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Saturday, March 19, 2005

G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS: Ellis in top half of field for first race of the season

G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS: Ellis in top half of field for first race of the season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS OWNERS: GEORGE BRYCE & GEORGE SMITH NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES PRO-STOCK MOTORCYCLE: G SQUARED S&S BUELL RIDER: CHIP ELLIS MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 770-476-8477 E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net 36TH ANNUAL NHRA MAC TOOLS GATORNATIONALS GAINESVILLE RACEWAY - GA ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon Takes Home Seventh in Gainesville

Tony Pedregon Takes Home Seventh in Gainesville

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES 36th Annual Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville Raceway ­ Gainesville, Florida ŒQ¹ Racing Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Tony Pedregon Grabs Seventh-Qualifying Position ŒQ¹ Racing Monte Carlo in Top Half of the Field for the Third-Straight ... Continue reading

Malcom Bricklin's Vision - Visionary Vehicles

Malcom Bricklin's Vision - Visionary Vehicles

By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel Detroit Bureau THE GUY Taking his place among the movers and shakers of the world’s automotive industry is the charismatic Malcom Bricklin, whose newest project has the potential of accelerating the already blinding speed of change in the industry. Speaking to the Detroit Society of ... Continue reading

2005 Malaysian GP Practice and First Qualifying

2005 Malaysian GP Practice and First Qualifying

B.A.R Honda Press Information Saturday 19 March 2005 SATO STANDS DOWN Virus forces Takuma Sato out for the remainder of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend ------------------------------------------------ The biggest news story from Sepang involves Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda driver Takuma Sato, who has been forced to stand ... Continue reading

Hearn Podiums With Jaskol, Puts Three in Top-15 at Sebring

Hearn Podiums With Jaskol, Puts Three in Top-15 at Sebring

Hearn Podiums With Jaskol, Puts Three in Top-15 at Sebring SEBRING, Fla., March 18, 2005 - Hearn Motorsports brought three entries to the Star Mazda Series North American Championship season-opening round at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway today. It was the largest stable of the open wheel, formula cars that IndyC ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Silverado Wins At Atlanta Motor Speedway

Chevrolet Silverado Wins At Atlanta Motor Speedway

FOR RELEASE MARCH 18, 2005 Chevrolet Silverado Wins At Atlanta Motor Speedway Ron Hornaday Scores His 27th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Victory Team Silverado Scores Four of the Top-Five Finishing Positions HAMPTON, GA – It didn’t take Ron Hornaday long to remember the way to victory lane ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Seventh After First Day of Gainesville

Cruz Pedregon Seventh After First Day of Gainesville

NHRA NEWS & NOTES 36th Annual Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville Raceway ­ Gainesville, Florida Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon Qualifies In Top Half of the Field Gainesville Raceway Presents Challenges During Friday Qualifying GAINESVILLE, Fla ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon Eighth After First Day

Tony Pedregon Eighth After First Day

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES 36th Annual Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville Raceway ­ Gainesville, Florida ŒQ¹ Racing Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Tony Pedregon Qualifies Eighth in Chilly Gainesville Pedregon¹s Crew Makes Repairs for Second Round GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 18, ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Qualifies in the Provisional Seventh Slot

Cruz Pedregon Qualifies in the Provisional Seventh Slot

NHRA NEWS & NOTES 36th Annual Mac Tools NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville Raceway ­ Gainesville, Florida Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon Qualifies In Top Half of the Field Gainesville Raceway Presents Challenges During Friday Qualifying GAINESVILLE, Fla ... Continue reading

Dodge Charger NASCAR Quotes from AMS

Dodge Charger NASCAR Quotes from AMS

Friday, March 18, 2005 Ray Cooper Atlanta Motor Speedway Clear!Blue Golden Corral 500 Advance Stuff. 704-975-3232 KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger) ARE YOU OUT OF CARS "Our speedway stuff is getting rebuilt. We have some short track cars, but our intermediate car, we're hurting on that right now. I've ... Continue reading

