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All-New 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Wins Four Wheeler's 'Pickup Truck of the Year' Award

All-New 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Wins Four Wheeler's 'Pickup Truck of the Year' Award

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 2 -- The all-new 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup has won Four Wheeler magazine's ``Pickup Truck of the Year'' award, the publication's editor announced today. During an intensive four-day competition, the Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 Quad Cab upstaged rivals in the competition.``All of us at Dodge are elated ... Continue reading

CHANDLER, AZ

CHANDLER, AZ

FOR RELEASE: November 2, 2001 CHANDLER, AZ - How much does the torch weigh? What do I need to wear? Who else will be carrying the Flame from my area? With less than five weeks until the start of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, these are just some of the questions that torchbearers are asking as they prepare for ... Continue reading

COLUMBIA, Missouri -

COLUMBIA, Missouri -

FOR RELEASE: November 2, 2001 COLUMBIA, Missouri - How much does the torch weigh? What do I need to wear? Who else will be carrying the Flame from my area? With less than five weeks until the start of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, these are just some of the questions that torchbearers are asking as they prepa ... Continue reading

KENMORE, NY -

KENMORE, NY -

FOR RELEASE: November 2, 2001 KENMORE, NY - How much does the torch weigh? What do I need to wear? Who else will be carrying the Flame from my area? With less than five weeks until the start of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, these are just some of the questions that torchbearers are asking as they prepare for ... Continue reading

NEW ORLEANS -

NEW ORLEANS -

FOR RELEASE: November 2, 2001 NEW ORLEANS -How much does the torch weigh? What do I need to wear? Who else will be carrying the Flame from my area? With less than five weeks until the start of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, these are just some of the questions that torchbearers are asking as they prepare for t ... Continue reading

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL

FOR RELEASE: November 2, 2001 ST. AUGUSTINE, FL- How much does the torch weigh? What do I need to wear? Who else will be carrying the Flame from my area? With less than five weeks until the start of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay, these are just some of the questions that torchbearers are asking as they prepare ... Continue reading

SEMA Import Performance Committee Adopts RASR Program

SEMA Import Performance Committee Adopts RASR Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org 909/396-0289 ext 104 Pat Talaska, patt@sema.org 909/396-0289 ext 137 SEMA Import Performance Committee “Adopts” RASR Program LAS VEGAS (Nov. 1, 2001) --- The Import Performance Committee, SEMA’s committee to promote the compact performan ... Continue reading

SEMA Show 2000 Ambassador of the year

SEMA Show 2000 Ambassador of the year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org 909/396-0289 ext 104 Kim Milman, kmilman@jmprpublicrelations.com 818/992-4353 2001 SEMA * ITE SHOW HONORS ITS FIRST “AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR” Dick Dixon Receives the 2001 Ambassador of the Year Award by Recruiting 45 New Members to SEMA LAS ... Continue reading

Action Performance Companies, Inc. to Announce Fiscal 2001 Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results On Nov. 7, 2001

Action Performance Companies, Inc. to Announce Fiscal 2001 Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results On Nov. 7, 2001

PHOENIX--Nov. 2, 2001--Action Performance Companies, Inc. will release financial results for the fourth quarter and 12 months ended Sept. 30, 2001, after the close of the market on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001. On Thursday, Nov. ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Digital Detroit Conference 2001 To Showcase Michigan's Thriving High-Tech Scene, World-Renowned Tech Leaders To Participate

ADVISORY/Digital Detroit Conference 2001 To Showcase Michigan's Thriving High-Tech Scene, World-Renowned Tech Leaders To Participate

DEARBORN, Mich.--Nov. 2, 2001-- ADVISORY...Nov. 6 (Monday) Executives at AOL Time Warner headline more than 50 speakers at Digital Detroit 2001 Conference Media briefing held Nov. 6, 8:00 a.m. at Dearborn Ritz-Carlton What: While other regions across the country are recovering from the honeymoon of the dot-com era, Mic ... Continue reading

ARIE LUYENDYK, JR. TO COMPETE IN WINSTON WEST RACE AT IS

ARIE LUYENDYK, JR. TO COMPETE IN WINSTON WEST RACE AT IS

ARIE LUYENDYK, JR. JOINS TRITON REALTY MOTORSPORTS Scottsdale, Ariz. - - The newest member of the NASCAR community, Arie Luyendyk, Jr. , 20-year-old son of the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, will be making his NASCAR debut at Irwindale, California in the Winston West championship race scheduled there f ... Continue reading

DETROIT:

DETROIT:

FOR RELEASE: November 1, 2001 DETROIT: The Legal Staff of General Motors Corporation will be recognized tonight by Community Legal Resources, a non-profit legal services organization that provides free legal assistance to more than 120 organizations and their members, for its funding and volunteer efforts in 2001. Sinc ... Continue reading

