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ASA Press Release - MICKEL WINS ASA FREE STATE 500

ASA Press Release - MICKEL WINS ASA FREE STATE 500

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE January 31, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: Post-Race Report - 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona

Krohn Racing: Post-Race Report - 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona

The 48th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona race came to a finish Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. ET after featuring 16 cautions for 74 laps, 53 lead changes among 59 drivers and with 13 cars having led the race by 29 different drivers. If those statistics did not catch your attention, being at the race live surely would ... Continue reading

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 final

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 final

Miller Barrett Racing completed 19 hours of racing this weekend - the equivalent of seven sprint races in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series - but it wasn't enough to get to the checkered flag in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team's No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car had a fast start, gaining eight position ... Continue reading

Nexidia and HyperQuality Offer Joint Solution to Deliver Unparalleled Customer Service Insight and Quality Assurance

Nexidia and HyperQuality Offer Joint Solution to Deliver Unparalleled Customer Service Insight and Quality Assurance

LONDON & SEATTLE--Successful companies have long understood the bottom-line benefit of superlative customer service and the resulting high customer satisfaction. A growing list of companies have enlisted Nexidia, the market-leading provider of audio search and speech analytics solutions, and HyperQuality, Inc., the lea ... Continue reading

Photo of Krohn Racing at Rolex 24 at Daytona Race

Photo of Krohn Racing at Rolex 24 at Daytona Race

Photo Caption: Krohn Racing finished fourth in the 2010 running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona with owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn, Nic Jonsson, Ricardo Zonta and Colin Braun. If you wish to be removed from the list, please reply to this release and type “REMOVE�?? in all caps in the subject heading. Thank you. ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: 2010 Rolex 24 - 12 Hour Race Report

Krohn Racing: 2010 Rolex 24 - 12 Hour Race Report

Krohn Racing – 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona Saturday/Sunday Race Report – 12 Hour In the past six hours, at the halfway point of the Rolex 24 At Daytona race, 365 laps were covered, amounting to 1,299.4 miles. There have been 36 lead changes among 13 drivers/13 cars. Eleven caution periods have caused the 48t ... Continue reading

Canard scores first win of season for GEICO Powersports Honda team

Canard scores first win of season for GEICO Powersports Honda team

Canard scores first win of season for GEICO Powersports Honda team SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 30) -- Trey Canard proved his riding ability in 2008 by winning the Supercross Lites East championship in his rookie campaign. Saturday night in San Francisco, the 19-year-old from Shawnee, Okla., showed he could handle the action ou ... Continue reading

Eighth Annual Honda Battle of the Bands Inspires All Ages To “Shake Your Body Down To the Ground”

Eighth Annual Honda Battle of the Bands Inspires All Ages To “Shake Your Body Down To the Ground”

ATLANTA--Set against a colorful backdrop of dynamic performances by eight of the nation’s top Historically Black College and University [HBCU] marching bands, a reverent marching band tribute to the late music icon Michael Jackson, and all the hype of a live performance from hip-hop artist, Ludacris, the 2010 Honda B ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: 2010 - 18 Hour Race Report

Krohn Racing: 2010 - 18 Hour Race Report

Krohn Racing – 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona Sunday Race Report – 18 Hour From the 12 hour to the 18 hour mark, the intense drama that marked the first half of the Rolex 24 At Daytona has slowed a bit. Only three cautions slowed the action. At 18 hours, the competitors had completed 554 laps, totaling 1,972.24 ... Continue reading

Krohn Racing: 2010 - 18 Hour Race Report

Krohn Racing: 2010 - 18 Hour Race Report

Krohn Racing – 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona Sunday Race Report – 18 Hour From the 12 hour to the 18 hour mark, the intense drama that marked the first half of the Rolex 24 At Daytona has slowed a bit. Only three cautions slowed the action. At 18 hours, the competitors had completed 554 laps, totaling 1,972.24 ... Continue reading

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 18h

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 18h

The Miller Barrett Racing team spent much of the third quarter of the Rolex 24 At Daytona in the garage. The team's No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car was back on track after replacement of the front brake pads, right-front radiator and nose at 12h, but the respite didn't last long. The car was back in the garage at 13h21 ... Continue reading

