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Saturday, April 12, 2003

Pacific Coast Motorsports Practice 2 Notes from Long Beach

Pacific Coast Motorsports Practice 2 Notes from Long Beach

Saturday Practice Notes from Long Beach - Saturday's practice for the CART Toyota Atlantic Championships 20th trip to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach got underway in sunny but cool conditions. - The Pacific Coast Motorsports team worked all evening Friday making changes to the car in preparation for Saturday's sess ... Continue reading

Tri County Motor Speedway Results from Friday Night April 11, 2003

Tri County Motor Speedway Results from Friday Night April 11, 2003

For Immediate Release Tim Southers USAR Media Relations tsouthers@usarprocup.com (843) 282-1356 John Michalowski Awarded Win HUDSON, NC - John Michalowski, Jr. became the second different winner in as many races in 2003 on K & S Auto Sales Night at Tri County Motor Speedway. A field of 25 Tucson Late Models started the ... Continue reading

Pruett Tops Long Beach Trans-Am Series Trials

Pruett Tops Long Beach Trans-Am Series Trials

Long Beach, Calif. -- The provisional qualifying positions for Sunday's 51-lap, 100.368 mile Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Round Number 2, at Long Beach, with starting position, car number in parenthesis, driver, car and fast lap with speed. 1. (7) Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 1:22.038, 86.360. 2. ... Continue reading

Review: 2003 Cadillac Escalade

Review: 2003 Cadillac Escalade

Manrico Delcore & Mary Beth Debicki Luxury with room for the whole family. Eleven thirty P.M., finally, after a 5 hour delay we landed at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. Stepping curbside, we were amazed we had landed at all. It was snowing heavily and the windy city was living up to its name. By the time we loca ... Continue reading

TACH ADDS THE EXCITEMENT OF ADVENTURE TRAVEL FROM MANRICO DELCORE AND MARY BETH DEBICKI

TACH ADDS THE EXCITEMENT OF ADVENTURE TRAVEL FROM MANRICO DELCORE AND MARY BETH DEBICKI

The Auto Channel would like to welcome a couple (literally) of exciting and talented contributors to our site. Manrico Delcore & Mary Beth Debicki are an American husband-and-wife team of photojournalists who specialize in vehicle-based adventure travel. They have been writing together for twelve years and their travel ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson Sets Career Bests, Breaks National Speed Record, and sits 2nd Midway through Houston Qualifying

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson Sets Career Bests, Breaks National Speed Record, and sits 2nd Midway through Houston Qualifying

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Sets Career Bests, Breaks National Speed Record, and sits 2nd Midway through Houston Qualifying Event: 16th Annual O'Reilly Spring Nationals Location: Houston Raceway Park Baytown, TX Day/Date: ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying from Firebird Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying from Firebird Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION FIREBIRD RACEWAY FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2003 IGNITOR "BLASTS-OFF" AT FIREBIRD RACEWAY Boise, Idaho - Time trials and qualifying kicked off the at the 33rd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Nitro Opener presented by Dan Wiebold Ford, as 2002 Northwest ... Continue reading

#12 Takagi, #21 Giaffone Motegi Saturday Qualifying

#12 Takagi, #21 Giaffone Motegi Saturday Qualifying

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Takagi To Start Third, Giaffone Ninth in Sunday's Indy Japan 300 MOTEGI, Japan (Saturday, April 12, 2003) - Local favorite Tora Takagi will start Sunday's Indy Japan 300 from the inside of the second row while Mo Nunn Racing ... Continue reading

Dorricott Racing - Provisional Qual Report

Dorricott Racing - Provisional Qual Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: James Hyneman jhyneman@compuserve.com LUIS DIAZ THIRD FASTEST IN PROVISIONAL QUALIFYING FOR SUNDAY'S TOYOTA ATLANTIC RACE AT LONG BEACH LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 11, 2003) - Dorricott Racing's Luis Diaz, of Mexico City, threw down blistering laps amidst heavy competition and qualified thi ... Continue reading

Chevy Motegi IRL Qualifying

Chevy Motegi IRL Qualifying

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing Rain Washes Out Motegi IRL Qualifying; Hornish Is Top Chevy Starter MOTEGI, Japan, April 12, 2003 - The rain that makes Japan an island of green brought an early end to qualifying for Sunday's inaugur ... Continue reading

Saab and Subaru To Build Sports Car?

Saab and Subaru To Build Sports Car?

TOKYO, April 12, 2003; Reuters reported that Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, maker of Subaru-brand vehicles, will tie up with Saab Automobile AB to jointly develop and market a small sports car, a Japanese business daily said on Saturday. Fuji Heavy, owned 20 percent by General Motors Corp, and Saab Automobile, whic ... Continue reading

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