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NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Gordon quotes, Coca Cola 600 post race
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet Monte Carlo (finished 29th) (What would you have given for a back-up car tonight?) "Not much. That car was pretty good. I don't know who you blame that on. We should be aware of cars that are coming. ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Kevin Harvick quotes, Coca Cola 600 post race
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 Kevin Harvick, No. 29 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet Monte Carlo (Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate - finished 2nd) "I've never raced 600 miles before, but I think I've run more miles than all those guys combined. This Chevy wasn't to ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Mike Skinner quotes, Coca Cola 600 post race
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 Mike Skinner, No. 31 Lowe's Chevrolet Monte Carlo (finished 11th) "This was one of the best cars the Lowe's team has had all season. The thing was a rocket. We lost second and third gears early in the race and had to drop to the end of the lead ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: No. 8 Budweiser Team 25th in Coca-Cola 600
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 Jeff Burton won Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600, a rare bright spot in a poor season for Burton and his team. Kevin Harvick was second while Tony Stewart completed an amazing double by finishing third. Stewart also finished 6th in the Indiana ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Tony Stewart Interview: Indy and Charlotte runs
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 TONY STEWART, NO. 20 HOME DEPOT PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (HOW ABOUT YOUR RUN IN THE INDY 500?) "We got into the lead with a car that was really balanced and comfortable to drive and I just got greedy. The sun came out and that changed the track condi ... Continue reading
USAC: Worldcom National Midget Car Series Race Results, IRP
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 WORLDCOM USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: May 27, 2001 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park - 56th "Night Before the 500" Classic QUALIFICATIONS: 1. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-21.049; 2. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-21.093; 3 ... Continue reading
US F2000: Rodarte captures first win at IRP
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (May 27, 2001)–Piero Rodarte, of Mexico City, Mexico, won Round Six of the U.S. F2000 National Championship Presented by Speedvision at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Tommy Constantine, of Greece and Billy Asaro, of Unionvil ... Continue reading
NHRA: Bernstein, Pedregon, Krisher and Smith winners at Topeka
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kenny Bernstein led a parade of 50-somethings into the winner's circle Sunday at the Advance Auto Parts NHRA Nationals and in the process he moved into the Winston Top Fuel points lead for the first time since winning the elusive ... Continue reading
NHRA: Race results, Advance Auto Parts Nationals, Topeka
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 TOPEKA, Kan. -- Final finish order (1-16) for professional categories at the 13th annual Advance Auto Parts Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka. The $1.9 million race is the ninth of 24 events in the $50 million NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series. T ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Michael Andretti Interview: 85th Indy 500
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 THIRD-PLACE FINISHER QUOTES, May 27, 2001 MICHAEL ANDRETTI: "It's a little disappointing. The uphill battle started with a flat tire. Had to go all the way to the back of the field. Fought our way back up to the front, and then had that problem ... Continue reading
SPEED RACING RADIO with Jeff Bressler (Radio Show)
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NASCAR WCUP: Coca Cola 600 race results, Lowe's Motor Speedway
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 28, 2001 Coca-Cola 600 Results Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina 1. (18) Jeff Burton, Taurus, 400, $258,846. 2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Monte Carlo, 400, $189,827. 3. ... Continue reading
TACH SPECIAL: Castroneves Delivers Historic Victory For Penske
By David Treffer, Contributing Editor, The Auto Channel May 27, 2001 The 85th edition of the Indianapolis 500 will be remembered as the successful return of “The Captain” to the Brickyard. It will also be remembered for the dominant winning performance by another Indy 500 rookie. “The Captain” a ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Castroneves earns $1.27 Million of record Indy 500 purse
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 27, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, May 27, 2001 - Helio Castroneves earned $1,270,475 of the largest purse in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history for winning Sunday's 85th running of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, according to unofficial prize figures annou ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Final Results, 85th Indianapolis 500
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 27, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Results Sunday from the 85th Indianapolis 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with finishing position, starting position (in parentheses), driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason o ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Infiniti-Powered Buhl Challenges For Indy 500 Victory
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 27, 2001 Indianapolis, Ind. (May 27, 2001) -- Infiniti driver Robbie Buhl was a serious contender for the Indianapolis 500 victory, but spun-out during his attempt to pass eventual winner Helio Castroneves for the lead on lap 166 of the 200-lap race. Buh ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Driver Quotes, 85th Indy 500 post race
