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Monday, April 15, 2002

Jeep(R) Brand Creates a Slam-Dunk Opportunity to Reach the Urban Lifestyle

Jeep(R) Brand Creates a Slam-Dunk Opportunity to Reach the Urban Lifestyle

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 15 -- The Chrysler Group's Jeep® brand announced it is teaming up with the NBA's Hoop It Up as a national sponsor to bring Jeep vehicles courtside, during the world's largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament. The Jeep brand's presence will be on and off the court at each tournament. The NBA Hoop ... Continue reading

TRW Names Vince Greco, Director of Operations, TRW Autospecialty

TRW Names Vince Greco, Director of Operations, TRW Autospecialty

CARSON, Calif., April 15 -- TRW Automotive has appointed Vince Greco director of operations, for its Autospecialty aftermarket business in Carson and Harbor City, Calif. He is based at the Carson location. As director of operations, Greco will manage the overall operations for the Harbor City location, where TRW manufa ... Continue reading

Delphi Recognized for Recycling Efforts at Take Pride, Ohio! Awards Ceremony

Delphi Recognized for Recycling Efforts at Take Pride, Ohio! Awards Ceremony

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 15 -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) honored 11 Delphi facilities in the Midwest at its ninth annual Take Pride, Ohio! awards ceremony held recently in Columbus. Delphi was awarded with a 2002 Recycle, Ohio! award in the corporation/business category for its innovative efforts to ... Continue reading

Jeep(R) Brand and MTV Invade College Campuses this Spring To Give Away a Jeep Liberty Sport

Jeep(R) Brand and MTV Invade College Campuses this Spring To Give Away a Jeep Liberty Sport

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 15 -- Chrysler Group's Jeep® brand and MTV have teamed up to bring Campus Invasion 2K2 to college campuses around the country beginning April 4 through the first week of May. The Campus Invasion 2K2 gives the Jeep brand exposure to college-aged consumers through association with artists and ... Continue reading

Eaton Reports First Quarter Operating Earnings of 93 Cents Per Share

Eaton Reports First Quarter Operating Earnings of 93 Cents Per Share

CLEVELAND--April 15, 2002--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced operating earnings per share of 93 cents for the first quarter of 2002, 11 percent below comparable results one year earlier. Sales in the quarter were $1.72 billion, 13 percent below last year. Net income before unusual it ... Continue reading

Alcoa Adjusts Production Capacity at Two U.S. Smelters

Alcoa Adjusts Production Capacity at Two U.S. Smelters

PITTSBURGH--April 15, 2002--Alcoa Inc. announced today the following production adjustments at two of its U.S. operating locations to balance and optimize primary metal output: -- Delay indefinitely the planned restart of line 1 at its Warrick County, Ind. facility. That line has a capacity of 41,000 metric tons per ye ... Continue reading

World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Underway At IEEE

World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Underway At IEEE

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--April 15, 2002--Driven by the lack of uniform scientific crash data needed to make vehicle and highway transportation safer and reduce fatalities, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has begun working to create the first universal standard for motor ve ... Continue reading

Thats a Lot Of Cookies

Thats a Lot Of Cookies

FOR RELEASE: April 15, 2002 DETROIT- General Motors Foundation has donated $25,000 to Michigan Metro Girl Scout Council to be used for deserving Girl Scouts who have achieved the highest award possible - the Gold Award and the scholarship program. The highest award for Girl Scouts is the Gold. The Girl Scout Gold Award ... Continue reading

NASCAR and iN DEMAND Launch; `NASCAR IN CAR on iN DEMAND'

NASCAR and iN DEMAND Launch; `NASCAR IN CAR on iN DEMAND'

LOS ANGELES--April 15, 2002-- Multi-Channel In-Car Camera Package to Enhance Live Event Coverage will Premiere on Digital Cable in June The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and iN DEMAND have partnered to launch `NASCAR IN CAR on iN DEMAND,' a multi-channel season-long television package that off ... Continue reading

40 Coors Light Martinsville race report

40 Coors Light Martinsville race report

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing, 704/662-9642, nhamilton@ganassi.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2002 MARLIN SALVAGES TOP-15 FINISH IN VIRGINIA 500 MARTINSVILLE, Va. (April 14, 2002) - Sterling Marlin drove the Coors Light Dodge Intrepid R/T to a 12th place finish in the Virginia 500 at Martinsville S ... Continue reading