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 half-distance

Miller Barrett Racing - Rolex 24 half-distance

Miller Barrett Racing had some strong stints during the second quarter of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, but mechanical issues slowed the team's progress. Bryce Miller took over driving duty in the No. 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car at 6h17. His was the fastest Porsche in the field as he lapped the 3.56-mile Daytona Internationa ... Continue reading

Photo of Krohn Racing - Rolex 24 Night Pit Stop

Photo of Krohn Racing - Rolex 24 Night Pit Stop

Photo Caption: Night time pit stop of No. 75 Krohn Racing at Daytona International Speedway during the Rolex 24 At Daytona race. If you wish to be removed from the list, please reply to this release and type “REMOVE�?? in all caps in the subject heading. Thank you. ... Continue reading

Hero Honda to produce 4.5 mn two-wheelers this fiscal

Hero Honda to produce 4.5 mn two-wheelers this fiscal

DAVOS: The world's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda on Friday said it will produce over 45 lakh units in 2009-10 from its three facilities in India and will decide on setting up a fourth manufacturing unit within the next six months. "Despite difficult conditions, we will surely produce 4.5 million units for 2009-1 ... Continue reading

2010 Super Bowl TV Ads: Making of Bridgestone Tires' Commercials - VIDEO ENHANCED

2010 Super Bowl TV Ads: Making of Bridgestone Tires' Commercials - VIDEO ENHANCED

January 29, 2010: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) unveils two new Bridgestone brand tire commercials during the Super Bowl XLIV game, which will be broadcast on CBS Feb. 7 from Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Fla. The Bridgestone brand will also serve as the title sponsor of the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show feat ... Continue reading

PSA Peugeot To Recall Around 100,000 Cars

PSA Peugeot To Recall Around 100,000 Cars

PARIS January 30, 2010; Sudip Kar-Gupta writing for Reuters reported that French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen (Paris:PEUP.PA - News) said on Saturday it would recall nearly 100,000 cars because they have the same accelerator-related problems currently afflicting Japan's Toyota (Tokyo:7203.T - News). "We are going to do ... Continue reading

Suit Against Toyota on Behalf of Consumers Affected by January 2010 Recalls for Defects in Gas Pedals

Suit Against Toyota on Behalf of Consumers Affected by January 2010 Recalls for Defects in Gas Pedals

GREAT NECK, N.Y.--Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, together with the Becnel Law Firm, LLC, announces that it filed suit on behalf of several consumers who purchased Toyota vehicles subject to various recalls issued in January 2010 for defects in the vehicles' gas pedals. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Cou ... Continue reading

Xcel Energy Retains Burns & McDonnell to Design and Support Construction for Biomass Gasification Power Plant in the Midwest

Xcel Energy Retains Burns & McDonnell to Design and Support Construction for Biomass Gasification Power Plant in the Midwest

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Burns & McDonnell has been retained by Xcel Energy to perform engineering services and permitting, procurement and construction support services for design and installation of biomass gasification technology at Xcel’s Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland, Wisconsin. When the conversion is complete on ... Continue reading

2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 Review By Carey Russ

2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 Review By Carey Russ

2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 Review, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2010 GMC Terrain SLE-2 GMC, truck specialist of the General Motors family, has something new for 2010. The Terrain is a mid-sized SUV made on a unibody platform. Elsewhere that's cause for "crossover" as if there is some embarrassment in the words "tr ... Continue reading

Updated GM Statement on Pontiac Vibe Recalls

Updated GM Statement on Pontiac Vibe Recalls

Detroit January 29, 2010; Amid the media attention over the Toyota recalls for possible unintended acceleration that include the Pontiac Vibe, many customers are wondering whether it is safe to drive their 2009 and 2010 models of the Vibe. Based on GM’s experience, the Vibe is safe to drive. Prior to the Toyota ac ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group LLC Announces Revised Incentives Focused on Promoting Award-winning Vehicles

Chrysler Group LLC Announces Revised Incentives Focused on Promoting Award-winning Vehicles

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 29, 2010; Chrysler Group LLC today announced new incentives that will give consumers a level playing field when shopping our products against the competition and keep the company competitive in the marketplace. Beginning today, the company is offering current Tundra, Tacoma and Sienna owners a ... Continue reading

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