Saturday, May 25, 2002

Coca-cola 600 - Sterling Marlin

Saturday, May 25, 2002 Ray Cooper Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 Advance Golin/Harris International Dodge notes and quotes. 803-466-9085 STERLING MARLIN (No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Intrepid R/T) "I think we've got a good car. We were eighth quickest in practice before we qualified, and I pulled out another good qualifying e ... Continue reading

FW: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Monaco GP - Qualifying

---------- From: BMW WilliamsF1 Team <HHientzsch@aol.com> To: Judy Stropus <jstropus@earthlink.net> Subject: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Monaco GP - Qualifying Date: Sat, May 25, 2002, 9:48 AM Monaco Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 25th May 2002 Weather: 23&#402;C Air, 37&#402;C Track On the street circuit of Monte Carlo, Juan Pablo ... Continue reading

2002 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying

Honda F1 Press Information 25 May 2002 FISICHELLA HEADS HONDA FOURSOME Jordan Honda driver qualifies 11th for Monaco Grand Prix ------------------------------------------------ Giancarlo Fisichella will start the 60th Monaco Grand Prix from row six of the grid tomorrow after he qualified his DHL Jordan Honda in 11th po ... Continue reading

FORD SHUT-OUT OF TOP NHRA SPOT

[ 5/25/2002 ] BY TEAM FORD RACING CORRESPONDENT Topeka, Kansas &#8212; For only the second time this season, a Ford won&#8217;t start an NHRA Funny Car race from the No. 1 qualifying position. Veteran Bruce Sarver gave Toyota its first ever Funny Car pole when he coaxed the White Cap Celica to a time of 4.862 seconds a ... Continue reading

GM: Aluminum Wheels May Not Be Standard, Wheel Maker Stock Price Falls

May 24, 2002 CHICAGO - Reuters reported that shares of automotive parts maker Superior Industries International Inc. dropped 12 percent Thursday after Prudential Securities downgraded the stock to "sell," saying new steel wheels for cars could replace the aluminum wheels made by Superior. Prudential analyst Michael Bru ... Continue reading

H2 priced like Mercedes model

May 24, 2002 BLOOMBERG reported that,General Motors Corp.'s new Hummer H2 sport-utility vehicle, a smaller version of the military-style model, goes on sale in July for $48,800, putting it in a class with the Cadillac Escalade and Mercedes ML500. The H2 is the first new Hummer model for General Motors since it bought r ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire Settles Lawsuit

CHICAGO, May 24 Reuters reported that Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has settled a lawsuit over a 1998 accident that killed four people and seriously injured two others. The settlement, reached late Thursday in Little Rock, Arkansas, came one day after a U.S. District Court judge sanctioned the tiremaker for burning potentia ... Continue reading

HMS Race on Saturday, May 25 (T2)

Contact: Todd Fisher (843) 784-RACE -- For Immediate Release Coastal Plains Insurance Night Featuring 100 Late Model Dash for Cash at the Hardeeville Motor Speedway HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (May 17, 2002) - The Hardeeville Motor Speedway will return to racing action on Saturday night, May 25th after being rained out last week ... Continue reading

Auto Dealer Group Lauds Senate Passage of Trade Promotion Authority

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) lauds Senate passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). "The benefits of free trade are clear, and AIADA urges the House and Senate conferees to send a clean compromise TPA package to the president as soon as possible," said AIADA ... Continue reading

MANY TEENAGERS DON'T BUCKLE SAFETY BELTS -

ARLINGTON, VA -- Belt use among high school students is lower than among other occupants in passenger vehicles. Even when adults are driving and using belts themselves, many teens riding with them aren't buckling up. This is a finding of a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety survey of teenage belt use. When t ... Continue reading

Jeff Gordon and Sesame Street Team Up for Charity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kathy Boyd (704) 455-7424 The Jeff Gordon Foundation Beatrice Chow (212) 875-6586 Sesame Workshop Jeff Gordon and Sesame Street Team Up for Charity (May 22, 2002 - Charlotte, NC) Jeff Gordon, the four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion, and Sesame Street, created by the global educational o ... Continue reading

Honda To Supply Engines For IRL

Press Conference Transcript Courtesy IRL: FRED NATION (Vice president of corporate communications and public relations, Indianapolis Motor Speedway): Good afternoon and thank you for attending this news conference. My name is Fred Nation of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indy Racing League. We have an important a ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Test Times from IRP

Below are the Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship test times from Friday, May 25, 2002, at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Times are unofficial and due problems with the timing & scoring equipment, only represent the last one and half hours of the full-day test. Practice for the 50-lap Night Before the 500 race begins at 1 ... Continue reading

GREEN GRABS LEAD IN NASCAR SUNBELT REGIONAL POINTS

TONY GREEN JUMPS INTO EARLY LEAD IN NASCAR WEEKLY RACING SERIES PRESENTED BY DODGE SUNBELT REGION DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 22, 2002) - Tony Green of Oak Hills, Calif., has taken the early lead this season in the Sunbelt Region of the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge. Green&#8217;s early dominance in the S ... Continue reading

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY NEWS: CORY KRUSEMAN & RICKY LOGAN ENTER KNOXVILLE'S MIDGET CAR RACE

----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas J Schmeh To: Ralph Capitani ; Jim Siner ; Bryan Gapinski ; Joe Mershon Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: KNOXVILLE RACEWAY NEWS: CORY KRUSEMAN & RICKY LOGAN ENTER KNOXVILLE'S MIDGET CAR RACE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: THOMAS J. SCHMEH, 641-842-6176 - as road from ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - MEDIA ALERT - Susquehannock Trail Rally

The press release text included below is also available in a formatted Word97-Word2000 document. If you would prefer to receive our press releases in that format, or if you wish to opt out of these distributions, please send your request to: sccaprorally@aol.com. For immediate release 24 May 2002 MEDIA ALERT: SCCA® Pr ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday from Maple Grove Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHEAST DIVISION MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2002 NHRA NORTHEAST DIVISION KICKS OFF SEASON AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY Reading, Pa. - NHRA's Northeast division began its racing season today at the Coca-Cola NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Maple G ... Continue reading

Alderman Grabs Provisional No. 1

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series O¹Reilly Summer Nationals Notes & Quotes ­ May 23, 2002 TELEVISION TIMES: (ALL TIMES EASTERN) QUALIFYING: Sat., May 25; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; ESPN2 FINAL ROUND: Sun., May 26; 3:00­ 6:00 p.m.; ESPN (Live) FINAL ROUND: Sun., May 26; 8:30-10:20 p.m. (Rebroadcast) REPEAT: Fri ... Continue reading