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Thursday, June 11, 1998

AMA MBNA Superbike Results and Standings from Braselton, Georgia

AMA MBNA Superbike Results and Standings from Braselton, Georgia

Official results from Round 6 of the MBNA Superbike Tour. The Dunlop Big Kahuna Nationals, Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia - May 29-31, 1998 ... Continue reading

AMA National Hotshoe Dirt Track Series: Results and Standings from Dayton

AMA National Hotshoe Dirt Track Series: Results and Standings from Dayton

Official results from round four of the AMA National Hotshoe Dirt Track Series. Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Dayton, Ohio, June 6, 1998 ... Continue reading

AMETEK Names Giovanni Scirea as Vice President of AMETEK Italia

AMETEK Names Giovanni Scirea as Vice President of AMETEK Italia

AMETEK Inc. announced that it has named Mr. Giovanni Scirea as a Vice President. He remains as the Managing Director of AMETEK Italia electric motor operations and continues to report to Edward G. Kramer, VP for International Operations for AMETEK's Electromechanical Group. ... Continue reading

Autobond Forms Strategic Alliance With Dynex

Autobond Forms Strategic Alliance With Dynex

AutoBond Acceptance Corporation, is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Dynex Capital, Inc. and its affiliates. AutoBond will receive non-recourse financing for all currently warehoused and future finance contract acquisitions for one year ... Continue reading

BMW Announces 1999 3 Series Sedan Pricing

BMW Announces 1999 3 Series Sedan Pricing

In August, BMW Centers in the U.S. will begin receiving their first shipments of the new 1999 3 Series sedans. As the latest in a long line of the company's signature sports sedans the 3 Series excells in engineering, design, and price. ... Continue reading

CAESAR(TM) Comes To Detroit

CAESAR(TM) Comes To Detroit

Six Detroit companies have teamed with the Society of Automotive Engineers, the U.S. Air Force and other industry partners in the most comprehensive human-body measurement survey ever undertaken. ... Continue reading

C. Thomas Meyers Joins Onyx Board

C. Thomas Meyers Joins Onyx Board

Onyx Acceptance Corporation today announced that C. Thomas Meyers has joined the Board of Directors of the company. Meyers was recently retired from Capital Markets Assurance Corporation ("CapMAC") where he was Managing Director, Credit Enhancement. ... Continue reading

Federal Signal Presents at Piper Jaffray Conference

Federal Signal Presents at Piper Jaffray Conference

Federal Signal Corporation manufactures and markets selected products and services in diverse worldwide market niches. It occupies leadership positions in these diversified niche markets in the U.S. ... Continue reading

GM Strike Continues

GM Strike Continues

With General Motors Corp. facing a second potential strike at a key parts plant, the United Auto Workers warned of more lost production if the world's largest automaker doesn't settle its labor disputes soon. ... Continue reading

Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period Expires for Dana-Echlin Merger

Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period Expires for Dana-Echlin Merger

Dana Corporation and Echlin Inc. announced that, in connection with their agreement to merge Echlin into a wholly owned Dana subsidiary, the required waiting period under the Hart-Scott- Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz International Acquires MIN-CER S.A. de C.V.

Hayes Lemmerz International Acquires MIN-CER S.A. de C.V.

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. , the world's leading supplier of wheels and brake components to the transportation industry since 1908, today announced that it has acquired MIN-CER, S.A. de C.V. ... Continue reading

IRL: Robby Unser Serious About Success at New Hampshire

IRL: Robby Unser Serious About Success at New Hampshire

IRL: Robby Unser Serious About Success at New Hampshire ... Continue reading

LucasVarity to Design and Develop Braking System for New Lincoln Models

LucasVarity to Design and Develop Braking System for New Lincoln Models

LucasVarity plc announced today that its Light Vehicle Braking Systems (LVBS) division is to design and develop the complete base braking and actuation system for the 2000 Lincoln LS6 and LS8 models. ... Continue reading

LucasVarity to Design and Develop Braking Systems

LucasVarity to Design and Develop Braking Systems

LucasVarity plc announced today that its Light Vehicle Braking Systems (LVBS) division is to design and develop the complete base braking and actuation system for the 2000 Lincoln LS6 and LS8 models. ... Continue reading

Meritor Automotive and Volvo Sign Understanding

Meritor Automotive and Volvo Sign Understanding

Meritor Automotive, Inc. and the Volvo Truck Corporation announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding that would allow Meritor to acquire Volvo's heavy truck axle manufacturing operations based in Lindesberg, Sweden. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi and EEOC To Settle Harassment Suit

