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Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Jamie McMurray Michigan Race Advance

Jamie McMurray Michigan Race Advance

Media Contact: Jason Wise Chip Ganassi Racing (704) 500-6121 jwise@ganassi.com <mailto:jwise@ganassi.com> Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Havoline Dodge Sirius Satellite Radio 400 Race Advance RACE INFORMATION: EVENT: Sirius Satellite Radio 400 (Race 15 of 36) TRACK: Michigan International Speedway QUALIFYING: Friday, Jun 13 at ... Continue reading

#10 Benson Michigan Preview

#10 Benson Michigan Preview

John Benson's Father's Day Wish #10 Pontiac driver Johnny Benson gets to enjoy a Michigan Homecoming this week and hopes to give his father John Benson a special Father&#8217;s Day present. The elder Benson knows his way around a race car. He graced the cover of Stock Car Racing Magazine in 1970. In his long racing car ... Continue reading

IIR Industry Alert: July Maintenance Programs Heat Up for the Automotive Industry

IIR Industry Alert: July Maintenance Programs Heat Up for the Automotive Industry

HOUSTON--June 10, 2003--Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Houston): Summer 2003 maintenance activity will heat up as major Tier Suppliers and automotive makers prepare for semi-annual plant shutdowns. This July will be a hot month as 100 plants across the U.S. and Canada will perform maintenance shutdowns for repair an ... Continue reading

ASE Technician of the Year Offers Tips on Battery Maintenance

ASE Technician of the Year Offers Tips on Battery Maintenance

Taking Care of Your Car Battery So It Will Take Care of You ATLANTA, June 10 -- The lowly but loyal car battery. With the turn of the ignition key, it dutifully springs to life, sending forth a surge of electricity to crank your car's engine and send you on your way. Interestingly, commercial lead acid battery technolo ... Continue reading

Port and Border Areas Special Targets For Vehicle Theft; People Should Be More Vigilant Than Ever, Warns NICB

Port and Border Areas Special Targets For Vehicle Theft; People Should Be More Vigilant Than Ever, Warns NICB

Phoenix and Fresno Areas Top NICB List of Thieves Favorite Places PALOS HILLS, Ill., June 10 -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported today that nine of the top ten metropolitan areas for vehicle theft are in or near ports and Canadian and Mexican borders or within easy reach of them. For the second conse ... Continue reading

Bowne Global Solutions Localizes Nissan USA's Web Site for US Hispanic Market

Bowne Global Solutions Localizes Nissan USA's Web Site for US Hispanic Market

PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 10 -- Bowne Global Solutions (BGS), the world's leading provider of translation and localization services, has completed the localization of Nissan North America's Web site from English into Spanish. All of the content on the Nissan site at www.nissanUSA.com/espanol was localized or adapted to at ... Continue reading

Washington Bus System to Reduce Soot and Smog With New Cleaire Diesel Retrofit Product

Washington Bus System to Reduce Soot and Smog With New Cleaire Diesel Retrofit Product

SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--June 10, 2003--The Washington (D.C.) Metro Area Transit Authority is evaluating a new product developed here to dramatically reduce both black soot and smog-producing emissions from diesel buses. The Longview, produced by Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls, is the first product that can be installe ... Continue reading

Progressive Bringing 400 New Jobs to Phoenix

Progressive Bringing 400 New Jobs to Phoenix

Brush Up Your Resume; Recruiting Open Houses Planned for June 17 and 24 TEMPE, Ariz., June 10 -- In a market where unemployment rates recently hit 5.9 percent, the Progressive group of insurance companies , the third largest auto insurance group in the U.S., is helping boost the Phoenix area economy by hiring about 400 ... Continue reading

Engine Manufacturers Committed to Reducing Emissions from Diesel Engines Powering Nonroad Equipment

Engine Manufacturers Committed to Reducing Emissions from Diesel Engines Powering Nonroad Equipment

CHICAGO--June 10, 2003--Regulations proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would virtually eliminate emissions from diesel engines used in farm, construction, and other nonroad applications and will provide huge air quality benefits, but must allow sufficient time for manufacturers to devel ... Continue reading

Kimberly-Clark: Car Covers Part of 'Layered Approach' To Deterring Auto Theft in High-Crime Areas

Kimberly-Clark: Car Covers Part of 'Layered Approach' To Deterring Auto Theft in High-Crime Areas

ROSWELL, Ga., June 10 -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today announced the Top 10 Auto Theft Areas in the United States. The Top 10 Auto Theft Areas include Phoenix; Miami; Fresno, Calif.; Sacramento, Calif.; Modesto, Calif.; Oakland, Calif.; Stockton-Lodi, Calif.; Seattle; Las Vegas; and, Tacoma, Wash. Ca ... Continue reading

Tips To Parents and Teens on Safe Driving and Used Car Buying During Graduation Season

Tips To Parents and Teens on Safe Driving and Used Car Buying During Graduation Season

FAIRFAX, Va.--June 10, 2003--Graduation is a time for celebrating accomplishments and the rite of passage from adolescence into adulthood. However, high school graduates are still teenagers and part of the highest risk group for fatal car crashes. Safe Teen Driving Graduation time means there are more teenagers driving ... Continue reading

