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Saturday, May 22, 2004

Bazemore qualfies No. 2, sets career fastest speed of 329.02 mph

Bazemore qualfies No. 2, sets career fastest speed of 329.02 mph

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 23 NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. RACE DATES: May 21-23, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE QUALIFIES NO. 2 FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN 2004; SETS CAREER FASTEST SPEED JOLIET, Ill. ... Continue reading

Scelzi backs up first 330-mph run with a second 330-mph pass in Joliet

Scelzi backs up first 330-mph run with a second 330-mph pass in Joliet

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 23 NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. RACE DATES: May 21-23, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 ROCKETMAN SCELZI BACKS UP 330-MPH RUN JOLIET, Ill. (May 22, 2004) - Rocketman Gary Scelzi to ... Continue reading

Holtom puts the hammer down at Mosport!

Holtom puts the hammer down at Mosport!

For immediate release; May 22, 2004 Holtom puts the hammer down at Mosport! Ottawa driver Jim Holtom puts Control Microsystems SCADAPack Corvette on AGT pole MOSPORT ONTARIO - Ottawa racer Jim Holtom backed up his AGT field leading practice times with a dominating performance in qualifying that put his Control Microsys ... Continue reading

Dodge Quotes from NASCAR Nextel Open

Dodge Quotes from NASCAR Nextel Open

Saturday, May 22, 2004. Ray Cooper Lowe's Motor Speedway. Clear!Blue NASCAR NEXTEL Open. 704-975-3232 STERLING MARLIN (No. 40 Coors Light Dodge) - Race winner "I kind of spun the tires on that last restart. ... Continue reading

Formula One Chief Envisions Chinese Team

Formula One Chief Envisions Chinese Team

MONTE CARLO, Monaco May 22, 2004; John Leichester writing for the AP reported that the head of Formula One would like to have a Chinese-backed team as early as 2005, and he also wants a Chinese driver for the sport. "From about 1.3 billion people, we've got to find somebody," Bernie Ecclestone told The Associated Press ... Continue reading

Sheehan chooses Gruppe M Firelex racing suits for 2004

Sheehan chooses Gruppe M Firelex racing suits for 2004

CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gary Sheehan May 21, 2004 (415) 652-7903/gary@teamsmr.com Thom Wilder (949) 275 5585/twilder3@cox.net Sheehan CHOOSES gRUPPE mT fIRELEX® rACING SUITs FOR 2004 Martinez, Calif. - U.S. Touring Car Championship and Grand-Am Cup driver Gary Sheehan has chosen the Gruppe MT Firelex® as his r ... Continue reading

Visteon Announces Tentative Agreement with UAW Local 898

Visteon Announces Tentative Agreement with UAW Local 898

DEARBORN, Mich., May 22 -- Visteon Corporation today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with UAW Local 898. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) The local operating agreement covers 2,074 hourly employees at Visteon's Rawsonville manufacturing facility located in Ypsilanti, Mich. ... Continue reading

Bazemore qualifies No. 2 on Friday in Joliet

Bazemore qualifies No. 2 on Friday in Joliet

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 23 NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. RACE DATES: May 21-23, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE QUALIFIES NO. 2 ON FRIDAY IN JOLIET NEXT TO TEAMMATE'S 330 MPH JOLIET, Ill. (May 21 ... Continue reading

SCELZI UNLEASHES HIS HEMI TO FIRST 330-MPH RUN IN NHRA HISTORY

SCELZI UNLEASHES HIS HEMI TO FIRST 330-MPH RUN IN NHRA HISTORY

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 23 NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. RACE DATES: May 21-23, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 SCELZI UNLEASHES HIS HEMI TO FIRST 330-MPH RUN IN NHRA HISTORY JOLIET, Ill. (May 21, 2004) - ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Warren Johnson Sits Fifth Midway through Joliet Qualifying

NHRA Friday: Warren Johnson Sits Fifth Midway through Joliet Qualifying

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results Warren Johnson Sits Fifth Midway through Joliet Qualifying Event: Seventh annual NHRA Route 66 Nationals Location: Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Illinois Day/Date: Friday, May 21, 2004 Warren Johnson had his GM P ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson Opens Joliet Qualifying in Eighth

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson Opens Joliet Qualifying in Eighth

