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Saturday, October 18, 2003

BMW holds on to Speed GT Mfrs. points lead after tough Rd. Atl. race

BMW holds on to Speed GT Mfrs. points lead after tough Rd. Atl. race

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship - Round 9 Road Atlanta Braselton, Ga. Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 BMW HOLDS ON TO SPEED GT MANUFACTURER'S CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AFTER A TOUGH DAY AT ROAD ATLANTA BMW Team PTG experienced its most disappointing day of the 2003 SCCA ... Continue reading

Bazemore on RPM2Night on Sunday

Bazemore on RPM2Night on Sunday

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 WHIT BAZEMORE ON RPM2NIGHT SUNDAY Whit Bazemore, driver of the Matco Tools Iron Eagle Dodge Stratus Funny Car in the 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, and in the hunt for his first Funny Car championship, ... Continue reading

BMW ETCC Monza - Qualifying Report

BMW ETCC Monza - Qualifying Report

BMW Corporate Communications 2003 European Touring Car Championship Rounds 19 0 - 18/19 October, Monza (Italy) - QUALIFYING BMW Lead the Way into the Final Races The front row of the grid for the race at Monza is an all-BMW affair with perfect team-work between the BMW Team Deutschland drivers, Jörg Müller and Dirk M ... Continue reading

NASCAR BULLET POINTS--SUBWAY 500

NASCAR BULLET POINTS--SUBWAY 500

Contact: Ron Lemasters Jr. GM Racing Communications r.lemasters@att.net (704) 792-1801 phone (704) 236-9831 cell For more information: http://media.gm.com/gmracing GM RACING WINSTON CUP BULLET POINTS; MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY; OCT. 18, 2003; PAGE 1 Race: Subway 500 Distance: 500 Laps Date: Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003 Television ... Continue reading

2003 European Touring Car Championship BMW ETCC Monza - Qualifying Report

2003 European Touring Car Championship BMW ETCC Monza - Qualifying Report

BMW Corporate Communications 2003 European Touring Car Championship Rounds 19 0 - 18/19 October, Monza (Italy) - QUALIFYING BMW Lead the Way into the Final Races The front row of the grid for the race at Monza is an all-BMW affair with perfect team-work between the BMW Team Deutschland drivers, Jörg Müller and Dirk M ... Continue reading

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing's Charge for IMSA Cup and Petit Win Cut Short

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing's Charge for IMSA Cup and Petit Win Cut Short

Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing's Charge for IMSA Cup and Petit Win Cut Short BRASELTON, Ga., October 18, 2003 - Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing entered today's American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Petit Le Mans endurance event here at Road Atlanta racing the No. 35 Risi Competizione Ferrari for a GT ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Petit Le Mans race half-distance

Orbit Racing - Petit Le Mans race half-distance

good start! Orbit Racing had a strong start to the 1000-mile Petit Le Mans. Randy Pobst started the No. 42 Classic Industries Porsche 911 GT3 RS last on the grid, 17th in the GT class, and moved steadily through the field to first in class after 70 minutes. He dropped back to second before handing over to Jay Policastr ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series-Final Results from Gainesville Raceway

NHRA Summit Racing Series-Final Results from Gainesville Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION FINALS GAINESVILLE RACEWAY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2003 Music City Raceway scores back-to-back team championships GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division Finals concluded today at Gainesville Raceway with champions being cro ... Continue reading

2002 ASA Champion Joey Clanton Scores Nashville Pole

2002 ASA Champion Joey Clanton Scores Nashville Pole

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

GM WEEKLY NORTH AMERICAN VEHICLE PRODUCTION

GM WEEKLY NORTH AMERICAN VEHICLE PRODUCTION

Total U.S. Passenger Car 32,763 Total U.S. Truck 55,456 Total Canada Passenger Car 10,657 Total Canada Truck 5,349 Total N.A. Car and Truck 113,595 Note: Totals exclude Joint Venture production (i.e. HUMMER, NUMMI, etc.)North American Scheduled Overtime/Downtime for Week of Oct. 20, 2003 Mon 10/20 Tue 10/21 Wed 10/22 T ... Continue reading

Cadillac's G.M. LaNeve Named Grand Marketer of the Year :Hear Him On Today's AutoLab Show

Cadillac's G.M. LaNeve Named Grand Marketer of the Year :Hear Him On Today's AutoLab Show

Dana Point, CA October 17, 2003; Mark LaNeve, Cadillac Division general manager, was named "Grand Marketer of the Year" by Brandweek magazine during an award ceremony last night. Brandweek, a weekly marketing trade publication, annually selects one marketer as "Grand Marketer of the Year" for their contributions to the ... Continue reading

Saturn ION Red Line Sets Speed Record

Saturn ION Red Line Sets Speed Record

Bonneville, Utah October 17, 2003; Saturn's new ION Red Line quad coupe raced into the record book at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Oct. 17, 2003, establishing a new mark in the G/Blown Fuel Altered class at 212.684 mph. The record-setting Saturn, which is based on the new factory-built ION Red Line sport compact and po ... Continue reading

BMW clinches Speed Touring Mfrs. Championship in Road Atlanta

BMW clinches Speed Touring Mfrs. Championship in Road Atlanta

BMW of North America, LLC Notes and Quotes Speed Touring World Challenge Round 9 Race Road Atlanta Braselton, Ga. Friday, Oct. 17 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 BMW CLINCHES SPEED TOURING MANUFACTURER'S CHAMPIONSHIP; BMWs FINISH FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH AT ROAD ATLANTA BMW won its second Speed Touring Manufacturer ... Continue reading

Chrysler Certified Pre-Owned Joins The Lili Claire Foundation and Matthew Perry To Help Families with Special Needs Children!

Chrysler Certified Pre-Owned Joins The Lili Claire Foundation and Matthew Perry To Help Families with Special Needs Children!

DETROIT & IRVINE, Calif.--Oct. 17, 2003--Today's smart choice for premium quality automobiles, DaimlerChryslers' family of vehicles, and its line of Chrysler Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles, are supporting families of special needs children with the help of some very special FRIENDS. On Sat., Oct. 18 at the Beverly Hilton ... Continue reading

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES-FRIDAY FROM GAINESVILLE RACEWAY

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES-FRIDAY FROM GAINESVILLE RACEWAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION FINALS GAINESVILLE RACEWAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2003 RACE OF CHAMPIONS TITLES SETTLED; RACERS LOOK TO SATURDAY TO SCORE BIG WINS AND TRIP TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAINESVILLE, Fla. - In the final results of the NHRA Southeast Division Race of Champions, ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group To Help Latino Elected Officials Better Serve Their Communities

Chrysler Group To Help Latino Elected Officials Better Serve Their Communities

* 150 Latino elected officials will be trained over the next two years AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 17 -- The DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund, together with the California Latino Legislative Caucus Institute for Public Policy (CLLCIPP), has created a leadership training school for newly-elected Hispanic officials in Cali ... Continue reading

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