RACE DRIVER CRAIG STANTON LAUNCHES WEB SITE

RACE DRIVER CRAIG STANTON LAUNCHES WEB SITE

RACE DRIVER CRAIG STANTON LAUNCHES WEB SITE LONG BEACH, Calif., June 10, 2003 - Professional race driver Craig Stanton, of Long Beach, announces the launch of his personal web site, www.CraigStanton.com. The site, created by AxisStudio.com also of Long Beach, is the official news source and information site for Stanton ... Continue reading

New Study Reveals ``Hot Spots'' for Auto Theft; This is One Top Twenty List Where Climbing the Charts is Bad News

New Study Reveals ``Hot Spots'' for Auto Theft; This is One Top Twenty List Where Climbing the Charts is Bad News

LOS ANGELES--June 10, 2003--Nine of the National Insurance Crime Bureau's top 20 hot spots for nationwide auto theft are located in California, and of those, eight moved up the list from one year ago, according to a study released today. Cracking the top five in 2002 were Fresno (2), Modesto (3) and Stockton-Lodi (4). ... Continue reading

Newgen Selects Chrome's Data to Power Sales Channel Tool for Auto Dealers

Newgen Selects Chrome's Data to Power Sales Channel Tool for Auto Dealers

PORTLAND, Ore.--June 10, 2003--Chrome Systems Corporation, provider of automotive data, configuration technology and commerce solutions announced today that Newgen Results Corporation, a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) tools for auto dealerships, will utilize Chrome's New Vehicle Data(TM) in ... Continue reading

Reflections on Ford at 100

Reflections on Ford at 100

DEARBORN, Mich., June 9 2003; Justin Hyde writing for Reuters filed this feature story. When all but one of Henry Ford's direct living descendants gather in coming days to celebrate the founding 100 years ago of the Ford Motor Co., it will be hard to mask the air of despair hanging over Detroit. The anniversary on June ... Continue reading

GM looking at more deals to test fuel cells

GM looking at more deals to test fuel cells

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 9, 2003; Reuters reports that - General Motors Corp. expects to sign new agreements for testing stationary fuel cells similar to a pact unveiled recently with Dow Chemical Co., a company official said on Monday. The automaker, which is testing the units in its broader effort to build f ... Continue reading

All-New Scion Vehicles Go on Sale Today in 105 California Dealerships

All-New Scion Vehicles Go on Sale Today in 105 California Dealerships

TORRANCE, Calif., June 9 -- Scion's first two production models, xA and xB, go on sale today in California at 105 dealerships. Scion, the new car marque from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., was created to suit the demands of an emerging culture of new car buyers known as Gen Y. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail P ... Continue reading

Rival Technologies Acquires Diesel Emissions Technology

Rival Technologies Acquires Diesel Emissions Technology

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--June 9, 2003--Rival Technologies Inc., (OTCBB: RVTIF), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a diesel engine technology ("CWI") from M.A. Turbo/Engine Ltd. ("M.A. Turbo"). CWI technology is a continuous water injection system that allows for simultaneous reduction in dies ... Continue reading

Spark Plugs Power Tony Stewart to Victory In Sunday's NASCAR Pocono 500

Spark Plugs Power Tony Stewart to Victory In Sunday's NASCAR Pocono 500

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 9 -- Defending NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart claimed his first victory of the season Sunday as his Champion spark plug-powered #20 Chevrolet pulled away from the pack with three laps remaining in the Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pa. Stewart's victory marked the seventh win in 14 events fo ... Continue reading

Carmichael Wins AMA Southwick

Carmichael Wins AMA Southwick

AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championship Round 4: Southwick, Massachusetts June 8, 2003 Hondas Haul at Southwick Since 1997, his first full year as a professional motorcycle racer, Ricky Carmichael has only been defeated once at Southwick, Massachusetts' Motocross 338. His only Southwick loss came in 1998, while co ... Continue reading

Duhamel, Roberts and Hayden Podium at Road America

Duhamel, Roberts and Hayden Podium at Road America

AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Series Round 9: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 7, 2003 Sheathed in a palette of greens, the rolling, forested hills of Wisconsin yielded a picture-perfect setting for Round 9 of the AMA Superbike series. Honda's trio of Red Riders attempted to achieve equally perfect results, as each led t ... Continue reading

Historic Ford Piquette Avenue Plant to Host Open House on Saturday, June 14

Historic Ford Piquette Avenue Plant to Host Open House on Saturday, June 14

In the Spirit of the Ford Centennial, Birthplace of the Model T Will be Open To the Public and Feature a Special Display of Piquette-Built Cars and Early Detroit Autos DETROIT, June 9 -- In the spirit of the Ford Motor Company Centennial, the public is invited to visit the historic Ford Piquette Avenue plant for a one- ... Continue reading

Suzuki Targets Traffic-Weary Urban Commuters With Launch of Burgman Scooters in the U.S.

Suzuki Targets Traffic-Weary Urban Commuters With Launch of Burgman Scooters in the U.S.

- Already Popular in Europe and Japan, Burgman 400 and 650 Scooters Seek to Alleviate Commuters' Daily Grind in Top U.S. Traffic Cities - BREA, Calif., June 9 -- Flush with similar success in Europe and Japan, American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) is launching the Suzuki Burgman 400 and 650 scooters in the U.S. as s ... Continue reading

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