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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION - Norwalk, Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION - Norwalk, Ohio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION Contact: NHRA Field Marketing (626) 914-4761 NATIONAL CHAMPION VICTORIOUS IN NORWALK NORWALK, Ohio - National Champion Jonnie Lindberg raced to victory in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central divisio ... Continue reading

Baron & Budd Investigating Potential Class Action Involving Volkswagen and Audi Vehicles with Timing Chain Defect

Baron & Budd Investigating Potential Class Action Involving Volkswagen and Audi Vehicles with Timing Chain Defect

LOS ANGELES—Baron & Budd is investigating a potential class action lawsuit against Volkswagen (VW) and Audi involving alleged timing chain defects that can lead to thousands of dollars in engine damage. A similar case has been filed in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (In Re: Case No. 2:16­cv­02765). ... Continue reading

Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2016 Second Quarter Results

Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2016 Second Quarter Results

FORT VALLEY, Ga.—Blue Bird Corporation (“Blue Bird”) , the leading independent designer and manufacturer of school buses, announced today its fiscal 2016 second quarter results. Second Quarter Highlights Total net sales of $191.2 million, 4.5% higher than the same period last year Bus unit sales of 2,132 buses, c ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Americas Announces Divestiture Of Its Venezuela Operations To The Corimon Group

Bridgestone Americas Announces Divestiture Of Its Venezuela Operations To The Corimon Group

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 23, 2016 -- Bridgestone Americas announced today that it has reached an agreement to divest its business in Venezuela, Bridgestone Firestone Venezolana C.A. (BFVZ), to the Corimon Group. This divestiture follows BFVZ deconsolidation in the third quarter of 2015, and a strategic decision to priorit ... Continue reading

DENSO News Release - Jason Line Leads NHRA Pro Stock Pack on DENSO Spark Plugs

DENSO News Release - Jason Line Leads NHRA Pro Stock Pack on DENSO Spark Plugs

DENSO News Release - Jason Line Leads NHRA Pro Stock Pack on DENSO Spark Plugs #outlook a {padding:0;} a { color: rgb(61, 152, 198); } @media all and (max-width: 480px) { body{ zoom:0.3; } } @media all and (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 767px) { body{ zoom:0.5; } } @media all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: ... Continue reading

eHi Car Services Announces First Quarter 2016 Results

eHi Car Services Announces First Quarter 2016 Results

SHANGHAI, May 23, 2016 -- eHi Car Services Limited ("eHi" or the "Company") , a leading car rentals and car services provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. First Quarter 2016 Highlights Net revenues increased by 55.8% year-over-year to RMB460.5 mil ... Continue reading

Embraer S.A.: First E190-E2 Jet Completes Maiden Flight Ahead of Schedule

Embraer S.A.: First E190-E2 Jet Completes Maiden Flight Ahead of Schedule

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, May 23, 2016 -- The E-Jets E2 program reached another important milestone today with the completion of the maiden flight of the E190-E2. The flight was originally scheduled to take place during the second half of this year. The aircraft took off at 1:06 p.m., local time from Embraer's facil ... Continue reading

General Cable Announces Agreement to Sell Its North American Automotive Ignition Wire Business

General Cable Announces Agreement to Sell Its North American Automotive Ignition Wire Business

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky.—General Cable Corporation , (the Company) today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its North American automotive ignition wire business to Standard Motor Products, Inc. for cash consideration of approximately $71 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The Co ... Continue reading

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. To Present At The Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant & Leisure Conference

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. To Present At The Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant & Leisure Conference

ESTERO, Fla., May 23, 2016 -- Event: Management from Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. to speak at the Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant & Leisure Conference Time/Date: 8:00AM (ET) on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Internet Access: Hertz Global's presentation will be broadcast live through an audio webcast available from the ... Continue reading

Milbank Advises VietJet on Landmark Transaction to Buy 100 Boeing Planes For $11.3 Billion

Milbank Advises VietJet on Landmark Transaction to Buy 100 Boeing Planes For $11.3 Billion

