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Saturday, July 5, 2003

Ralf Schumacher Wins Pole at French GP

Ralf Schumacher Wins Pole at French GP

MAGNY COURS, France July 5, 2003; Salvatore Zanca writing for thwe AP reported that Ralf Schumacher won the pole position for Sunday's French Grand Prix, the third time in the last four races he has been on the pole. Juan Pablo Montoya, his Williams-BMW teammate, was second Saturday and brother Michael Schumacher of Fe ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Final Results from Silver Dollar Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Final Results from Silver Dollar Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY SATURDAY JULY 5, 2003 New Yorkers Foley and Sickles Cash in at Silver Dollar REYNOLDS, Ga. - In the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held this weekend at Silver Dollar Raceway, Top ... Continue reading

Miller finishes ninth at Cleveland

Miller finishes ninth at Cleveland

ROCKETSPORTS RACING DRIVER NOTES AND QUOTES CLEVELAND GRAND PRIX WEEKEND FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2003 - POST RACE JOHNNY MILLER, DRIVER OF THE NO. 64 EATON CUTLER-HAMMER JAGUAR XKR, FINISHES NINTH AT CLEVELAND AFTER MAKING TWO PIT STOPS TO CLEAR OFF HIS FRONT GRILL Note 1 - Cleveland Grand Prix Stats…. Johnny Miller has s ... Continue reading

Complete Results - NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Infineon Raceway

Complete Results - NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Infineon Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION INFINEON RACEWAY FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2003 600 PLUS RACERS TAKE ACTION AT INFINEON SONOMA, Calif. - In the first rounds of qualifying at Infineon Raceway, Dennis Swearingen in Top Alcohol Dragster and Bret Williamson in Top Alcohol Funny Car are lead ... Continue reading

Dorricott Racing - Final Qualifying Report (CLE)

Dorricott Racing - Final Qualifying Report (CLE)

DIAZ QUALIFIED EIGHTH BUT WILL START IN THE BACK; KRISILOFF IMPROVES TIMES BUT WILL START 11TH CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 4) - - It wasn't quite the Independence Day celebration Dorricott Racing expected but drivers and crew will still be ready to challenge for the podium in Saturday's sixth round of the 12-race Toyota Atla ... Continue reading

Venezuela car sales drop nearly 52 pct in June

Venezuela car sales drop nearly 52 pct in June

CARACAS, Venezuela, July 4, 2003; Reuters reported that car sales in Venezuela fell by 51.85 percent in June compared with a year before, reflecting the impact of the country's deep recession on the national auto industry, the Venezuelan Automobile Chamber (CAVENEZ) reported Friday. A total of 5,185 cars were sold last ... Continue reading

VW Mexico Union Seeks Shorter Work Week To Avoid Layoffs

VW Mexico Union Seeks Shorter Work Week To Avoid Layoffs

MEXICO CITY July 4, 2003;Amy Guthrie writing for Dow Jones reported that workers at Volkswagen AG's Mexico plant asked the German automaker Friday to consider shortening their work week by one day in order to avoid roughly 2,000 layoffs. "We're talking to the company today to see if we can change their position. Right ... Continue reading

AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gasoline Prices Hold Steady For The 4th of July Holiday

AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gasoline Prices Hold Steady For The 4th of July Holiday

HOUSTON--July 4, 2003--Gasoline prices are holding steady for the Fourth of July Holiday, according to the Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by AAA Texas. The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. The statewide average price for a gallon of regular self-serve is ... Continue reading

Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Slow Slide

Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Slow Slide

LOS ANGELES--July 4, 2003--Gasoline prices, which began declining two weeks ago, continued their slide last week as Southland motorists prepare for the Independence Day holiday, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasol ... Continue reading

iQ Power Appoints New Director - Financing Closed

iQ Power Appoints New Director - Financing Closed

MUNICH, Germany, July 4 -- iQ Power Technology Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IQPR; Frankfurt: IQP) is pleased to announce the election of the following directors at its June 30, 2003, annual general meeting: Hans Ambos, Gunther Bauer, Peter Braun, Russell French, Rudolf Heinz, and Gregory Sasges. Rudolf Heinz is a new memb ... Continue reading

