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Saturday, June 19, 2004

MIS: Sorenson Wins First ARCA Race

MIS: Sorenson Wins First ARCA Race

BROOKLYN, Mich. June 19, 2004; Tim Martin writing for the AP reported that Reed Sorenson pulled away from the field late in Saturday's caution-filled ARCA race, capturing his first stock car victory. Thirty-eight of the 100 laps in the Flagstar 200 were run under caution at the two-mile oval of Michigan International S ... Continue reading

Bazemore No. 9, faces Worsham in first round in E-town

Bazemore No. 9, faces Worsham in first round in E-town

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 11 of 23 K&N FILTERS SUPERNATIONALS OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP RACEWAY PARK ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. Race Dates: June 18-20, 2004 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE ENDS UP NINTH, WILL FACE WORSHAM IN FIRST ROUND ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 19, 200 ... Continue reading

Document from Doran Racing

Document from Doran Racing

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

Orbit Racing - Watkins Glen qualifying

Orbit Racing - Watkins Glen qualifying

too short Orbit Racing needed more gear power during qualifying for the six-hour Rolex Sports Car Series race at Watkins Glen International. Mike Fitzgerald qualified the No. 44 Classic Industries Porsche 911 GT3 RS seventh on the GT grid with a lap of one minute 57.333 seconds on the 3.4-mile road course. He will alte ... Continue reading

Scelzi qualifies sixth in E-town

Scelzi qualifies sixth in E-town

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 11 of 23 K&N FILTERS SUPERNATIONALS OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP RACEWAY PARK ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. Race Dates: June 18-20, 2004 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 SCELZI POSTS BEST RUN OF WEEKEND, QUALIFIES SIXTH ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (June 19, 2004) - Ga ... Continue reading

Scarallo Seventh Fastest in Final Practice at Portland

Scarallo Seventh Fastest in Final Practice at Portland

Contact: Susan D. Clark (704) 287­3266 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SCARALLO SEVENTH FASTEST IN FINAL PRACTICE AT PORTLAND PORTLAND, Ore. (June 19, 2004) ­ Joey Scarallo, driver of the No. 06 ROH Wheels / Group A Autotrend / Toyo Tires Chevrolet Corvette, was seventh fastest today in the final practice at Portland Internati ... Continue reading

Motorock Trans-Am Series Launches New Home on the Internet; New Look, New Features Highlight Completely Re-Designed Web Site

Motorock Trans-Am Series Launches New Home on the Internet; New Look, New Features Highlight Completely Re-Designed Web Site

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, Ph: 704-348-9400, Cell: 704-589-2100 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOTOROCK TRANS-AM SERIES LAUNCHES NEW HOME ON THE INTERNET; NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES HIGHLIGHT COMPLETELY RE-DESIGNED WEB SITE PORTLAND, Ore. (June 19, 2004) ‹ The Motorock Trans-Am Series launched its all-new permanent home on the Int ... Continue reading

Watkins Glen Practice Notes

Watkins Glen Practice Notes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley – 248.356.5699 Specter Werkes/Sports Practice Notes #24 Cauley Corvette GTR Presented by Highlander Working Out Gremlins Watkins Glen N.Y. – June 18, 2004 The #24 Cauley Corvette GTR presented by Highlander worked through some minor issues in the first day of practice for ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Mosport Qualifying & Grid

CASCAR: Mosport Qualifying & Grid

CASCAR Super Series QUALIFYING & GRID: Clarington 200 Mosport Int'l Raceway For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / June 19, 2004 Mosport qualifying: Don Thomson Jr. earns second consecutive Clarington 200 pole OSHAWA, ON - On Saturday afternoon at Mosport Int'l Raceway, the CASCAR ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: Kurt Johnson Will Start Fifth in Englishtown

NHRA Saturday: Kurt Johnson Will Start Fifth in Englishtown

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Will Start Fifth in Englishtown Event: 35th annual NHRA SuperNationals Location: Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey Day/Date: Saturday June 19, 2004 The conditions for the s ... Continue reading

Allmendinger Earns Fifth Place Start at Portland

Allmendinger Earns Fifth Place Start at Portland

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

NEXCUO Dodge Quotes from at MIS June 19, 2004

NEXCUO Dodge Quotes from at MIS June 19, 2004

Saturday, June 19, 2004 Ray Cooper Michigan International Speedway Clear!Blue, Inc. DHL 400 Advance. 704-975-3232 RUSTY WALLACE (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) "I feel real good about the race tomorrow. I was a little surprised when Larry (crew chief Carter) said he wanted to bring the car I about won Bristol with. I was wal ... Continue reading

