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Friday, April 6, 2001

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon Races To Virginia 500 Pole Victory

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon Races To Virginia 500 Pole Victory

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, VA. – Jeff Gordon has a sterling race-day record at Martinsville Speedway. Qualifying is a different story, though. In 16 trips to Martinsville, Gordon has three victories, but until Friday, his 17th visit to the .526-mile t ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Virginia 500 Starting Lineup, Martinsville

NASCAR WCUP: Virginia 500 Starting Lineup, Martinsville

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, ,VA: Following are the qualifying results for the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race to be held Sunday. Results include starting position, (car number), driver, car make, and qualifying speed: 1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Monte Carlo, 9 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Advance Auto Parts 250 Starting Lineup, Martinsville

NASCAR WCUP: Advance Auto Parts 250 Starting Lineup, Martinsville

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, ,VA: Following are the qualifying results for the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race to be held Sunday. Results include starting position, (car number), driver, car make, and qualifying speed: 1. (18) Joe Ruttman, Dodge Ram, 92. ... Continue reading

GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Reg Cab Pickup 2001

GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Reg Cab Pickup 2001

GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Reg Cab Pickup 2001 ... Continue reading

URGENT RECALL OF 2002 TRAILBLAZERS, ENVOYS, BRAVADAS...PARK THEM DON"T DRIVE THEM!

URGENT RECALL OF 2002 TRAILBLAZERS, ENVOYS, BRAVADAS...PARK THEM DON"T DRIVE THEM!

General Motors Corp. announced an unprecedented URGENT recall of all 6000 of its new 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazers, GMC Envoys and Oldsmobile Bravadas midsize sport-utility vehicles, asking owners to not drive them at all, and wait for the dealers to tow them to the dealership to fix a dangerous steering problem. GM said ... Continue reading

NATIONAL CHAMPION CAL POLY POMONA TEAM TO BE HONORED AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY SATURDAY APRIL 7

NATIONAL CHAMPION CAL POLY POMONA TEAM TO BE HONORED AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY SATURDAY APRIL 7

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS …CAL POLY POMONA BASKETBALL TEAM TO BE HONORED DURING IRWINDALE PRE-RACE SHOW … APRIL 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS …CAL POLY POMONA BASKETBALL TEAM TO BE HONORED DURING IRWINDALE PRE-RACE SHOW … APRIL 7 Irwindale, Calif. - - The NCAA Division II National Champion ladies basketball tea ... Continue reading

Corporate Profile for Autoco.com/TheMotorpages.com, dated April 6, 2001

Corporate Profile for Autoco.com/TheMotorpages.com, dated April 6, 2001

--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. Published Date: April 6, 2001 Company Name: Autoco.com Inc./ ... Continue reading

Corporate Profile for Catalytic Solutions Inc., dated April 6, 2001

Corporate Profile for Catalytic Solutions Inc., dated April 6, 2001

--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0- Published Date: April 6, 2001 Company Name: Catalytic So ... Continue reading

Corporate Profile for Mr. Clutch USA, dated April 6, 2001

Corporate Profile for Mr. Clutch USA, dated April 6, 2001

--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0- Published Date: April 6, 2001 Company Name: Mr. Clutch U ... Continue reading

DIESEL FUEL INJECTION-2001/4/6

DIESEL FUEL INJECTION-2001/4/6

Hi: We, China-Lutong mechanical company, located in south east of China, specialized in the supply of VE distributor pump. My name is ChenHwa, the "C.H" is the abbreviation At present. The main products available for us is the hydraulic head of VE distributor pump, which is standard spares in good quality. We can suppl ... Continue reading

Saab Automobile AB Selects DELMIAs Software ERGOFab to Improve Manufacturing, Engineering and Production Management

Saab Automobile AB Selects DELMIAs Software ERGOFab to Improve Manufacturing, Engineering and Production Management

GOTHENBURG & TROLLHATTAN, Sweden--April 6, 2001--Saab Automobile AB, a General Motors company, will deploy DELMIAs software ERGOFab for Operation management and Line balancing in Body in White, Paint Shop and Assembly Shop in Trollhattan, Sweden. ERGOFab will improve the efficiency in the process to design new cars and ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Ward Burton plans patience for Martinsville this weekend