Dyna Group Announces Record Revenues and Earnings; Company Buys Back Stock

Dyna Group Announces Record Revenues and Earnings; Company Buys Back Stock

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas--Nov. 2, 2001--Dyna Group International (OTCBB:DGIX) announced today earnings from operations for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2001. 3rd Quarter Ended 9 Months Ended Sept. 30 Sept. ... Continue reading

Goodyear and Dunlop Named Official Tire Suppliers

Goodyear and Dunlop Named Official Tire Suppliers

Goodyear and Dunlop Named Official Tire Suppliers DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2001) - Grand American Road Racing Association has reached a multiyear agreement with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Dunlop Tyres Ltd., making them the exclusive tire suppliers to the Rolex Sports Car Series through the 2004 season. The ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Cup Classes Get New Names, New Racing Format

Grand-Am Cup Classes Get New Names, New Racing Format

Grand-Am Cup Classes Get New Names, New Racing Format DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2001) - The Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series will remain basically unchanged in its rules structure for the 2002 season, but there will be some very noticeable other changes. First and foremost is the renaming of the series' four racing ... Continue reading

Grand-Am - the place to race

Grand-Am - the place to race

Grand-Am - the place to race DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2001) - With more than 100 cars pre-entered for the Grand-Am Finale this weekend in the Rolex Sports Car Series and the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series, Grand-Am is definitely "the place to race". With two competitive racing series, Grand-Am continually strives ... Continue reading

Grand-Am To Establish Practical Standards For New Race Car Design

Grand-Am To Establish Practical Standards For New Race Car Design

Grand-Am To Establish Practical Standards For New Race Car Design DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2001) - Grand American Road Racing Association President Roger Edmondson announced that his organization is developing new rules for the Rolex Sports Car Series prototype division to begin in 2003. He said that Grand-Am staff ... Continue reading

Kanaan To Drive Pioneer/WorldCom Honda in 2002

Kanaan To Drive Pioneer/WorldCom Honda in 2002

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Kanaan Back With Mo Nunn Racing for 2002 To Drive Pioneer/WorldCom-Sponsored CART Entry FONTANA, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2001) - Brazilian driver Tony Kanaan will return for his third season with Mo Nunn Racing in 2002 and will pilot the team's Pione ... Continue reading

Kvapil, Silverado second in California qualifying

Kvapil, Silverado second in California qualifying

TRAVIS KVAPIL HIGHEST QUALIFYING SILVERADO DRIVER IN SECOND TRAVIS KVAPIL, NO. 60 CAT RENTAL STORES SILVERADO (second, 41.729/172.542): "We're second, but we're still a couple of 10ths off pole speed. That's not too bad. It's the best we've run all weekend so far. We knew we had a good truck in practice. ... Continue reading

MITCH WILLIAMS IS THE 2001 SEMA PERSON OF THE YEAR

MITCH WILLIAMS IS THE 2001 SEMA PERSON OF THE YEAR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org 909/396-0289, ext. 104 Kim Milman, kmilman@jmprpublicrelations.com 8l8/992-4353 MITCH WILLIAMS IS THE 2001 SEMA PERSON OF THE YEAR LAS VEGAS (Nov. 1, 2001) -- Mitch Williams, president and COO of Hella, Inc., received the 2001 SEMA Person of t ... Continue reading

Rolex Sports Car Series & Grand-Am Cup 2002 Schedules

Rolex Sports Car Series & Grand-Am Cup 2002 Schedules

Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series 2002 Schedule of Events Jan. 3-5, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., open testing Jan. 31-Feb. 3, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla., 24-hour Feb. 28 - Mar. ... Continue reading

WARREN, Mich.

WARREN, Mich.

FOR RELEASE: November 1, 2001 WARREN, Mich. - Beginning today, General Motors employees are expected to use hands-free cellular phone technology while driving in order to comply with the new "SenseAble driving" Employee Policy. Announced in September, the new policy addresses the many distractions drivers face on a dai ... Continue reading

#55 Kanaan Fontana Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

#55 Kanaan Fontana Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Tony Kanaan #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard The 500 - Practice Notes/Quotes - Friday, Nov. 2, 2001 California Speedway - Fontana, Calif.- 2-Mile Tri-Oval Round 21 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series Tony Kanaan and the ... Continue reading

#66 Mears Fontana Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

#66 Mears Fontana Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Casey Mears #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard The 500 - Practice Notes/Quotes - Friday, Nov. 2, 2001 California Speedway - Fontana, Calif.- 2-Mile Tri-Oval Round 21 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series Casey Mears ... Continue reading

FMDRS Event from Las Vegas, Nev.

