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Saturday, June 1, 2002

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Warm-Up Results from Milwaukee

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Warm-Up Results from Milwaukee

WEST ALLIS, WIS. - Warm-Up times for the 50 lap, 51.60-mile Rounds Six and Seven races at the Milwaukee Mile, with practice position, driver, hometown, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour. 1 (32),Lawson Aschenbach(R), Gaithersburg, Md., Van Diemen Ford, 0:28.257, 131.478. 2 (3),Bryan Sellers, Centerville, Ohio, Van D ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Pre-Race 2 Notes from Milwaukee

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Pre-Race 2 Notes from Milwaukee

Pre-Race 2 Notes at Milwaukee - No. 33 Dyer will not start race 2. No. 33 crashed on the last lap of race 1, after the right front tire exploded. The car suffered extensive damage to the right side. ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Milwaukee Qualifying

#10 Kanaan CART Milwaukee Qualifying

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Tony Kanaan #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola Miller Lite 250 - Saturday, June 1, 2002 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes The Milwaukee Mile - West Allis, Wis. - 1-Mile Oval Round 4 of 20 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series Tony Ka ... Continue reading

Chevy Driver Preview Of NASCAR Dover 400

Chevy Driver Preview Of NASCAR Dover 400

TEAM MONTE CARLO Contact: Nancy Wager MBNA Platinum 400 Advance Material nmwager@aol.com Saturday, June 01, 2002 GM Racing Communications Dover International Speedway (727) 784-8465 Page 1 Richard Childress Racing Note: Chocolate Myers, longtime spokesperson and safety director for RCR who doubles as the gasman on the ... Continue reading

Kyle Petty Previews NASCAR Dover 400

Kyle Petty Previews NASCAR Dover 400

Saturday, June 1, 2002 Dodge notes and quotes. KYLE PETTY (No. 45 Sprint Dodge Intrepid R/T) "It doesn't help any to go from one hard race to another. You'd rather run a Charlotte and then something like California or Chicago. I'd say 500 miles at Dover equals a good 600 miles at Charlotte. ... Continue reading

Pan American Motorsports, Inc. Sells Controlling Interest To Queench, Inc.

Pan American Motorsports, Inc. Sells Controlling Interest To Queench, Inc.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 31 Pan American Motorsports, Inc. is pleased to announce that Queench Inc., a bottled water company based in New York, has completed the terms of an agreement to purchase a controlling interest in Pan American Motorsports, Inc. As a result of the transaction described above, Queench currently owns a ... Continue reading

SwRI Motorcycle Development Team Puts New Spin On Approach To Industry Needs

SwRI Motorcycle Development Team Puts New Spin On Approach To Industry Needs

SAN ANTONIO--June 1, 2002--A team of engineers and technicians, who also happen to be motorcycle enthusiasts, offers a full range of motorcycle technology services at Southwest Research Institute(tm) (SwRI). The SwRI® Motorcycle Development Team is taking a new approach by gathering a group that understands motorcycle ... Continue reading

#10 Kanaan CART Milwaukee Friday Practice

#10 Kanaan CART Milwaukee Friday Practice

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com Tony Kanaan #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola Miller Lite 250 - Friday, May 31, 2002 - Practice Notes/Quotes The Milwaukee Mile - West Allis, Wis. - 1-Mile Oval Round 4 of 20 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series Tony Kanaan ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Pre-Qualifying Notes from Milwaukee

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Pre-Qualifying Notes from Milwaukee

Pre-Qualifying Notes at Milwaukee - For the first time in series history their will not be a separate qualifying session for each race. The results from Race 1 on Friday will form the grid for Race 2 on Saturday. - No. 3 Sellers replaced the pilot bearing and clutch prior to the practice session. - No. ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Pre-Race Notes from Milwaukee

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Pre-Race Notes from Milwaukee

Pre-Race Notes at Milwaukee - No. 5 Imery has withdrawn from the event and will not race. - No. 86 Brumbaugh is changing his setup to match his teammates No. 34 Wilkins for race one. ... Continue reading

Team Spotlight on ZIP Racing

Team Spotlight on ZIP Racing

Team Spotlight on ZIP Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 31, 2002) - With a quirky sense of humor and an outlook on racing that encompasses the word 'fun', Steve Ivankovich, team owner/driver of ZIP Racing, has brought a love of racing and good-time attitude to the sport. ZIP Racing has had some ups and downs during its t ... Continue reading

LORDS Friday results from Sacramento Raceway

LORDS Friday results from Sacramento Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES -NHRA PACIFIC DIVISION SACRAMENTO RACEWAY FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2002 COOL TEMPERATURES PRODUCE FASTER SPEEDS SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In the first rounds of qualifying for the Napa Auto Parts Western States Championship at Sacramento Raceway, Duane Shields in Top Alcohol Dr ... Continue reading

dodge nascar craftsman truck series quotes from dover. ted musgrave wins

dodge nascar craftsman truck series quotes from dover. ted musgrave wins

Friday, May 31, 2002 Ray Cooper Dodge notes and quotes. Golin/Harris International MBNA America 200. 803-466-9085 Dover Downs International Speedway BRIAN ROSE (No. 4 Perry Connection Dodge Ram) "Lance just lost it up off the corner. He tried to chase it, and you know here with the banked straightaways if you chase it, ... Continue reading

FW: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Canadian GP - Preview

FW: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Canadian GP - Preview

---------- From: BMW WilliamsF1 Team <HHientzsch@aol.com> To: Judy Stropus <jstropus@earthlink.net> Subject: BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Canadian GP - Preview Date: Fri, May 31, 2002, 11:56 AM Canadian Grand Prix - 7/8/9 June 2002 ñ PREVIEW Although the BMW WilliamsF1 Team was disappointed not to convert Juan Pablo Montoya' ... Continue reading