Big News from Sirius Racing and Sirius Satellite Radio

Big News from Sirius Racing and Sirius Satellite Radio

<<...OLE_Obj...>> HEAR WHAT'S NEW! What: Sirius Satellite Radio Press Conference Who: Ray Evernham, Jim Smith and Casey Atwood of Ultra/Evernham Motorsports Philip Pilla, Vice President, Marketing, Sirius Satellite Radio Special guest from ISC Where: Talladega Superspeedway Media Center When: Friday, April 19, 2002, 9: ... Continue reading

Westcorp Reports First Quarter Earnings

Westcorp Reports First Quarter Earnings

IRVINE, Calif.--April 15, 2002--Westcorp , the financial services holding company whose principal subsidiaries are WFS Financial Inc and Western Financial Bank, today reported GAAP net income of $16.9 million, or $0.46 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2002 compared with $17.7 million, or $0.55 per diluted sha ... Continue reading

Target Martinsville race report

Target Martinsville race report

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (April 14, 2002) - The Target Dodge Intrepid R/T driven by Jimmy Spencer finished in 21st place in the Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Spencer dropped one place to 22nd in NASCAR Winston Cup championship points. The Target Dodge started the 500-lap event in ninth position and moved up two posit ... Continue reading

J-Town race Story

J-Town race Story

Mardy Lindley ended a 33-race winless streak Saturday night when he survived a caution-filled race to win the Naturally Fresh Foods 250 presented by Lucas Oil Products. Lindley held off a hard-charging Jay Fogleman on a four-lap dash for the win. The win was the first for Lindley with his team sporting the colors of ne ... Continue reading

Review: Mercury Mountaineer

Review: Mercury Mountaineer

2002 Mercury Mountaineer Base price: $30,610 Price as tested $36,005 EPA mileage: 14 city/19 highway By Des Toups Pity poor Mercury, bringing the best-ever traditional sport-utility to market just as the market is moving elsewhere. The new-for-2002 Mountaineer is handsome, roomy, well-mannered and powerful, but it may ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Long Beach Saturday Final Qualifying

#10 Kanaan CART Long Beach Saturday Final Qualifying

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Tony Kanaan #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard Grand Prix of Long Beach - Final Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Saturday, April 13, 2002 The Streets of Long Beach, Calif. - 1.968-Mile Temporary Street Course Round 2 of 20 on the 2002 ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX release & points, Nashville

ARCA RE/MAX release & points, Nashville

Top-10 ARCA RE/MAX Series points after Nashville: 1) Chad Blount 680; 2) Damon Lusk 640; 3) Frank Kimmel 560; 4) Shelby Howard 470; 5) Ron Cox 460; 6) Todd Bowsher 430; 7) Jason Jarrett 420; 8) Chase Montgomery 415; 9) Robert Burroughs 405; 9) Billy Venturini 405. Kimmel makes music at Nashville NASHVILLE, TN (4-12-02) ... Continue reading

Dara Torres Becomes First Woman to Capture Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

Dara Torres Becomes First Woman to Capture Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BW SportsWire)--April 13, 2002-- Torres and Pro Danica Patrick Make History as the First Two Women Ever to Earn Top Finishes as Part of the 26Th Annual Event For the first time ever, two women captured the top two finishes during the 26th annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. Nine-time Olympic medalist ... Continue reading

dodge nascar winston cup notes from saturday at martinsville

dodge nascar winston cup notes from saturday at martinsville

Saturday, April 13, 2002 Ray Cooper Virginia 500 Advance Golin/Harris International Dodge notes and quotes. 803-466-9085 TONY GLOVER (Team Manager Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates) NOTE : Glover is a NASCAR Winston Cup veteran. He's been coming to Martinsville Speedway since 1969, and has eaten his share of Marti ... Continue reading

FW: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - San Marino GP - Qualifying

FW: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - San Marino GP - Qualifying

---------- From: BMW WilliamsF1 Team <HHientzsch@aol.com> To: Judy Stropus <jstropus@earthlink.net> Subject: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - San Marino GP - Qualifying Date: Sat, Apr 13, 2002, 9:48 AM San Marino Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 13th April 2002 Weather: 18ƒC Air, 25ƒC Track A reasonably positive qualifying for the BMW W ... Continue reading

