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1999 AIS Indy Car Schedule

1999 AIS Indy Car Schedule

1999 AIS Indy Car Schedule ... Continue reading

1999 FIA World Rally Championship

1999 FIA World Rally Championship

1999 Michelin SCCA Pro Rally ... Continue reading

1999 Formula 3 Schedules

1999 Formula 3 Schedules

1999 Formula Dodge Series ... Continue reading

1999 Formula Dodge Race Series Schedules

1999 Formula Dodge Race Series Schedules

1999 Formula Dodge Midwestern Series ... Continue reading

1999 Vorra Off Road Racing

1999 Vorra Off Road Racing

1999 Michelin SCCA Pro Rally ... Continue reading

Ajay Sports Commences Manufacturing Joint Venture

Ajay Sports Commences Manufacturing Joint Venture

Ajay Sports, Inc. announced that the company has reached an agreement with Williams Controls, Inc. to manufacture electronic throttle controls for Williams' truck and diesel engine customers that operate in Latin and South America. ... Continue reading

APCO Management Comfortable With Analysts' Consensus Estimate

APCO Management Comfortable With Analysts' Consensus Estimate

Automobile Protection Corporation announced that management is comfortable with the consensus estimate of $0.13 diluted earnings per share for the first quarter ended March 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

ATLANTIC, BUSINESS: Lynx's New Lair

ATLANTIC, BUSINESS: Lynx's New Lair

ATLANTIC, BUSINESS: Lynx's New Lair ... Continue reading

Avis Offers Arizona Travelers One-Way Rental Bargains

Avis Offers Arizona Travelers One-Way Rental Bargains

Avis Rent A Car, Inc. announced it is offering exceptional one- way, time limited rent a car bargains to Arizona based customers. ... Continue reading

BAT Finalizes Agreement With World Transport Authority

BAT Finalizes Agreement With World Transport Authority

BAT International, an advanced research and development company in the transportation and energy industries, has jointly agreed with World Transport Authority to issue the following statement: ... Continue reading

Beat Rising Gas Pump Prices With Tornado Air Management Device

Beat Rising Gas Pump Prices With Tornado Air Management Device

After several weeks of testing, David Shortreed, host of Talk Radio Network's "Cruisin' America" has officially endorsed the TORNADO Air Management System. ... Continue reading

BMW Celebrates First Quarter With Record Sales

BMW Celebrates First Quarter With Record Sales

BMW of North America, Inc. outsold all international luxury passenger car competitors during the first quarter, reporting sales of 35,808, compared to 30,939 automobiles sold during the same period last year, an increase of 16 percent. ... Continue reading

BMW Selects Chubb As Strategic Partner

BMW Selects Chubb As Strategic Partner

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and BMW Financial Services have signed a letter of intent to offer BMW owners a customized personal insurance program. ... Continue reading

CASCAR: CASCAR Castrol Super Series

CASCAR: CASCAR Castrol Super Series

CASCAR: CASCAR Castrol Super Series ... Continue reading

CORRECTION: Hyundai March Sales

CORRECTION: Hyundai March Sales

Hyundai Motor America earlier reported March 1999 sales of 11,970 vehicles. This represents an increase of 22.5 percent above the March 1998 total. ... Continue reading

Daewoo Motor America Releases Monthly Sales Report

Daewoo Motor America Releases Monthly Sales Report

Sales of Daewoo automobiles continue to increase on a steady basis as Daewoo Motor America announced sales of 1400 units for the month of March. ... Continue reading

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight ... Continue reading

Eager Beaver Engineers Great Product for Truck Lovers

Eager Beaver Engineers Great Product for Truck Lovers

Sales are soaring for the new aluminum retractable truck beds designed and manufactured by Beaver Bed Systems, Inc. ... Continue reading

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Announces Year-End 1998 Results

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Announces Year-End 1998 Results

Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company announced financial results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended January 2, 1999. ... Continue reading

Exclusive Live Broadband Broadcast

Exclusive Live Broadband Broadcast

THE AUTO CHANNEL Internetwork Takes Its Next Step Towards Delivering Broadcast Quality Video Via the Internet ... Continue reading

GE Capital Auto Financial Announces $48M Auto Loan Purchase

GE Capital Auto Financial Announces $48M Auto Loan Purchase

GE Capital Auto Financial Services announced that it has acquired $48 million of auto loan receivables originated in California and Nevada from Rockwell Federal Credit Union. Terms of the agreement were not announced. ... Continue reading

Hartford Steam Boiler Expands Equipment Insurance Coverage

Hartford Steam Boiler Expands Equipment Insurance Coverage

You've been told it will cost your business $100,000 to restore computerized sales records and production software lost because of high-voltage surges on utility power lines. ... Continue reading

Hyundai March Retail Sales Best Since 1991

Hyundai March Retail Sales Best Since 1991

Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 11,970 vehicles for the month of March. ... Continue reading

INDY500, IRL: Schroeder Joins Cobb Racing for Indy 500 Effort

INDY500, IRL: Schroeder Joins Cobb Racing for Indy 500 Effort

INDY500, IRL: Schroeder Joins Cobb Racing for Indy 500 Effort ... Continue reading

Land Rover Announces March 1999 Sales

Land Rover Announces March 1999 Sales

Land Rover North America, Inc., reported March 1999 sales of 2,456 units, which helped close the best-ever first quarter for the company. ... Continue reading

