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Monday, June 21, 1999

All-New Ford Excursion Prices Begin at $34,135

All-New Ford Excursion Prices Begin at $34,135

Ford's all-new heavy duty sport utility vehicle -- the 2000 Excursion -- features unmatched interior space and powertrain lineup, and builds on the company's pledge to offer cleaner, safer and more efficient vehicles. ... Continue reading

American Axle & Manufacturing Presents Supplier Recognition Awards

American Axle & Manufacturing Presents Supplier Recognition Awards

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. announced its selection of eight key suppliers to receive 1999 AAM Supplier Recognition Awards. ... Continue reading

ARCA: Kimmel Controls Pocono ARCA 200

ARCA: Kimmel Controls Pocono ARCA 200

ARCA: Kimmel Controls Pocono ARCA 200 ... Continue reading

Borg-Warner Turbo Systems Marks Production of Four Millionth Polymer Fan

Borg-Warner Turbo Systems Marks Production of Four Millionth Polymer Fan

The Cooling Systems division of Borg-Warner Automotive Turbo Systems today commemorated the production of the four millionth Kysor polymer fan for heavy duty truck applications. ... Continue reading

Brilliance China Announces Results of Annual General Meeting

Brilliance China Announces Results of Annual General Meeting

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited announced the results of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. ... Continue reading

Bullhide Elects Dan E. Robertson to Board

Bullhide Elects Dan E. Robertson to Board

The Bullhide Liner Corporation announced that it has recently elected Mr. Dan E. Robertson to its Board of Directors. ... Continue reading

Cable-To-Cable Connector From AVX Leading the Drive to Applications

Cable-To-Cable Connector From AVX Leading the Drive to Applications

AVX Corporation's connector division recently introduced a series of splashproof connectors developed for use in automotive underhood connections and other harsh environment applications. ... Continue reading

CART: De Ferran's Fuel Gamble Pays Off With Victory at Portland

CART: De Ferran's Fuel Gamble Pays Off With Victory at Portland

CART: De Ferran's Fuel Gamble Pays Off With Victory at Portland ... Continue reading

CART: Gil de Ferran Wins at Portland

CART: Gil de Ferran Wins at Portland

CART: Gil de Ferran Wins at Portland ... Continue reading

Cascar: Ford of Canada St. Eustache Report

Cascar: Ford of Canada St. Eustache Report

Ford of Canada - CASCAR Report - St. Eustache ... Continue reading

CASCAR Super Series East - St. Eustache Report

CASCAR Super Series East - St. Eustache Report

CASCAR Castrol Super Series East - St. Eustache Report ... Continue reading

Cascar: Vanderwyst Motorsports - St. Eustache report

Cascar: Vanderwyst Motorsports - St. Eustache report

#77 Loctite Chevrolet - Vanderwyst Motorsports - St. Eustache report ... Continue reading

Cascar: Whitlock Motorsports - St. Eustache Report

Cascar: Whitlock Motorsports - St. Eustache Report

Whitlock Motorsports - St. Eustache report ... Continue reading

Cherry Corporation Stockholders Approve One Class of Stock

Cherry Corporation Stockholders Approve One Class of Stock

The Cherry Corporation announced that the stockholders approved the reclassification of its two classes of common stock to one class of voting common stock at the annual meeting held on June 17, 1999. ... Continue reading

Copart Acquires New Facilities in Huntsville, Alabama and McAllen, Texas

Copart Acquires New Facilities in Huntsville, Alabama and McAllen, Texas

Copart, Inc., announced the acquisition of Indian Creek Salvage of Huntsville, Alabama, and Salvage Pool, Inc. of McAllen Texas, expanding Copart's national network of vehicle auction and storage locations to 64 sites in 32 states. ... Continue reading

