DETROIT, March 8 In a salute to all of the best and brightest "hands-on" automotive personalities in the global automotive community, celebrated design and product innovator Tom Gale has been named Car Guy of the Year(TM) for 2000 by a select group of automotive industry representatives and was presented with the award ... Continue reading
The Callahan Report: Gordon, B. Labonte favored in Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA (March 8, 2001): Set aside three and a half hours Sunday to watch real NASCAR action. The Winston Cup teams converge on the Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. They will fight, bump and grind their way around the 1.54-mile track for 500 miles. Drivers will experience white-knuckles, headaches, and accelera ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Hamilton to use same car in Atlanta as Las Vegas
CHARLOTTE, N.C., (March 8, 2001) – Crew chief Jimmy Elledge along with Square D driver Bobby Hamilton agreed on Tuesday to take the No. 55 Chevrolet used last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to Atlanta, site of Sunday’s Cracker Barrel 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series event. Racing at 190mph for 325 laps on ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Fans Get Up Early To Buy Old Dominion 500 Tickets
MARTINSVILLE, VA (March 8, 2001) – The Persinger boys were back in town today, relaxing in their lounge chairs outside the Martinsville Speedway ticket office a little after dawn. It’s been a pretty familiar scene for many, many years, brothers Mike and Mark Persinger beating everyone else to the ticket win ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Jarrett looks to give UPS its first trip to victory lane
Hampton, Ga., March 8, 2001 - Realizing just how hard it is to win once on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit, drivers are happy to have a victory anywhere -- regardless of the racetrack. But, a victory on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway would have special significance for #88 UPS driver Dale Jarrett. Items to consider he ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green looks to keep momentum for second championship
Jeff Green posted his third straight top-10 finish for the 2001 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend, and it was accompanied by charge atop the Busch Series point standings. His fifth-place finish was one of three by Taurus-raced teams, which included five out of the top 10. Ford drivers have contended for t ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Schrader wants to get his Pontiac back in the top ten
Schrader's Thoughts On New Crew Chief Newt Moore... "It is time to get the "M&M's"® Pontiac back into the top 10 and having Newt on board with us is our first step in making that happen. We've spent the last day talking about Atlanta and getting ready for this weekend. When we get on the track for practice Friday morn ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Bill Elliott plans Atlanta homecoming with a new dance partner
ATLANTA, GA, (March 8, 2001) - In March 1976, a young red haired rookie from North Georgia showed up at the Atlanta Motor Speedway to test his fortunes. His dreams were big, his pockets were empty but his team was full of the support and encouragement that only a family can provide. Flash forward 25 years, and that red ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: MBNA to sponsor Indianapolis 500 Pole Award
INDIANAPOLIS - MBNA America Bank, N.A., will sponsor the prestigious Indianapolis 500 pole award, MBNA and Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials announced today. The MBNA Pole Award will honor the top qualifier each year for the Indianapolis 500 with a trophy and check for $100,000. The Indianapolis 500, known as the & ... Continue reading
USAC: Westfall, Lehmann, Ted Hines &Lang big winners in the Dome
Matt Westfall, Donnie Lehmann, Ted Hines and Michael Lang were the big winners in today's official drawing for positions for Saturday night's Indy Racing and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway present "Thunder in the Dome XVII" USAC Midget car race at the RCA Dome in downtown Indianapolis, Ind. Each drew "pole" starting p ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Dodge Returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway with High Hopes
