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Sunday, April 1, 2007

Beckman second in first-round teammate match-up in Houston

Beckman second in first-round teammate match-up in Houston

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 4 of 23 O'REILLY NHRA SPRING NATIONALS Houston Raceway Park Baytown, Texas March 30-April 1, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BECKMAN SECOND IN FIRST-ROUND TEAMMATE MATCH-UP BAYTOWN ... Continue reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Houston Race Wrap Up: WJ Makes Progress, Advances to Houston Quarterfinals

NHRA Warren Johnson Houston Race Wrap Up: WJ Makes Progress, Advances to Houston Quarterfinals

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net WJ Makes Progress, Advances to Houston Quarterfinals Event: 20th Annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals Day/Date: Sunday, April 1, 2007 Location: Houston Raceway Park, Houston, TX Throughout the course of the first three races of the ... Continue reading

Semifinal finish lifts Coughlin to fourth in world rankings (NHRA)

Semifinal finish lifts Coughlin to fourth in world rankings (NHRA)

Semifinal finish lifts Coughlin to fourth in world rankings HOUSTON (April 1) – Pro Stock driver Jeg Coughlin Jr. thundered up to fourth place in the POWERade championship points with a strong semifinal showing at the 20th annual Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park. The 36-year-old from Delaware, Oh ... Continue reading

Scelzi goes to quarters in Houston, ousted by teammate Capps

Scelzi goes to quarters in Houston, ousted by teammate Capps

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 4 of 23 O'REILLY NHRA SPRING NATIONALS Houston Raceway Park Baytown, Texas March 30-April 1, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI GOES TO QUARTERFINALS IN HOUSTON, OUSTED BY TEAM ... Continue reading

TRAN COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND BY WRAPPING WITH A WIN

TRAN COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND BY WRAPPING WITH A WIN

TRAN COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND BY WRAPPING WITH A WIN JUPITER, Fla. – The drivers of the NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Racing Series completed a successful weekend of racing at Moroso Motorsports Park for the Palm Beach NHRA Nationals. Winners of the race were Kenny Tran (Hot Rod), Ken Scheepers (Modified), Jeremy L ... Continue reading

CASTRONEVES SCORES ST. RE-PEAT; LLOYD COMPLETES SWEEP

CASTRONEVES SCORES ST. RE-PEAT; LLOYD COMPLETES SWEEP

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Helio Castroneves made his second consecutive win on the Streets of St. Petersburg look easy. The Team Penske crew started from the pole, posted the fastest race time on Lap 88 (1 minute, 3.0737 seconds; 102.737 mph) and led 95 of 100 laps as he beat Scott Dixon by 0.6007 of a second to win ... Continue reading

INDYCAR - ST. PETE - FULL FIELD RESULTS

INDYCAR - ST. PETE - FULL FIELD RESULTS

PETERSBURG, Fla. - Honda Prix of St. Petersburg IndyCar Series with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money earned: 1. (1) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running $140,400 2. (4) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 100, Running $98,300 3. ... Continue reading

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Tomas Enge Medical Update - Sunday, April 1

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Tomas Enge Medical Update - Sunday, April 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomas Enge Suffers Broken Elbow and Other Injuries in St. Pete Race but is “Self” the Morning After Serious Accident ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 1, 2007 – Less than 18 hours after a violent accident in the Sports Car Challenge at St. Petersburg American Le Mans Series race, Tomas En ... Continue reading

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Results Sunday of the Indy Pro Series Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Race 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Results Sunday of the Indy Pro Series Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Race 2

NOTE: Official box score is attached to this message as an EXCEL file. April 1 at the 1.8-mile Steets of St. Petersburg, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, laps completed and reason out (if any) and money earned: 1. (6) Alex Lloyd, 40, Running $22,000 2. (9) Wade Cunningham, 40, Running $17 ... Continue reading

ARMENDARIZ LEADS THE QUALIFIERS AT PALM BEACH NHRA SPORT COMPACT NATIONALS WITH RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE

ARMENDARIZ LEADS THE QUALIFIERS AT PALM BEACH NHRA SPORT COMPACT NATIONALS WITH RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE

JUPITER, Fla. – The NHRA Xplod Sport Compact Racing Series started it seventh season off with the fifth annual Palm Beach NHRA Sport Compact Nationals at Moroso Motorsports Park this Saturday with beautiful track conditions which set the drivers up for record performances. Top qualifiers for the event are Leslie A ... Continue reading

FORD, SHELBY AND HERTZ TEAM UP FOR SHELBY GT-H & RENT A RACER CONVERTIBLE

FORD, SHELBY AND HERTZ TEAM UP FOR SHELBY GT-H & RENT A RACER CONVERTIBLE

Palm Beach, Fla., March 31, 2007 – Lightning has struck again, the Ford Shelby GT-H “Rent-A-Racer” program from Ford Motor Company, Shelby Automobiles and The Hertz Corporation has returned with a special run of convertible versions of the performance-modified Ford Mustang GTs for rent exclusively throug ... Continue reading

FORD UNVEILS TRIO OF VEHICLES FOR NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

FORD UNVEILS TRIO OF VEHICLES FOR NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

New, limited-edition vehicles developed with hip hop guru Funkmaster Flex and hot rodder Chip Foose will join the 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR – the most powerful Mustang to ever – at the 2007 New York International Auto Show. 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR roars to life in spring 2008. 2008 Ford F-150 Foose Edition hi ... Continue reading

Rare Cars and Unveilings Dazzle Crowds at Barrett-Jackson Auction

Rare Cars and Unveilings Dazzle Crowds at Barrett-Jackson Auction

PALM BEACH, Fla.--Record crowds watched as some of the world’s finest collector cars sold at No Reserve, including the first Ford Shelby GT-H convertible and the first Foose Coupe available to the public, at the South Florida Expo Center during the third day of the 5th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in ... Continue reading

What will we be driving in 2010? Concept Cars at the 2007 New York Auto Show - VIDEO GALORE

What will we be driving in 2010? Concept Cars at the 2007 New York Auto Show - VIDEO GALORE

What will we be driving in 2010? NEW YORK, March 22 -- Bold design, technological innovation, ultra-luxury interiors and future fuels are the latest concept car trends that will be arriving at the 2007 New York International Automobile Show. The Show opens to the public on Friday, April 6th through April 15th at the Ja ... Continue reading

Toyota Workers in Kentucky Demand a Share in Company's Success

Toyota Workers in Kentucky Demand a Share in Company's Success

LEXINGTON, Ky., March 31 -- Toyota is a huge corporate success story, but fails at health and safety, relies heavily on low-paid temporary workers, and has a plan to reduce wages and benefits, workers at its Georgetown, Ky., plant said today. The workers, who appeared at a town hall forum titled "The Human Cost of Toyo ... Continue reading

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