FMDRS Event from Las Vegas, Nev.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES- PACIFIC DIVISION THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTORSPEEDWAY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 2, 2001 FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES ROLLS INTO THE STRIP LAS VEGAS- In the first rounds of qualifying at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Duane Shields in Federal-Mogul Dragste ... Continue reading

Press Release

Press Release

Sir/M'aam, Please find attached a Press Release on the Blackwing Air Filter. http://www.jacksonville.net/~djohn02/blackwing/pr1.htm If I can be of any further assistance or if you have any further questions, please e-mail or call Upfront Technologies at the number on the PR. ... Continue reading

#55 Kanaan Fontana Saturday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

#55 Kanaan Fontana Saturday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Tony Kanaan #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard The 500 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001 California Speedway - Fontana, Calif.- 2-Mile Tri-Oval Round 21 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series Tony Kanaan and ... Continue reading

#66 Mears Fontana Saturday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

#66 Mears Fontana Saturday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Casey Mears #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard The 500 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001 California Speedway - Fontana, Calif.- 2-Mile Tri-Oval Round 21 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series Casey Me ... Continue reading

FMDRS Event- Saturday from Las Vegas

FMDRS Event- Saturday from Las Vegas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES- PACIFIC DIVISION THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 3, 2001 RACERS EYE THE PRIZE AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY LAS VEGAS- In the final rounds of qualifying at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, more than 875 competitors s ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Cup Race Quotes

Grand-Am Cup Race Quotes

Grand-Am Finale Grand-Am Cup Race Quotes David Haskell, Overall & SGS Winner Speedsource #65 Porsche 911 Supercup "This is unbelievable. I never dreamed I would be in Victory Circle in Daytona. I have raced here a whole bunch of times. This is an unbelievable feeling." "We were down to that 11 car, which is unbelievabl ... Continue reading

Honda Very Low Emissions 4-stroke personal watercraft certified by CARB

Honda Very Low Emissions 4-stroke personal watercraft certified by CARB

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2001 Torrance, CA $B!>(B American Honda is pleased to announce that the 2002 AquaTrax F-12 and F-12X personal watercraft with 4-stroke engines have received emissions certification to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2004 Two-Star Very Low Emission standard. The two CARB Exe ... Continue reading

Speedsource Scores Last Minute Victory at Grand-Am Finale in Daytona

Speedsource Scores Last Minute Victory at Grand-Am Finale in Daytona

Speedsource Scores Last Minute Victory at Grand-Am Finale in Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2001) -- David Haskell, of Plantation, Fla., was a lap and a half behind the race leader with half an hour left in the four-hour Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series race at Daytona International Speedway Friday, but when the ... Continue reading

Sprague clinches, Kvapil Takes Like a Rock and Rookie Awards in Fontana

Sprague clinches, Kvapil Takes Like a Rock and Rookie Awards in Fontana

SILVERADO RACING NOTES AND QUOTES AUTO CLUB 200 2001 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES -- FINAL ROUND CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY FONTANA, CALIF. SATURDAY, NOV. 3, 2001 SPRAGUE CLINCHES THIRD DRIVER'S CROWN; KVAPIL TAKES LIKE A ROCK AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HONORS JACK SPRAGUE, NO. 24 NETZERO SILVERADO (31st, after crashing with Sco ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Rolex Series Finale

Grand-Am Rolex Series Finale

Grand-Am Finale - Daytona International Speedway Rolex Series Quotes - Nov. 3, 2001 Andy Wallace, Second Place Overall Champion Racing #38 Porsche Lola "I thought he'd have to work very hard to get past me. That's what I thought. But I got stupid on the yellow. I didn't see where the incident was and he did. ... Continue reading

Bell Wins California Speedway Pole !!!

Bell Wins California Speedway Pole !!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Hyneman jhyneman@compuserve.com TOWNSEND BELL DOES IT AGAIN IN QUALIFYING - ANOTHER POLE ! Damien Faulkner is Sixth on the Starting Grid FONTANA, Calif. (Nov. 3, 2001) - - Townsend Bell, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., showed why he is the undisputed champion of the 2001 Dayton Indy Lig ... Continue reading

Honda's unstoppable Rossi wins last-ever 500 Grand Prix

Honda's unstoppable Rossi wins last-ever 500 Grand Prix

Rio Grand Prix, Jacarepagua, Brazil, Saturday November 3 2001 HONDA RACING PRESS INFORMATION Valentino Rossi (Nastro Azzurro Honda NSR500) snatched a brilliant last-corner victory from Carlos Checa (Yamaha) at Rio this afternoon, bringing his season total to 11 wins. This latest success puts him second in the most-wins ... Continue reading

Dyson Wraps up Championships with win in Daytona

Dyson Wraps up Championships with win in Daytona

Dyson Wraps up Championships with win in Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2001) -- Rob Dyson, of Pleasant Valley, N.Y., cheered from the pits as Englishman James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger, of State College, Pa., drove his Dyson Racing Team #16 Ford-powered Riley & Scott to victory in the Grand-Am Finale at Dayton ... Continue reading

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