FW: Monte Carlo Happy Hour Notes - M'Ville - T.Labonte, J.Johnson

FW: Monte Carlo Happy Hour Notes - M'Ville - T.Labonte, J.Johnson

TEAM MONTE CARLO Contact: Nancy Wager Virginia 500 Happy Hour Notes nmwager@aol.com Saturday, April 13, 2002 GM Racing Communications Martinsville Speedway (727) 784-8465 Page 1 Terry Labonte, No. 5 Kellogg's Chevrolet Monte Carlo - fastest Chevrolet in first Happy Hour session: "Practice was pretty good. We were just ... Continue reading

Perform background checks on anyone with your PC

Perform background checks on anyone with your PC

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Fw: AP Format Results from Jennerstown Speedway

Fw: AP Format Results from Jennerstown Speedway

----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Southers To: Tim Southers Cc: Amy Johnson ; Dina M Bailey ; Frank Wilson ; david.rush@espn.com Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 12:25 PM Subject: AP Format Results from Jennerstown Speedway Official Race Results USAR - Hooters ProCup Series Naturally Fresh Foods 250 presented Lucas Oi ... Continue reading

Results from the Community Weekly 300 held at Amelia Motor Raceway Saturday, 4/13/02

Results from the Community Weekly 300 held at Amelia Motor Raceway Saturday, 4/13/02

Attached are the top three winners from the pro-kart and flattrack divisional races held at Amelia Motor Raceway last night, April 13, 2002. Today's Pro-Am Flattrack race was postponed to Sunday, April 28. There will be a $3,000 purse paid to the Open class. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. Next week AMR will host the Vir ... Continue reading

Woodside and Team Walker Motorsports Collect Podium Finish at The Bullring

Woodside and Team Walker Motorsports Collect Podium Finish at The Bullring

Contacts: Donna Walker, Team Walker Motorsports 661/702-9923 dwwteam@aol.com Barbara Evans, Evans MMPR 818/832-7649 704/662-9724 818/404-5770 (cell) evansmmpr@earthlink.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOODSIDE AND TEAM WALKER MOTORSPORTS COLLECT PODIUM FINISH AT THE BULLRING April 14, 2002 (Valencia, Calif.) - Sean Woodside ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Long Beach Sunday Race

#10 Kanaan CART Long Beach Sunday Race

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Tony Kanaan #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard Grand Prix of Long Beach - Race Notes/Quotes - Sunday, April 14, 2002 The Streets of Long Beach, Calif. - 1.968-Mile Temporary Street Course Round 2 of 20 on the 2002 CART FedEx Ch ... Continue reading

dodge nascar winston cup notes and quotes from sunday at martinsv ille

dodge nascar winston cup notes and quotes from sunday at martinsv ille

Sunday, April 14, 2002 Ray Cooper Virginia 500 Golin/Harris International Dodge notes and quotes. 803-466-9085 JEREMY MAYFIELD (No. 19 Dodge Dealers Dodge Intrepid R/T "We got through that last deal some way, I'm not sure how. It was a pretty tough day. The guys worked hard and we kept our brakes on it. ... Continue reading

Fonda Speedway Press Release 4/14/02

Fonda Speedway Press Release 4/14/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON WEEK OF 4/15 &#8211; 4/19 FONDA SPEEDWAY CONTACT (518) 382-0353 FONDA SPEEDWAY TO OPEN THEIR 50th SEASON After a rainout last Saturday, the management and staff of the &#8220;Track of Champions&#8221; Fonda Speedway are ready and eager to get in some racing action, as they will open the regular ... Continue reading

Exide Technologies Files for Reorganization

Exide Technologies Files for Reorganization

PRINCETON, N.J.--April 15, 2002--Exide Technologies, Inc.(OTCBB:EXDT): Company Continues Normal Operations International Operations Not Included in Filing Exide Receives Commitment for $415 Million in New Financing Arranged by Citibank N.A. Exide Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:EXDT) today announced that it and certain of it ... Continue reading

Dorricott Racing goes 2-3-10 at Long Beach

Dorricott Racing goes 2-3-10 at Long Beach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Hyneman jhyneman@compuserve.com DORRICOTT RACING'S ALEX GURNEY AND JON FOGARTY FINISH SECOND AND THIRD PLACE AT LONG BEACH ATLANTIC RACE Diaz literally remarkable in finishing 10th LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 14, 2002) - - Dorricott Racing showed how a little luck and a lot of skill g ... Continue reading

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