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Kalamazoo Focus Results

Kalamazoo Focus Results

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2005 ­ Kalamazoo, Michigan ­ Kalamazoo Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tate Martz, 1, Steele-13.493; 2. Derek Fisher, 97, Kunz-13.529; 3. Stephanie Mockler, 16, Frew-13.591; 4. Ricky Ehrgott, 9, Ehrgott-13.729; 5. ... Continue reading

Shouldice ALSTAR Series - Race #3 - Mosport Results

Shouldice ALSTAR Series - Race #3 - Mosport Results

Shouldice ALSTAR Late Model Series Race #3 Mosport Speedway Summary & Results For immediate release: June 11, 2005 Hooker holds off Thompson in ALSTAR thriller at Mosport BOWMANVILLE, ON - The Shouldice ALSTAR Late Model Series made its lone visit of the season to Mosport Speedway on Saturday night. When the 75-lap fea ... Continue reading

Bazemore fails to qualify for first time since 2003

Bazemore fails to qualify for first time since 2003

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 10 of 23 CARQUEST NHRA NATIONALS Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: June 10-12, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BAZEMORE FAILS TO QUALIFY FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2003 JOLIET, I ... Continue reading

NHRA NEWS: SATURDAY RESULTS CHICAGO 1

NHRA NEWS: SATURDAY RESULTS CHICAGO 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NHRA Communications, (626) 695-6649 CONNOLLY RACES TO KING DEMON CROWN VICTORY AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY Schumacher, Hight, Johnson and Hines claim No. 1 qualifying positions at CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals JOLIET, Ill. - Dave Connolly raced to the $50,000 King Demon Crown victory Saturda ... Continue reading

Stevens qualifies ninth in hot Chicago

Stevens qualifies ninth in hot Chicago

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 10 of 23 CARQUEST NHRA NATIONALS Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: June 10-12, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net STEVENS QUALIFIES NINTH IN HOT CHICAGO JOLIET, Ill. (June 11, ... Continue reading

G Squared Motorsports: Ellis ends qualifying at No. 3

G Squared Motorsports: Ellis ends qualifying at No. 3

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.G2MOTORSPORTS.NET FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS OWNERS: GEORGE BRYCE & GEORGE SMITH NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE: G SQUARED S&S BUELL RIDER: CHIP ELLIS MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 770-476-8477 E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net EIGHTH ANNUAL NHRA CARQ ... Continue reading

SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL RESCHEDULED

SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL RESCHEDULED

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RESCHEDULED 17TH ANNUAL SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL SPRINT CARS $3000 TO WIN PLUS LAP PRIZE MONEY PLUS - O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS/MONROE COUNTY PIZZA D ... Continue reading

FIM FIAT BRITISH GRAND PRIX PRESS RELEASE - SATURDAY JUNE 11

FIM FIAT BRITISH GRAND PRIX PRESS RELEASE - SATURDAY JUNE 11

TONY Rickardsson took a sizeable step towards equalling the legendary Ivan Mauger’s record six World titles when he won an incident-packed British Grand Prix in front of a 38,000 plus crowd at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The Swedish star made it three GP wins out of four this season, and with all his majo ... Continue reading

Rear Turbine Frame for Environmentally Friendly Engine Displayed at the Paris Air Show

Rear Turbine Frame for Environmentally Friendly Engine Displayed at the Paris Air Show

GOTEBORG, Sweden, June 11, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- At the international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, Volvo Aero will display the successfully engine-tested rear turbine frame of the European technology engine CLEAN. The rear frame was designed, developed and manufactured by Volvo Aero. In addition to the rear frame, Volvo ... Continue reading

Bloomington Speedway -- June 10 Rainout

Bloomington Speedway -- June 10 Rainout

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY 2 WEATHERMAN 7 Bloomington Speedway Rained Out Again BLOOMINGTON, IN (June 11, 2005) - Another Friday night has passed; an ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Friday Update: KJ Sits Second on Friday in Joliet

