alternators. ... Continue reading

Detroit Auto Dealer, Riverside Ford Sales, Honored by TIME Magazine

Detroit Auto Dealer, Riverside Ford Sales, Honored by TIME Magazine

Nathan G. Conyers, president of Riverside Ford Sales, was recently named a recipient of the 1999 TIME Magazine Quality Dealer Award (TMQDA). ... Continue reading

DOT Requires Upgraded Rollover Warning Label For SUVs

DOT Requires Upgraded Rollover Warning Label For SUVs

Emphasizing the need to provide American consumers with easy-to- understand information about safety, Rodney Slater announced that manufacturers must use an upgraded standard design for the mandatory rollover warning label in SUVs. ... Continue reading

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight ... Continue reading

Formula One: '99 Australian GP Results/ Brazil Preview

Formula One: '99 Australian GP Results/ Brazil Preview

Formula One: '99 Australian GP Results/ Brazil Preview ... Continue reading

Formula One: Ferrari's Irvine breaks through for first career victory

Formula One: Ferrari's Irvine breaks through for first career victory

Formula One: Ferrari's Irvine breaks through for first career victory ... Continue reading

Future Three, Inc.'s Edward Stutzman Achieves CPIM

Future Three, Inc.'s Edward Stutzman Achieves CPIM

Future Three, Inc., announces Future Three Consulting Services Representative Edward K. Stutzman successfully completed the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) program. ... Continue reading

Group 1 Completes Debt and Stock Offering Under Shelf

Group 1 Completes Debt and Stock Offering Under Shelf

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a leading operator and consolidator in the automotive retailing industry, announced that it completed its previously announced debt and stock offerings under its $250 million shelf registration. ... Continue reading

IGBT Participants and New Entrants Seek Out Niche Applications

IGBT Participants and New Entrants Seek Out Niche Applications

According to new strategic research conducted by Frost & Sullivan, North American Discrete Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Markets, the total North American market reached about $49.4 million in 1998. ... Continue reading

Increased February Sales Reported by Toyota's Cincinnati Region

Increased February Sales Reported by Toyota's Cincinnati Region

Toyota's Cincinnati Region continues its sales momentum with February car sales of 6,049, an 11% increase over last February when sales totaled 5,665. Combined car and truck sales totaled 7,248, a 7% increase over 6,754 vehicles sold last Feb. ... Continue reading

Interactive Dealer to Consumer Automobile Auction to Be Developed

Interactive Dealer to Consumer Automobile Auction to Be Developed

David A. Enterprises, Ltd., a privately held marketing services company, announced today that it will develop and implement an Internet based auction service which will enable licensed car dealerships to sell new and used vehicles to consumers. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Las Vegas 400 Race Results

NASCAR WCUP: Las Vegas 400 Race Results

NASCAR WCUP: Las Vegas 400 Race Results ... Continue reading

OEA, Inc. Quarterly Dividend

OEA, Inc. Quarterly Dividend

OEA, Inc. announced that its board of directors had determined not to declare a dividend for the second quarter. The board intends to regularly assess its dividend policy in the future. ... Continue reading

Polk Profiles Automotive Market Share

Polk Profiles Automotive Market Share

Recent analysis by The Polk Company confirms a polarization of the automotive market, with U.S. manufacturers continuing to meet consumer demand for light trucks and Asian manufacturers depending more heavily on cars for their share of the market. ... Continue reading

Precision Tune Auto Care & Kids for Saving Earth Challenge Motorists

Precision Tune Auto Care & Kids for Saving Earth Challenge Motorists

The program encourages children to work with their families, their schools and their youth organizations with the goal of reducing a ton of CO2 emissions per family by the millennium. ... Continue reading

R&B, Inc. Is Advised That Principal Shareholders May Purchase Shares of Common Stock

R&B, Inc. Is Advised That Principal Shareholders May Purchase Shares of Common Stock

R&B, Inc. reports that it has been advised by Richard Berman, President, CEO and a principal shareholder of the Company that he and/or his affiliates have indicated an intention to purchase up to 300,000 shares of R&B, Inc. common stock. ... Continue reading

Spartan Motors Gains New OEM Customer for RV Chassis

Spartan Motors Gains New OEM Customer for RV Chassis

Custom chassis maker Spartan Motors, Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to supply recreational vehicle chassis to Elkhart, Ind.-based Damon Corporation. ... Continue reading

SPRINT: Twin Cities Speedway Gearing Up for 1999 Civil War Series Opener

SPRINT: Twin Cities Speedway Gearing Up for 1999 Civil War Series Opener

SPRINT: Twin Cities Speedway Gearing Up for 1999 Civil War Series Opener ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Mid-Year Price Increase on 1999 Models

Toyota Announces Mid-Year Price Increase on 1999 Models

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., announced a slight increase in the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for most of its 1999 model cars and trucks. ... Continue reading

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