HANOI, Vietnam and SINGAPORE, May 23, 2016 -- Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Vietnam's VietJet on its agreement to purchase 100 Boeing BA.N 737 MAX 200 jets worth $11.3 billion. The deal, signed during President Obama's visit to Vietnam, marks a landmark transaction for Vietnam as the largest commercial ai ... Continue reading

NASA Begins Launch Preparations for the First U.S. Asteroid Sampling Mission

NASA Begins Launch Preparations for the First U.S. Asteroid Sampling Mission

GREENBELT, Md., May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's first spacecraft designed to return a piece of an asteroid to Earth arrived Friday, May 20, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and has begun final preparations in advance of its September launch. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ... Continue reading

NASA Goddard Releases News Magazine for Young Explorers

NASA Goddard Releases News Magazine for Young Explorers

GREENBELT, Md., May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland released the first issue of its new online news magazine NASA Next on Monday, May 23, 2016. NASA Next is a news magazine made entirely for kids and teens in grades 5 through 8. The magazine breaks down comp ... Continue reading

Next SpaceX Commercial Cargo Launch Targeted for Mid-July, NASA Opens Media Accreditation

Next SpaceX Commercial Cargo Launch Targeted for Mid-July, NASA Opens Media Accreditation

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Media accreditation now is open for the next SpaceX commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station, targeted for launch no earlier than approximately 1:32 a.m. EDT Saturday, July 16. An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying crew su ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from Auto Club Dragway at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from Auto Club Dragway at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION Contact: NHRA Field Marketing (626) 914-4761 HOME STATE RACERS DOMINATE AT AUTO CLUB DRAGWAY FONTANA, Calif. - California racers dominated the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Auto Club Speedway at Auto Club Dragway as the home state took wi ... Continue reading

Powertrain and Electric Vehicle Market: Future Implications, 2022 - Research and Markets

Powertrain and Electric Vehicle Market: Future Implications, 2022 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Powertrain and Electric Vehicle Market: Future Implications" report to their offering. This study highlights passenger-car fuel trends in Europe, China, Japan, North America, India, South America, and South Korea and discusses changes in engine count and ... Continue reading

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Automotive Ignition Wire Business of General Cable

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Automotive Ignition Wire Business of General Cable

NEW YORK, May 23, 2016 -- Standard Motor Products, Inc. , an automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire General Cable Corporation's automotive ignition wire business for approximately $71 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. T ... Continue reading

Traffic the focus for Brabham in Indy 500 Monday practice

Traffic the focus for Brabham in Indy 500 Monday practice

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West Central KY Gas Prices on the Rise

West Central KY Gas Prices on the Rise

https://us.vocuspr.com/Publish/519775/vcsPRAsset_519775_105650 _6cedf1fd-d3b9-46aa-8c17-74c4c796a240_0.jpg West Central KY Gas Prices on the Rise (May 23, 2016) -- West Central Kentucky gas prices have risen 9 cents to $2.281 a gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Fuel Gauge report. The national average is $2 ... Continue reading

Discount Tire Teams Up With The RMA And Team Penske To Be Tire Smart For National Tire Safety Week May 29 - June 4

Discount Tire Teams Up With The RMA And Team Penske To Be Tire Smart For National Tire Safety Week May 29 - June 4

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 23, 2016 -- Discount Tire, the world's largest tire and wheel retailer, the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) and NASCAR's Team Penske – including drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano – are continuing their partnership in 2016, announcing new efforts to educate drivers on proper ... Continue reading

Thermal Dynamics Acquired by Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Company

Thermal Dynamics Acquired by Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Company

ONTARIO, Calif., May 23, 2016 -- Thermal Dynamics International, a major supplier of heat exchangers for the automotive, heavy truck and off-highway industries, has been acquired by Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Co. Ltd., Tiantai, Zhejiang, China. Thermal Dynamics manufactures a full range of water- and air-cooled heat exc ... Continue reading

