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2001 AMA amateur national championships set

2001 AMA amateur national championships set

2001 AMA amateur national championships set ... Continue reading

ALMS: Goodyear-Shod Corvettes Claim Second, Fourth at Laguna Seca

ALMS: Goodyear-Shod Corvettes Claim Second, Fourth at Laguna Seca

Dayton Indy Lights Announces Diverse 2001 Race Schedule ... Continue reading

ARCA: Tim Steele earns Bill France Triple Crown

ARCA: Tim Steele earns Bill France Triple Crown

Tim Steele earns Bill France Triple Crown ... Continue reading

BMW's UK Plants for Sale?

BMW's UK Plants for Sale?

BMW's UK Plants for Sale? ... Continue reading

Budget EV Rental Cars' Fleet Hits Historic Millionth Mile Mark

Budget EV Rental Cars' Fleet Hits Historic Millionth Mile Mark

Budget EV Rental Cars reached an historic milestone when its environmental rental vehicle fleet hit its one millionth mile, a distance equal to circumnavigating the globe 40 times. ... Continue reading

Car-wash Made in Germany - Leader Plans to Open Up US Market

Car-wash Made in Germany - Leader Plans to Open Up US Market

The world's largest supplier of cleaning technology for transport systems, the German WashTec AG, plans to open up the US market with its quickest car wash plant. ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Announces Sales, Third Quarter Results

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Announces Sales, Third Quarter Results

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company reported record net sales of $844 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Reports Third Quarter Results

Federal-Mogul Reports Third Quarter Results

Federal-Mogul Corporation announced third quarter sales of $1,428 million compared to $1,584 million in 1999. ... Continue reading

Ford Dealer First To Use Video E-Mail

Ford Dealer First To Use Video E-Mail

Grand Prairie Ford, which recently moved into a new 23 acre location, becomes the first Ford dealership in the country to utilize Video E-Mail technology according to Peter Martin, Jr., founder and president of ExpandMail.com. ... Continue reading

Hometown Auto Retailers to Participate in Discovery Expo in New York

Hometown Auto Retailers to Participate in Discovery Expo in New York

Hometown Auto Retailers, Inc. will be among 70 small-cap and mid-cap companies to gather Oct. 23 at Discovery Expo 2000 in New York City to meet with financial professionals at the Hilton New York. ... Continue reading

INDY LIGHTS: Dayton Indy Lights Announces Diverse 2001 Race Schedule

INDY LIGHTS: Dayton Indy Lights Announces Diverse 2001 Race Schedule

Dayton Indy Lights Announces Diverse 2001 Race Schedule ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls 2000 EPS Up 23%

Johnson Controls 2000 EPS Up 23%

Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) reported record sales and income for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

Kingsley Coach Reports Results for Six Months Ended June 30,2000

Kingsley Coach Reports Results for Six Months Ended June 30,2000

The Kingsley Coach Inc. announced its operating results for the six-month transition period ended June 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

Littelfuse Reports Record Third Quarter Results

Littelfuse Reports Record Third Quarter Results

Littelfuse, Inc. reported record sales and earnings for the third quarter of 2000. ... Continue reading

Live Broadcasts from AAIW in Las Vegas

Live Broadcasts from AAIW in Las Vegas

Live Broadcasts from AAIW in Las Vegas ... Continue reading

Modine Reports Second-Quarter Results, Amends Outlook

Modine Reports Second-Quarter Results, Amends Outlook

Second-quarter sales for Modine Manufacturing Company were $269.8 million; earnings were $19.0 million, or 65 cents per diluted share. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Allen, Nine Days will entertain fans at 2000 Winston Drag Racing Awards Ceremony

NHRA: Allen, Nine Days will entertain fans at 2000 Winston Drag Racing Awards Ceremony

NHRA: Allen, Nine Days will entertain fans at 2000 Winston Drag Racing Awards Ceremony ... Continue reading

NHRA: Kurt Chronicles: Dallas/Houston Edition

NHRA: Kurt Chronicles: Dallas/Houston Edition

Kurt Chronicles: Dallas/Houston Edition ... Continue reading

NHRA: Rules committee announces rules changes for 2001

NHRA: Rules committee announces rules changes for 2001

NHRA: Rules committee announces rules changes for 2001 ... Continue reading

NHRA: Warren Report: Dallas/Houston Edition

NHRA: Warren Report: Dallas/Houston Edition

Warren Report: Dallas/Houston Edition ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL Cup Champion Lazier leads list of award winners

Northern Light IRL Cup Champion Lazier leads list of award winners

Northern Light IRL Cup Champion Lazier leads list of award winners ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Erwin, Bingham pass Indy Racing Rookie Test at Texas