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 27, 2001 GREG RAY (#2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "Driving race cars, period, is fun, but winning is a lot more fun. I've got mixed emotions." SAM HORNISH JR. (#4 Pennzoil Panther Dallara Oldsmobile/Firestone): "We had a real fa ... Continue reading
Verizon Wireless Asks Consumers to Test Their Responsible Driving IQ
Millions of Americans use their wireless phones while driving, so knowing when it is the best time to use a wireless phone in the car is important. Verizon Wireless has made the responsible in-vehicle use of wireless phones a top priority for the company and its customers. As part of its "Drive responsibly. Call with c ... Continue reading
Statement By UAW President in Observance of Memorial Day
The following statement by UAW President Stephen P. Yokich is issued in observance of Memorial Day, on May 28, 2001: It is primarily working people who keep our country free and prosperous. Today, we all join in saluting those who serve in the Armed Forces. Many active and retired members of our union are proud veteran ... Continue reading
NHTSA Reports Major Gains in Seat Belt Use
Seat belt use jumped in 2000 for three states that enacted primary belt use laws during the year, according to newly released state statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In states with a primary seat belt law, motor vehicle occupants can b ... Continue reading
Goodyear.Com Provides Ford Owners With Tire Replacement Information
Owners of Ford Motor Co. vehicles who have been affected by this week's recall of 13 million Firestone tires can find information on tire safety as well as on Ford-approved replacements at http://www.goodyear.com . The website operated by the world's largest tiremaker includes a listing of all Ford and Mercury vehicles ... Continue reading
Cannondale and OPTIMUM to Work Together On Fuel Injection Technology
Cannondale and OPTIMUM Power Technology have announced that the two companies are working together to develop advanced fuel injection technologies. The partnership is a perfect alliance, according to Cannondale director Scott Montgomery. "Cannondale makes innovative, high-performance, fuel-injected motorcycles and ATVs ... Continue reading
Chrysler Group Recalls 2000 and 2001 Neons
The Chrysler Group will voluntarily recall 2000 and 2001 Neons to replace a brake booster vacuum hose. This issue does not affect any other Neon model years. Over time, contact with oil may cause the vacuum hose to swell and loosen from the intake manifold resulting in a loss of power brake assist and an increased idle ... Continue reading
AAA Texas Urges the Governor to Sign the Graduated Driver Licensing Bill
HOUSTON--May 25, 2001--The Texas State legislature has sent Governor Perry a bill that is expected to help save thousands of teens from injury and death each year. In a show of overwhelming support, the state House of Representatives voted 121 to 13 yesterday to pass the Graduated Driver License bill. "We applaud the a ... Continue reading
AIADA'S 24th Annual Automotive Congress a Success; Dealers Lobby Congress on Death Tax Repeal
WASHINGTON, May 25 More than 700 automobile dealers descended on Washington, DC, May 22-23 for the American International Automobile Dealers Association's 24th Annual Automotive Congress. For two action-packed days, the meetings combined the largest grassroots lobbying event in the automotive industry with issues brief ... Continue reading
TAMPA, Fla.--May 25, 2001--Building on the success of its first Web-based APQP Workshops held in April, Pilgrim Software has announced that it will continue the series with two additional workshop dates: May 30 - June 1 and June 20 - 22, 2001. The free half-day workshops will be held at the Double Tree Hotel in Novi, M ... Continue reading
PEABODY, Mass.--May 25, 2001--Boston Acoustics, Inc. today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001. Net sales for the quarter decreased 1% to $26.6 million from $26.9 million for the same period a year ago. The Company incurred a net loss for the period of $1.3 mi ... Continue reading
BusinessWeek: Inside Wall Street - MSC Software; Highlights from BusinessWeek's June 4, 2001 Issue
NEW YORK--May 25, 2001--MSC Software (MNS) -- This tech company manufactures simulation software to stress-test products such as cars and rockets before manufacturing begins, and they have now created software accessible to companies that have smaller, more mundane products. They have already signed Cooper Tire, Medtro ... Continue reading
BusinessWeek: Inside Wall Street - MSC Software; Highlights from BusinessWeek's June 4, 2001 Issue
NEW YORK--May 25, 2001--MSC Software (MNS) -- This tech company manufactures simulation software to stress-test products such as cars and rockets before manufacturing begins, and they have now created software accessible to companies that have smaller, more mundane products. They have already signed Cooper Tire, Medtro ... Continue reading
Cambridge Toyota Plant Announces New Paint Facility for Lexus Production
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, May 25 Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC), manufacturer of the Corolla, Camry Solara and Solara convertible, will build a new paint facility on the Cambridge site to serve the needs of Lexus RX 300 production scheduled for 2003. Leading-edge paint technologies will be used for Lexus produ ... Continue reading
Chrysler Group Recalls 2000 and 2001 Neons
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 25 The Chrysler Group will voluntarily recall 2000 and 2001 Neons to replace a brake booster vacuum hose. This issue does not affect any other Neon model years. Over time, contact with oil may cause the vacuum hose to swell and loosen from the intake manifold resulting in a loss of power brake ... Continue reading
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA, Inc./
In LAF043, Toyota Addresses Misinformation Regarding Advertising Controversy, moved earlier today, we are advised by a representative of the company that the second to the last bullet point should read, -- "Toyota Motor Sales, and its manufacturing partner, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, North America have long-standing a ... Continue reading