NHRA Kurt Johnson Friday Update: KJ Sits Second on Friday in Joliet

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net KJ Sits Second on Friday in Joliet Event: 8th Annual Carquest Auto Parts Nationals Day/Date: Friday, June 10, 2005 Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, Illinois Kurt Johnson and the ACDelco Cobalt Racing team faced varying atmospheric ... Continue reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Friday Update: WJ Opens Joliet qualifying in Third

NHRA Warren Johnson Friday Update: WJ Opens Joliet qualifying in Third

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net WJ Opens Joliet qualifying in Third Event: 8th Annual Carquest Auto Parts Nationals Day/Date: Friday, June 10, 2005 Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, Illinois Warren Johnson had a solid first day of qualifying for the Carquest Auto ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Friday Qualifying Wrap Up

Cruz Pedregon Friday Qualifying Wrap Up

Eighth annual NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway­ Joliet, Ill. Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon 10th after Friday Qualifying at Joliet The Advance Auto Parts Driver in the Field JOLIET, Ill. (June 10, 2005) ­NHRA Funny Car driver, Cruz Pedregon manuevere ... Continue reading

CSK Auto Corp. Meetings with Investors to Be Webcast

CSK Auto Corp. Meetings with Investors to Be Webcast

PHOENIX--June 10, 2005--Members of the senior management team of CSK Auto Corp. , the parent company of CSK Auto Inc., a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket, will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Growth Forum commencing at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on June 13, 2005 in San Francisco. The di ... Continue reading

Primix Announces Joint Venture/License Agreement

Primix Announces Joint Venture/License Agreement

ATWOOD, Ind.--June 10, 2005--Primix Corporation (NASDAQ OTC:PMXX) developer and manufacturer of the "Primix Tie" is delighted to announce that a Joint Venture/License Agreement between Primix Corporation and Qingdao Maple Leaf Environmental Technologies, Inc. (QMLET) was finalized and signed on April 28th, 2005. This a ... Continue reading

NHTSA Administrator Presents Safety Awards to World's Top Auto Engineers and Advocates

NHTSA Administrator Presents Safety Awards to World's Top Auto Engineers and Advocates

National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Dr. Jeffrey Runge presented vehicle safety engineering and special appreciation awards to 12 international automotive engineers and safety proponents from six countries during the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles being held this wee ... Continue reading

Nissan Implements Product Improvement for 2005 Nissan Pathfinder

Nissan Implements Product Improvement for 2005 Nissan Pathfinder

GARDENA, Calif. (June 10, 2005) – During recent NCAP dynamic maneuvering tests by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder experienced a “tip-up” under certain test conditions. As this result was unexpected, Nissan proactively approached NHTSA to better un ... Continue reading

Toyota Develops New Vehicle Safety Technologies

Toyota Develops New Vehicle Safety Technologies

Tokyo, Japan, June 10, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that, to help promote the development of safe vehicles, it has added an active steering function to its VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management) vehicle control system and developed a two-chamber airbag aimed at lessening ... Continue reading

Nissan Releases Otti Mini-Vehicle

Nissan Releases Otti Mini-Vehicle

Tokyo Jun3e 10, 2005; (JCNN) Nissan put on sale the Otti, its third mini-vehicle model for the Japanese market. The Otti compact packaging, ingenious storage places and exceptional everyday driving ease. The mini-vehicle, available in 2WD and 4WD models, is OEM-supplied by Mitsubishi Motors. In addition, all models ach ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Friday from Cherokee County Motorsports Park

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Friday from Cherokee County Motorsports Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION CHEROKEE COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK, RUSK, TEXAS Friday, June 10, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956 KILGORE'S TORRENCE LEADS QUALIFYING AT NHRA LUCAS OIL RACE IN RUSK RUSK, Texas - The first day of qualifying and time trials at C ... Continue reading

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