Ruhlman Starting Fourth for Portland Trans-Am,2nd in both practices

Ruhlman Starting Fourth for Portland Trans-Am,2nd in both practices

Ruhlman Starting Fourth for Trans-Am at Portland International Raceway, Second in Both Practice Sessions Portland, Ore (June 19, 2004) -- Top Trans-Am driver Randy Ruhlman will be starting fourth for today¹s Albertsons Trans-Am 100 at Portland International Raceway. Ruhlman originally qualified fifth after a post-race ... Continue reading

Motorock Trans-Am Series Launches New Home on the Internet; New Look, New Features Highlight Completely Re-Designed Web Site

Motorock Trans-Am Series Launches New Home on the Internet; New Look, New Features Highlight Completely Re-Designed Web Site

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, Ph: 704-348-9400, Cell: 704-589-2100 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOTOROCK TRANS-AM SERIES LAUNCHES NEW HOME ON THE INTERNET; NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES HIGHLIGHT COMPLETELY RE-DESIGNED WEB SITE PORTLAND, Ore. (June 19, 2004) ‹ The Motorock Trans-Am Series launched its all-new permanent home on the ... Continue reading

SunTrust Enters Multi-Year Pact with NASCAR

SunTrust Enters Multi-Year Pact with NASCAR

ATLANTA, June 19 -- SunTrust Banks, Inc. announced today a multi-year agreement with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) to become the "Official Bank of NASCAR." SunTrust's relationship with NASCAR, one of the largest and most popular sports in the country, reinforces the company's commitment to ... Continue reading

NEXCUP Chevy Notes - MIS, June 19, 2004

NEXCUP Chevy Notes - MIS, June 19, 2004

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications nmwager@aol.com cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES DHL 400 - ADVANCE MATERIAL MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY June 19, 2004 CHEVROLET SUCCESS - NASCAR MODERN ERA STATS: On June 18, 2004, Hendrick Motorsp ... Continue reading

JACK BUSCH TAKES POCONO HEAT RACE WIN, STARTS ON POLE FOR AGT MAIN EVENT

JACK BUSCH TAKES POCONO HEAT RACE WIN, STARTS ON POLE FOR AGT MAIN EVENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Todd Benne toddbenne@americangt.com 636.262.1723 JACK BUSCH TAKES POCONO HEAT RACE WIN, STARTS ON POLE FOR AGT MAIN EVENT Long Pond, PA- Jack Busch [number 05 Leifert Motorsports/Spiral Turbo Baffles/Spectro Oils Olds Cutlass] was not going to let a huge off during the morning practice se ... Continue reading

Larry Morgan No. 6 in E-town Pro Stock qualifying

Larry Morgan No. 6 in E-town Pro Stock qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 11 of 23 K&N FILTERS SUPERNATIONALS OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP RACEWAY PARK ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. Race Dates: June 18-20, 2004 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 LARRY MORGAN IS NO. 6 IN FIRST PRO STOCK QUALIFYING ROUNDS UNDER SCHUMACHER RACING BANNE ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Pacific Raceways, Kent, Wash.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Pacific Raceways, Kent, Wash.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION PACIFIC RACEWAYS Friday, June 18, 2004 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 LUCAS, THOMPSON LEAD FIELDS AT PACIFIC RACEWAYS KENT, Wash. - In the final rounds of qualifying at Pacific Raceways, Top Alcohol Dragster driver Morgan Lucas and To ... Continue reading

Scarallo Qualifies a Career-Best Sixth at Portland

Scarallo Qualifies a Career-Best Sixth at Portland

Contact: Susan D. Clark (704) 287­3266 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SCARALLO QUALIFIES A CAREER-BEST SIXTH AT PORTLAND PORTLAND, Ore. (June 18, 2004) ­ Joey Scarallo, driver of the No. 06 ROH Wheels / Group A Autotrend / Toyo Tires Chevrolet Corvette, qualified sixth Saturday for Sunday¹s Albertsons Trans-Am 100 at Portlan ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson Opens Englishtown Qualifying in the Fifth Position

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson Opens Englishtown Qualifying in the Fifth Position

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Opens Englishtown Qualifying in the Fifth Position Event: 35th annual NHRA SuperNationals Location: Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey Day/Date: Friday June 18, 2004 For th ... Continue reading

GM Sales Anaylsis U.S. Market

GM Sales Anaylsis U.S. Market

Industry selling rate up versus year-ago: The cumulative selling rate for the industry during May was 18.2million units (8.0 million cars and 10.2 million trucks), reflecting a substantial increase compared to the April sales rate. Performance improved compared to last May’s selling rate of 16.4 million units (7. ... Continue reading

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