Eagle Picher Workers in Traverse City Vote to Join UAW
DETROIT, May 25 A majority of workers at Eagle Picher, an automotive supplier in Traverse City, Michigan, have voted to join the UAW. Workers voted in favor of union representation by a 183-103 margin, in a May 24 election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board. "Workers at Eagle Picher in Traverse City deser ... Continue reading
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2001-C Rated `AAA' By Fitch
NEW YORK--May 25, 2001--Fitch rates Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2001-C as follows: -- $150,000,000 class A-1 4.021% asset-backed notes `F1+'; -- $250,000,000 class A-2 3.947% asset-backed notes `F1+'; -- $800,000,000 class A-3 4.21% asset-backed notes `AAA'; -- $650,000,000 class A-4 4.83% asset-backed notes `AAA'; -- ... Continue reading
Hayes Lemmerz Announces Recent ISO 14001 Registrations
NORTHVILLE, Mich., May 25 Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. , a leading global supplier to the automotive and commercial highway industries, today announced an additional five facilities that have received ISO 14001 registration. As a result, the Company now has 17 manufacturing facilities worldwide which have achieved ... Continue reading
NEW YORK--May 25, 2001-- Sail Into Summer During National Safe Boating Week Each year between 700 and 800 people die in boating-related accidents -- nine out of 10 victims were NOT wearing their life jackets. Statistics show that while only 27 percent of boaters wear their life jackets when on the water, more than 80 p ... Continue reading
Philips Semiconductors' Single-Wire CAN Transceivers Reduce Costs for Auto Body Networks
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 25 Philips Semiconductors, a division of Royal Philips Electronics , today announced a new family of single-wire controller area network (CAN) transceivers for use in cost-sensitive auto body networking applications. Compared to current alternative systems, the AU5790D and AU5790D14 1W CAN transc ... Continue reading
Shiloh Industries to Announce Q2 Results and Conduct Conference Call
CLEVELAND, May 25 Shiloh Industries, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of engineered and welded metal blanks, stamped components and modular systems for the automotive and heavy truck industries, will announce results for its second quarter ended April 30, 2001 on Wednesday, May 30, 2001 and conduct a conference call to di ... Continue reading
State Auto Financial Highlights Another Profitable Year at Annual Meeting
COLUMBUS, Ohio--May 25, 2001--State Auto Financial Corporation's tenth annual meeting featured a recap of 2000, the sixth straight year the company has achieved an underwriting profit. "Few, perhaps no, companies writing the broad range of business we do can match our six-plus years of underwriting profit," said State ... Continue reading
The Face of Steven Wayne Elmore, Impaired Driver Prevention Day
CTIA Celebrates National Wireless Safety Week - May 21st - 27th, 2001 WASHINGTON, May 25 The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) and its member companies recognize the inherent safety value phones play in reporting impaired, drunk and aggressive drivers. No one knows this better than Steven Wayne ... Continue reading
LONDON--May 25, 2001--Tomkins PLC has today completed the sale of Totectors Limited, its safety footwear business, to UKS Group Limited for cash consideration of (pound)19.5 million including the repayment of intercompany indebtedness of (pound)7.4m. Totector's turnover for the year to April 29, 2000 was (pound)23.8 mi ... Continue reading
Toyota Addresses Misinformation Regarding Advertising Controversy
TORRANCE, Calif., May 25 Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA, Inc. today issued the following background regarding rumors and misinformation surrounding controversy about certain advertising, as well as the company's diversity policies in general. -- This issue pertains to a promotional postcard available for free in racks lo ... Continue reading
Traffic Doesn't Take Holiday in Minds of California Voters
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--May 25, 2001--High gasoline prices are not the only thing concerning the motoring public as record numbers of cars take to the streets and highways this Memorial Day weekend. A new public opinion poll released today by Transportation California finds that traffic congestion ranks alongside energy as ... Continue reading
Wong Kar-Wai's 'The Follow' Premieres on bmwfilms.com
New Short-Film Part of 'The Hire,' A Collection of Internet Digital Films Featuring The Movie Industry's Best Talent WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 25 "The Follow," a new film by critically acclaimed director Wong Kar-Wai, premiered on http://www.bmwfilms.com. "The Follow" is the third installment of "The Hire" an unprecede ... Continue reading
PEABODY, Mass.--May 25, 2001--Boston Acoustics, Inc. today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001. Net sales for the quarter decreased 1% to $26.6 million from $26.9 million for the same period a year ago. The Company incurred a net loss for the period of $1.3 mi ... Continue reading
Death Tax Repeal Clears Congress
The House-Senate Conference Committee on the Tax Reconciliation Act, H.R. 1836, completed its negotiations last night reconciling the differences between the House and Senate tax bills. The final bill includes AIADA's much sought-after provision to repeal the death tax. President Bush is expected to sign the bill into ... Continue reading
Ford May Ask Firestone To Help Pay For Recall Of 13 Million Tires
Newsweek has learned the Ford may ask Firestone to help foot the $3 billion cost of a tire recall Ford announced last week to replace all 13 million Firestone Wilderness AT tires on its Explorer and Expedition SUVs and its F-150 Ranger pickups. Ford claims it has new evidence to show there are more problems with the ti ... Continue reading
Remember hatchbacks? How Eighties you say? Have you looked at gasoline prices lately? Perhaps economical convenient hatchbacks have a future in this country. ... Continue reading
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