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Lime Rock: Career Best NASCAR Finish For Bourque

Lime Rock: Career Best NASCAR Finish For Bourque

Lime Rock: Career Best NASCAR Finish For Bourque LAKEVILLE, Connecticut. (October 1, 2006) - - In the final race of the 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series season, Pierre Bourque made some significant noise. After a career-best NASCAR qualifying effort, the rookie strutted his stuff on Saturday at Lime Rock Speedway, running ... Continue reading

Another classic Baca vs. Bernstein battle highlights Reading race

Another classic Baca vs. Bernstein battle highlights Reading race

Another classic Baca vs. Bernstein battle highlights Reading race READING, Pa. (Oct. 1) -- In their debut season in 2003, David Baca and Brandon Bernstein went down to the wire fighting for Rookie of the Year honors. Ultimately, Bernstein took the Auto Club's version, while Baca was named the People's Choice Rookie of ... Continue reading

2006 Chinese Grand Prix - Qualifying

2006 Chinese Grand Prix - Qualifying

The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses. 2006 CHINESE GRAND PRIX SHANGHAI 30 SEPTEMBER QUALIFYING Two very strong performances in tricky conditions today saw the Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button achieve the team's best combined qualifying result of the year. They ended the session thir ... Continue reading

Kansas Silver Crown Box Score

Kansas Silver Crown Box Score

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP BOX SCORE (Series presented by K & N Engineering) Kansas City, Kansas - Kansas Speedway 1.5-Mile Paved Oval - September 30, 2006 - 100 Miles - Round 14 Total Posted Purse - $151,911 Race Organizer - Jeff Boerger "Kansas Speedway.com 100" FIN POS ST POS DRIVER CAR NAME/ NUMBER Money Won LA ... Continue reading

Nissan To Shift Some North America Production to Japan

Nissan To Shift Some North America Production to Japan

TOKYO, Oct 1, 2006; Reuters reported that Nissan Motor Co Ltd plans to move some of its manufacturing operations to Japan from North America as part of its efforts to improve profitability, the Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported on Sunday. Production of two Nissan models -- the Quest minivan and the Infiniti ... Continue reading

Petersen/White Lightning Captures Second-Straight Petit Le Mans

Petersen/White Lightning Captures Second-Straight Petit Le Mans

Petersen/White Lightning Captures Second-Straight Petit Le Mans Bergmeister Closes Points Gap to Four With One Race to Go BRASELTON, Ga., September 30, 2006 – It took an effort that put two laps on the American Le Mans Series GT2 class field but Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing captured their second con ... Continue reading

Perris CRA Results

Perris CRA Results

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 30, 2006 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-16.817; 2. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.827; 3. Blake Miller, 94, Keller-16.874; 4. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Preistley-16.910; 5. ... Continue reading

2006 Michelin Chinese F1 GP - Race

2006 Michelin Chinese F1 GP - Race

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

Chinese GP 2006 - RACE

Chinese GP 2006 - RACE

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

Petit Le Mans 2006 Results

Petit Le Mans 2006 Results

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Troxel nabs No. 11 in rescheduled Reading qualifying

Troxel nabs No. 11 in rescheduled Reading qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, Pa. Race Date: Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net TROXEL NABS NO. 11 IN READING QUALIFYING MOHNTON, Pa ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drg RAcing Series, Saturday from Tri-State Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drg RAcing Series, Saturday from Tri-State Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION TRI-STATE RACEWAY, EARLVILLE, IOWA Saturday, September 30, 2006 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 HEITZMAN, ANDERSON TAKE WINS AT TRI-STATE EARLVILLE, Iowa - In the final results from Tri-State Raceway and the NHRA West Central Divisi ... Continue reading

Beckman drives to No. 8 in Reading, faces John Force first round

Beckman drives to No. 8 in Reading, faces John Force first round

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, Pa. Race Date: Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BECKMAN DRIVES TO NO. 8 IN READING, FACES JOHN FORCE ... Continue reading

Scelzi posts three solid passes - one on fire - to take No. 4 in Reading

Scelzi posts three solid passes - one on fire - to take No. 4 in Reading

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, Pa. Race Date: Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI POST THREE SOLID PASSES - ONE ON FIRE - TO QU ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC: Line No. 4 at rain-plagued NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals

KB Racing LLC: Line No. 4 at rain-plagued NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PONTIAC GTO PRO STOCK JASON LINE -- DRIVER MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 425-557-8899 E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net 22nd ANNUAL NHRA TOYO TIRES NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY -- READING, PENN. SEPTEMBER 14-17, 2006 QUAL ... Continue reading

Ford Kansas Busch Race

Ford Kansas Busch Race

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Yellow Transportation (Busch), Page 1 September 30, 2006 Kansas Speedway MATT KENSETH-17-Pennzoil Platinum Ford Fusion (Finished 2nd) - "We were good. We had a great car all day, we just got a little behind there the last stop. Not much, but just clean is real important. We had a lot of sho ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Qualifying Wrap Up: A Yeoman Effort by KJ & Crew Yields a 10th Starting Spot in Reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Qualifying Wrap Up: A Yeoman Effort by KJ & Crew Yields a 10th Starting Spot in Reading

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net A Yeoman Effort by KJ & Crew Yields a 10th Starting Spot in Reading Event: 22nd Annual Toyo Tires Nationals Day/Date: Saturday, September 30, 2006 Location: Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, PA After going off the top end of the track during th ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from Atlanta Dragway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from Atlanta Dragway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTHEAST DIVISION ATLANTA DRAGWAY, COMMERCE, GA. Saturday, September 30, 2006 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 OLIVAREZ, PAYNE ON TOP IN ATLANTA COMMERCE, Ga. - Aaron Olivarez and Jay Payne out ran their fields to take the top spots at this weekend's NHR ... Continue reading

How Hybrid Vehicles Work

How Hybrid Vehicles Work

Gas And Electric Combine For Incredible Mileage 09/20/2006 Torrance, CA September 19, 2006 – Torrance, CA - Mention "hybrid" to people not familiar with current trends in automotive technology and the first thoughts that come to mind might well be of some sort of genetically engineered corn that gives more bushels ... Continue reading

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