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Monday, August 29, 2005

Ringers Gloves Weekend Wrap-Up

Ringers Gloves Weekend Wrap-Up

Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact Information Ringers Gloves Public Relations 800.421.8454 _RingersIndy@aol.com_ (mailto:RingersIndy@aol.com) RINGERS GLOVES WEEKEND WRAP-UP Guess Who Visited Victory Lane at the Busch Race in Bristol? Moorpark, Calif. - (August 29, 2005) Ryan Newman captured his third con ... Continue reading

With ''Backover'' Accidents on the Rise, a New Program, ''Back-up to School Safely,'' Offers Tips and Technology to Keep Los Angeles Children Safe

With ''Backover'' Accidents on the Rise, a New Program, ''Back-up to School Safely,'' Offers Tips and Technology to Keep Los Angeles Children Safe

VAN NUYS, Calif.--Aug. 29, 2005--Al & Ed's Autosound: Southland Fixture Al & Ed's Autosound To Team Up With Cadbury Schweppes And Ralphs Grocery Company To Hold 10 Community Events Showcasing New Technology And Offering Shoppers A Chance To Win One Of 50 Rearview Back-Up Safety Systems In response to the increasing num ... Continue reading

Take Action to Prevent Vehicle Hurricane Damage; Flooded Vehicles Should Be Inspected before Being Started

Take Action to Prevent Vehicle Hurricane Damage; Flooded Vehicles Should Be Inspected before Being Started

ROANOKE, Va.--Aug. 29, 2005--Countless vehicles can be damaged or lost as a result of hurricanes that threaten to inflict billions of dollars in property damage. As hurricanes approach, owners can take several steps to protect their vehicles, according to Bryan Gregory, Advance Auto Parts' Consumer Education Director. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group CEO-elect Tom LaSorda Says His Company is Forging a Unique Model for Supplier Relations

Chrysler Group CEO-elect Tom LaSorda Says His Company is Forging a Unique Model for Supplier Relations

Tom LaSorda speech to Auto Industry Action Group (AIAG) AutoTech Conference - Names four "Hot Buttons" suppliers need to understand - Announces TRW and Iroquois Industries as HI-PO suppliers with long-term partnerships - Supplier quality initiative reduces 'yard holds' for participants from 35 to one in 2005 DETROIT, A ... Continue reading

BLACK ENTERPRISE Names Ford Division President Darryl B. Hazel Corporate Executive of the Year for 2005

BLACK ENTERPRISE Names Ford Division President Darryl B. Hazel Corporate Executive of the Year for 2005

America's Leading Executive, the 20 Top Franchises for African Americans, and the Best Corporate Diversity Strategies Highlight September's BLACK ENTERPRISE NEW YORK, Aug. 29 -- Darryl B. Hazel, Vice President, Ford Motor Co./President, Ford Division, has been named the BLACK ENTERPRISE (BE) Corporate Executive of the ... Continue reading

Labor Day Travel Expected to Increase Slightly This Year, Says Auto Club

Labor Day Travel Expected to Increase Slightly This Year, Says Auto Club

LOS ANGELES--Aug. 29, 2005--An all-time record number of Southern Californians have made plans to get away this holiday weekend despite gas prices that are also at record levels, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. Nearly 3.1 million Southland residents are expected to take holiday trips of at leas ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Incoming President and CEO, Tom LaSorda and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson to Take Dunk Tank Plunge for United Way

Chrysler Group Incoming President and CEO, Tom LaSorda and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson to Take Dunk Tank Plunge for United Way

Chrysler Group Outgoing and Incoming CEO Dieter Zetsche and Tom LaSorda Light the Torch for United Way * Chrysler Group employees take a shot at dunking LaSorda, Patterson and other executives * Chrysler Group supports United Way through fun-filled competitions * Hundreds of Auburn Hills employees expected to participa ... Continue reading

