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Saturday, March 20, 2004

Team Rahal Expands Its IndyCar Series Program

Team Rahal Expands Its IndyCar Series Program

Three Cars Will Be Entered In The Indianapolis 500 By Dave Lewandowski indyracing.com Thursday Mar 18, 2004 AVONDALE, Ariz. -- On March 11, Fernandez Racing co-owner and driver Adrian Fernandez announced he was moving the team to the IRL IndyCar® Series. On March 18, Team Rahal co-owner Bobby Rahal announced that he a ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - Happy Hour, Darlington, Mar. 20

Chevy Notes - Happy Hour, Darlington, Mar. 20

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications nmwager@aol.com ofc: (727) 784-8465 fax: (727) 787-8990 cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES CAROLINA DODGE DEALERS 400 ADVANCE DARLINGTON RACEWAY March 20, 2004 DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 8 BUDWEISER CHEVROL ... Continue reading

Hybrids Close to Becoming Common Equipment, But Can Diesels Compete? Questions ABI Research

Hybrids Close to Becoming Common Equipment, But Can Diesels Compete? Questions ABI Research

Oyster Bay, NY - March 15, 2004 By 2006, Toyota and Honda hybrid models alone could account for 10% of the over two million midsize passenger vehicle sales in the US, according to ABI Research, proving that hybrids are no longer a niche market. Reports indicate Toyota will introduce a hybrid version of its Camry model ... Continue reading

Kia Makes Upward Revision of Investment Plan in Slovakia

Kia Makes Upward Revision of Investment Plan in Slovakia

SEOUL, March 19, 2004; Yonhap News reported that Kia Motors Corp. said Friday it has revised upwards its planned investment in Slovakia to 1.1 billion euros in a bid to boost its presence in the European market. Yoon Kook-jin, president and CEO of Kia, said its first European plant, to be built in Zilina in northern Sl ... Continue reading

Indian Auto Firm to Enter South Korea's Small Truck Market

Indian Auto Firm to Enter South Korea's Small Truck Market

SEOUL, March 19, 2004; Yonhap News reported that India's Tata Motors, which acquired South Korea's Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Co. last month, will enter the small- and mid-sized truck markets in Korea as well as expand its large truck market presence, a visiting executive from the world's sixth-largest commercial-vehic ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - Terry Labonte NexCup Darlington, Mar. 20, 2004

Chevy Notes - Terry Labonte NexCup Darlington, Mar. 20, 2004

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications nmwager@aol.com ofc: (727) 784-8465 fax: (727) 787-8990 cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES CAROLINA DODGE DEALERS 400 ADVANCE DARLINGTON RACEWAY March 20, 2004 TERRY LABONTE, DRIVER OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG' ... Continue reading

Saturday Dodge NexCup Quotes from Darlington

Saturday Dodge NexCup Quotes from Darlington

Saturday, March 18, 2004. Ray Cooper Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Advance Clear!Blue Darlington Raceway. 704-975-3232 FOUR DODGES LEAD THE WAY IN FIRST PRACTICE - Dodge drivers Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurray, Kasey Kahne and Casey Mears led the way in the first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup practice session Saturday morning. Newman was ... Continue reading

Driver Bryan Herta Back on Track at Phoenix

Driver Bryan Herta Back on Track at Phoenix

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Scelzi No. 5 in Friday Gainesville qualifying

Scelzi No. 5 in Friday Gainesville qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2004 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 NHRA GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE (FLA.) RACEWAY RACE DATES: MARCH 19-21, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 SCELZI IN NO. 5 IN FRIDAY QUALIFYING GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 19, 2004) - On a hotter day th ... Continue reading

Ford's Land Rover and Jaguar Recalled

Ford's Land Rover and Jaguar Recalled

DETROIT March 19, 2004; Tom Brown writing for Reuters reported that Land Rover and Jaguar recalled nearly 180,000 vehicles this month, putting another dent in the quality image of Ford Motor Co.'s luxury Premier Automotive Group. The British-built vehicles involved in the recalls are mainstays of Premier Automotive, Fo ... Continue reading

GM Daewoo Recalls 200,000 Matiz Units

GM Daewoo Recalls 200,000 Matiz Units

Seoul March 20,2004; Bae Keun-min writing for the Korea Times reported that GM Daewoo Auto & Technology has informed the Ministry of Construction and Transportation of its decision to recall 197,565 units of its Matiz subcompacts to fix manufacturing defects. Two kinds of defects were detected, including rust preventio ... Continue reading

Driver Kahne wins NexCup Pole at Darlington

Driver Kahne wins NexCup Pole at Darlington

Friday, March 18, 2004. Ray Cooper Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Qualifying Clear!Blue Darlington Raceway. 704-975-3232 KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) - Wins Second Career pole "Qualifying was awesome. We picked up three and a half tenths from practice. ... Continue reading

Driver Dan Wheldon Seventh at Phoenix Practice

Driver Dan Wheldon Seventh at Phoenix Practice

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Sport Compact Only Night Offers Racers a Legal Alternative to City Streets

Sport Compact Only Night Offers Racers a Legal Alternative to City Streets

EVENT: Sport Compact Only Nights Event DATE/TIME: Saturday, March 20, 7:00 PM to Midnight LOCATION: Firebird International Raceway, Chandler, AZ CONTACT: Tony Perez, SCO Nights Media Coordinator 602-454-9400 or email press@dragracing.com The past few weeks have brought news of several tragic auto accidents due to illeg ... Continue reading

KANAAN FINDS SPEED EARLY IN BID TO DEFEND PHOENIX TITLE

KANAAN FINDS SPEED EARLY IN BID TO DEFEND PHOENIX TITLE

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FRANCHITTI BEGINS SEARCH FOR SPEED IN ARCAEX CAR AT PHOENIX

FRANCHITTI BEGINS SEARCH FOR SPEED IN ARCAEX CAR AT PHOENIX

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NHRA Friday: Friday in Gainesville Finds KJ in Sixth

NHRA Friday: Friday in Gainesville Finds KJ in Sixth

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results Friday in Gainesville Finds KJ in Sixth Event: 35th annual Mac Tools Gatornationals Location: Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, Florida Day/Date: Friday March 19, 2004 Kurt Johnson entered the first day of qu ... Continue reading

Komatsu Kicks-Off Epic Data's P3 Materials Management System -P3-MMS- at its Ripley, Tennessee Facility

Komatsu Kicks-Off Epic Data's P3 Materials Management System -P3-MMS- at its Ripley, Tennessee Facility

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--March 19, 2004--Epic Data International Inc. (TSX:EKD) today announced that Komatsu America Corp. began implementation of its P3 Materials Management System (P3-MMS) inventory management module for implementation at its Ripley, Tennessee facility. Contractual terms for the new system had be ... Continue reading

Chevy NexCup Qualifying Notes - Darlington, Mar. 19

Chevy NexCup Qualifying Notes - Darlington, Mar. 19

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications nmwager@aol.com ofc: (727) 784-8465 fax: (727) 787-8990 cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES CAROLINA DODGE DEALERS 400 QUALIFYING NOTES DARLINGTON RACEWAY March 19, 2004 SCOTT RIGGS, NO. 10 VALVOLINE CHEV ... Continue reading

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