Third Straight Top-Two Finish for SunTrust
Toole, UT., Sept. 20, 2008 - Max Angelelli, Michael Valiante and the No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Dallara team of Wayne Taylor Racing closed out the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season with their third consecutive top-two finish during Saturdayâs marathon SunRichGourmet.com 1000 at Miller Motorsports Park in T ... Continue reading
Underhill Tops First Jetta TDI Cup Podium at Iowa
NEWTON, Iowa Sept. 21, 2008 â Jimmy Underhill, 21, of Denver, Colo., claimed the top prize at Iowa Speedway Saturday in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup race Presented by Soybiodiesel, after starting on the pole for the first time in the series. Underhill led all 33 laps of the 30-minute sprint race in his clean diese ... Continue reading
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Closes Out 2008 Season with Third-Place
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah September 20 â Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and Jimmy Vasser combined great drives with typically strong pit work and outstanding strategy from the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team to finish third in Saturday's season-ending Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series SunRichGourmet.com 1000 at Miller Motor ... Continue reading
Krohn Racing Post-Race Report for the Miller Motorsports Park
Toole, UT - Sept 20, 2008 - Krohn Racing ended the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season with a fifth and 12th place finish at Miller Motorsports Park. After starting from the pole with the No. 76 Krohn Racing Pontiac Lola, the fifth place finish was bit of a disappointment to qualifying driver Ricardo Zonta and ... Continue reading
Michael Shank Racing Concludes 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Series Season with Victory
TOOELE, Utah Sept. 20, 2008 - Raphael Matos bookended the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season. After winning the GT class in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona back in January, Matos made his return to the series by winning in his first Daytona Prototype start Saturday, ... Continue reading
TOKYO, Japan, September 20, 2008 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will begin using its new third generation pedestrian dummy, POLAR III, in vehicle-to-pedestrian crash tests before the end of this year, with the aim of reducing pedestrian lower back and upper leg injuries which are common in collisions between ... Continue reading
GOODYEAR TO TEST NASCAR TIRES TWICE AT IMS IN NEXT TWO WEEKS
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 20, 2008 â Goodyear will conduct a NASCAR tire test Sept. 22-23 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, continuing its development of a racing tire for the 2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. This initial test on the 2.5-mile oval will feature one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car equipped with technolo ... Continue reading
Rampelberg Recovers for MX-5 Cup Win at Miller Motorsports Park
TOOELE, Utah Sept. 20, 2008 â After a poor start dropped him to seventh place, Brad Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., made an impressive comeback, to win his second SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup race of the season at Miller Motorsports Park. Robert Huffmaster, of Clarkston, Mich., and Ara Malkhassian, of S ... Continue reading
Coughlin cements status as race day favorite in Dallas
DALLAS Sept. 20, 2008 - Jeg Coughlin Jr. continued his torrid pace Saturday in the two final rounds of professional qualifying for the 23rd annual Super Start Batteries NHRA Nationals and enters race day with the car to beat after locking up the 14th low qualifier award of his career. Coughlin's best pass of 6.631 seco ... Continue reading
TOOELE, Utah Sept. 20, 2008 - Leading a Porsche sweep of the top three qualifying positions, Kris Wilson continued to show his speed in Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series action Saturday morning at the 4.486-mile, 23-turn Miller Motorsports Park, as he won his second straight Grand Sport (GS) pole position one day after se ... Continue reading
Schumacher Electric Pro Stock Motorcycles qualify fifth and tenth at Texas
DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2008 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 14 of 17 for Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 of five in Countdown to 1 playoffs 23rd annual NHRA Fall Nationals Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Sept. 19-21, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill Walters, 561-964-2195; cell 561-632-5713; plus320@aol.com SCHU ... Continue reading
Low qualifier Hernandez donates Ohio Crankshaft bonus
DALLAS Sept. 20, 2008 - Reigning world champion Josh Hernandez collected his fifth Ohio Crankshaft Low Qualifier Award of the 2008 JEGS ProMod Challenge Saturday morning at the Texas Motorplex and promptly donated the $1,000 bonus to a special project chassis builder Tim McAmis has started. In the wake of fellow Pro Mo ... Continue reading
Houston Raceway Park suffers $100K in Hurricane Ike damage
Houston Raceway Park suffers $100K in Hurricane Ike damage BAYTOWN, Texas (Sept. 20) -- Southeast Texas' largest racing facility, Houston Raceway Park in the Houston suburb of Baytown, suffered approximately $100,000 in damage from Hurricane Ike. The storm system pummeled the track with 110-plus mph winds for more than ... Continue reading
Vettel checked out and released by Baylor University Medical Center
DALLAS Sept. 20 - Pro Mod racer Ray Vettel of Phillips, Neb., was examined and released by doctors at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas after his Friday night qualifying accident. Vettel's 1970 Plymouth Barracuda hybrid went out of control approximately 800 feet down the quarter-mile, crossed the centerline, a ... Continue reading
GMAC Encourages Hurricane Victims to Seek Help
Assistance for auto finance customers available at 1-800-200-GMAC DETROIT, Sept. 19 -- GMAC Financial Services is prepared to help its automotive finance customers in the aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. GMAC Automotive Finance customers in affected areas of Texas, Louisiana and other states should call 1-800-20 ... Continue reading
Copart, Inc. to Webcast Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results
FAIRFIELD, Calif.--Copart, Inc. announced today that it will release earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 after the close of market on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. On Thursday, September 25, 2008 a conference call will be held at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8 a.m. Pacific) to discuss the results and answer que ... Continue reading
Honda Develops World's First Driver-side i-SRS Airbag System with Continuously Staged Inflation
TOKYO, Japan, September 18, 2008 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed the world's first driver-side i-SRS airbag system that continuously stages the volume of airbag-inflating gas, thereby combining enhanced occupant protection with reduced occupant impact. Honda plans to implement the new continuous ... Continue reading
Zipcar Takes Lead in Making Services Accessible to People With Disabilities
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Today Zipcar, the world's largest car-sharing company, is taking the lead in making their car-sharing services accessible to people with disabilities. These efforts are the result of an agreement reached between Zipcar, the Equal Rights Center (ERC), a non-profit civil rights organization, and R ... Continue reading
TOKYO, Japan, September 20, 2008 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it has developed a multi-view camera system which displays views from multiple wide-angle CCD cameras on the vehicleâs navigation screen to reduce blind spots, support smooth parallel or garage parking, and support comfortable and safe driving ... Continue reading
STANDARD AND POOR'S PUTS AUTONATION ON CREDIT WATCH
According to Automotive News, Standard & Poor's has put the nation's top dealership group on "credit watch," citing the U.S. economic recession and declining auto sales. <p> AutoNation Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., currently holds a BBB- investment grade from S&P, one step above a "junk" corporate credit rating. ... Continue reading
ArvinMeritor to Present at Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference
TROY, Mich., Sept. 19 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. , a tier one supplier to the global motor vehicle industry, today announced that Jay Craig, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference on Thursday, Sept. 25, at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz. A live W ... Continue reading
Group 1 Automotive to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Conference
HOUSTON--Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , a Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced that executive management will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Consumer Conference 2008. The presentation will provide an overview of Group 1âs second-quarter financial results, as well as its outlook and strategy for 2008 ... Continue reading
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