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Saturday, July 20, 2002

Total Quality Award: "Value Sparks Increase in Auto Buyer Satisfaction"

Total Quality Award: "Value Sparks Increase in Auto Buyer Satisfaction"

July 2002 San Diego -- Seeking to revive an industry hard-hit by the events of September 11, auto manufacturers' incentives led to more satisfied new vehicle buyers. This was one of the reasons sparking a 12-point industry-wide increase on Strategic Vision's 2002 Total Quality Index™ (TQI). Calculated annually by ... Continue reading

FORD AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON: TWO AMERICAN LEGENDS SINCE 1903

FORD AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON: TWO AMERICAN LEGENDS SINCE 1903

FACT SHEET: FORD AT THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN ROAD TOUR Two legends of the American road, Ford Motor Company and Harley-Davidson Motor Company, are both celebrating their 100th Anniversary in 2003. Both enjoy leadership positions in pickup trucks and heavyweight motorcycles respectively, and both compa ... Continue reading

Skuza Grabs Provisional Eighth

Skuza Grabs Provisional Eighth

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals ­ Bandimere Speedway Notes & Quotes ­ July 19, 2002 TELEVISION TIMES: (ALL TIMES EASTERN) QUALIFYING: Sat., July 20; 7-9 p.m.; ESPN FINAL ROUND: Sun., July 21; 6­9 p.m.; ESPN2 REPEAT: Tues., July 23; 2-4 p.m.; ESPN2 MORRISON, Colo. -- ... Continue reading

Friday Results NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event, Bristol D ragway

Friday Results NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event, Bristol D ragway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION BRISTOL DRAGWAY FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2002 Gunderson and Bartone Both DNQ For Bristol Dragway Show BRISTOL, Tenn. -In the final rounds of qualifying at the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series being held at Bristol Dragway, Top Alcohol Dragster driver ... Continue reading

CASCAR - Calgary Twin 100s Summary & Results

CASCAR - Calgary Twin 100s Summary & Results

CASCAR Super Series For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / July 19, 2002 Beauchamp wins the pole for the Mopar Parts 300 Kennington and Gibbons win their respective 100-lappers at Race City CALGARY, AB - The first on-track activities of the Mopar Parts 500 Race Weekend took place ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Angelle is 3rd at the Denver qualifying midpoint

NHRA Friday: Angelle is 3rd at the Denver qualifying midpoint

CVEC Racing Report Friday qualifying notes Contact: Jon Knapp (704) 662-3121 J2Racing@aol.com Angelle is 3rd at the Denver qualifying midpoint Event: 23rd Annual Mopar Parts Mile High Nationals Location: Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, Colorado Date: July 19, 2002 Angelle Savoie opened her pursuit of a third consecutive ... Continue reading

FORD AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON: TWO AMERICAN LEGENDS SINCE 1903

FORD AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON: TWO AMERICAN LEGENDS SINCE 1903

FACT SHEET: FORD AT THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN ROAD TOUR Two legends of the American road, Ford Motor Company and Harley-Davidson Motor Company, are both celebrating their 100th Anniversary in 2003. Both enjoy leadership positions in pickup trucks and heavyweight motorcycles respectively, and both compa ... Continue reading

2002 French Grand Prix Free Practice

2002 French Grand Prix Free Practice

Honda F1 Press Information 19 July 2002 FISICHELLA LEADS HONDA-POWERED FOURSOME Jordan Honda driver finishes 12th in French Free Practice ------------------------------------------------ Giancarlo Fisichella (DHL Jordan Honda) finished 12th to head the Honda-powered quartet in today’s free practice session for th ... Continue reading

Mirenco Enters into Five-Year Contract To Test Diesel Buses

Mirenco Enters into Five-Year Contract To Test Diesel Buses

RADCLIFFE, Iowa--July 19, 2002--Mirenco, Inc. (OTCBB:MREO) is pleased to announce the company has entered into a five-year contract with the Iowa Foundation for Educational Administration. The contract outlines a program for the testing of Iowa's diesel school bus fleet and represents up to five million dollars for Mir ... Continue reading

Auteo Media Successfully Completes the Acquisition of its Assets to the Trader Publishing Company

Auteo Media Successfully Completes the Acquisition of its Assets to the Trader Publishing Company

SEATTLE--July 19, 2002--Auteo Media, Inc. (OTCBB:AUTM), announced today the successful completion of the sale of the assets of the Company's data collection business to Trader Publishing for $1.5 million dollars. "We are pleased for our company and for our shareholders who should benefit from this sale," stated Steve V ... Continue reading

SEMA Feature Vehicle -- Fast and Furious

SEMA Feature Vehicle -- Fast and Furious

July 18, 2002 Dear SEMA Media Friend: Check out this month's featured vehicle on the www.enjoythedrive.com <http://www.enjoythedrive.com/> home page. It's the soon-to-be-a-major-movie-star Nissan Skyline GT-R set to be featured in the sequel to the 2001 movie release "The Fast and the Furious." There are hundreds, prob ... Continue reading

Chevy Racing Notes - Jimmie Johnson, July 19

Chevy Racing Notes - Jimmie Johnson, July 19

TEAM MONTE CARLO Contact: Nancy Wager New England 300 Advance Material nmwager@aol.com Friday, July 19, 2002 GM Racing Communications New Hampshire International Speedway (727) 784-8465 Page 1 Jimmie Johnson, Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender and driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet Monte Carlo, currently sits th ... Continue reading

Chev Indy V8: All About Rev Limiters

Chev Indy V8: All About Rev Limiters

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 Chevy Indy V8 Insights: The Hard Facts on Soft Rev Limiters NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 18, 2002 -- It is the nature of racers to seek speed. Without the limits imposed by rulebooks and sanctioning bodies, modern race cars could easil ... Continue reading

Lleffler Wins Third Straight Pole

Lleffler Wins Third Straight Pole

Friday, July 19, 2002 Ray Cooper New Hampshire International Speedway Golin/Harris International Dodge notes and quotes. 803-466-9085 New England 200 Qualifying. ROBERT PRESSLEY (No. 18 Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge Ram) "We never made a qualifying run in practice. We've really been working on the race setup all morning. ... Continue reading

SEMA Media Release: WIC Develops Draft of Wheel & Tire Installation Poster

SEMA Media Release: WIC Develops Draft of Wheel & Tire Installation Poster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org SEMA, 909/396-0289, ext. 104 Technical Contact: Frank Bohanan, frankb@sema.org SEMA, 714/255-0929 WIC DEVELOPS DRAFT OF WHEEL & TIRE INSTALLATION POSTER DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (July 19, 2002) -- The Wheel Industry Council (WIC) has developed a dra ... Continue reading

Penske-Jasper Engine Trio Top-Ten Again

Penske-Jasper Engine Trio Top-Ten Again

JASPER MOTORSPORTS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK, DAVE BLANEY AND #77 JASPER TEAM POST SEASON-BEST START AND PENSKE-JASPER ENGINE ENTRIES EACH IN TOP-TEN LONDON, N.H. -- With a new in-house car at his disposal, Dave Blaney flirted with winning his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series pole position before settling for a fifth ... Continue reading

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