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Sunday, March 18, 2007

PennDOT Urges Motorists to Exercise Continued Caution

PennDOT Urges Motorists to Exercise Continued Caution

All Interstates Now Passable; Attention Now Focused on Secondary Roads HARRISBURG, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PennDOT crews worked overnight plowing and treating interstates and other major roads. PennDOT is advising motorists to drive with extreme caution as blowing and drifting will continue to create c ... Continue reading

Story Clairification: SPEED World Challenge Announces World's First Professional Biodiesel Racecar

Story Clairification: SPEED World Challenge Announces World's First Professional Biodiesel Racecar

This story was originally published without the designation that it was the first "professional" biodiesel race car. It has been brought to the series' attention that biodiesel may have previously appeared in amateur or grassroots motorsports worldwide. With most motorsports research focusing on professional motorsport ... Continue reading

AIM Autosport - Sebring race

AIM Autosport - Sebring race

The season-opening Star Mazda Championship race at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway featured only two laps of green-flag racing, but the AIM Autosport drivers made the most of them. Both cars started from the back of the 32-car grid, but charged ahead at the green flag, despite extremely wet track conditions. Devin ... Continue reading

Beckman out of 16-car field in Gainesville

Beckman out of 16-car field in Gainesville

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BECKMAN OUT OF 16-CAR FIELD IN GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 17, ... Continue reading

Capps takes No. 3 in Gatornationals qualifying

Capps takes No. 3 in Gatornationals qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS TAKES NO. 3 IN GATORNATIONALS QUALIFYING GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March ... Continue reading

Coughlin has fast car ready for race day (NHRA)

Coughlin has fast car ready for race day (NHRA)

Coughlin has fast car ready for race day GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 17) -- Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. successfully secured a position in one of the quickest 16-car elimination fields ever assembled Saturday at the 38th annual Gatornationals. Coughlin's Round 3 pass of 6.601 at 209.43 mph -- both the quickest and ... Continue reading

Krohn-Risi Sebring Notes

Krohn-Risi Sebring Notes

No. 61 Krohn-Risi Ferrari 430 GT Team Notes: 12 Hours of Sebring, March 17, 2007 The No. 61 Krohn-Risi Ferrari 430 GT team started the 55th Annual 12 Hours of Sebring race from the fifth starting position in the GT2 class, 20th overall. Doing single stints initially, Nic Jönsson started the race before turning over ... Continue reading

NHRA/AMS PRO MODS: Record setting day for AMS Pro Mods at Gatornationals

NHRA/AMS PRO MODS: Record setting day for AMS Pro Mods at Gatornationals

Press Release For Immediate Release Media Contact: Matthew Brammer - Active Marketing pr@activemarketing.com 623-879-4290 Record setting day for AMS Pro Mods at Gatornationals GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 17, 2007) - Speechless. Stunning. Awesome. Incredible. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Ashley Disappointed but Optimistic after DNQ at Gatornationals

NHRA: Ashley Disappointed but Optimistic after DNQ at Gatornationals

Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Matthew Brammer - Active Marketing pr@activemarketing.com Ashley Disappointed but Optimistic after DNQ at Gatornationals GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 17, 2007) - On this St. Patrick's Day, 2007, the luck of the Irish was not with The Kid from Long Island. Mike Ashley, New York r ... Continue reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Qualifying Wrap Up: Career Best Elapsed Time and Speed Slot WJ Fourth in Gainesville

NHRA Warren Johnson Qualifying Wrap Up: Career Best Elapsed Time and Speed Slot WJ Fourth in Gainesville

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Career Best Elapsed Time and Speed Slot WJ Fourth in Gainesville Event: 38th Annual ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Day/Date: Saturday, March 17, 2007 Location: Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, FL With temperatures having dropped dramat ... Continue reading

Team Mopar Pro Stock Qualifying Report from Gainesville

Team Mopar Pro Stock Qualifying Report from Gainesville

TEAM MOPAR PRO STOCK 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net Darren Jacobs, J.R.Thompson, (248) 553-4566; djacobs@jrthompson.com RICHI ... Continue reading

AMS/NHRA Pro Mod: Hernandez wins in record-setting weekend in Gainesville

AMS/NHRA Pro Mod: Hernandez wins in record-setting weekend in Gainesville

Press Release For Immediate Release Media Contact: Matthew Brammer - Active Marketing pr@activemarketing.com 623-879-4290 Hernandez wins in record-setting weekend in Gainesville GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 18, 2007) - From the very first qualifying pass to the dramatic final, racing in the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Modified C ... Continue reading

Capps repeats at Gatornationals

Capps repeats at Gatornationals

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS REPEATS AT GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 18, 2007) - Ron ... Continue reading

Career-best runs lift Coughlin to seventh place (NHRA)

Career-best runs lift Coughlin to seventh place (NHRA)

Career-best runs lift Coughlin to seventh place GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 18) -- A strong quarterfinal run that included his career-best elapsed time and top speed moved three-time NHRA champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. up two slots in the crowded POWERade points standings to seventh place overall. It's an important step for th ... Continue reading

Densham - Gainesville - post-qualifying

Densham - Gainesville - post-qualifying

News From Densham Motorsports Torco Racing Fuels / Racebricks / Skull Shine/ Knoll Gas / Snap-on Tools Mach Series Accelerator Fuel Additive CONTACT: Don Armstrong 713-202-4849 DonHouTx@earthlink.com Densham looks to Houston race GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Mar. 18) - Success in drag racing includes a little bit of luck, which ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC:Greg Anderson runs 211.20 mph pass

