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Saturday, September 18, 2004

CASCAR CARQUEST Series: Kawartha Finale Summary & Results

CASCAR CARQUEST Series: Kawartha Finale Summary & Results

CARQUEST Series Kawartha Speedway: Summary & Results For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / September 18, 2004 Hathaway takes Kawartha battle, but Graham wins the war FRASERVILLE, ON - On Saturday afternoon at Kawartha Speedway, Jason Hathaway did everything he could to try and ca ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals - Saturday Results from Heartland Park Topeka

NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals - Saturday Results from Heartland Park Topeka

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2004 Contact: Jill Caliendo, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 327-4207 Summit Finals Race of Champions winners crowned at Heartland Park TOPEKA, Kan. - NHRA's West Central Division wrapped up it's second day ... Continue reading

Dodge Truck Quotes from Sylvania 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Dodge Truck Quotes from Sylvania 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

New Hampshire International Speedway Ray Cooper Sylvania 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Clear!Blue Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004. 704-975-3232 STEVE PARK (No. 62 Orleans Racing Dodge Ram) - Finished 14th, 11th in points "We had a good truck yesterday and we were off a little bit today. When we got out front and led laps, ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, Okla.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, Okla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY PARK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2004 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) cell phone VETRANS WELLS AND STIDHAM ON TOP AT THUNDER VALLEY NOBLE, Okla. - In the final rounds of qualifying for this weekend's Lucas Oil Drag Racing ... Continue reading

New Car Review - 2005 Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG

New Car Review - 2005 Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG

I’ve just said good-bye to a truly great automobile, the C55 AMG. To a casual observer it is just another C class Merc but boy oh boy, are they in for a surprise! Coming home on 101 a somewhat over-excited young man caught up with me and decided to follow about 10 inches from my bumper. Not for long as I floored ... Continue reading

MB C55, Ford C-Max, Chrysler T&C, F1 Comments and Observations and Other Car Talk In - Letter from Europe

MB C55, Ford C-Max, Chrysler T&C, F1 Comments and Observations and Other Car Talk In - Letter from Europe

Letter from Europe – September 2004 Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief After all the SUVs in the States it was interesting to remind myself that somehow Europeans manage to get from A to B in considerably smaller cars just as quickly and far more economically. For the Hungarian Grand Prix Ford very kindly lent m ... Continue reading

New Car Review: 2004 Kia Amanti Sedan

New Car Review: 2004 Kia Amanti Sedan

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS In many ways it is an automotive version of the classic immigrant story: foreign auto manufacturer comes to America at the bottom of the market and works its way up. Some succeed, some fail. The Europeans paved the way in the 1950s, with mixed long-term success. There are a few ver ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Cup Point Leader Craig Stanton Excited About Battle

Grand-Am Cup Point Leader Craig Stanton Excited About Battle

Grand-Am Cup Point Leader Craig Stanton Excited About Battle HOMESTEAD, Fla., September 17, 2004 - When Craig Stanton last left Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) he did so with a sweep of the two Grand American Road Racing Association races held here. He drove to victory in both the SGS class of the Rolex Sports Car Serie ... Continue reading

CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES SYLVANIA 300 QUALFIYING

CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES SYLVANIA 300 QUALFIYING

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES SYLVANIA 300 QUALFIYING NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY September 17, 2004 QUALIFYING WAS RAINED OUT MID-WAY THROUGH TODAY'S SESSION. POINTS WILL SET THE FIELD FOR ... Continue reading

INTERMET Projects Third-Quarter Loss

INTERMET Projects Third-Quarter Loss

Continued High Material Costs, Especially for Scrap Steel, Drive Significant Losses Company Projects Covenant Default Under Bank Credit Agreement at September 30, 2004; Negotiating With Lender TROY, Mich., Sept. 17 -- INTERMET Corporation today announced that it expects to report a third-quarter 2004 net loss of betwee ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Finals- Friday Results from Heartland Park Topeka

NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Finals- Friday Results from Heartland Park Topeka

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 Contact: Jill Caliendo, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 327-4207 Summit Racing Series Finals action underway at Heartland Park TOPEKA, Kan. - Over 600 of the NHRA West Central Division's top racers took t ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, Okla.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, Okla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTAL DIVISION THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY PARK FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 Contact: Name, Eric Lotz (626) cell phone NHRA ACTION KICKS OFF AT THUNDER VALLEY NOBLE, Okla. - In the first rounds of qualifying at Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Top Alcohol Dragster d ... Continue reading

SYLVANIA 300 Fans Enjoy Race in Style, Comfort

SYLVANIA 300 Fans Enjoy Race in Style, Comfort

DANVERS, Mass.--Sept. 17, 2004--Far from the portable grill and warm beer that defines the typical tailgate party, some NASCAR fans bring all the comforts of home when they head to the track. Luxury RVs cover the grounds at the New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS) in Loudon, NH this weekend, as millions of racin ... Continue reading

Ford Motors Raises Third Quarter and 2004 Earnings Outlook; Announces 1,150 Job Cuts at Jaguar

Ford Motors Raises Third Quarter and 2004 Earnings Outlook; Announces 1,150 Job Cuts at Jaguar

DETROIT September 17, 2004; John Porretto writing for the AP reported that Ford Motor Co. raised its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecast for 2004 citing continued strong performance Friday at its financial services arm, even as the company's car business in the key U.S. market struggles. The news came on the ... Continue reading

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