American Tire Distributors Acquires Wholesale Tire Distributors

American Tire Distributors Acquires Wholesale Tire Distributors

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 29 -- American Tire Distributors, Inc. ("American Tire Distributors") announced today that they have acquired 100 percent of the stock of Wholesale Tire Distributors, Inc., Wholesale Tire Distributors of Wyoming, Inc. and Wholesale Tire Distributors of Idaho, Inc. ("Wholesale Tire Distributors"). ... Continue reading

ADP Dealer Services Launches Employee Screening and Selection Services

ADP Dealer Services Launches Employee Screening and Selection Services

New Suite of Services Enables Dealerships to Make the Right Choice in Selecting Employees HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Aug. 29 -- In a move to help dealers make better hiring decisions and bring cost savings to their stores, The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. today announced the launch of its employ ... Continue reading

GXS to Address Critical Supply Chain Issues and Highlight China B2B Survey Results at AutoTech 2005

GXS to Address Critical Supply Chain Issues and Highlight China B2B Survey Results at AutoTech 2005

--GXS, a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, today announced that company executives will participate in three distinct panels at AIAG AutoTech 2005 in Detroit on September 1. GXS will address this year's event theme, Streamlining the Industry, and present the results of the AIAG co-spo ... Continue reading

Pelion Systems Targets Automotive Industry With Launch of Pelion Automotive MPO

Pelion Systems Targets Automotive Industry With Launch of Pelion Automotive MPO

Optimization Software Drives Customer Response - Resulting in Successful Transformation From Push Operations to Pull Operations at Tier-One Automotive Supplier DETROIT, AutoTech 2005, Booth #814, Aug. 29 -- Pelion Systems, the market leader in Manufacturing Process Optimization (MPO) solutions, today announced the avai ... Continue reading

SEEBURGER Helps Automotive Suppliers Cut Costs by Powering SupplyOn, the Industry's #1 Web Marketplace with 3,000+ Participating Vendors

SEEBURGER Helps Automotive Suppliers Cut Costs by Powering SupplyOn, the Industry's #1 Web Marketplace with 3,000+ Participating Vendors

B2B Platform Now Processes Over 1,000,000 WebEDI and VMI Transactions Monthly DETROIT, Aug. 29 -- AutoTech 2005 -- SEEBURGER Inc. announced today that its B2B Gateway is now processing more than 1,000,000 WebEDI and vendor-managed inventory messages every month for SupplyOn, the largest Internet marketplace in the auto ... Continue reading

Virtual Services Joins CoCreate's Partner Program

Virtual Services Joins CoCreate's Partner Program

Major Automotive Engineering Solutions Provider to Resell OneSpace.net FORT COLLINS, Colo. and SINDELFINGEN, Germany, Aug. 29 -- CoCreate Software, Inc., a leading provider of flexible CAD and collaborative PLM software applications, today announced that Virtual Services, a major provider of engineering solutions to th ... Continue reading

AIAG AutoTech 2005 Exhibitor Profiles

AIAG AutoTech 2005 Exhibitor Profiles

DETROIT, Aug. 29 -- At AIAG AutoTech 2005, more than 100 exhibitors will showcase hardware, software, supply chain systems, data collection, materials handling, quality, telecommunications, IT and transportation technologies, services and more. These exhibitors include: Company: Acuity CiMatrix Inc. (Formerly RVSI Acui ... Continue reading

Horne Engineering Services To Expand and Accelerate Support to the Transportation Security Administration

Horne Engineering Services To Expand and Accelerate Support to the Transportation Security Administration

FALLS CHURCH, Va.--Aug. 29, 2005-- Value of first option year of contract tripled from $1.9 million to $5.9 Million Spectrum Sciences & Software Holdings Corp. (OTCBB: SPSC) announced today that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has exercised the first option year of its contract with Horne Engineering S ... Continue reading

Leading Auto Insurer Launches Research Program; Says There Could Be a Better Way to Price Policies

Leading Auto Insurer Launches Research Program; Says There Could Be a Better Way to Price Policies

