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Thursday, October 12, 2000

ALMS: Porsche Marches Towards ALMS GT Championship at Laguna Seca

ALMS: Porsche Marches Towards ALMS GT Championship at Laguna Seca

ALMS: Porsche Marches Towards ALMS GT Championship at Laguna Seca ... Continue reading

AmeriCredit Corp. Reports Record First Quarter Operating Results

AmeriCredit Corp. Reports Record First Quarter Operating Results

AMERICREDIT CORP. announced record net income of $42,273,000, or $0.51 per share, for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2000, versus earnings of $25,324,000, or $0.35 per share for the same period a year earlier. ... Continue reading

ARCA: Mark Thompson returns to take on Talladega

ARCA: Mark Thompson returns to take on Talladega

Mark Thompson returns to take on Talladega ... Continue reading

ARCA Talladega entry list

ARCA Talladega entry list

ARCA Talladega entry list ... Continue reading

Baldor Electric Company 3rd Quarter 2000 Results

Baldor Electric Company 3rd Quarter 2000 Results

Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures electric motors and drives and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. ... Continue reading

Capital Automotive Completes $39.6 Million in Acquisitions

Capital Automotive Completes $39.6 Million in Acquisitions

Capital Automotive REIT announced that the Company has completed approximately $39.6 million of acquisitions since the end of the second quarter 2000. ... Continue reading

CART: Kenny Mayne, ESPN SportsCenter Anchor, to host CART Awards Banquet

CART: Kenny Mayne, ESPN SportsCenter Anchor, to host CART Awards Banquet

CART: Kenny Mayne, ESPN SportsCenter Anchor, to host CART Awards Banquet ... Continue reading

Command Audio Wins "Best California Private Innovation" Award

Command Audio Wins "Best California Private Innovation" Award

Command Audio Corporation announced it has won the 2000 Award of Excellence for "Best California Private Innovation" from the California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems - a group consisting of transportation and technology executives. ... Continue reading

CTS Investing $16 Million in New ``Application Specific Networks''

CTS Investing $16 Million in New ``Application Specific Networks''

CTS Corporation announced that it will initially invest $16m, for the introduction and ongoing development of a new family of high frequency bus products being engineered by its Application Specific Networks Product Group. ... Continue reading

Cummins Offers 280-hp C8.3G Natural Gas Engine for Automotive Market

Cummins Offers 280-hp C8.3G Natural Gas Engine for Automotive Market

Cummins Inc. announced the introduction of a new 280-hp rating for the C8.3G gas engine. ... Continue reading

Cummins Reports Earnings for the Third Quarter

Cummins Reports Earnings for the Third Quarter

Cummins Inc. reported third-quarter earnings of 66 cents per share, or net earnings of $25 million, on sales of $1.57 billion. ... Continue reading

Delphi Earnings Increase 9 Percent to $148 Million in Third Quarter

Delphi Earnings Increase 9 Percent to $148 Million in Third Quarter

Delphi Automotive Systems reported third quarter 2000 consolidated earnings of $148 million, or $0.26 earnings per share, in line with analyst consensus estimates. ... Continue reading

Delphi, Palm and Mayfield Fund Launch MobileAria

Delphi, Palm and Mayfield Fund Launch MobileAria

MobileAria, Inc., a company that will develop a new, hands-free mobile Internet service platform for the automobile, was launched with investments from industry leaders Delphi Automotive Systems , Palm, Inc. and Mayfield Fund. ... Continue reading

Diesel Technology Forum Statement on EPA Science Panel Review

Diesel Technology Forum Statement on EPA Science Panel Review

The Diesel Technology Forum issued the following statement on the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee's (CASAC) deliberations on the EPA staff report on the health assessment document for diesel exhaust emissions. ... Continue reading

Edelbrock Corp. Declares Semi-Annual Dividend

Edelbrock Corp. Declares Semi-Annual Dividend

Edelbrock Corporation declared a $0.02 per share semi-annual dividend on the company's Common Stock. ... Continue reading

