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Sunday, October 13, 2002

Big Surprise Guess Who Wins Japanese GP - Complete Results

Big Surprise Guess Who Wins Japanese GP - Complete Results

Results from Japanese Grand Prix at the 4.636-mile Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan: 1. Michael Schumacher, Germany, Ferrari, 53 laps, 1 hour 26 minutes, 59.698 seconds, 212.644 kph (132.159 mph) 2. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Ferrari, 53, 0.506 second behind 3. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, McLaren-Mercedes, 53, 23.292 4. Jua ... Continue reading

NASCAR Grand National Little Trees 300 - Jeff Burton Wins And Complete Results

NASCAR Grand National Little Trees 300 - Jeff Burton Wins And Complete Results

Results from Saturday's Little Trees 300 NASCAR Grand National race at Lowe's Motor Speedway: 1. (2) Jeff Burton, Ford, 200, 142.443 mph, $59,800. 2. (1) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 200, $48,350. 3. ... Continue reading

NASCAR NEWS: Wallace and Newman to Race Dodge Intrepid R/Ts in 2003

NASCAR NEWS: Wallace and Newman to Race Dodge Intrepid R/Ts in 2003

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 13, 2002; Dodge Motorsports announced today that Penske Racing South will join the Dodge family of NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams for the 2003 season. Legendary team owner Roger Penske will field the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Intrepid R/T and No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge Intrepid R/T with Rusty Wallace and ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler wants big focus on Asia

DaimlerChrysler wants big focus on Asia

FRANKFURT, Oct 13, 2002 Reuters reported that German carmaker DaimlerChrysler board member Ruediger Grube told a German newspaper he wanted 20 to 25 percent of its sales to come from Asia in the coming 10 years. China was one of the company's main targets, Grube told Saturday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and the c ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler to Present Offer to Union Monday

DaimlerChrysler to Present Offer to Union Monday

TORONTO, Oct. 13, 2002 - DaimlerChrysler will present the CAW with its first offer tomorrow Monday, October 14th at 10:00am which will signal whether the Canadian Auto Workers Union is facing a strike. "If the Company tables the economic pattern obtained at GM, but combines it with concessions and no resolution to the ... Continue reading

Japan GP Formula One Suzuka Qualifying Order

Japan GP Formula One Suzuka Qualifying Order

Japanese Grand Prix qualifying results from the 3.636-mile Suzuka Circuit: 1. Michael Schumacher, Germany, Ferrari, 1 minute, 31.317 seconds, 142.922mph. 2. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:31.749. 3. David Coulthard, Britain, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:32.088. ... Continue reading

Winston Cup UAW-GM Race NASCAR Assigned Lineup

Winston Cup UAW-GM Race NASCAR Assigned Lineup

1. (20) Tony Stewart, Pontiac. 2. (6) Mark Martin, Ford. 3. ... Continue reading

KIT Signs Non-Binding Letter of Intent to Sell Recreational Vehicle Division

KIT Signs Non-Binding Letter of Intent to Sell Recreational Vehicle Division

LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 12, 2002 KIT Manufacturing Company announced today that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent under which KIT's RV Division Sales Manager, Scott Thorpe, will acquire all of the assets of KIT's RV Division. The Letter of Intent contemplates execution of a definitive agreement by November ... Continue reading

China Shanghai Automotive To Take 10% Stake In GM Daewoo

China Shanghai Automotive To Take 10% Stake In GM Daewoo

SHANGHAI -October 13, 2002 Dow Jones is reporting that Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Sunday said it will become the first Chinese automaker to take an equity stake in a foreign car company, after it agreed to buy a 10% share in a South Korean venture created by General Motors Corp. . China's third-largest automake ... Continue reading

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