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1999 EMRA Event Schedule

1999 EMRA Event Schedule

1999 National Event Schedule ... Continue reading

AAA Michigan ERS Call Volumes Rise Due to Wind, Snow

AAA Michigan ERS Call Volumes Rise Due to Wind, Snow

Blowing and drifting snow across the southern two-thirds of the lower peninsula have caused an increase in the number of emergency road service (ERS) calls to AAA Michigan. ... Continue reading

Auto Dealers Back Voluntary Binding Arbitration

Auto Dealers Back Voluntary Binding Arbitration

The National Automobile Dealers Association reiterated its support for recently introduced legislation that would preserve the rights of automobile dealers and some other franchise owners in disputes with product manufacturers. ... Continue reading

Automobile Magazine to Unveil its 1999 Readers Choice Awards

Automobile Magazine to Unveil its 1999 Readers Choice Awards

Automobile Magazine, a PRIMEDIA publication, will reveal this year's Automobile Magazine Reader's Choice All-Stars Awards at a press reception on Thursday, April 1, 1999 at the New York International Automobile Show in Manhattan. ... Continue reading

Automobile Theft Prevention Authority Presents LoJack Program

Automobile Theft Prevention Authority Presents LoJack Program

The Pennsylvania Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) will present Senator Vincent Fumo's popular Philadelphia LoJack program with a $50,000 grant -- doubling the initial funding Senator Fumo provided. ... Continue reading

Bentley Project Hunaudieres - A Sports Car Study

Bentley Project Hunaudieres - A Sports Car Study

On the 9th of March, 1999, Bentley Motor Cars presented a new sports car study at the Geneva Motor Show. The vehicle is known as Project Hunaudieres. This vehicle study explores future directions for the Bentley marque. ... Continue reading

Brazilian Racing News: Leo Nienkotter on 1999 Sudam F3

Brazilian Racing News: Leo Nienkotter on 1999 Sudam F3

Brazilian driver Leonardo Nienkotter is very confident for the 1999 Sudam F3 Season. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler and Nissan Motor Terminate Talks on Equity Participation

DaimlerChrysler and Nissan Motor Terminate Talks on Equity Participation

After intensive discussions, DaimlerChrysler and Nissan Motor decided not to continue their talks about an equity participation in the Japanese company. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Awards Coveted Gold Pentastar to RWD Technologies

DaimlerChrysler Awards Coveted Gold Pentastar to RWD Technologies

RWD Technologies, Inc., announces that DaimlerChrysler has awarded RWD its Gold Pentastar award for the 1998 model year. ... Continue reading

Dana to Rebuild Plant in Fredericktown

Dana to Rebuild Plant in Fredericktown

Dana Corporation announced plans to rebuild, add new jobs, and expand capabilities to its Spicer Outdoor Power Equipment facility in Fredericktown, Ohio. The plant was destroyed by fire on Oct. 24, 1998. ... Continue reading

DCR Rates Premier Auto Trust 1999-1 Asset-Backed Securities

DCR Rates Premier Auto Trust 1999-1 Asset-Backed Securities

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. has assigned preliminary ratings of `D-1+` to the $325m Class A-1 notes, `AAA` to the $520m Class A-2 notes, $510m Class A-3 notes, and $329,367,000 Class A-4 notes issued by Premier Auto Trust 1999-1. ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Announces First Dynapower Sale to Italy

DynaMotive Announces First Dynapower Sale to Italy

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation announced that it has received its first Italian order for the Company's DynaPower acid free wire cleaning system from De Angeli Prodotti S.p.A. ... Continue reading

EPA Reaches Agreement With Ford; Includes $44,000 Fine

EPA Reaches Agreement With Ford; Includes $44,000 Fine

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 has recently reached agreement with Ford Motor Co. on alleged clean- air violations at the company's Cleveland Casting Plant, 5600 Henry Ford Blvd., Brook Park, OH. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Reports Record Earnings in 1998

Hayes Lemmerz Reports Record Earnings in 1998

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. reported net income of $10.1 million or $.31 diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter ended Jan 31, 1999, compared to net income for the same period in 1997 of $12.0m or $.38 diluted earnings per share. ... Continue reading

IRL: Sharp feels right at home on tricky oval at Phoenix

IRL: Sharp feels right at home on tricky oval at Phoenix

IRL: Sharp feels right at home on tricky oval at Phoenix ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Fedewa shows first spark of brilliance at Darlington Raceway