NASCAR WCUP: Ward Burton plans patience for Martinsville this weekend

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 “Martinsville is a race of patience. You have to be very patient for the entire race or you’ll have a pretty tough day. You need to protect the bottom of the race track, keep your brakes and have a good handling race car through the ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Jarrett moves to Martinsville with momentum on his side

NASCAR WCUP: Jarrett moves to Martinsville with momentum on his side

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Realizing just how fickle and fleeting momentum can be, Dale Jarrett relies not on that, but rather the collective effort of his #88 UPS Team as they forge ahead in search of a second Winston Cup title. Martinsville Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau prepared for Martinsville after good test

NASCAR WCUP: Jerry Nadeau prepared for Martinsville after good test

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 * "We just got back from testing at Martinsville last week and everything went great. We are using the same car we raced there last year. We had a solid race in the fall -- we qualified 13th and finished 12th -- but we should be much better tha ... Continue reading

NASCAR FSW: Snap on tools signs on as title sponsor at Sears Point

NASCAR FSW: Snap on tools signs on as title sponsor at Sears Point

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - Snap-on Tools has signed on as title sponsor of the 2001 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series race at Sears Point Raceway. The event will be part of the NASCAR Winston Cup Weekend, June 21-24. The Snap-on Tools 200 will take pla ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Engineering A Big Part Of What Makes Dodge Different

NASCAR WCUP: Engineering A Big Part Of What Makes Dodge Different

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Ask people in motorsports what makes Dodge "different" - then and now - and many will answer with a single word - engineering. "They were the best," says Buddy Baker, who drove race cars prepared by several manufacturers thr ... Continue reading

CART fans draw closer to stars in FANatics program

CART fans draw closer to stars in FANatics program

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 DETROIT - The FedEx Championship Series continues its commitment to providing unique and exciting fan experiences as it introduces the Championship Auto Racing Teams season-long FANatics program, beginning at this weekend's Toyota Grand Prix of ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Heritage Motorsports files entry for 85th Indianapolis 500

INDY 500: Heritage Motorsports files entry for 85th Indianapolis 500

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Heritage Motorsports, a new team with historic ties to the Indianapolis 500, filed an entry April 5 for the 85th edition of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. 1997 Indianapolis 500 Bank One Rookie of the Year Jeff Ward was named a ... Continue reading

SCCA: Johnson, Wright appointed to SCCA Pro Racing posts

SCCA: Johnson, Wright appointed to SCCA Pro Racing posts

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -SCCA Pro Racing Ltd. announced two new appointments today, naming Steve Johnson President and CEO and Mitch Wright Vice President and General Manager. Johnson replaces Nick Craw, who took over the interim post as President and ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Ruttman Day Early For Advance Auto Parts 250

NASCAR Trucks: Ruttman Day Early For Advance Auto Parts 250

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 MARTINSVILLE, VA. – It was an official off day for Joe Ruttman. He didn’t have to be anywhere near a race track. But early Thursday afternoon, almost 24 hours before his work week was to begin, Ruttman was strolling down pit road at ... Continue reading

Foamex Expands Exclusive Foaming Process to East Coast

Foamex Expands Exclusive Foaming Process to East Coast

Foamex International Inc. today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official start-up of the company's Variable Pressure Foaming (VPFSM) manufacturing facility at its plant in Cornelius, N.C. The Cornelius installation is the third Foamex VPF facility in the United States, and one of only six in the world. VPF i ... Continue reading

National Voted `Best Daily Rental Company' in London's Fleet Awards

National Voted `Best Daily Rental Company' in London's Fleet Awards

National Car Rental, a division of ANC Rental Corporation , was recently voted "Best Daily Rental Company" in the United Kingdom at the prestigious 2001 Fleet News awards ceremony held in London. The Fleet News awards are widely acknowledged as the premiere recognition ceremony for the entire auto rental industry in th ... Continue reading