Marcos Engineering estrena su vehículo deportivo "TSO GT" en Australia

Marcos Engineering estrena su vehículo deportivo "TSO GT" en Australia

ADELAIDA, Australia, March 18 -- - El nuevo coupé biplaza V8 correrá en la carrera de prueba Clipsal V8 Motorsport de Adelaida y en el programa de evaluación posterior Marcos Engineering Limited se complace al anunciar que el nuevo coupé Marcos TSO GT hará su debut mundial hoy en el sur de Australia gracias a su p ... Continue reading

Expert: Lobbyist Criticism of Anti-DWI Device Is Irresponsible

Expert: Lobbyist Criticism of Anti-DWI Device Is Irresponsible

SANTA FE, N.M., March 18 -- A Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group is spreading deceptive information that questions a proven safety device to reduce DWI, just when the New Mexico Legislature is considering new laws to combat drunken driving. The group, representing bars and restaurants, seeks to preserve loopholes in ... Continue reading

Autosport Development Sebring Wrap-Up

Autosport Development Sebring Wrap-Up

For Immediate Release Contact Information: johnt@c2group.com Telephone: 248.356.5699 Hayner Debuts New Autosport Development GTO at Sebring Sebring, Fla. March 18, 2005 – After a long busy winter, the Autosport Development team finally turned the wheels on the all-new #5 GMAC / Aramark / Trenton Forging GTO, toda ... Continue reading

Consignors Weigh In: Technology is King in Remarketing Strategy; Emercent Study Provides Industry Insights and Benchmarks

Consignors Weigh In: Technology is King in Remarketing Strategy; Emercent Study Provides Industry Insights and Benchmarks

CHICAGO, March 18 -- The use of the Internet for upstream remarketing activities and broadcast auctions continue to dominate auto remarketers' strategies in 2004, according to a new industry study conducted by Emercent Solutions with assistance from the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA). The findings ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Partners with National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters to Establish New Fellowship to Help Minorities on the Road to Media Ownership

DaimlerChrysler Partners with National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters to Establish New Fellowship to Help Minorities on the Road to Media Ownership

DaimlerChrysler has announced a new partnership with the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) to establish the NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management Fellowship Program, making the road to radio and television station ownership a little less rocky for minority broadcasters. The announcement was made durin ... Continue reading

ESPRITWeb Article #733, ESPRIT 2005 Fundamentals Training Manual Now Available

ESPRITWeb Article #733, ESPRIT 2005 Fundamentals Training Manual Now Available

ESPRITWeb Article _____ ID: 733 Date 17-Mar-2005 Distribution Public Title ESPRIT 2005 Fundamentals Training Manual Now Available Summary Provides quick guide for programmers _____ Hunt Valley, Md.— Precision CAD/CAM Systems announced the completion of its 2005 ESPRIT Fundamentals Training Manual, a product that will ... Continue reading

Ford Drives Home the Importance of Education as Sponsor of the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner

Ford Drives Home the Importance of Education as Sponsor of the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner

NEWS Contact: Edna Sims Bruce Tracy Walker 310-827-9727 313-657-7018 esppr@aol.com affiniti9@sbcglobal.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ford Drives Home the Importance of Education as Sponsor of the Jackie Robinson Foundation’s Annual Awards Dinner · Company’s Support Helps Fund Four-Year College Scholarships · Award Mo ... Continue reading

Gehl Adds Five New Compact Telescopic Handlers to Its Compact Construction and Agricultural Equipment Line

Gehl Adds Five New Compact Telescopic Handlers to Its Compact Construction and Agricultural Equipment Line

WEST BEND, Wis.--March 18, 2005--Gehl Company , a leading manufacturer of compact construction and agriculture equipment headquartered in West Bend, Wisconsin, is proud to announce the introduction of five new CT-Series telescopic handlers: CT5-16, CT5-16 Turbo, CT6-18 Low Profile, CT6-18 Turbo, and CT7-23 Turbo. These ... Continue reading

Marcos Engineering Debuts the 'TSO GT' Sportscar in Australia

Marcos Engineering Debuts the 'TSO GT' Sportscar in Australia

New 2 Seater V8 Coupe to Run at Adelaide's Clipsal V8 Motorsport Event Test and Evaluation Program to Follow ADELAIDE, Australia, March 18 -- Marcos Engineering Limited is pleased to announce the new Marcos TSO GT coupe is making its world debut today in South Australia at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide motor race. The TSO G ... Continue reading