CTS Corporation Publishes Contract CEM Capabilities Brochure

CTS Corporation Publishes Contract CEM Capabilities Brochure

CTS Electrocomponents has announced more advanced CEM capabilities as outlined in a new brochure overviewing CTS' turnkey capabilities for the custom design, assembly and testing of electromechanical devices and subsystems. ... Continue reading

Dana Brazil's Gravatai Operation Receives ISO 14001 Environmental Certification

Dana Brazil's Gravatai Operation Receives ISO 14001 Environmental Certification

Dana Corporation announced that its operation in Gravatai is one of the first Brazilian automotive businesses to receive the prestigious ISO 14001 certification for environmental quality. ... Continue reading

Dave's Test Page

Dave's Test Page

Buick Park Avenue Ultra (1999) ... Continue reading

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight ... Continue reading

Expansion Announced by Winnebago Industries

Expansion Announced by Winnebago Industries

Winnebago Industries, Inc. has announced a $3.6 million expansion plan for the Company's manufacturing facilities in Forest City, Iowa. ... Continue reading

General Motors Committed to Cure for Cancer

General Motors Committed to Cure for Cancer

General Motors, which has made a long-term commitment to cancer research, will join others in Seattle this Saturday in showing their support for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Foundation. ... Continue reading

Indy Lights: Dorricott Dominates at Portland!

Indy Lights: Dorricott Dominates at Portland!

Dorricott Racing Dominates at Portland! ... Continue reading

IQXPERT Announces Mentor Graphics Integration for ItemQuest Component

IQXPERT Announces Mentor Graphics Integration for ItemQuest Component

IQXPERT, an IHS Group company, announced the integration of its ItemQuest(R) Component and Supplier Management (CSM) solution with Mentor Graphics' design tool set. ... Continue reading

Lear Recognized for Innovations In Manufacturing Technology, Safety

Lear Recognized for Innovations In Manufacturing Technology, Safety

Lear Corporation continues to provide winning innovations in automotive interiors, taking home three awards from Automotive and Transportation Interiors Magazine at its annual Design and Technology Awards and Benefit Scholarship Banquet. ... Continue reading

McLaren Automotive Group Restructures Management/Staff

McLaren Automotive Group Restructures Management/Staff

McLaren Automotive Group, Inc. has realigned the organizational structure of the operating staff of its two wholly owned subsidiaries, McLaren Engines, Inc. and ASHA Technologies. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Lagasse' Makes it Two-Out-of-Three

NASCAR: Lagasse' Makes it Two-Out-of-Three

NASCAR: Lagasse' Makes it Two-Out-of-Three ... Continue reading

NASCAR SJAPS: Bigley Staves Off Goodson in Slim Jim All Pro Series

NASCAR SJAPS: Bigley Staves Off Goodson in Slim Jim All Pro Series

NASCAR SJAPS: Bigley Staves Off Goodson in Slim Jim All Pro Series ... Continue reading

Nascar Slim Jim Series-Caraway Preview

Nascar Slim Jim Series-Caraway Preview

NSJAPS Event #10, Caraway Fact Sheet ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Pocono 500 Race Results

NASCAR WCUP: Pocono 500 Race Results

NASCAR WCUP: Pocono 500 Race Results ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Pocono 500 Race Wrap Up and Notes

NASCAR WCUP: Pocono 500 Race Wrap Up and Notes

NASCAR WCUP: Pocono 500 Race Wrap Up and Notes ... Continue reading

NCTI Licenses Major Worldwide Car Maker With ClearSpeech

NCTI Licenses Major Worldwide Car Maker With ClearSpeech

NCT Group, Inc. announced that its ClearSpeech(R) technology will be used by a major worldwide automotive manufacturer to remove background noise and echo from full-duplex, hands-free cellular telephone conversations. ... Continue reading

Sierra Announces Acquisition

Sierra Announces Acquisition

Sierra Systems Group Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Pacific International Mapping (PIM) of Victoria, British Columbia, and welcomes 23 new employees from PIM. ... Continue reading