ASCHENBACH LEADS FLAG-TO-FLAG FOR FIRST WIN AT MILWAUKEE

ASCHENBACH LEADS FLAG-TO-FLAG FOR FIRST WIN AT MILWAUKEE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ASCHENBACH LEADS FLAG-TO-FLAG FOR FIRST WIN AT MILWAUKEE WEST ALLIS, WIS. (May 31, 2002) &#8211;Lawson Aschenbach, of Gaithersburg, Md., won Round Six of the 2002 Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship at the Milwaukee Mile. Completing the top-three was Tonis Kasemets, of Mundelein, Ill. and JW Urli ... Continue reading

Budweiser Autosport 2002 June 4 Show

Budweiser Autosport 2002 June 4 Show

The Budweiser Autosport 2002 Show will be at McGilvery's Speedway for the live broadcast heard in Indianapolis on WKLU 101.9 FM and live on the internet at:www.autosportradio.com. The show will begin at 7:00 pm est (same as cdt). The first scheduled guest... Tomas Scheckter... driving the Red Bull Team Cheever Dallara/ ... Continue reading

Skuza Leads Mopar in Chicago

Skuza Leads Mopar in Chicago

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series O¹Reilly Summer Nationals Notes & Quotes ­ May 31, 2002 TELEVISION TIMES: (ALL TIMES EASTERN) QUALIFYING: Sat., June 1; 8:30-10:30 p.m.; ESPN2 REPEAT: Sun., June 2; 5:30-7:30 a.m.; ESPN2 FINAL ROUND: Sun., June 2; 7:30­ 10:00 p.m.; ESPN2 REPEAT: Tues., June 4; 2:00- ... Continue reading

Friday Results-Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Silver Dollar Raceway , Reynolds, Ga.

Friday Results-Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Silver Dollar Raceway , Reynolds, Ga.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2002 Gunderson and Payne Lead Top Alcohol Fields in Opening Rounds of Lucas Qualifying Reynolds, Ga. -In the opening rounds of qualifying at the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held at Silver ... Continue reading

Interstate National Dealer Services, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2002 Results

Interstate National Dealer Services, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2002 Results

MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y.--May 31, 2002--Interstate National Dealer Services, Inc. today announced its second quarter results for the period ended April 30, 2002. Revenues for the three months ended April 30, 2002 of $14,705,519 were primarily the same as revenues of $14,739,473 for the same period a year earlier. Net income ... Continue reading

AMA TRAVEL OFFERS MORE 2002 RACING EXCURSIONS

AMA TRAVEL OFFERS MORE 2002 RACING EXCURSIONS

AMA TRAVEL OFFERS MORE 2002 RACING EXCURSIONS PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced that AMA Travel will offer motorcycle-racing enthusiasts four more spectator excursions in 2002. Laguna Seca Superbike, July 12 - 14: Spectacular Monterey, California is the setting for the worl ... Continue reading

FEATHERLITE STANDINGS - IRWINDALE RACE: JUNE 8

FEATHERLITE STANDINGS - IRWINDALE RACE: JUNE 8

Featherlite Southwest Series NASCAR Touring Standings as of May 19, 2002 Following the Southwest Series "100" at Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway, Fountain, Colo. Laps Completed Pos Driver Hometown Points $Won Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Out of 579 1 Eddy McKean Jerome, Idaho 762 $22,125 5 1 3 4 549 2 Sean Woodside Saugus, Calif. ... Continue reading

2002 Canadian Grand Prix Preview

2002 Canadian Grand Prix Preview

Honda F1 Press Information PREVIEW Canadian Grand Prix, 7 &#8211; 9 June 2002 ------------------------------------------------ The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal will once again be one of Honda&#8217;s most high-profile races of the year as Honda Canada gears up to promote the involvement of the Japanese manufacturer ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck Introduces New McNeilus StreetForce Line of Refuse Bodies; Four new models complement industry-leading refuse line-up

Oshkosh Truck Introduces New McNeilus StreetForce Line of Refuse Bodies; Four new models complement industry-leading refuse line-up

OSHKOSH, Wis.--May 31, 2002--McNeilus(R) Companies Inc., a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corporation , has developed four new refuse bodies as its new StreetForce(TM) line. The StreetForce line features models ranging from 10 to 31 cubic yard capacities, in a variety of configurations to expand McNeilus' successful line ... Continue reading

SwRI Consortium Continues Development of Low-Emission Technologies for Off-Road, Naturally Aspirated Engines

SwRI Consortium Continues Development of Low-Emission Technologies for Off-Road, Naturally Aspirated Engines

SAN ANTONIO--May 31, 2002--A consortium organized at Southwest Research Institute(tm) (SwRI(R)) to develop cost-effective emissions-reduction technologies for naturally aspirated diesel engines successfully concluded its first year. The in-cylinder technologies to be developed during the three-year program will help ma ... Continue reading

Scottish championship battle for points

Scottish championship battle for points

Scottish Championship competitors battle for points on RSAC Scottish Rally Running ahead of the international field on the second day of the RSAC Scottish Rally ­ a week this Sunday (June 9) ­ is a one-day national event which is a counter in the New Pig Scottish Rally Championship and the Scotkart AWSMSC Stage Rally ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Race Notes from Milwaukee

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Race Notes from Milwaukee

Race Notes at Milwaukee 4:18 PM - Field rolls for the first of three pace laps. 4:19 PM - No. 32 Aschenbach will start from pole, with No. 9 Kasemets starting along side on the front-row. 4:20 PM - The field forms up in preparation for the green. ... Continue reading

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