Northern Light IRL: Erwin, Bingham pass Indy Racing Rookie Test at Texas

Northern Light IRL: Erwin, Bingham pass Indy Racing Rookie Test at Texas ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Lazier already focused on another title, second Indy win in 2001

Northern Light IRL: Lazier already focused on another title, second Indy win in 2001

Northern Light IRL: Lazier already focused on another title, second Indy win in 2001 ... Continue reading

Ovonic NiMH Battery Featured at EVS-17

Ovonic NiMH Battery Featured at EVS-17

Nickel metal hydride batteries are clearly the batteries of choice among manufacturers of electric and hybrid electric vehicles which were on display, and available for ride and drive, at this year's International Electric Vehicle Symposium. ... Continue reading

PPG Reports On 3rd Quarter

PPG Reports On 3rd Quarter

PPG Industries' third-quarter net income was $150 million, or 86 cents a share, including previously announced one-time after- tax charges of $3 million, or two cents a share. ... Continue reading

Rising Gas Prices Inspire Car Makers to 'Focus On Efficiency'

Rising Gas Prices Inspire Car Makers to 'Focus On Efficiency'

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Detroit Section delivers the inside story on the 2001 Honda Civic. ... Continue reading

Ryder Reports Higher Revenue in Third Quarter 2000

Ryder Reports Higher Revenue in Third Quarter 2000

Ryder System, Inc. , a global leader in logistics and transportation management solutions reported revenue increased slightly over 6 percent to $1.34 billion for the three months ending September 30, 2000, up from $1.26 billion in the comparable period last year. ... Continue reading

TACH SPECIAL: World's Largest Automotive Tradshow Broadcast Live on the Internet

TACH SPECIAL: World's Largest Automotive Tradshow Broadcast Live on the Internet

TACH SPECIAL: WORLD'S LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE TRADESHOW BROADCAST LIVE ON THE INTERNET ... Continue reading

Textron Reports 14% Third Quarter EPS Increase to $1.08

Textron Reports 14% Third Quarter EPS Increase to $1.08

Textron Inc. reported third-quarter diluted earnings per share of $1.08, up 14% from $0.95 in 1999, marking the company's 44th consecutive quarter, or eleven years, of earnings improvement. ... Continue reading

Titan Reports Third Quarter Financial Results

Titan Reports Third Quarter Financial Results

Titan International, Inc. has announced net sales of $119.8 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000, compared to $136.0 million for the third quarter of 1999. ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive Announces Operating Results

Tower Automotive Announces Operating Results

Tower Automotive, Inc., announced its operating results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

Toyota Tacoma S-Runner pickup (2001)

Toyota Tacoma S-Runner pickup (2001)

Toyota Tacoma S-Runner pickup (2001) Review ... Continue reading

TRUCKS: CAT's European SuperTruck Team wins Championship

TRUCKS: CAT's European SuperTruck Team wins Championship

TRUCKS: CAT's European SuperTruck Team wins Championship ... Continue reading

TRW Announces Third Quarter 2000 Results

TRW Announces Third Quarter 2000 Results

TRW Inc. reported that for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2000, net earnings excluding unusual items were $91.3 million compared to $145.9 million last year. ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto Reports Results for Third Quarter 2000

UnitedAuto Reports Results for Third Quarter 2000

United Auto Group, Inc. announced third quarter 2000 earnings. ... Continue reading

USA Truck Announces Revenues for the Quarter Ended Sept 30, 2000

USA Truck Announces Revenues for the Quarter Ended Sept 30, 2000

USA Truck, Inc. announced operating revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2000 of $55,532,933, up 37.4% from $40,416,850 for the same quarter of 1999. ... Continue reading

Visteon Earns $48 Million in Third Quarter - 37 Cents Per Share

Visteon Earns $48 Million in Third Quarter - 37 Cents Per Share

Visteon Corporation announced that it earned $48 million or $0.37 cents per share during the Third Quarter of 2000. ... Continue reading

Visteon Recognized by Ford for Excellence In Radio Reception

Visteon Recognized by Ford for Excellence In Radio Reception

Visteon Corporation was honored with a prestigious Henry Ford Technology Award for the development of its breakthrough digital radio technology called MACH(R) DSP (Digital Signal Processing). ... Continue reading

X-Rite Reports Third Quarter Results

X-Rite Reports Third Quarter Results

X-Rite, Incorporated a world-leader in manufacturing sophisticated measurement devices, systems, and processes, reported third quarter net sales of $23.1 million and net income of $1.9 million, or 9 cents per share. ... Continue reading

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