Nancy Fitzgerald, CEO of iLendingDIRECT, Wins 2016 Women in Remarketing Award

Nancy Fitzgerald, CEO of iLendingDIRECT, Wins 2016 Women in Remarketing Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nancy Fitzgerald, CEO of iLendingDIRECT, Wins 2016 Women in Remarketing Award Englewood, CO – May 23, 2016. iLendingDIRECT has announced today that its CEO, Nancy Fitzgerald, has been recognized as a 2016 Women in Remarketing Honoree by Auto Remarketing. The Women in Remarketing ... Continue reading

6506 Apply to Buy 2017 Ford GT in a Month

6506 Apply to Buy 2017 Ford GT in a Month

Ford received 6,506 fully completed applications from people around the world in the one-month window to apply to purchase the new EcoBoost-powered, carbon-fiber supercar Hundreds of those registrants submitted videos with their applications to help bolster their chances to purchase one of the first 500 examples of the ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Dyno Market Growth of 3.05% CAGR by 2020 - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts Report 2016-2020 - Key Vendors: AVL, Bosch, Delphi - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Dyno Market Growth of 3.05% CAGR by 2020 - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts Report 2016-2020 - Key Vendors: AVL, Bosch, Delphi - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Dyno Market 2016-2020" report to their offering. The Global Automotive Dyno Market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 3.05% during the period 2016-2020. The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global Automoti ... Continue reading

IAAPA Selects Freeman For Euro Attractions Show 2016 And 2017

IAAPA Selects Freeman For Euro Attractions Show 2016 And 2017

LONDON, May 23, 2016 -- Freeman, the leading global provider of brand experiences and exhibitions, today announced that it has been selected by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) as the full service supplier for the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in Barcelona in September 2016, and EA ... Continue reading

Lear Corporation Recognized by Ford Motor Company as Supplier Diversity Development Corporation of the Year

Lear Corporation Recognized by Ford Motor Company as Supplier Diversity Development Corporation of the Year

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 23, 2016 -- Lear Corporation [NYSE: LEA], a leading global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems, today announced that it was recognized by Ford Motor Company as Supplier Diversity Development Corporation of the Year for 2015. Lear received the award from Ford at their 18th annual ... Continue reading

AutoFi Reimagines Auto Lending Market; Offers Transparency with Affordable Online Financing and Hassle-Free Loans

AutoFi Reimagines Auto Lending Market; Offers Transparency with Affordable Online Financing and Hassle-Free Loans

SAN FRANCISCO—AutoFi, the first point of sale financing solution for the auto industry, announced today that it raised $17 million in new financing and is live in the market. Crosslink Capital led the investment and was joined by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Bruce Toll (Chairman of Toll Brothers) and other early stage ... Continue reading

North America's Test Bed Emerges Most Popular Driving Growth Opportunities in Active Safety and Automated Vehicle Technologies

North America's Test Bed Emerges Most Popular Driving Growth Opportunities in Active Safety and Automated Vehicle Technologies

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 23, 2016 -- Despite the availability of advanced automated functional testing in several parts of the world, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and automotive technology providers favor North American test beds to the ones in Europe and Asia. North America has the largest number of test ... Continue reading

1 June 2016 - Switzerland Opens the World's Longest Train Tunnel

1 June 2016 - Switzerland Opens the World's Longest Train Tunnel

ZURICH, May 23, 2016 -- Seventeen years ago saw the first blasting in the historic heartland of Switzerland of the longest train tunnel in the world. Wednesday 1 June 2016 will see the festive opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel - adding a further pioneering attraction to the world's densest public transport network. T ... Continue reading

AAA: More than 38 Million Americans Expected to Travel this Memorial Day Weekend

AAA: More than 38 Million Americans Expected to Travel this Memorial Day Weekend

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Best drivers on dirt open season at the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend

Best drivers on dirt open season at the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2016 Best drivers on dirt race the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway May 27-28 Season opener for TORC: The Off-Road Championship presented by AMSOIL FORT WORTH, Texas (May 23, 2016) -- The high-flying action ... Continue reading

Global Smart Airport Solutions Market Size Expected to Reach US$19.33 Bn by 2024 as IT Spending Across Airports Climbs: Transparency Market Research