Mitsubishi and EEOC To Settle Harassment Suit

Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. (MMMA) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that they have reached a $34 million settlement, subject to court approval on the sexual harassment suit. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Kenny Irwin Fastest in Final Daytona Night Test

NASCAR: Kenny Irwin Fastest in Final Daytona Night Test

NASCAR: Kenny Irwin Fastest in Final Daytona Night Test ... Continue reading

NHRA: Amato Likes his Chances at National Trail Raceway

NHRA: Amato Likes his Chances at National Trail Raceway

NHRA: Amato Likes his Chances at National Trail Raceway ... Continue reading

NHRA: Coughlin Looks for More Success at Hometown Track

NHRA: Coughlin Looks for More Success at Hometown Track

NHRA: Coughlin Looks for More Success at Hometown Track ... Continue reading

NHRA: Racing at National Trail Like Homecoming for Myers

NHRA: Racing at National Trail Like Homecoming for Myers

NHRA: Racing at National Trail Like Homecoming for Myers ... Continue reading

NHRA: Wilkerson Emerging as Top Contender in Funny Car

NHRA: Wilkerson Emerging as Top Contender in Funny Car

NHRA: Wilkerson Emerging as Top Contender in Funny Car ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces New Minority Initiative

Nissan Announces New Minority Initiative

Nissan Motor Corp. U.S.A. announced at NAMAD's board meeting a new minority initiative aimed at increasing minority representation in the company's dealer body, as well as a plan to increase diversity among the company's North American affiliates, employees and suppliers. ... Continue reading

NTB Trans-Am Series Fact Sheet: Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio

NTB Trans-Am Series Fact Sheet: Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio

U.S. Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Race schedule and fact sheet with race records, previous winners and previous pole sitters. ... Continue reading

NTB Trans-Am Series Point Standings Before Mid-Ohio

NTB Trans-Am Series Point Standings Before Mid-Ohio

1998 NTB Trans-Am Series Driver Point Standings after Limerock, heading for the US Road Racing Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Other Standings, too, including Manufacturer stats. ... Continue reading

Pro Air to Provide Air Travel to Chrysler, GM

Pro Air to Provide Air Travel to Chrysler, GM

Pro Air today announced it is close to reaching agreements with both Chrysler Corporation and General Motors to provide air travel service to employees of the two companies. ... Continue reading

Top Driver Brings Revolutionary Driver Education to Southpark Center

Top Driver Brings Revolutionary Driver Education to Southpark Center

Chevrolet and MetLife Auto have teamed up with Top Driver, a New York-based driver education company, to revolutionize the industry and open state-of-the-art training centers in shopping malls across the country. ... Continue reading

Top Engineering Schools Hit Double the Fuel Efficiency

Top Engineering Schools Hit Double the Fuel Efficiency

After a year of long, hard hours, two of the top engineering universities in North America have done what some said was impossible--they've doubled the over-the-road fuel efficiency of a mid-size American car without giving up any of the safety, comfort or performance. ... Continue reading

Troy Cole: From Fighting Fires To Gas Man

Troy Cole: From Fighting Fires To Gas Man

Pennzoil Gas man Troy Cole talks about NASCAR Winston Cup pit stops and his other job as a firefighter. ... Continue reading

UAW Leaders Comment on Flint Metal Fab Strike

UAW Leaders Comment on Flint Metal Fab Strike

The following is a statement from the UAW on the Flint Metal Fab strike: "GM's attempt to deflect responsibility for the strike at Flint Metal Fab by holding the local union responsible for alleged 'competitiveness' problems at that facility misses the mark completely," said UAW Vice President Richard Shoemaker. ... Continue reading

University of Akron Sweeps SAE Aero Design West Competition

University of Akron Sweeps SAE Aero Design West Competition

The University of Akron repeated as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design West champion this weekend in Long Beach, California, recording a total score of 202.90. ... Continue reading

US Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio: NTB Trans-Am Series Entry List

US Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio: NTB Trans-Am Series Entry List

1998 NTB Trans-Am Series Entry List for race at US Road Racing Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ... Continue reading

U.S. Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio: Weekend Schedule

U.S. Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio: Weekend Schedule

Weekend schedule for the Mid-Ohio Road Racing Classic Lexington, Ohio, June 12-14, 1998--SCCA Pro Racing's NTB Trans-Am series race and Can-Am/GT race. ... Continue reading

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