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Friday, November 17, 2000

AAA Reports Fuel Prices up for Thanksgiving Holiday

AAA Reports Fuel Prices up for Thanksgiving Holiday

The average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline has increased 1.8 cents since Labor Day to $1.661 per gallon and is 30.4 cents higher than last year. ... Continue reading

Accuride's DupleX-One Allows Drivers to Increase Payload Capacity

Accuride's DupleX-One Allows Drivers to Increase Payload Capacity

Accuride Corporation introduced its DupleX-One Wheel at the Great America Truck Show in Dallas. ... Continue reading

AMA: Houston raceway park joins u.s. Flat track championships

AMA: Houston raceway park joins u.s. Flat track championships

Houston raceway park joins u.s. Flat track championships ... Continue reading

AMA: NPG announces distribution of $200,000 rider point fund

AMA: NPG announces distribution of $200,000 rider point fund

NPG announces distribution of $200,000 rider point fund ... Continue reading

AMA Pro racing links up with national fire safety group

AMA Pro racing links up with national fire safety group

Ama pro racing links up with national fire safety group ... Continue reading

ARCA: Foyt fastest in ARCA Atlanta practice

ARCA: Foyt fastest in ARCA Atlanta practice

Foyt fastest in ARCA Atlanta practice ... Continue reading

Avis Offers Freebies Galore in Its 'Ski the West' SuperValue Package

Avis Offers Freebies Galore in Its 'Ski the West' SuperValue Package

For savings as deep as the powder when skiing the West, you should really take advantage of Avis Rent A Car's SuperValue Ski Package. ... Continue reading

BUSINESS: Bob Reif was Named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 List

BUSINESS: Bob Reif was Named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 List

BUSINESS: Bob Reif was Named to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 List ... Continue reading

CNH Announces Plans for Tractor Assembly Operations in Racine

CNH Announces Plans for Tractor Assembly Operations in Racine

CNH Global said that it will create a tractor assembly operation in Racine, Wisconsin, separate from the existing tractor production facility that the company previously said it would close. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Exceeds its United Way Contribution Goal by 12.8%

DaimlerChrysler Exceeds its United Way Contribution Goal by 12.8%

DaimlerChrysler Corporation announced that the Company, its employees and its dealers, raised $3,241,578 for the United Way's 2000 annual Torch Drive Campaign, exceeding last year by 12.8 percent. ... Continue reading

Delphi Receives Employee Workplace Award

Delphi Receives Employee Workplace Award

Delphi Automotive Systems was recently named a winner of the Today's Workplace of Tomorrow Award for 2000 by the Detroit Women's Economic Club. ... Continue reading

Ensure Your Child's Safety in the Car This Thanksgiving

Ensure Your Child's Safety in the Car This Thanksgiving

As millions of Americans take to the highways this Thanksgiving, Ford's Boost America! reminds parents that hundreds of children between the ages of 4 and 8 are killed and thousands more are injured in car crashes every year. ... Continue reading

Federated National Insurance Signs Agreement With AAA Club South

Federated National Insurance Signs Agreement With AAA Club South

Federated National Insurance Company is pleased to announce the signing of AAA Club South to it's growing list of producers. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz to Supply Crossmembers To Mitsubishi

Hayes Lemmerz to Supply Crossmembers To Mitsubishi

Hayes Lemmerz International announced that it has received a contract from Mitsubishi's to supply one-piece aluminum crossmembers for Mitsubishi Galant, Eclipse, and Eclipse Spyder models, made in North America and equipped with V-6 engines. ... Continue reading

ISC Announces Sale of CompTire West and CompTire South

ISC Announces Sale of CompTire West and CompTire South

International Speedway Corporation announced the sale of Competition Tire West, Inc. and Competition Tire South, Inc., divisions of its wholly-owned subsidiary 88 Corporation, to Competition Tire, LLC. ... Continue reading

Mechanical Dynamics to Acquire ESTECH CAE Firm from Nissan

Mechanical Dynamics to Acquire ESTECH CAE Firm from Nissan

Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Nissan Motor and Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC) to acquire their joint interests in ESTECH. ... Continue reading

Mr. Gasket MLS Head Gaskets

Mr. Gasket MLS Head Gaskets

Mr. Gasket is proud to announce the availability of MLS (multi- layered steel) Head Gaskets. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Andy Petree Racing Seeks Sponsor For Busch Series Team

NASCAR BGN: Andy Petree Racing Seeks Sponsor For Busch Series Team

Andy Petree Racing Seeks Sponsor For Busch Series Team ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Eel River Racing Owner Has Made a Career of Turning Businesses Around

NASCAR WCUP: Eel River Racing Owner Has Made a Career of Turning Businesses Around

NASCAR WCUP: Eel River Racing Owner Has Made a Career of Turning Businesses Around ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Eight members of Joe Gibbs Racing see championship clear through

NASCAR WCUP: Eight members of Joe Gibbs Racing see championship clear through

NASCAR WCUP: Eight members of Joe Gibbs Racing see championship clear through ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Northern Light Series Weekly Notebook

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Northern Light Series Weekly Notebook

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Northern Light Series Weekly Notebook ... Continue reading

Pickups Plus Company Stores Report Growth in October

Pickups Plus Company Stores Report Growth in October

Pickups Plus, Inc. company stores posted strong sales for the month of October compared with 1999 figures for the same time period. ... Continue reading

Proposed Merger of Smiths Industries plc and TI Group plc

Proposed Merger of Smiths Industries plc and TI Group plc

The Boards of Smiths Industries and TI Group are pleased to announce that, all the resolutions proposed, including those to approve the Merger of Smiths Industries and TI Group, received the overwhelming support of both companies' shareholders. ... Continue reading

REPORT 2: SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 2001

REPORT 2: SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 2001

REPORT 2: SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 2001 ... Continue reading

Schumacher Automotive Returns to ADP Dealer Services After Four Years

Schumacher Automotive Returns to ADP Dealer Services After Four Years

The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. - Schumacher Automotive has selected ADP(R) Dealer Services as their solutions provider for its twelve franchises in South Florida. ... Continue reading

Thor Announces Quarterly Results

Thor Announces Quarterly Results

Thor Industries, Inc. reported sales and net income for the quarter ended October31, 2000. ... Continue reading

USAC: Tony Stewart Augments Home Depot 'Turkey Night' Field

USAC: Tony Stewart Augments Home Depot 'Turkey Night' Field

USAC: Tony Stewart Augments Home Depot 'Turkey Night' Field ... Continue reading

U.S. Army Selects GM, General Dynamics to Supply New Armored Vehicles

U.S. Army Selects GM, General Dynamics to Supply New Armored Vehicles

The U.S. Army announced that it has selected the GM GDLS Defense Group to equip its new Brigade Combat Teams with the General Motors LAV III eight-wheeled armored vehicle. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 313,036 units, down from the 337,373 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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