Global Smart Airport Solutions Market Size Expected to Reach US$19.33 Bn by 2024 as IT Spending Across Airports Climbs: Transparency Market Research

ALBANY, New York, May 23, 2016 -- A new market report has been published by Transparency Market Research entitled "Smart Airports Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2016 - 2024." According to the report, the global smart airport solutions market was valued at US$7.56 bn in 2015 ... Continue reading

Moonlight, ACTIVE's New Trip Planning Mobile Application, is the Perfect Companion for Camping Enthusiasts and Outdoor Adventure Seekers

Moonlight, ACTIVE's New Trip Planning Mobile Application, is the Perfect Companion for Camping Enthusiasts and Outdoor Adventure Seekers

DALLAS, May 23, 2016 -- ACTIVE Network, the premier global marketplace for activities and events and the industry's leading provider of data solutions, today introduced its newest consumer solution, Moonlight, a social-based camping planner app. Moonlight is the ultimate camping and adventure planning toolkit in one co ... Continue reading

North American and European Automotive OEM Coatings Market - Rapid Transition Towards Sustainable & Integrated Coating Systems Will Influence Growth - Research and Markets

North American and European Automotive OEM Coatings Market - Rapid Transition Towards Sustainable & Integrated Coating Systems Will Influence Growth - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analysis of the North American and European Automotive OEM Coatings Market" report to their offering. This research service analyses the North American and European market for automotive OEM coatings. The main segments covered are electrocoats, primers, b ... Continue reading

Summer Sale On Eurostar High Speed Trains From Rail Europe

Summer Sale On Eurostar High Speed Trains From Rail Europe

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 23, 2016 -- Rail Europe, the largest distributor of European rail products worldwide, invites travellers to enjoy discounted fares on the high speed train connecting London and the rest of Europe via the Channel Tunnel (or "Chunnel") this summer. Travellers can receive up to 30% off Eurostar Sta ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS - May 16-22, 2016: Subaru, Ford, Jeep, Volkswagen, RAM, Itasca, Forest River

NHTSA RECALLS - May 16-22, 2016: Subaru, Ford, Jeep, Volkswagen, RAM, Itasca, Forest River

Your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. Safety defects must be repaired by a dealer at no cost to you. The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicl ... Continue reading

New 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet

New 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet

Open-air AMG performance for the C-Class AFFALTERBACH - May 23, 2016: The new 2017 AMG C63 Cabriolet combines an intensive open-air ambience with the AMG V8 engine to create an exhilarating performance experience. The Biturbo engine developed in Affalterbach by AMG is available in two output ratings, with 469 hp or 503 ... Continue reading

Ford Transit, Transit Connect, Flex Win Vincentric Best Fleet Value In America Awards

Ford Transit, Transit Connect, Flex Win Vincentric Best Fleet Value In America Awards

DEARBORN, MI - May 23, 2016: Ford Motor Company, led by the strength of its Transit van lineup, won seven Vincentric Best Fleet Value in America awards for 2016. The awards recognize vehicles that provide fleet customers with lowest total cost of ownership. Ford vans were named best value for fleets in the following ca ... Continue reading

GM's Maven Reaches One Million Miles Driven

GM's Maven Reaches One Million Miles Driven

DETROIT - May 23, 2016: In less than four months, Maven, General Motors' personal mobility brand, has grown to five markets: New York City, Ann Arbor, Mich., and today announced Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Maven members have driven more than one million miles, bringing them closer to the things, and people, th ... Continue reading

2016 Busan Motor Show Gets "Tuned" as a National Car Festival

2016 Busan Motor Show Gets "Tuned" as a National Car Festival

BUSAN, South Korea - May 23, 2016: Busan International Motor Show is slated to open on June 2 (Thursday) for press day and runs until June 12 (Sunday) for 11 days at Bexco in Haewundae, Busan with this year's theme of "Future Wave, Inspiring Technology". This year, the show will feature 25 domestic and foreign brands w ... Continue reading

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