ATLANTA (March 8, 2001)-It's been more than 15 years since a Dodge raced at the legendary speedway in Atlanta. Three races into Dodge's return to NASCAR Winston Cup racing, a Dodge leads the points championship and Bill Elliott returns to his hometown track a "different" shade of red. "I've got mixed emotions about rac ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Wallace misses the million; Sets sights on Atlanta
CHARLOTTE, N.C., (March 8, 2001) – Kenny Wallace arrived in Las Vegas for the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 with a one race sponsorship deal with Hills Bros Coffee promoting their 100% Columbian blend and a chance to win a million dollars. Wallace started the weekend out by being matched up with his No Bull 5 partner ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: P.J. Jones ready to put on a 'show' for the fans in Atlanta
CHARLOTTE, N.C., (March 8, 2001) – Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 at Atlanta Motor Speedway is the longest race on the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series schedule. While it is just three miles further – so it can please the event’s sponsor who invested a lot of money in the race – it does po ... Continue reading
US F2000: National Championship Point Standings
Pos. Driver, Car Pts. 1 Doug Bell (R), VDF 32 2 Memo Rojas, VDF 25 3 Peter Gray (R), VDF 22 4 Jason LaPoint (R), VDF 19 5 Arie Luyendyk Jr., VDF 17 6 Tommy Constantine, VDF 15 7 Vannina Ickx (R), VDF 14 8 Niki Coello, VDF 13 9 Alexander Figge (R), VDF 11 10 Tom Dyer (R), VDF 10 11 JW Urlin, VDF 9 12 Paul Dana (R), VDF ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Wallace Can't Wait For Return To Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, VA (March 8, 2001) – Rusty Wallace should have won the Virginia 500 last spring. And you can bet that will be on the veteran’s mind when he comes back to Martinsville Speedway this spring for the running of the Virginia 500 on April 8. Wallace has always been masterful at Martinsville and last ... Continue reading
USAC/IRL: Davey Hamilton plans to compete in all 4 divisions at 'Copper World'
Davey Hamilton, who owns four victories in "Copper World" competition so far, will try for four more March 15-18 as he competes in all four phases of this year's Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 at Phoenix (AZ) International Raceway. Hamilton, of Las Vegas, Nev., will pilot the Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara/Oldsmobile ... Continue reading
INDY LIGHTS: PacWest signs Mario Dominguez to pilot second seat in 2001
(Indianapolis, IN) – PacWest Racing Group has officially signed Indy Lights driver Mario Dominguez to pilot the #17 PacWest Lights Lola on a full-time basis in the 2001 Dayton Indy Lights Championship Series. The twenty-seven year old Mexico City, Mexico native joins lights newcomer and 2000 Toyota Atlantic rooki ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: What A Difference A Year Has Made for Benson
DETROIT (March 8, 2001) - After a successful 2000 season and a strong start to 2001, "WideTrack Attack" standout Johnny Benson should have no trouble flashing a smile when he arrives at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend for the fourth race of the NASCAR Winston Cup schedule. After posting one top-five and two top-10 ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa loves Atlanta; Plans to improve finishes
"There is a little more rubber on the track at Atlanta, and as more rubber gets put down, there tends to be less grip. It still has more grip than a track like Charlotte, and it just gives the team a lot more to try and keep up with when it comes to race set-up."-- Tim Fedewa, driver of the Phillips 66 Chevrolet Tim Fe ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Ward Burton wants to sieze opportunity in Atlanta this time
“We had the opportunity to win this race herelast fall, but we fell a little short. After dominating the end of the race, we had a late caution and that gotus all bunched up again. I think we hadclose to a six-second lead over the rest of the field and definitely didn’tneed that caution. That gives us a goo ... Continue reading
Exide Technologies Receives Efficiency Award From Fiat
Exide Technologies recently received an award for meeting stringent efficiency standards from Italian automaker Fiat Auto SpA. Exide Technologies, the global leader in providing electrical energy storage solutions, received the award as part of Fiat's "Super" program, which tracks and measures supplier performance in a ... Continue reading
Rolls-Royce & SIFCO Announce a Component Repair Joint Venture