Mitchell's FirstEstimate Celebrates Its Anniversary With Kudos

Mitchell's FirstEstimate Celebrates Its Anniversary With Kudos

Users Praise Professional-Looking Estimates and Pay-Per-Use Structure of Industry's First and Only On-Line Estimating Product On the six-month anniversary of its nationwide release, Mitchell's groundbreaking FirstEstimate product, the first - and still only -- Internet-based estimating system for the automotive collisi ... Continue reading

Mr. Clutch USA to Raise $5 Million Through Direct Public Offering

Mr. Clutch USA to Raise $5 Million Through Direct Public Offering

Mr. Clutch USA Inc., a nationwide licensor of clutch repair services, is conducting a Direct Public Offering (DPO) for $5 million, or 400,000 shares of its common stock at $12.50 per share. The DPO opened March 30 and is available to residents of foreign countries, plus all residents in states that have one or more Mr. ... Continue reading

Viasystems Receives EMS Honors

Viasystems Receives EMS Honors

Viasystems Group, Inc. today announced that their electronics manufacturing services (EMS) facilities in Beaverton, Oregon and Orange County, California received three Service Excellence Awards in the medium-sized company category at this year's EtoniX 2001 trade show held in Anaheim, California. Co-sponsors, Technolog ... Continue reading

Museum To Host Pace Car Reunion Oct 11-14

Museum To Host Pace Car Reunion Oct 11-14

Museum To Host Corvette Pace Car Reunion October 11 - 14, 2001 Includes Caravan from Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Museum The National Corvette Museum proudly presents the Corvette Pace Car Reunion celebrating Corvette's legendary showings as four-time Indy 500 Pace Cars. Owners of the highly valued 1978, 1986, 1995 a ... Continue reading

News Release from NHTSA via National Safety Council

News Release from NHTSA via National Safety Council

As many states consider legislation to strengthen child passenger safety laws, a new survey lends even greater urgency to their actions. A national study found that nine out of ten parents believe that if they adhere to their state*s current child passenger safety laws,1 they will be taking adequate steps to protect th ... Continue reading

21st Century Insurance Provides Service ``24/7'' With Newly Redesigned Website, i21.com

21st Century Insurance Provides Service ``24/7'' With Newly Redesigned Website, i21.com

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--April 5, 2001--Despite recent stories of "dot com" companies reducing workforces and going out of business altogether, many major U.S. corporations are using the Internet to become ever more responsive to their customers' needs. Take 21st Century Insurance, for example. The company recently anno ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Business Wire's AutomotiveWire Named Official News Wire of NESEA's 2001 Tour de Sol and U.S. Electric Vehicle Championship

ADVISORY/Business Wire's AutomotiveWire Named Official News Wire of NESEA's 2001 Tour de Sol and U.S. Electric Vehicle Championship

-- The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), a nonprofit organization that promotes research and development of renewable and sustainable alternative energy sources, has named AutomotiveWire the official news wire of its 2001 Tour de Sol and U.S. Electric Vehicle Championship. You can reach the story direct ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Sponsors Lining Up for ``Green Transportation Festival''

ADVISORY/Sponsors Lining Up for ``Green Transportation Festival''

-- More companies and government agencies are lining up to be sponsors of the "Tour de Sol: The Great American Green Transportation Festival" than ever before. They are also rolling up their sleeves and will be actively involved when the 50-vehicle road rally leaves Waterbury, Conn. next month for Boston, Mass. Along t ... Continue reading

Alamo Local Market Wins 2001 'TechKnow' Award

Alamo Local Market Wins 2001 'TechKnow' Award

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--April 5, 2001--Alamo's Local Market Division, a division of ANC Rental Corporation , recently won the 2001 TechKnow Award from Inside Business Magazine for its desktop Web-based application, MPOWERENT. The award recognizes companies that use innovation and creativity in information technology to ... Continue reading

Automobile Consumer Services Partners with Carsforwork, Inc. on AutoFleet.com

Automobile Consumer Services Partners with Carsforwork, Inc. on AutoFleet.com

CINCINNATI--April 5, 2001-- Site Provides Leasing and Discount Services to ``Not-So-Big'' Companies for Their Business Vehicles Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), an automotive e-business products and services provider, has partnered with Carsforwork, Inc., a subsidiary of Donlen Corporation, on AutoFleet.com, w ... Continue reading