NASCAR BGN: Fedewa shows first spark of brilliance at Darlington Raceway

NASCAR BGN: Fedewa shows first spark of brilliance at Darlington Raceway ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Schrader logs two top-ten finishes in last two Busch Series starts at Atlanta

NASCAR BGN: Schrader logs two top-ten finishes in last two Busch Series starts at Atlanta

NASCAR BGN: Schrader logs two top-ten finishes in last two Busch Series starts at Atlanta ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Labonte pleased with Texas test

NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Labonte pleased with Texas test

NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Labonte pleased with Texas test ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Martin, Burton Hope History Repeats Itself in Texas

NASCAR WCUP: Martin, Burton Hope History Repeats Itself in Texas

NASCAR WCUP: Martin, Burton Hope History Repeats Itself in Texas ... Continue reading

National Introduces its New Rental and Reservations System

National Introduces its New Rental and Reservations System

National Car Rental announces the introduction of Global Odyssey, a new state-of-the-art reservation system designed to further reduce car rental pick-up time, speed up returns and eliminate billing surprises at the rental counter. ... Continue reading

New Venture Gear's Muncie Transmission Wins New Business w/GM

New Venture Gear's Muncie Transmission Wins New Business w/GM

New Venture Gear, Inc. (NVG) and Visteon have been awarded a contract by General Motors Corp., to supply an All-Wheel-Drive system for future model year vehicles. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Coughlin Family Unite To Do Battle In Gainesville

NHRA: Coughlin Family Unite To Do Battle In Gainesville

NHRA: Coughlin Family Unite To Do Battle In Gainesville ... Continue reading

Race Results - USAR Hooters ProCup Series Race #1

Race Results - USAR Hooters ProCup Series Race #1

Race Results - USAR Hooters ProCup Series Race #1 ... Continue reading

Return of Goodyear Airships to Europe is a Success

Return of Goodyear Airships to Europe is a Success

Last year was Goodyear's first year of airship operations in Europe after a 12-year absence. Early in 1998, the tiremaker's European region celebrated the arrival of its two new blimps, Spirit of Europe I and Spirit of Europe II. ... Continue reading

Selas Announces 250,000-Share Stock Repurchase Program

Selas Announces 250,000-Share Stock Repurchase Program

Selas Corporation of America announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase from time to time of up to 250,000 shares of Selas common stock, approximately 5% of the 5.2 million shares outstanding. ... Continue reading

SPTS: Late Model Supertrucks invade Charlotte County

SPTS: Late Model Supertrucks invade Charlotte County

SPTS: Late Model Supertrucks invade Charlotte County ... Continue reading

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Acquires Eaglemotive Corporation

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Acquires Eaglemotive Corporation

Standard Motor Products, Inc. automotive replacement parts manufacturer and distributor announces that it has completed the acquisition of the stock of Eaglemotive Corporation from Mark IV Industries, Inc. for cash consideration of $13,400,000. ... Continue reading

Successful Start for DaimlerChrysler

Successful Start for DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler sold more than four million cars and light trucks worldwide between its six brands in 1998, its first year as a merged company. ... Continue reading

The Haartz Corp. Names Bianchi Public Relations for Automotive PR

The Haartz Corp. Names Bianchi Public Relations for Automotive PR

The Haartz Corp. has selected Bianchi Public Relations, Inc. to assist in its automotive communication activities during 1999. ... Continue reading

The New York International Auto Show's Time Machine: CONCEPTS '99

The New York International Auto Show's Time Machine: CONCEPTS '99

Showcasing the automotive industry's most exciting and unique visions of the future, this year's NYIAS promises to be a veritable time machine ride into the next century. ... Continue reading

Titan Announces Dividend for First Quarter of 1999

Titan Announces Dividend for First Quarter of 1999

The Board of Directors of Titan International, Inc. has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.015 (one and a half cents) per common share for the first quarter of 1999. ... Continue reading

Tracks: Bloomington Speedway Modifieds Join UMP Series

Tracks: Bloomington Speedway Modifieds Join UMP Series

Tracks: Bloomington Speedway Modifieds Join UMP Series ... Continue reading

Williams Controls Subsidiary Signs Agreement With Volvo Truck

Williams Controls Subsidiary Signs Agreement With Volvo Truck

Williams Controls, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Williams Controls Industries, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, has signed a five year agreement to supply electronic throttle controls (ETCs) to Volvo Truck Corporation. ... Continue reading

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