Qualifying Quotes

Qualifying Quotes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley johnthawley@GoRevolution.com 248.227.0110 Hayner Qualifies #2 GMAC Commercial Finance Corvette In Third Bobby Sak Qualifies Sixth Cleveland – July 3, 2003 – Stu Hayner [#2 Trenton Forging / GMAC Commercial Finance Corvette] took the next step toward repeating his 2002 Cle ... Continue reading

Warm up Results for Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, Round 6 at Cleveland

Warm up Results for Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, Round 6 at Cleveland

Cleveland ‹ Warm up Results for the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, Round 6. Results showing position, driver, manufacturer, fast time, and speed in miles per hour. 1. Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 1:12.836, 104.091 2. Bobby Sak(R), Chevrolet Corvette, 1:13.616, 102.988. ... Continue reading

Takagi-Giaffone Kansas Friday Practice

Takagi-Giaffone Kansas Friday Practice

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Takagi Fourth, Giaffone Eighth on Opening Day of Practice at Kansas KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Friday, July 4, 2003) - Tora Takagi and Felipe Giaffone endured a sweltering opening day of practice for Sunday's Kansas Indy 300 by cloc ... Continue reading

Target Toyotas 1-2 At Kansas

Target Toyotas 1-2 At Kansas

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email /f ... Continue reading

Official Results for Trans-Am on the Tarmac, Round 6 of the 2003 Trans-Am Series Championship

Official Results for Trans-Am on the Tarmac, Round 6 of the 2003 Trans-Am Series Championship

Cleveland ‹ Official results for the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup Round 6. Results showing Finishing Position, Starting Position in paranthesis, Driver, Car, Laps Completed, and Reason Out if Any: 1. (1) Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 48, Running. 2. (7) Jorge Diaz, Jr. ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying Results from Lebanon Valley Dragway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying Results from Lebanon Valley Dragway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHEAST DIVISION LEBANON VALLEY DRAGWAY FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2003 KOSKY & MANZO "LIGHT-UP" QUALIFYING WEST LEBANON, N.Y. - Day one of time trials and qualifying at the Diamond RV NHRA Division 1 Shootout concluded with Mike Kosky and Frank Manzo leading their respe ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Infineon Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Infineon Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION INFINEON RACEWAY FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2003 600 PLUS RACERS TAKE ACTION AT INFINEON SONOMA, Calif. - In the first rounds of qualifying at Infineon Raceway, Dennis Swearingen in Top Alcohol Dragster and Bret Williamson in Top Alcohol Funny Car are lead ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying Results from Silver Dollar Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying Results from Silver Dollar Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY FRIDAY JULY 4, 2003 Defending Division Champ Thacker Leads Silver Dollar Qualifying REYNOLDS, Ga. - In the opening rounds of qualifying at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Silver Dollar Raceway, Top Alc ... Continue reading

Pruett Leads the Charge in Independence Day Battle at Cleveland

Pruett Leads the Charge in Independence Day Battle at Cleveland

CONTACT: Justin Anderson Phone: 704-348-9400 FAX: 704-348-9444 Cell: 517-927-3614 PRUETT LEADS THE CHARGE IN INDEPENDENCE DAY BATTLE AT CLEVELAND CLEVELAND ‹ Two veterans and a young up and comer dominated Friday¹s Trans-Am on the Tarmac, Round 6 of the 2003 Trans-Am for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup Championship, ... Continue reading

Johnny Miller Has Banner Day At Cleveland

Johnny Miller Has Banner Day At Cleveland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 4, 2003 Trans-Am on the Tarmac – Johnny Miller Has a "Banner" Day? Cleveland, Ohio – July 4, 2003- Johnny Miller, driver of the no. 64 Eaton Cutler-Hammer Jaguar XKR, finished 9th in the Trans-Am on the Tarmac 100 mile event held at Cleveland’s Burke Lakefront Airport. The r ... Continue reading

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