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Saturday, July 17, 2004

INFINEON QUALIFYING REPORT

INFINEON QUALIFYING REPORT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com Qualifying Time Disallowed… GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO Will Start Last Technical infraction DQ’s qualifying time. Sonoma, Calif. – July 16, 2004 Citing a wing height infraction, officials disallowed the qualifying time of the ... Continue reading

Hemphill Wins at Gateway

Hemphill Wins at Gateway

No Stopping Rookie Ryan Hemphill; Wins Big in Shop 'n Save 150 at Gateway By Don Radebaugh - MADISON IL (7-16-04) If there's a way to beat ARCA RE/MAX Series rookie Ryan Hemphill on a superspeedway, very few teams have figured it out. With some heavy hitters in the show, Hemphill, in the TRIMSPA Dodge, ran up another p ... Continue reading

Bazemore blazes to No. 1 in Denver NHRA qualifying

Bazemore blazes to No. 1 in Denver NHRA qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2004 POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 13 of 23 MOPAR MILE-HIGH NHRA NATIONALS BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY Morrison, Colo. Race Dates: July 16-18, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE COLLECTS HIS THIRD NO. 1 OF THE YEAR, 27TH CAREER, IN DENVER MORRISON ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: Kurt Johnson Will Start 14th at the Mile-High Nationals

NHRA Saturday: Kurt Johnson Will Start 14th at the Mile-High Nationals

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Will Start 14th at the Mile-High Nationals Event: 25th Annual NHRA Mile-High Nationals Location: Bandimere Speedway Morrison, Colorado Day/Date: Saturday July 17, 2004 On the basis of a 7.215-sec ... Continue reading

Scelzi's chute pops, qualifies No. 15 in Denver

Scelzi's chute pops, qualifies No. 15 in Denver

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2004 POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 13 of 23 MOPAR MILE-HIGH NHRA NATIONALS BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY Morrison, Colo. Race Dates: July 16-18, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 SCELZI'S PARACHUTE POPS, QUALIFIES NO. 15 IN DENVER MORRISON, Colo. (July 17, ... Continue reading

Daimler `Confident' of Solution as Workers Stay Home

Daimler `Confident' of Solution as Workers Stay Home

Dusseldorf, Germany July 17, 2004; Hannah Warrington writing for Bloomberg reported that DaimlerChrysler AG is ``confident'' it will reach an agreement with workers after employees didn't work today at a factory in Sindelfingen, Germany during a second week of protests over proposed cost cuts. ``We should be able to re ... Continue reading

Walkouts Halt Mercedes Production

Walkouts Halt Mercedes Production

BERLIN July 17, 2004; The AP reported that thousands of DaimlerChrysler workers walked off the job Saturday, extending protests against the automaker's threats to cut jobs in Germany if employees don't accept steps to cut labor costs. Some 14,500 workers took part in stoppages at two Mercedes plants near the company's ... Continue reading

Rain Cancels First Day of Bandimere Qualifying

Rain Cancels First Day of Bandimere Qualifying

Quaker State Racing Nitro Funny Car Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Mopar Mile-High Nationals -- Bandimere Speedway Qualifying Notes & Quotes Rain Cancels First Day of Qualifying Regular Schedule On Tap for Saturday MORRISON, Colo. (July 16, 2004) ­ Persistent rain showers forced the cancellation of t ... Continue reading

NHRA O'Reilly Auto Parts Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference . Finals- Friday Results from Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn

NHRA O'Reilly Auto Parts Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference . Finals- Friday Results from Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA O'REILLY AUTO PARTS JR. DRAG RACING LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS BRISTOL DRAGWAY FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2004 Contact: Jill Caliendo (626) 327-4207 Opening round of eliminations complete at Bristol Dragway BRISTOL, Tenn. - After several days of preparation by racers and their families from NHRA' ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, Ill.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, Ill.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION ROUTE 66 RACEWAY FRIDAY, July 16, 2004 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 REICHERT, PAYNE GRAB EARLY LEADS IN CHICAGOLAND JOLIET, Ill. - In the first rounds of qualifying at Route 66 Raceway for the Chicagoland Dodge Dealers NHRA Luca ... Continue reading

Team 7-Eleven's Kanaan Qualifies Fifth At Nashville

Team 7-Eleven's Kanaan Qualifies Fifth At Nashville

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Herta Puts XM Satellite Radio Car Third On Nashville Grid

Herta Puts XM Satellite Radio Car Third On Nashville Grid

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Franchitti Qualifies ArcaEx Car Seventh For Nashville Race

Franchitti Qualifies ArcaEx Car Seventh For Nashville Race

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Wheldon Pilots Klein Tools/Jim Beam Machine To 4th In Qualifying

Wheldon Pilots Klein Tools/Jim Beam Machine To 4th In Qualifying

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

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, US 13 Dragway, Delmar, Del.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, US 13 Dragway, Delmar, Del.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - Northeast DIVISION US 13 DRAGWAY FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2004 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 HARRIS, GROVE, AND BOUDREAU ON TOP AT US 13 DRAGWAY DELMAR, Del. - In the first rounds of qualifying at the Delaware 1st State Championships, Doug Harris leads the Com ... Continue reading

Bandag, Incorporated Reports 2nd Quarter EPS of $0.60

Bandag, Incorporated Reports 2nd Quarter EPS of $0.60

Flash Results Bandag, Inc. (Numbers in Millions, Except Per Share Data) Q2 2004 Q2 2003 6 Mos. 2004 6 Mos. 2003 Net sales $211.1 $204.1 $384.6 $379.4 Net earnings $11.9 $8.7 $15.9 $11.1 Diluted earnings per share $0.60 $0.45 $0.81 $0.57 Shares outstanding - diluted 19.7 19.4 19.7 19.3 MUSCATINE, Iowa, July 16 -- Bandag ... Continue reading

NASCAR Driver Bill Lester and Toyota to Celebrate Diversity in Auto Racing at National Urban League Conference

NASCAR Driver Bill Lester and Toyota to Celebrate Diversity in Auto Racing at National Urban League Conference

LOS ANGELES--July 16, 2004--Bill Lester, driver of the No. 22 Toyota in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and one of today's most successful drivers of color, will be a special guest at the Toyota Exhibit during the National Urban League (NUL) Conference, July 21-25, 2004. The five-day gathering will take place at the ... Continue reading

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