[EMAIL] News from PacLease: New Phoenix Location

[EMAIL] News from PacLease: New Phoenix Location

News from PacLease: New Phoenix Location ... Continue reading

[EMAIL] News from PartsSystems: PartsSystems Launches On-Line Parts Purchasing For Fleet Managers

[EMAIL] News from PartsSystems: PartsSystems Launches On-Line Parts Purchasing For Fleet Managers

News from PartsSystems: PartsSystems Launches On-Line Parts Purchasing For Fleet Managers ... Continue reading

[EMAIL] Surfers Paradise Pre-Race Notes/Quotes

[EMAIL] Surfers Paradise Pre-Race Notes/Quotes

Surfers Paradise Pre-Race Notes/Quotes ... Continue reading

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: The Newest Rolls & Bentleys

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: The Newest Rolls & Bentleys

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: The Newest Rolls & Bentleys ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Announces the Planned Divestiture Of its Marshall, Ill.

Federal-Mogul Announces the Planned Divestiture Of its Marshall, Ill.

Federal-Mogul Corporation announced it has entered into an agreement with GKN Sinter Metals, to sell its sintered products facility in Marshall, Illinois. ... Continue reading

Ford Declares Fourth-Quarter Dividends

Ford Declares Fourth-Quarter Dividends

The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company declared a fourth- quarter dividend of 30 cents a share on the company's Class B and common stock. ... Continue reading

General Bearing Venture Receives Ford Supplier Award

General Bearing Venture Receives Ford Supplier Award

General Bearing Corporation announced that Ningbo General Bearing Company, Ltd. will achieve Q1 status from Ford Motor Company and Visteon Automotive Systems on October 18, 2000. ... Continue reading

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter

Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced record sales and earnings for its third quarter ended September 24, 2000. ... Continue reading

House Auto Safety Bill More Balanced Than Senate Safety Bill

House Auto Safety Bill More Balanced Than Senate Safety Bill

Automobile manufacturers described the House auto safety bill (H.R. 5164) passed early today as challenging legislation, yet acknowledged that it is more workable than the Senate version of the bill. ... Continue reading

INTERMET Reports Third-Quarter Results

INTERMET Reports Third-Quarter Results

INTERMET Corporation reported third-quarter sales of $240 million, an increase of $15 million compared with the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Awarded Seven Year Agreement With Novartis

Johnson Controls Awarded Seven Year Agreement With Novartis

Johnson Controls, Inc. has announced an agreement with Novartis for the delivery of integrated facility management and infrastructure services. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls' HomeLink Seamlessly Connects Cars to Life

Johnson Controls' HomeLink Seamlessly Connects Cars to Life

Consumers have realized the benefits of having Johnson Controls' HomeLink(R) Universal Transceiver integrated into their vehicles -- convenient access to their homes, lighting, garage doors and security systems. ... Continue reading

McLaren to Open Vehicle Development Center Dedicated to Ford

McLaren to Open Vehicle Development Center Dedicated to Ford

McLaren Performance Technologies announced that it will open the McLaren Vehicle Development Center dedicated to advanced concept vehicle development for Ford Racing Technology and other related Ford vehicle programs. ... Continue reading

Motor Cargo Industries, Inc. to Report Third Quarter Earnings

Motor Cargo Industries, Inc. to Report Third Quarter Earnings

Motor Cargo Industries, Inc. announced that it will release its third quarter results of operations on Monday, October 23, 2000 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Burton Looks For Fourth Top 10 At Plate Race

NASCAR WCUP: Burton Looks For Fourth Top 10 At Plate Race

Burton Looks For Fourth Top 10 At Plate Race ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Crimson Tide rolls in to Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Crimson Tide rolls in to Talladega

NASCAR WCUP: Crimson Tide rolls in to Talladega ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader on Talladega; 'Ride around 'till something happens'

NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader on Talladega; 'Ride around 'till something happens'

NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader on Talladega; 'Ride around 'till something happens' ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: McReynolds To Be Honored at Track Where Career Began

NASCAR WCUP: McReynolds To Be Honored at Track Where Career Began

McReynolds To Be Honored at Track Where Career Began ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP/Trucks: Roush Racing names replacement drivers in Truck series

NASCAR WCUP/Trucks: Roush Racing names replacement drivers in Truck series

NASCAR WCUP/Trucks: Roush Racing names replacement drivers in Truck series ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Tight Hemelgarn team puts Lazier in sight of Northern Light Cup

NorthernLight IRL: Tight Hemelgarn team puts Lazier in sight of Northern Light Cup

NorthernLight IRL: Tight Hemelgarn team puts Lazier in sight of Northern Light Cup ... Continue reading

PowerSmart Announces `SmartShunt'

PowerSmart Announces `SmartShunt'

PowerSmart has announced the availability of the PS3180 SmartShunt(TM) Battery Monitor for prototype evaluation. The SmartShunt is the industry's highest accuracy, advanced battery monitoring and reporting sensor. ... Continue reading

Rising Gas Prices Are Not Changing Driving Habits, Story Claims

Rising Gas Prices Are Not Changing Driving Habits, Story Claims

Although gas prices have tripled in the last few years, few Americans allegedly have changed their driving habits, according to a report in the New York Times. ... Continue reading

R.L. Polk and Acxiom Corporation Expand Relationship Agreement

R.L. Polk and Acxiom Corporation Expand Relationship Agreement

R.L. Polk and Acxiom Corporation announced they have entered into an expanded, long-term relationship, covering technology sharing and data processing services that greatly enhance their service capabilities and joint business opportunities. ... Continue reading

Simpson Industries Reports Third Quarter Sales and Earnings

Simpson Industries Reports Third Quarter Sales and Earnings

Simpson Industries, Inc. announced third quarter sales of $116.5 million and net earnings of $1.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

Superior Industries Wins Dodge Ram Aluminum Wheel Contract

Superior Industries Wins Dodge Ram Aluminum Wheel Contract

Superior Industries International Inc. announced that it has been awarded a new aluminum wheel supply contract by DaimlerChrysler for the 2002 Dodge Ram pickup truck. ... Continue reading

Telematics at CONVERGENCE 2000

Telematics at CONVERGENCE 2000

Telematics at CONVERGENCE 2000 ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

Tenneco Automotive Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

Tenneco Automotive'sboard of directors declared a regular fourth quarter dividend of 5 cents per share on its common stock. ... Continue reading

Texas Completes Evaluation to Accept Bypass Oil Filtration System

Texas Completes Evaluation to Accept Bypass Oil Filtration System

Puradyn Filter Technologies, Inc. announced that the Company had been approved by the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) General Services Division for its Bypass Oil Filtration System. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Work Begins Above Turn 7 on New Entrance Gate into Sears Point

TRACKS: Work Begins Above Turn 7 on New Entrance Gate into Sears Point

Work Begins Above Turn 7 on New Entrance Gate into Sears Point ... Continue reading

USAC: Amy Barnes 4th female to try Silver Bullet cars

USAC: Amy Barnes 4th female to try Silver Bullet cars

Burton Looks For Fourth Top 10 At Plate Race ... Continue reading

Visteon Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

Visteon Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

The Board of Directors of Visteon Corporation has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share on the company's common stock. ... Continue reading

Westar Financial Reports Record Quarterly Revenues of $59 Million

Westar Financial Reports Record Quarterly Revenues of $59 Million

Westar Financial Services Incorporated, the leading automobile e-finance portal, reported record revenues of $59 million for its 2nd quarter ended September 30, 2000, an increase of 78% from the prior year and 58% from the prior quarter. ... Continue reading

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