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Saturday, September 24, 2005

4-Crown Midget Prelims

4-Crown Midget Prelims

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 23-24, 2005 ­ Rossburg, Ohio ­ Eldora Speedway ­ “4-Crown Nationals” QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 23) 1. Danny Stratton, 2, Lein-15.902; 2. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-16.066; 3. Darren Hagen, 71, Kunz-16.144; 4. ... Continue reading

CSK Auto Corp. Meetings with Investors to Be Webcast

CSK Auto Corp. Meetings with Investors to Be Webcast

PHOENIX--Sept. 23, 2005--Members of the senior management team of CSK Auto Corp. will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Consumer Conference 2005 commencing at 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 27, 2005, in New York. The discussions with investors will be webcast. We invite interested parties to access the ... Continue reading

Do you know how RESPA impacts your business today?

Do you know how RESPA impacts your business today?

A D V E R T I S E M E N T Do you want to: * Express your RESPA concerns to HUD? * Get a clear picture of the issues? * Understand HUD’s current thinking, and where the reform process stands? Register for RESPA Radio! - http://www.octoberseminars.com/resparadio/register.cfm Brian Sullivan of HUD’s office of public a ... Continue reading

ICOP Digital Announces Participation in IACP Convention

ICOP Digital Announces Participation in IACP Convention

LENEXA, Kan.--Sept. 23, 2005--ICOP Digital, Inc. (PCX: ICDG), a leading provider of digital in-car video systems for law enforcement, today announced that it will participate in the 112th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Convention at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida, September 25 ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Las Vegas Report - Friday

Rocketsports Racing Las Vegas Report - Friday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com ROCKETSPORTS RACING WILL HAVE TO BEAT THE ODDS IN TOMORROW TONIGHT’S LAS VEGAS EVENT LAS VEGAS, Nevada (September 23, 2005) – With only one full day to prepare for Round 11 of the Bridgestone Pr ... Continue reading

Southeast Michigan Technology Leaders Recognized at Fifth Annual Automation Alley Awards Gala

Southeast Michigan Technology Leaders Recognized at Fifth Annual Automation Alley Awards Gala

/ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 7 A.M. EDT SATURDAY, SEPT. 24/ Dauch Takes Top Honor /ADVANCE/ DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 24 -- Automation Alley, which drives the growth and image of Southeast Michigan's technology economy, announced the winners of its Fifth Annual Awards Gala at the Ford Conference and Event Center on Friday, Sep ... Continue reading

Teamsters, Safety Advocates Stand Together to Challenge HOS Rules

Teamsters, Safety Advocates Stand Together to Challenge HOS Rules

New Hours of Service Regulations Put Public at Risk WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Teamsters Union today joined with Public Citizen, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and other highway safety groups in filing a challenge to the new Hours of Service (HOS) regulations recently issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ... Continue reading

Franchitti to Start Sixth in ArcaEx Car at Watkins Glen

Franchitti to Start Sixth in ArcaEx Car at Watkins Glen

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/fi ... Continue reading

Bloomington Speedway - Final modified & super stock points, Sept. 23 rainout

Bloomington Speedway - Final modified & super stock points, Sept. 23 rainout

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRAMER & HARRIS WIN FIRST CHAMPIONSHIPS MODIFIED & SUPER STOCK NATIONALS WASHED OUT BLOOMINGTON, IN (SEPTEMBER 24, 2005) - Last week we honored ... Continue reading

Newman Snags Busch and Bud Poles

Newman Snags Busch and Bud Poles

Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact Information Mindy Stephens Ringers Gloves Public Relations 800.421.8454 _RingersIndy@aol.com_ (mailto:RingersIndy@aol.com) NEWMAN SNAGS BUSCH AND BUD POLES Moorpark, Calif. - (September 24, 2005) Just one week after his first win of the season, Ryan Newman rocketed to bo ... Continue reading

Bill Ford Remarks On Innovation

Bill Ford Remarks On Innovation

<i>Editors Mote: Earlier this week Bill Ford Chair of the Ford Motor Company discusseed his vision of Ford'd future. Here is the complete speech.</i><p> Dearborn, Michigan<br> September 21, 2005<p> Thank you, Gerhardt. Good morning, everyone. I want to welcome the people here in the room and everyone watching on our FC ... Continue reading