Polaris Schedules First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

Polaris Schedules First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

MINNEAPOLIS--March 18, 2005--Polaris Industries Inc. announced today that it will release financial results for its first quarter 2005 the morning of Thursday, April 14, 2005. The Company has scheduled a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2005 financial results at 9:00 a.m. CST on the same day. Tom Tiller, Pr ... Continue reading

Chevy NASCAR Notes - J.Gordon, Post-Practice

Chevy NASCAR Notes - J.Gordon, Post-Practice

Contacts: Nancy Wager nmwager@aol.com 727-415-3109 mobile Reilly Brennan rbrennan@g-2communications.com 248-789-7368 mobile CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES GOLDEN CORRAL 500 - POST PRACTICE ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY March 18, 2005 JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: (HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT T ... Continue reading

Sebring Has Multiple Benefits For Petersen/ White Lightning

Sebring Has Multiple Benefits For Petersen/ White Lightning

Sebring Has Multiple Benefits For Petersen/ White Lightning SEBRING, Fla., March 18, 2005 – The importance of tomorrow’s 53rd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is significant for reasons deeper than simply winning one of the sport’s most prestigious events. For the race’s GT2 class pole pos ... Continue reading

CARPENTIER MISSES QUALIFYING AT PHOENIX

CARPENTIER MISSES QUALIFYING AT PHOENIX

Friday Qualifying Report on the IndyCar Series at Phoenix CARPENTIER MISSES QUALIFYING AT PHOENIX Avondale, Arizona, Friday, March 18, 2005 - Patrick Carpentier missed the only qualifying session for Round 2 of the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar® Series schedule following an accident during the second practice sessio ... Continue reading

NASCAR Chevy Notes - Atlanta Qualifying

NASCAR Chevy Notes - Atlanta Qualifying

Contacts: Nancy Wager nmwager@aol.com 727-415-3109 mobile Reilly Brennan rbrennan@g-2communications.com 248-789-7368 mobile CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES GOLDEN CORRAL 500 - QUALIFYING NOTES ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY March 18, 2005 BOBBY HAMILTON, JR., NO. 32 TIDE CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: (ON HIS LAP) "I ... Continue reading

Hamilton Finishes Third in Ram at AMS

Hamilton Finishes Third in Ram at AMS

; Friday, March 18, 2005 Ray Cooper Atlanta Motor Speedway Clear!Blue World Financial Group 200. 704-975-3232 BOBBY HAMILTON (No. 04 Bailey's Dodge Ram) NOTE: Hamilton has finished third, second and first in the first three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2005, and the defending series champion retained his poin ... Continue reading

Charger Driver Ryan Newman Wins Fifth Straight Pole at AMS

Charger Driver Ryan Newman Wins Fifth Straight Pole at AMS

Friday, March 18, 2005 Ray Cooper Atlanta Motor Speedway Clear!Blue Golden Corral 500 Qualifying.NEWMAN (No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge Charger) NOTE: This is Newman's fifth straight pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway and his 29th career pole. "It's great to be able to get the pole. It's a real team effort and all the guys have worke ... Continue reading

Mazda Rotary Power Returns to Top-Level Sports-Car Racing

Mazda Rotary Power Returns to Top-Level Sports-Car Racing

SEBRING, Fla., March 18 -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) and MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development today announced that Mazda will return to the top level of professional sports car racing as an engine supplier in the LMP-2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The company will provide engineering and tech ... Continue reading

Lexus Unveils All-New IS Sport Sedan and Hybrid Version of Its GS Performance Sedan at the New York International Auto Show

Lexus Unveils All-New IS Sport Sedan and Hybrid Version of Its GS Performance Sedan at the New York International Auto Show

TORRANCE, Calif., March 18 -- Lexus will stage the world premiere of the all-new IS 350 high-performance luxury sport sedan in a press conference at the 2005 New York International Auto Show. The all-new IS series will offer four separate models for the U.S. market. Lexus will also unveil the all-new GS 450h high-perfo ... Continue reading

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