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Saturday, April 10, 2004

Indy 500 - 35 Starters?

Indy 500 - 35 Starters?

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway traditionally allows thirty-three cars and drivers to compete in the Memorial Day weekend classic. Based purely on the official entries, that should happen again in 2004. However, when looking more carefully at the final entry list, who will drive the thirty-three cars is far less certai ... Continue reading

Japan's Suzuki Has Big Plans for U.S. Market

Japan's Suzuki Has Big Plans for U.S. Market

NEW YORK April 8, 2004; John Porretto writing for the AP reported that Suzuki Motor Corp., looking to become a bigger player in the Asian assault on the U.S. automotive market, is preparing to introduce two new sport utility vehicles in the next couple of years. Suzuki last year launched an ambitious plan to triple U.S ... Continue reading

Craig Stanton On Fire in Phoenix, Wins Third Grand-Am Cup

Craig Stanton On Fire in Phoenix, Wins Third Grand-Am Cup

Craig Stanton On Fire in Phoenix, Wins Third Grand-Am Cup PHOENIX, Ariz., April 9, 2004 - Craig Stanton won his third-straight Grand-Am Cup Grand Sport (GS) race tonight here at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). The victory makes a perfect trio of top-spots in the series this season. The Long Beach, California resid ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX results, Nashville

ARCA RE/MAX results, Nashville

2004 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #2 Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville TN, 4-9-04 Official Results, PFG Lester 150 FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS 1 3 5 Blake Feese/Saybrook IL BGR Research Chevrolet 113 Running 2 2 14 Casey Atwood/Mooresville NC Perfect Walls Inc Chevrolet 113 Running 3 5 69 Klaus Graf/ ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Phoenix qualifying

Orbit Racing - Phoenix qualifying

grid set Orbit Racing will start ninth on the GT grid for the Rolex Sports Car Series race at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday. Joe Policastro qualified the No. 44 Classic Industries Porsche 911 GT3 RS in one minute 5.927 seconds on the 1.51-mile infield road course. He will start the race on Saturday, followe ... Continue reading

Lienhard to Start 14th in Food City 250

Lienhard to Start 14th in Food City 250

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

The 1ST ANNUAL FORT WORTH SPRING RALLY

The 1ST ANNUAL FORT WORTH SPRING RALLY

EVENT DETAILS: The 1ST ANNUAL FORT WORTH SPRING RALLY A one day celebration of Americana, Alt-country, and Roots-Rock-A-Billy music, lifestyles, cars, motorcycles, art and fun! LOCATION: La Grave Field, Fort Worth, TX (this is a paved parking lot for our local baseball team The Fort Worth Cats) SPONSORED BY: Coors, For ... Continue reading

AASCO Motorsports Grabs SGS Pole Position For Food City 250

AASCO Motorsports Grabs SGS Pole Position For Food City 250

AASCO Motorsports Grabs SGS Pole Position for Food City 250 AVONDALE, Az., April 9, 2004 - Craig Stanton took the SGS class pole position for tomorrow's Grand American Rolex Series' Food City 250 today at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). The Long Beach, California-resident turned a lap of one minute, 3.555 seconds ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Ships 1 Million Run-flat Tires

Bridgestone Ships 1 Million Run-flat Tires

Tokyo April 9, 2004; Aki Tsukioka writing for JCNN reported that Bridgestone has announced that run-flat tire shipments topped 1 million units as of the end of February. The company delivered its first commercial run-flat tires to Porsche in 1987. Bridgestone's side-reinforced run-flat tires are unique in that they sup ... Continue reading

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