4-Crown Sprint Prelims

4-Crown Sprint Prelims

USAC VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 23-24, 2005 ­ Rossburg, Ohio ­ Eldora Speedway ­ &#8220;4-Crown Nationals&#8221; QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-14.750; 2. Josh Wise, 20, Stewart-15.065; 3. Bill Rose, 10T, R & B-15.087; 4. Jonathan Vennard, 62, BWB-15.138; 5. ... Continue reading

GM AutoShow in Motion Revs Up Las Vegas

GM AutoShow in Motion Revs Up Las Vegas

Consumers encouraged to put GM and competitive vehicles to the test without sales pressure; more than 150 cars, trucks and SUVs available on closed-circuit driving courses LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas area residents are invited to experience AutoShow in Motion, the world's only auto show where consumers are handed the keys to ... Continue reading

"96-Hour Countdown" Ends GM Employee Discount for All

"96-Hour Countdown" Ends GM Employee Discount for All

Month-End Promotion Signals Next Phase of Total Value Promise Marketing Strategy DETROIT - GM is concluding its most successful marketing program ever with a 96-hour countdown that runs Sept. 27-30, 2005. This will be the last chance consumers have to take advantage of the groundbreaking offer of GM employee discount p ... Continue reading

4-Crown Silver Crown Prelims

4-Crown Silver Crown Prelims

USAC WELD RACING SILVER CROWN SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 23-24, 2005 ­ Rossburg, Ohio ­ Eldora Speedway ­ &#8220;4-Crown Nationals&#8221; QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 23) 1. Josh Wise, 10, Stewart-15.334; 2. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-15.466; 3. Levi Jones, 37, Indiana Underground-15.547; 4. ... Continue reading

ZAP Celebrates Eleventh Anniversary in Business

ZAP Celebrates Eleventh Anniversary in Business

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--Sept. 23, 2005--Transportation pioneer ZAP (PCX:ZP) celebrated its eleventh year in business Friday. Based in Santa Rosa, California, ZAP has come a long way since its beginnings in Alameda, California selling electric motor kits for bicycles. Established in an era of record gas prices as well as ri ... Continue reading

Green qualifies 35th for Dover 200

Green qualifies 35th for Dover 200

Dover, De. &#8211; Mark Green qualified 35th for the Dover 200 at Dover International Speedway. Green will start on the inside of row 18 behind the wheel of the Vassarette/BMAR Chevrolet on Saturday. &#8220;The guys did a great job getting the car set up,&#8221; said Green. &#8220;We&#8217;ll to make some adjustments d ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Friday from National Trail Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Friday from National Trail Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY, HEBRON, OHIO Friday, September 23, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956 CHEESEMAN, HACK LEAD QUALIFIERS AT NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY HEBRON, Ohio - The first rounds of qualifying are complete at National Trai ... Continue reading

ArcaEx Practice Report, Watkins Glen

ArcaEx Practice Report, Watkins Glen

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/fi ... Continue reading

Veteran Sets Record, Rookie Rolls on First Race Day at 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Veteran Sets Record, Rookie Rolls on First Race Day at 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs

For Immediate Release Veteran Sets Record, Rookie Rolls on First Race Day of 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 23, 2005) - The weather at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course had been nearly perfect since Monday, so, of course, the skies on Friday - the first day of racing at the 2005 SCCA National C ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Makes Top Ten Most Expensive Cars List

Mercedes-Benz Makes Top Ten Most Expensive Cars List

Forbes Lists Top Ten Most Expensive Cars Posted by eMercedesBenz.com on September 23, 2005 at 5:51 PM CST Growing up, I remember all the cool kids in school picking on the smart kids. While the jocks were off chasing girls and talking about football, the nerds were playing on their computers and talking about programmi ... Continue reading

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Practice Report - Watkins Glen International

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Practice Report - Watkins Glen International

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/fi ... Continue reading

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Honeywell in Dispute with Sunoco

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Honeywell in Dispute with Sunoco

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J.--Sept. 23, 2005--Honeywell announced today that it has received a favorable arbitration ruling in a proceeding against Sunoco Inc. for breach of a supply agreement. Hearings on this matter were held in May and June 2005. The arbitrator found that Sunoco breached the supply agreement by overchargin ... Continue reading

Honda rolls out new hybrid Civic

Honda rolls out new hybrid Civic

TOKYO &#8212; Honda Motor Co on Thursday unveiled its remodeled hybrid Civic that is powered by a gasoline-electric engine. The new Civic, the 8th version, will go on sale Nov 22. Equipped with all-new 1.8-liter engine and new hybrid system, the Civic offers drivers a smooth yet fine driving experience, Honda said. The ... Continue reading

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