The Callahan Report: Excitement Returns as Bobby Labonte Wins at Pocono

The Callahan Report: Excitement Returns as Bobby Labonte Wins at Pocono

The Callahan Report: Excitement Returns as Bobby Labonte Wins at Pocono ... Continue reading

The Timken Company Sees Continued Global Market Weakness

The Timken Company Sees Continued Global Market Weakness

The Timken Company indicated it is not yet seeing the rebound it expected in worldwide markets for highly engineered antifriction bearings and specialty alloy steels. ... Continue reading

Thyssen Production Systems Creates Global Assembly Business

Thyssen Production Systems Creates Global Assembly Business

Thyssen Production Systems announced that it has further focused its assembly business on a global basis by aligning its Gilman operation in Janesville, Wis., with Johann A. Krause Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Bremen, Germany. ... Continue reading

Thyssen Steel Group Opens New Steel Distribution Center in Richburg, SC

Thyssen Steel Group Opens New Steel Distribution Center in Richburg, SC

Thyssen Steel Group, a Division of Thyssen Inc., NA, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Steel Processing and Distribution Center in Richburg, South Carolina. ... Continue reading

T.J.T., Inc. Expands Business With New Product Distribution Agreement

T.J.T., Inc. Expands Business With New Product Distribution Agreement

T.J.T., Inc., a supplier of refurbished axles and tires to the manufactured housing industry, said that the company is expanding its product distribution activities. ... Continue reading

Treasurer Named at Borg-Warner Automotive

Treasurer Named at Borg-Warner Automotive

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. announced that Jeffrey L. Obermayer has been appointed acting treasurer of the company reporting to John F. Fiedler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. ... Continue reading

TRW Announces Sale of $1 Billion of Debt Securities

TRW Announces Sale of $1 Billion of Debt Securities

TRW Inc. announced the sale of $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of debt securities. ... Continue reading

UNIDYNE Announces New President and COO at Dynamatic Unit

UNIDYNE Announces New President and COO at Dynamatic Unit

UNIDYNE Corporation announced it has promoted David J. Packo to the posts of president and chief operating officer of its Kenosha, Wis.-based Dynamatic Corporation. ... Continue reading

United Rentals Extends $22.75 Per Share Cash Tender Offer for Rental Service Corporation

United Rentals Extends $22.75 Per Share Cash Tender Offer for Rental Service Corporation

United Rentals, Inc. announced that it has extended its $22.75 per share cash tender offer for shares of Rental Service Corporation to midnight, New York time, on July 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, 16th Street Speedway

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, 16th Street Speedway

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, 16th Street Speedway ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, Salem

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, Salem

USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, Salem ... Continue reading

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Salem

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Salem

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Salem ... Continue reading

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Terre Haute

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Terre Haute

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Terre Haute ... Continue reading

Varlen Responds to Amsted's Extension of Its Unsolicited Tender Offer

Varlen Responds to Amsted's Extension of Its Unsolicited Tender Offer

Varlen Corporation responded to Amsted Industries Incorporated's extension of its unsolicited tender offer for Varlen, which was scheduled to expire on June 21, 1999. ... Continue reading

Visteon Launches 'See the possibilities(TM)' Fund to Inspire Hope for Children

Visteon Launches 'See the possibilities(TM)' Fund to Inspire Hope for Children

Visteon strengthened a corporate commitment to creating possibilities for the future by launching a philanthropic program focused on children. ... Continue reading

Williams Controls Awarded Its Largest Contract For Electronic Throttle Controls

Williams Controls Awarded Its Largest Contract For Electronic Throttle Controls

Williams Controls, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a five year contract to manufacture electronic throttle controls (ETCs) for the General Motors' Pontiac Grand Prix automobile. ... Continue reading

Winnebago Industries Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Winnebago Industries Announces Stock Repurchase Program

The Board of Directors of Winnebago Industries, Inc. authorized the repurchase of outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of up to $15 million. ... Continue reading

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