Rolls-Royce plc, the aerospace, marine and energy group, announced plans to form a new repair and overhaul joint venture with American-based SIFCO Industries, Inc. The agreement will involve a total investment of US$7.5 million shared between the partners. Rolls-Royce and SIFCO have signed a letter of intent which will ... Continue reading
SupplySolution Announces Relationship With Donnelly Corporation
SupplySolution, Inc., leading providers of supply chain execution applications, announced that Donnelly Corporation has initiated a Phase One Implementation of i-Supply. Currently, i-Supply is the automotive industry's most widely used Web-based application for direct material fulfillment, operating at over 750 automot ... Continue reading
Hall Sensors Selected as Best European Product In 2001
At the 7th annual Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contributions to Excellence (PACE) Award ceremony in Detroit Monday night, Micronas GmbH from Freiburg, Germany was presented the PACE Award for best European product for its Linear Hall-effect sensors. Automotive News and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young presented the 2001 PACE ... Continue reading
PPG Repeats as PACE Winner for Auto Coatings Innovation
PPG Industries received a prestigious PACE awards Monday night for significant automotive coatings innovation. A year ago PPG became the first coatings maker honored in the annual PACE competition. Sponsored by Automotive News magazine and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, 12 awards for automotive industry supplier process and ... Continue reading
Consumers Suffer Brake Defects in 1998, 1999, 2000 Kia Sephias
The consumer law firms of Kimmel & Silverman, P.C.; Francis & Mailman, P.C.; and Donovan Miller, LLC have filed class action suits in Pennsylvania and New Jersey against Kia Motors America, Inc., of Irvine, California, alleging brake defects in the company's 1998, 1999 and 2000 Sephia models. The lead plaintiffs in the ... Continue reading
Siemens Soft Hybrid Stands Ready to Meet SUV Makers' Aggressive Fuel Economy Targets
Siemens Automotive's Integrated Starter Generator (ISG) technology, also known as a soft hybrid, is poised to play a leading role in helping sport utility vehicle (SUV) makers reach their stated fuel economy improvement goals of up to 25 percent by 2005. Demonstrating the technology's market readiness and refinement, S ... Continue reading
Noble International Announces Quarterly Dividend
Noble International, Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share of Noble common stock to be paid March 31, 2001 to stockholders of record on March 15, 2001. This dividend is the fourth consecutive quarter in the dividend program approved by the Board of Direct ... Continue reading
Productivity Technologies Corporation Obtains Chinese Contract
Productivity Technologies Corporation, announced that its operating subsidiary Atlas Technologies, Inc. has received a contract from BaoSteel in Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China, worth approximately $2 million in revenues. The contract, for upgrading a cold rolling line which processes automotive quality sheet metal ... Continue reading
Everclear to Headline Second Leg of Civic Tour 2001
civictour.com Launched on March 6, Featuring Promotions to Meet the Civic Tour Bands and to Win Civic Coupes Customized by the Bands TORRANCE, Calif., March 7 Today, Honda announced that Everclear, one of today's most popular rock bands, will headline the second leg of the inaugural Civic Tour this summer. In addition ... Continue reading
U.S. Suppliers Earn Top Toyota Awards
Among the twenty-one companies qualifying for Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.'s (TMMNA) top supplier awards, AK Steel Corporation and U.S. Engine Valve Company again earned Superior Awards, the company's highest level of recognition. The awards, presented tonight in Northern Kentucky at the automaker's A ... Continue reading
Flying Start to Year for Scania in Denmark
Scania Bus Nordic has started the year strongly in Denmark by securing an order for 91 buses from Combus, one of the country's leading bus operators ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls Earns Top Automotive Supplier Ranking
Johnson Controls, Inc. was ranked at the top of FORTUNE magazine's America's Most Admired Companies list of automotive suppliers for 2000 ... Continue reading
UnitedAuto Announces Executive Appointment
UnitedAuto Group, Inc. , a leading publicly traded automotive retailer, today announced a new executive appointment. Robert K. "Bob" Wilshaw has joined UnitedAuto as Senior Vice President - Manufacturer Relations ... Continue reading
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