Autoweb's Automotive Information Center and JATO Dynamics Announce Data Partnership

Autoweb's Automotive Information Center and JATO Dynamics Announce Data Partnership

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--April 5, 2001--Autoweb's Automotive Information Center (AIC), the source for leading edge automotive Internet technology, and JATO Dynamics, the leading global provider of vehicle price and specification data, today announced an agreement that will facilitate expanding the reach of AIC's tools and ... Continue reading

Business Wire's AutomotiveWire Named Official News Wire of NESEA's 2001 Tour de Sol and U.S. Electric Vehicle Championship

Business Wire's AutomotiveWire Named Official News Wire of NESEA's 2001 Tour de Sol and U.S. Electric Vehicle Championship

SAN FRANCISCO--April 5, 2001--The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), a nonprofit organization that promotes research and development of renewable and sustainable alternative energy sources, has named AutomotiveWire the official news wire of its 2001 Tour de Sol and U.S. Electric Vehicle Championship. In ... Continue reading

CON-WAY Consulting Unit Develops Accelerated Cost Reduction Program; Provides Mid-Market Firms Ability To Cut Costs Quickly in Down Market

CON-WAY Consulting Unit Develops Accelerated Cost Reduction Program; Provides Mid-Market Firms Ability To Cut Costs Quickly in Down Market

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--April 5, 2001--Con-Way Business Solutions (CBS), the supply chain management and Internet technology consulting unit of Con-Way Transportation Services (CON-WAY), announced today that it has developed an Accelerated Cost Reduction (ACR) program. ACR is designed to help mid-market manufacturers and dis ... Continue reading

Cummins Inc. Schedules Earnings Conference Call

Cummins Inc. Schedules Earnings Conference Call

COLUMBUS, Ind.--April 5, 2001--Cummins Inc. announced today that it is scheduled to release first-quarter financial results on April 12, 2001. The company will hold a live listen-only audio webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The company's news release announcing the results will be available on BusinessWire b ... Continue reading

First Interstate Properties Joins Legacy Village Development Team; TRW Applauds Addition of Beachwood Developer

First Interstate Properties Joins Legacy Village Development Team; TRW Applauds Addition of Beachwood Developer

LYNDHURST, Ohio--April 5, 2001--TRW officials announced today that First Interstate Properties of Beachwood, Ohio will join Orix/TMK as the local developer of Legacy Village, the upscale lifestyle center approved by Lyndhurst residents in last November's general election. The new development team will be known as Legac ... Continue reading

Homestead Test Day Notes

Homestead Test Day Notes

Notes from Thursday's Test Day - No. 7 Vannina Ickx and No. 69 Billy Asaro had contact exiting corner three. No. 7 suffered damage to the right rear corner of the car and did not continue the rest of the morning session. ... Continue reading

iMotors Awards Advertising Account to Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners

iMotors Awards Advertising Account to Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners

SAN FRANCISCO--April 5, 2001--iMotors, the pioneering direct-seller of like-new, certified used vehicles announced the selection of Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners as their agency of record for the development of consumer advertising. "The Odiorne Wilde Narraway + Partners team stood out in the three critical success ... Continue reading

Media Advisory U.S. F2000 Rounds Two and Three

Media Advisory U.S. F2000 Rounds Two and Three

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. F2000 National Championship Rounds Two and Three Homestead-Miami Speedway Green Flag: Saturday, April 7, 2001, 2:00 p.m. (ET) Sunday, April 8, 2001, 11:00 a.m. (ET) Circuit: 1.4-mile modified oval Television: The Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami U.S. F2000 race will not be televise ... Continue reading

Press Release

Press Release

McClellan Motorsports Marketing "Building Winning Teams" 982 Congress Park Drive Dayton, OH 45459 (937) 439-0798 (937) 439-3804 FAX April 5, 2001 Contact: Mack McClellan, McClellan Motorsports FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (937) 439-0798 or (937) 438-3590 WorldBestBuy.com Sponsored Teams Busy This Weekend McCormack Motorsports ... Continue reading

