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ARCA RE/MAX Press Conference Announcements

ARCA RE/MAX Press Conference Announcements

ARCA RE/MAX SERIES PARTNERS WITH SPEED CHANNEL FOR 2004 & BEYOND; SUNOCO OFFICIAL FUEL COVINGTON KY (12-13-03) At the annual ARCA RE/MAX Series championship awards banquet press conference in Covington, Kentucky, series officials announced plans to televise at least 14 races live or same-day-delayed in 2004 on SPEED Ch ... Continue reading

Sunoco Official Fuel of ARCA release

Sunoco Official Fuel of ARCA release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (12-13-03) SUNOCO OFFICIAL FUEL OF ARCA TOLEDO, OH-Sunoco, the world's largest manufacturer of premium racing gasoline, will be the Official Fuel of the ARCA RE/MAX Series beginning with the 2004 season opener at Daytona Int'l Speedway. "We're really pleased to become the Official Fuel of the ARCA ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX TV for 2004

ARCA RE/MAX TV for 2004

For Immediate Release (12-13-03) ARCA RE/MAX SERIES PARTNERS WITH SPEED CHANNEL FOR 2004 & BEYOND TOLEDO OH - At the annual ARCA RE/MAX Series championship awards banquet press conference in Covington, Kentucky, series officials announced plans to televise at least 14 races live or same-day-delayed in 2004 on SPEED Cha ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX Jarrett, ML Announce

ARCA RE/MAX Jarrett, ML Announce

ML MOTORSPORTS, JARRETT ANNOUNCE TEAM TITLE SPONSORS FOR '04 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES SEASON Warsaw, In (12-13-03) - ML Motorsports, along with driver Jason Jarrett, announced today in a press conference at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky the addition of sponsors' GladiatorT GarageWorks by Whir ... Continue reading

Toyota Switches To Merit Pay For Mechanics

Toyota Switches To Merit Pay For Mechanics

NAGOYA, Japan December 13, 2003; Dow Jones reported that Toyota Motor Corp. and its labor union have agreed to switch from age-linked wages for mechanics and other skilled workers to a system of performance-based pay, company officials said Saturday, Kyodo News reported. The auto maker and the union will discuss furthe ... Continue reading

Manfred Remmel appointed new President & CEO of MAGNA STEYR

Manfred Remmel appointed new President & CEO of MAGNA STEYR

AURORA, ON, and OBERWALTERSDORF, Austria, Dec. 12 -- Magna International Inc. and Magna Steyr today announced that Mr. Manfred Remmel will be appointed President & CEO of Magna Steyr. Mr. Remmel, who previously held senior positions at Daimler-Benz and RWE AG, will assume his new responsibilities on January 1st, 2004. ... Continue reading

AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gasoline Prices Head Downward

AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Gasoline Prices Head Downward

HOUSTON--Dec. 12, 2003--Gasoline prices in all of the major Texas cities on this week's list showed slight decreases, according to the Weekend Gas Watch by AAA Texas. Currently, the Texas average for a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline is $1.39 a gallon -- a penny less than last week's average. Corpus Christi conti ... Continue reading

ASA STARTS SAFETY INITIATIVES WITH SFI FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIP

ASA STARTS SAFETY INITIATIVES WITH SFI FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIP

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email /f ... Continue reading

F-1's Sato set for China promotional visit

F-1's Sato set for China promotional visit

December 13, 2003; Takuma will make his first visit to China Following in the footsteps of his teammate, Jenson Button, Lucky Strike BAR Honda’s Takuma Sato is set to tour China next week as part of a promotional visit aimed at building the Brackley-based team’s profile in the country, prior to the inaugura ... Continue reading

Toyota's Jerez test round-up a productive week for the Japanese team

Toyota's Jerez test round-up a productive week for the Japanese team

Cristiano and Olivier were on duty Toyota had an extensive programme for the last week of testing before Christmas. Unfortunately, the weather was not always what the team had hoped for and Panis and Da Matta were not able to go through the entire programme. However, Panis managed to do nearly 150 laps on the Jerez cir ... Continue reading

Bruni signs for European Minardi as a regular driver for 2004

Bruni signs for European Minardi as a regular driver for 2004

December 13. 2003: European Minardi Cosworth is pleased to announce that it has today signed Gianmaria “Gimmi” Bruni as one of its 2004 race drivers. The 22-year-old Roman established a very positive relationship with the Faenza squad in 2003, driving a third European Minardi chassis in Friday test sessions ... Continue reading

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