KB Racing LLC:Greg Anderson runs 211.20 mph pass

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES KB RACING LLC/SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PRO STOCK PONTIAC GTO GREG ANDERSON -- DRIVER ROB DOWNING -- CREW CHIEF MEDIA CONTACT: MICKEY SCHULTZ PHONE: 920-733-2330 E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net 38th ANNUAL NHRA ACDELCO GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE RA ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC: Jason Line saves best qualifying run for last

KB Racing LLC: Jason Line saves best qualifying run for last

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES KB RACING LLC/SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PRO STOCK PONTIAC GTO JASON LINE -- DRIVER ROB DOWNING -- CREW CHIEF MEDIA CONTACT: MICKEY SCHULTZ PHONE: 920-733-2330 E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net 38th ANNUAL NHRA ACDELCO GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE RACEW ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC: KB Racing dragster makes progress as team heads to Houston

KB Racing LLC: KB Racing dragster makes progress as team heads to Houston

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES KB RACING LLC-owned, KALITTA MOTORSPORTS-managed TOP FUEL DRAGSTER HILLARY WILL (www.hillarywillrace.com) - DRIVER JIM OBERHOFER (JIM O) - CREW CHIEF MEDIA CONTACT: MICKEY SCHULTZ PHONE: 920-733-2330 E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net 38th ANNUAL NH ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC: Record run has Jason Line seeing red

KB Racing LLC: Record run has Jason Line seeing red

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES KB RACING LLC/SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PRO STOCK PONTIAC GTO JASON LINE -- DRIVER ROB DOWNING -- CREW CHIEF MEDIA CONTACT: MICKEY SCHULTZ PHONE: 920-733-2330 E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net 38th ANNUAL NHRA ACDELCO GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE RACEW ... Continue reading

NHRA NEWS: POWERADE SERIES RESULTS SUNDAY FROM GAINESVILLE

NHRA NEWS: POWERADE SERIES RESULTS SUNDAY FROM GAINESVILLE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NHRA Communications, (626) 695-6649 NHRA Media Center Online: http://media.nhra.com SCHUMACHER PASSES GARLITS ON ALL-TIME TOP FUEL WINS LIST WITH ACDELCO NHRA GATORNATIONALS VICTORY Capps, Anderson and Stoffer also score victories at historic Gainesville Raceway GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Teamm ... Continue reading

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Sebring Race Report

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Sebring Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Overcomes Sebring Obstacles to Earn Eighth Sebring, Fla., March 17, 2007 – Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing’s endurance debut of the Ferrari F430 GT started off strong but quickly went wrong. Tomas Enge (a native of the Czech Republic livi ... Continue reading

Phoenix CRA Results

Phoenix CRA Results

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 17, 2007 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-18.869; 2. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-18.899; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Keller-18.913; 4. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.928; 5. ... Continue reading

REVISED: Beckman out of 16-car field in Gainesville

REVISED: Beckman out of 16-car field in Gainesville

REVISED: The correct date for the next event in Houston, Texas, is April 30-March 1, 2007. DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstr ... Continue reading

Team Mopar eliminations report from NHRA Gatornationals

Team Mopar eliminations report from NHRA Gatornationals

TEAM MOPAR PRO STOCK 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net Darren Jacobs, J.R.Thompson, (248) 553-4566; djacobs@jrthompson.com TEAM ... Continue reading

Tim Sauter Atlanta Rewind

Tim Sauter Atlanta Rewind

Tim Sauter Atlanta Rewind First race in new partnership ends in 21st place March 16th, Atlanta Motor Speedway Fighting both flu symptoms and a loose race truck Friday evening Tim Sauter finished 21st in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series American Commercial Lines 200 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The finish was the hig ... Continue reading

Ventura Focus Results

Ventura Focus Results

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT RACE RESULTS: March 17, 2007 - Ventura, California - Ventura Raceway FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nic Faas (#17 Faas), 2. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 3. Walt Johnson (#15 Welcomer), 4. Aaron Schankerman (#88 Schankerman), 5. ... Continue reading

Horag Racing Finishes Seventh in Class at Sebring

Horag Racing Finishes Seventh in Class at Sebring

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

Scelzi falls to Bernstein in Gatornationals

Scelzi falls to Bernstein in Gatornationals

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI FALLS TO BERNSTEIN IN GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 18, ... Continue reading

FORD OF EUROPE SALES RISE IN FEBRUARY

FORD OF EUROPE SALES RISE IN FEBRUARY

Ford of Europe total vehicle sales increase by 6.3 percent in February to 119,000, compared with prior year. Year-to-date total vehicle sales rise 7.2 percent, to 259,000, compared with prior year. COLOGNE, March 15, 2007 – The Ford S-MAX continues to celebrate its status as Car of the Year 2007 with rising sales. ... Continue reading

Honda Recalls 528,000 vehicles in China

Honda Recalls 528,000 vehicles in China

BEIJING March 18, 2007; Japan Today reported that Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co will recall 528,000 automobiles in three models made by the Japanese automaker's Chinese joint venture in one of its largest recalls in China. The models to be repaired free of charge are the Accord sedan, Fit compact car and the Odyssey mi ... Continue reading

Scelzi reins in No. 2 in Gatornationals qualifying

Scelzi reins in No. 2 in Gatornationals qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of 23 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway March 16-18, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI REINS IN A NO. 2 IN GAINESVILLE QUALIFYING GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Mar ... Continue reading

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