REPEAT/Automobile Consumer Services Partners with Carsforwork, Inc. on AutoFleet.com

REPEAT/Automobile Consumer Services Partners with Carsforwork, Inc. on AutoFleet.com

CINCINNATI--April 5, 2001-- Site Provides Leasing and Discount Services to ``Not-So-Big'' Companies for Their Business Vehicles Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), an automotive e-business products and services provider, has partnered with Carsforwork, Inc., a subsidiary of Donlen Corporation, on http://www.AutoF ... Continue reading

Ryder Brings Supply Chain Management Solutions to Global Aerospace Industry

Ryder Brings Supply Chain Management Solutions to Global Aerospace Industry

MIAMI--April 5, 2001--Ryder System, Inc. , a global leader in supply chain and fleet management solutions, has launched an industry initiative to bring Ryder's industry-leading supply chain and lead logistics management solutions to a wider range of global aerospace customers. The announcement was made by Tom Jones, Ry ... Continue reading

SAE SoCal: RSVP's due for Sea Launch Meeting

SAE SoCal: RSVP's due for Sea Launch Meeting

> What: SAE -- Southern California Section -- April 2001 Section Meeting > Tuesday, April, 10th > > Topic: Sea Launch - Behind the Scenes > > Guest Speaker: Bohdan (Bo) I. Bejmuk > Vice President > Business Development & Strategic Planning > Sea Launch Company, LLC. > > Abstract: Sea Launch is a unique commercial satel ... Continue reading

S&P Assigns Prelim Rtgs to Line AAA 2001 Srl's Notes

S&P Assigns Prelim Rtgs to Line AAA 2001 Srl's Notes

LONDON--Standard & Poor's--April 5, 2001-- Standard & Poor's today assigned its preliminary ratings to the Eur300 million asset-backed floating-rate notes due 2010 to be issued by Line AAA 2001 S.r.l., a special-purpose entity (see list below). The collateral comprises consumer loan contracts for the purchase of cars a ... Continue reading

S&P CORR: Prelim Rtgs Asgnd to Line AAA 2001's Notes

S&P CORR: Prelim Rtgs Asgnd to Line AAA 2001's Notes

LONDON--Standard & Poor's--April 5, 2001-- Editor's Note: In the version of this press release published earlier today, the subordination of the class B notes was incorrectly stated as 4.5%. Standard & Poor's today assigned its preliminary ratings to the Eur300 million asset-backed floating-rate notes due 2010 to be is ... Continue reading

Sponsors Lining Up for ``Green Transportation Festival'': Tour de Sol Attracting Big Names

Sponsors Lining Up for ``Green Transportation Festival'': Tour de Sol Attracting Big Names

GREENFIELD, Mass.--April 5, 2001--More companies and government agencies are lining up to be sponsors of the "Tour de Sol: The Great American Green Transportation Festival" than ever before. They are also rolling up their sleeves and will be actively involved when the 50-vehicle road rally leaves Waterbury, Conn., next ... Continue reading

Textron Announces Date for First Quarter Earnings Report and Conference Call

Textron Announces Date for First Quarter Earnings Report and Conference Call

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--April 5, 2001--Textron Inc. will be releasing its first quarter 2001 financial results on Thursday, April 19, 2001 at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The company will also host a conference call at 10:00 a.m., which will be available via webcast at www.textron.com and by direct dial at (612) 288 ... Continue reading

Toyota Grand Prix Charity Ball Nets $61,000 for a Seat in the 2002 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

Toyota Grand Prix Charity Ball Nets $61,000 for a Seat in the 2002 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

LONG BEACH, Calif.--April 5, 2001-- Dave Pasant, 2000 Leading Bidder and Participant in 2001 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, Successfully Secures Opportunity to Race Again in 2002 $61,000 was the high bid at the annual Toyota Grand Prix Charity Ball for a seat in the 2002 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. For the second year in a ... Continue reading

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