Saturday, September 13, 2003

UAW dashes hopes for early deal with Big Three

DETROIT, Sept 13 Michael Ellis writing for Reuters reported that the United Auto Workers union said on Saturday it faced many obstacles to reaching a new contract agreement with Detroit's automakers, dashing hopes for an early deal with all three companies before the midnight Sunday deadline. "There's a lot of work to ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Italian GP-Final qualifying

Italian Grand Prix - FINAL QUALIFYING 13th September 2003 Weather: Sunny, dry. Air temperature 25°C Track temperature 46°C Monza (ITA). Juan Pablo Montoya will start Sunday¹s Italian Grand Prix from second position on the grid while Marc Gené claimed the fifth grid position for tomorrow¹s race. The Spaniard, Marc ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals - West Central Division, Morrison, Colo. Friday Sept. 12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES – WEST CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY, MORRISON, COLO. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES FINALS UNDERWAY AT BANDIMERE MORRISON, COLO. – Top drivers from 20 racetracks across the West Central division assembled at Bandimere Speedw ... Continue reading

NHTSA Tire Pressure Monitor Rule Axed as Too Weak

WASHINGTON September 12, 2003;Dee-Ann Durbin writing for the AP reported that the government is rewriting a rule that would have required all new vehicles to have tire pressure monitors. The rule, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in December 2001, was rejected by a federal court. The adminis ... Continue reading

Looking For Answers: Ford Appoints Strategy Czar

Dearborn September 12, 2003; Bloomberg News reported that Ford Motor Co. named Bruce Blythe to the new post of chief strategy officer, the latest company veteran brought back to help CEO and Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. run the world's second-largest automaker. Blythe, 58, a former architect of the company's European ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals-Friday from IRP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK, INDIANAPOLIS Friday, September 12, 2003 RACE OF CHAMPIONS HIGHLIGHTS OPENING DAY OF NHRA NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION SUMMIT RACING FINALS AT IRP INDIANAPOLIS - All of the drag strips in NHRA's North Central Division ha ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Italian GP-First Qualifying

Italian Grand Prix - FIRST QUALIFYING 12th September 2003 Weather: Sunny, dry. Temp: 26°C Air, 43°C Track Monza (ITA). It was a mixed start to the Italian Grand Prix weekend for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers, with Juan Pablo Montoya setting the fastest time today and Ralf Schumacher¹s time being annulled for missi ... Continue reading

2003 SCCA National Championships; High School Crew Among 47 Nissan Teams At Mid-Ohio

GARDENA, Calif.--Sept. 12, 2003--One driver's crew is a group of high school auto shop students, another driver is playing hooky from his final semester of college classes to attend this race, and another has a single crew member, his girlfriend. On the surface, these may not sound like totally serious racers, but each ... Continue reading