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--Aug. 29, 2005-- The Progressive Direct Group of Insurance Companies Launches A Research Program to Gather Driving Habit Data That Could Revolutionize How Policies are Priced For as long as anyone can remember, car insurance policies have been priced in the same way, using information about you, ... Continue reading

Spartan Motors Presents at Michigan Growth Stock Conference

Spartan Motors Presents at Michigan Growth Stock Conference

CHARLOTTE, Mich., Aug. 29 -- Spartan Motors, Inc. will present to fund managers and analysts at the first-ever Michigan Growth Stock Conference (MGSC) at 9:25 a.m. ET on Aug. 30, 2005. A live webcast of the presentation will be available to investors, analysts and media. What: Spartan Motors Presents at Michigan Growth ... Continue reading

U.S. Oil Co., Inc. Selects CORE IMPACT to Provide Reliable, Cost-Effective Security Testing; Petroleum and Wholesale Distributor Looks to Automated, Easy-to-Use Penetration Testing Product to Help Enhance its Network Security

U.S. Oil Co., Inc. Selects CORE IMPACT to Provide Reliable, Cost-Effective Security Testing; Petroleum and Wholesale Distributor Looks to Automated, Easy-to-Use Penetration Testing Product to Help Enhance its Network Security

BOSTON--Aug. 29, 2005--Core Security Technologies, provider of CORE IMPACT, the first-to-market penetration testing product for assessing specific information security risks, today announced that U.S. Oil Co., Inc. has chosen its flagship product, CORE IMPACT to help them easily test the security of its network, identi ... Continue reading

American Tire to Test PowerLinx for New Trucks

American Tire to Test PowerLinx for New Trucks

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--Aug. 29, 2005--PowerLinx, Inc. (OTC: PWLX), today announced that its DC power-line camera system will be tested on new delivery vehicles leased by American Tire Distributors over the next two to three months. The PowerLinx camera system for trucks, Power Line Vision Systems, eliminates video cable ... Continue reading

Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council Withdraws Autobytel Inc. Review; Autobytel Met Panel Deadline of May 31, 2005

Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council Withdraws Autobytel Inc. Review; Autobytel Met Panel Deadline of May 31, 2005

IRVINE, Calif.--Aug. 29, 2005--Autobytel Inc. , a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced that the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council has decided to withdraw its previously announced review of the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel (the "Panel") decision in April 2005 to grant Au ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Forms Korean Emissions Joint Venture

ArvinMeritor Forms Korean Emissions Joint Venture

New company addresses growing need for diesel emissions solutions DETROIT, Aug. 29 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture between its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group and DongWon Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. The joint venture, named AD Tech Co., Ltd., will initially sup ... Continue reading

Delphi Grundig Expands Business Activities with 'Safety & Security' Products

Delphi Grundig Expands Business Activities with 'Safety & Security' Products

New Bluetooth hands-free set HFK200 paves the way TROY, Mich., Aug. 29 -- Delphi Grundig, created from the Delphi Corp. acquisition of Grundig Car Intermedia System in 2003, is expanding its business activities and in the future will be enhancing its existing portfolio with products from the "Safety & Security" sector. ... Continue reading

Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway

Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway

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NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Beech Bend Raceway Park

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Beech Bend Raceway Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION BEECH BEND RACEWAY PARK, BOWLING GREEN, KY. Sunday, August 28, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956 ELIMINATIONS PUT ON HOLD AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY PARK'S NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Recurring rain ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Montreal Race Report

Rocketsports Racing Montreal Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com mailto:heatherh@rocketsportsracing.comROCKETSPORTS RACING MISS OUT ON A VICTORY WITH GLOCK; HUNTER-REAY FINISHES 12TH IN MONTREALMONTREAL, Quebec, Canada (August 28, 2005) – After starting 11t ... Continue reading

UAW Workers Approve Contract Extension with Mitsubishi Motors North America; Membership at Normal, Ill., Plant Ratifies 31-Month Extension

UAW Workers Approve Contract Extension with Mitsubishi Motors North America; Membership at Normal, Ill., Plant Ratifies 31-Month Extension

