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Fall Hazard Prompts NHTSA, CPSC and Evenflo to Announce Recall of Embrace Infant Car Seat/Carriers

Fall Hazard Prompts NHTSA, CPSC and Evenflo to Announce Recall of Embrace Infant Car Seat/Carriers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in cooperation with Evenflo Company Inc., today announced a recall of the following consumer product. (To access color photos of the following recalled products, see CPSC’s Web site a ... Continue reading

INDIANAPOLIS 500 (INDIANAPOLIS) - POLE DAY QUALIFYING ORDER

INDIANAPOLIS 500 (INDIANAPOLIS) - POLE DAY QUALIFYING ORDER

POLE DAY QUALIFYING ORDER 1. #15 Buddy Rice 2. #9 Scott Dixon 3. #16 TBD 4. #12 Ryan Briscoe 5. ... Continue reading

INDIANAPOLIS 500 (INDIANAPOLIS) - PRACTICE TIMES MAY 11

INDIANAPOLIS 500 (INDIANAPOLIS) - PRACTICE TIMES MAY 11

Practice Friday for the 91st Indianapolis 500 IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed: 1. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 227.167 2. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 226.650 3. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 226.236 4 ... Continue reading

HRF1 (SPAIN) - QUALIFYING SPANISH GRAND PRIX

HRF1 (SPAIN) - QUALIFYING SPANISH GRAND PRIX

The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will start tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix from the 6th and 7th rows of the grid after ending this afternoon's qualifying session in 12th and 14th places respectively. Both drivers made it through the first of the two knock-out rounds, with Jenson ending Q1 ... Continue reading

GRAND AM (LAGUNA SECA) - Gurney to be Guest on Wind Tunnel Sunday

GRAND AM (LAGUNA SECA) - Gurney to be Guest on Wind Tunnel Sunday

Alex Gurney, driver of the No. 99 GAINSCO Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve, will be a guest on Sunday’s “Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain” show. Gurney will be part of nearly a 20-minute segment of the show, whi ... Continue reading

NASCAR NCTS (CHARLOTTE) - Jack Sprague and Wyler Racing Determined to be the Best

NASCAR NCTS (CHARLOTTE) - Jack Sprague and Wyler Racing Determined to be the Best

As the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series only three-time champion, Jack Sprague (No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota) is arguably one of the best drivers in series’ history. He has wins at 18 of the 44 tracks at which he has competed and at least one top-five finish at 39 different tracks. But if there is one place Sprague ... Continue reading

Rocket City Launches Site Specialized For Environmentally Safe Vehicle Sales.

Rocket City Launches Site Specialized For Environmentally Safe Vehicle Sales.

ORLANDO, Fla.--Rocket City Automotive Group, Inc., announced today that it has added eEVoutlet to its portfolio of innovative technology platforms. eEVoutlet will specialize in the online sales of environmentally safe electric automobiles (Evs). eEVoutlet provides consumers across the globe an online portal that will a ... Continue reading

GEICO Safety Reminder: Don't Leave Youngsters in Unattended Vehicles

GEICO Safety Reminder: Don't Leave Youngsters in Unattended Vehicles

TUCSON, Ariz.--Arizona’s legendary hot weather is here and it’s a good time for a reminder about the dangers of leaving a child in an unattended vehicle whatever the weather conditions are. "Leaving children alone in family vehicles creates very dangerous situations," said Martha Furnas, GEICO assistant vice ... Continue reading

Eaton Named To "World's Most Ethical Companies" List By Ethisphere Magazine

Eaton Named To "World's Most Ethical Companies" List By Ethisphere Magazine

CLEVELAND--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced it was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine, a national publication dedicated to “illuminating the correlation between ethics and profit.” Companies such as Eaton, Alcoa, United Parcel Servi ... Continue reading

WJ's International Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction to Air this Sunday

WJ's International Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction to Air this Sunday

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net WJ's International Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction to Air this Sunday on Speed Sugar Hill, GA, May 11, 2007 - GM Performance Parts GTO driver Warren Johnson's historic induction into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF) ... Continue reading

Texas Based Firm to Purchase Universal Distribution LLC

Texas Based Firm to Purchase Universal Distribution LLC

ALGONA, Iowa--Universal Distribution, LLC announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with AER Sales, L.P. to sell its automotive parts distribution business. Universal Distribution operates warehouse distribution centers in Des Moines, Iowa, Omaha, Nebraska, and Peoria, Illinois. It serves automoti ... Continue reading

Toyota Awards $1.12 Million in Scholarships to 100 High School Seniors

Toyota Awards $1.12 Million in Scholarships to 100 High School Seniors

Winners at Top of Class in Both Academics and Community Service LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 11 -- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., (TMS) rewarded 100 high school seniors with $1.12 million in college scholarships for their commitment to education and community service at an awards banquet tonight. The winners, who make up th ... Continue reading

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