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Opens Joliet Qualifying in Eighth Event: Seventh annual NHRA Route 66 Nationals Location: Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Illinois Day/Date: Friday, May 21, 2004 ACDelco Cavalier pilot Kurt Johnson mad ... Continue reading

GM Demonstrates Hybrids And Fuel Cell Vehicles In Tour De Sol Competition

GM Demonstrates Hybrids And Fuel Cell Vehicles In Tour De Sol Competition

NEW YORK - General Motors Corp. will showcase hybrid and fuel cell vehicles at a grassroots competition that begins today in Burlington, New Jersey and ends here Tuesday. "We are pleased to be a part of this event because we share a common goal, educating consumers about the environmental benefits of alternative fuel v ... Continue reading

Reclassification Of Four-Wheel Drive SUVs Reduces GM Protection Plan Costs

Reclassification Of Four-Wheel Drive SUVs Reduces GM Protection Plan Costs

Southfield, Mich. - The GMAC Insurance MIC Group announced the reclassification of 11 four-wheel drive (4WD) sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to the same level as their respective two-wheel drive (2WD) models. This was effective for all GM Protection Plan contracts sold on or after March 1, 2004, in all states except Flor ... Continue reading

Team 7-Eleven Indy 500 Practice Report (May 21, 2004)

Team 7-Eleven Indy 500 Practice Report (May 21, 2004)

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

ArcaEx Indy 500 Practice Report (May 21, 2004)

ArcaEx Indy 500 Practice Report (May 21, 2004)

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

XM Satellite Radio Driver Bryan Herta Suffers Incident at IMS

XM Satellite Radio Driver Bryan Herta Suffers Incident at IMS

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

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Indy 500 Practice Report May 21, 2004

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Indy 500 Practice Report May 21, 2004

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

Dashboard Confessional Award Their Customized Honda Civic To Mike Shelby, Jr. of Ortonville, Mich.

Dashboard Confessional Award Their Customized Honda Civic To Mike Shelby, Jr. of Ortonville, Mich.

VENICE, Calif.--May 21, 2004--Prior to their headlining concert at the DTE Energy Music Theater on Thursday, May 20, as part of Civic Tour 2004, Dashboard Confessional awarded Mike Shelby, Jr. of Detroit one of the customized and autographed Honda Civics that they personally designed. Shelby was among the lucky contest ... Continue reading

Steelworkers Union Blasts Timken's Refusal to Accept Kerry Proposal for Federal Mediation to Save Jobs

Steelworkers Union Blasts Timken's Refusal to Accept Kerry Proposal for Federal Mediation to Save Jobs

Union Calls Company's Public Statements 'Blatantly False' COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 21 -- The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) today welcomed Sen. John Kerry's proposal for federal mediation to save the 1,300 Ohio manufacturing jobs at the Timken Company's Canton facilities, and called the company's statement that the u ... Continue reading

First-Round Toyota Atlantic Championship Qualifying Results from Monterrey

First-Round Toyota Atlantic Championship Qualifying Results from Monterrey

MONTERREY, Mexico (May 21, 2004) ‹ Provisional results from today's first-round qualifying session for the Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama are attached in PDF format. Results in HTML format are available at toyotaatlantic.com. ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - All-Star Qualfiying, May 21

Chevy Notes - All-Star Qualfiying, May 21

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 ALL STAR CHALLENGE QUALIFYING NOTES LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY May 21, 2004 NEXTEL OPEN QUALIFYING: JIMMY SPENCER, NO ... Continue reading

Wallace, Newman 1-2 in Nextel Challenge Qualifying

Wallace, Newman 1-2 in Nextel Challenge Qualifying

Friday, May 21, 2004. Ray Cooper Lowe's Motor Speedway. Clear!Blue NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Qualifying. 704-975-3232 RUSTY WALLACE (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) - On the pole "I almost messed us up. ... Continue reading

Students Make A Fashion Statement With GM Vehicles At Chicago's Premier Student Design Exhibition

Students Make A Fashion Statement With GM Vehicles At Chicago's Premier Student Design Exhibition

General Motors Awards Winners Of A Unique Fashion Design Competition At International Academy Of Design And Technology's Student Fashion Show Chicago - The back of an evening gown inspired by the 17-inch "flangeless" designed wheel of the 2005 Buick LaCrosse . . . jacket sleeves emulating the smoothness and curves of t ... Continue reading

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