NORMAL, Ill.--Aug. 28, 2005--Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) announced this evening that members of United Auto Workers Local 2488 voted today to approve a new contract agreement. Union members ratified the 31-month modified-contract extension that runs through March 27, 2008 during an afternoon briefing and bal ... Continue reading

Route 66 Treasure Hunt

Route 66 Treasure Hunt

Please take a moment to check out www.route66treasurehunt.com This is the week!!! September 1-4, 2005. The 1st Annual Route 66 Treasure Hunt, yard sale-flea market-antique along America's Mother Road! We are looking forward to having this event encompass the entire length of Old Route 66 over the coming years. Check it ... Continue reading

BMW Selects MOST Multimedia Networking Technology

BMW Selects MOST Multimedia Networking Technology

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--Aug. 29, 2005--SMSC today announced that its MOST(R) multimedia networking technology has been selected for the new BMW 3-Series infotainment system, successfully introduced in early 2005. The BMW 3-Series is the largest selling vehicle for BMW. With the launch of the 3-Series, MOST is now the standard ... Continue reading

Internet's Most Watched Classic Muscle Car Salesman Takes To The Airwaves In Chicago

Internet's Most Watched Classic Muscle Car Salesman Takes To The Airwaves In Chicago

Internet's Most Watched Classic Muscle Car Salesman Takes To The Airwaves In Chicago For Immediate Release WAUCONDA, Ill./EWORLDWIRE/Aug. 29, 2005 --- Northern Illinois Classic Auto Brokers, Ltd., ClassicMuscleCars.com, and MuscleCarClub.com today announced that Tony Begley will host a new 13-week television series in ... Continue reading

State, National Traffic Safety Leaders to Convene in Norfolk

State, National Traffic Safety Leaders to Convene in Norfolk

Conference to Focus on Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles will host the annual GHSA meeting at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott from August 29-31. Four hundred top highway safety and public health officials from across the cou ... Continue reading

Volo Auto Museum Offers $1 Million for James Dean Death Car

Volo Auto Museum Offers $1 Million for James Dean Death Car

VOLO, Ill., Aug. 29 -- The Volo Auto Museum will pay $1 million for the missing 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean drove to his death on Sept. 30, 1955. Most likely stolen, the car disappeared in 1958. "Historically speaking, it is one of the most important cars of all time," Volo Auto Museum President Greg Grams ... Continue reading

New kbb.com Study: 62 Percent of New-Vehicle Shoppers Prefer a Single, Set Price

New kbb.com Study: 62 Percent of New-Vehicle Shoppers Prefer a Single, Set Price

In-Market Shoppers Want Vehicle-Purchasing Process Simplified IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 29 -- The latest study available today from Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research reveals that more than half of new-vehicle shoppers want a more simplified car-buying process, preferring pre-determined no-haggle pricing, such as the popul ... Continue reading

Nissan's Canton Plant Closes in Advance of Hurricane Katrina

Nissan's Canton Plant Closes in Advance of Hurricane Katrina

CANTON, Miss.--Aug. 29, 2005--Nissan North America's manufacturing plant in Canton, Miss., halted production during the Monday day shift in advance of Hurricane Katrina. Employees were advised to return to their homes beginning at 11:30 a.m. CDT. There are about 4,000 Nissan employees and 1,800 contract and on-site sup ... Continue reading

Bryan Herta Suffers From Some Unfortunate Luck

Bryan Herta Suffers From Some Unfortunate Luck

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Franchitti Races to Eighth-Place Finish at Infineon Raceway

Franchitti Races to Eighth-Place Finish at Infineon Raceway

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Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix-SUNDAY NOTEBOOK

Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix-SUNDAY NOTEBOOK

Contact: John Cardinale 707-334-9805 Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix SUNDAY NOTEBOOK SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Danica Patrick (Rahal Letterman Racing) wasn't happy, but had a conciliatory tone after the lap 20 accident that sidelined her, pole-winner Ryan Briscoe (Target Chip Ganassi) and front-row starter H ... Continue reading

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