LATE-MODEL, NASCAR-FMS: Mayberry, Teets and Gilmore Win Openers at Grandview Speedway

LATE-MODEL, NASCAR-FMS: Mayberry, Teets and Gilmore Win Openers at Grandview Speedway

LATE-MODEL, NASCAR-FMS: Mayberry, Teets and Gilmore Win Openers at Grandview Speedway ... Continue reading

Lund International Holdings, Inc. Announces Resignation

Lund International Holdings, Inc. Announces Resignation

Lund International Holdings, Inc. announced that Ronald C. Fox, Chief Financial Officer, has indicated that he will be leaving the Company in the near term in order to return to the Colorado area to be with his family. ... Continue reading

Mark IV Completes Acquisition of Lombardini

Mark IV Completes Acquisition of Lombardini

Mark IV Industries, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Lombardini FIM S.p.A., for $148 million, consisting of $42m cash and the assumption of $106m of existing debt. ... Continue reading

Microcontroller Interface Standard Closer to Becoming a Reality

Microcontroller Interface Standard Closer to Becoming a Reality

The Global Embedded Processor Debug Interface Standard Consortium (http://www.nexus-standard.org) has more than quadrupled its membership in the last six months. ... Continue reading

Mobil Develops Software to Help Reduce Customers' Expenses

Mobil Develops Software to Help Reduce Customers' Expenses

Mobil introduced the new and improved Mobil Monitor Maintenance Professional, an oil analysis interpretation and reporting software program that monitors and pinpoints potential operating and maintenance problems in manufacturing equipment. ... Continue reading

Navidec's Automotive Division Announces Plans to Expand Agreements

Navidec's Automotive Division Announces Plans to Expand Agreements

Internet auto buying and business solutions developer Navidec Inc. announced plans to dramatically expand the number of licensing agreements for the company's successful network of auto buying and research web sites. ... Continue reading

NHRA Latest Results

NHRA Latest Results

NHRA: Mopar Minute - 1999 O'Reilly Nationals presented by Pennzoil ... Continue reading

Porsche's Strong U.S. Sales Continue for March With 36% Increase

Porsche's Strong U.S. Sales Continue for March With 36% Increase

Porsche Cars North America, importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars in the United States announced sales and stock figures for the month of March 1999. ... Continue reading

Precision Auto Care to Unveil Modular Car Wash Unit at April ICA Show

Precision Auto Care to Unveil Modular Car Wash Unit at April ICA Show

Precision Auto Care, Inc. announced the introduction of a new modular car wash unit, which will be unveiled officially at the April 22-24 International Car Wash Association Show in Nashville, TN, according to Charles Dunlap, President and CEO. ... Continue reading

Shindengen Electric Takes a License Under International Rectifier Patents

Shindengen Electric Takes a License Under International Rectifier Patents

International Rectifier Corporation announced that it entered into a worldwide royalty-bearing license agreement with Shindengen Electric Company under International Rectifier's power MOSFET/IGBT patents. ... Continue reading

Spring Travelers Hopping to Sunny Climates, Says AAA

Spring Travelers Hopping to Sunny Climates, Says AAA

Theme parks, beaches and bunny slopes are top draws for Northern Californians enjoying spring holidays, AAA reported. ... Continue reading

Superior Industries Joint Venture Wins Multi-Year Contracts

Superior Industries Joint Venture Wins Multi-Year Contracts

Superior Industries International, Inc. announced that its European joint venture company, Suoftec, in partnership with Otto Fuchs of Germany, has won multi-year contracts to supply cast aluminum road wheels to the Rover Group, Ltd., U.K. ... Continue reading

The Red Chip Review Initiates Research Coverage on Onyx Acceptance

The Red Chip Review Initiates Research Coverage on Onyx Acceptance

Onyx Acceptance Corporation announced that The Red Chip Review, which selects and publishes reports on undervalued, small market-cap stocks they believe offer potential for growth, has initiated coverage on the Company. ... Continue reading

Thrifty Gives Double Kilometers to Aeromexico Club Premier Members

Thrifty Gives Double Kilometers to Aeromexico Club Premier Members

Thrifty Car Rental is offering double kilometers to members of Aeromexico's Club Premier frequent flyer program effective April 15 through June 15, 1999, at all Thrifty airport locations that are served by Aeromexico. ... Continue reading

Thrifty Launches New Ad Campaign, 'Not Different, Just Thrifty'

Thrifty Launches New Ad Campaign, 'Not Different, Just Thrifty'

Thrifty Car Rental is launching a new multi-million dollar advertising campaign emphasizing the "same cars" and "great service" consumers have come to expect from all industry players, while capitalizing on Thrifty's low price position. ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC TQ Midget Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC TQ Midget Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC TQ Midget Race Results, Ventura ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC Western Midget Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC Western Midget Race Results, Ventura

USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC Western Midget Race Results, Ventura ... Continue reading

WAAI Announces Annual Scholarship Program

WAAI Announces Annual Scholarship Program

The Chicago Chapter of the Women's Automotive Association International is proud to announce its Annual Scholarship Program. ... Continue reading

Yazaki North America Honored With Ford's World Excellence Award

Yazaki North America Honored With Ford's World Excellence Award

Yazaki North America, Inc., a leading electronic parts and technology supplier to the automotive industry, announced that it is a recipient of Ford Motor Company's Recognition of Achievement World Excellence Award. ... Continue reading

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