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Capps wins his second race of season in Chicago

Capps wins his second race of season in Chicago

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS WINS HIS SECOND NHRA FUNNY CAR EVENT OF ... Continue reading

Mechanical glitch puts Bazemore out in first round in Chicago

Mechanical glitch puts Bazemore out in first round in Chicago

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net MECHANICAL GLITCH PUTS BAZEMORE OUT IN FIRST ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series South Central Division Finals-Sunday from Texas Motorplex

NHRA Summit Racing Series South Central Division Finals-Sunday from Texas Motorplex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS TEXAS MOTORPLEX, ENNIS, TEXAS Sunday, October 02, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 278-1956 TEAM HOUSTON RACEWAY PARK WINS BIG AT NHRA SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION SUMMIT SERIES FINALS ENNIS, Texas - More than 600 of the best ... Continue reading

NHRA SUNDAY FINAL RESULTS: Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals

NHRA SUNDAY FINAL RESULTS: Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: NHRA Media Relations, Michael Padian, 626-278-0312 SCHUMACHER WINS AGAIN, EXTENDS LEAD IN POWERADE SERIES TOP FUEL POINTS RACE Ron Capps wins in Funny Car, closes in on Gary Scelzi; In Pro Stock, Jason Line wins fourth event of season over first-time finalist Erica Enders JOLIET, Ill. -- ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Race Wrap Up: KJ's Up and Down Day Ends in Joliet Quarterfinals

NHRA Kurt Johnson Race Wrap Up: KJ's Up and Down Day Ends in Joliet Quarterfinals

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net KJ's Up and Down Day Ends in Joliet Quarterfinals Event: Fifth Annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Day/Date: Sunday, October 2, 2005 Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL Despite qualifying tenth, ACDelco Cobalt pilot Kurt Joh ... Continue reading

Seekonk Focus Results

Seekonk Focus Results

USAC NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1-2, 2005 ­ Seekonk, Massachusetts ­ Seekonk Speedway ­ “D.Anthony Venditti Classic” FIRST HEAT: (10 laps ­ Held Oct. 1) 1. Dana Messier (#4 Messier), 2. Jeff Abold (#05 Abold), 3. Shawn Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 4. ... Continue reading

Troxel runs strong in Chicago; loses first round on holeshot

Troxel runs strong in Chicago; loses first round on holeshot

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net TROXEL RUNS STRONG IN CHICAGO; IS OUT IN FIRS ... Continue reading

Stevens stumbles in Chicago first round

Stevens stumbles in Chicago first round

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net STEVENS STUMBLES IN CHICAGO FIRST ROUND JOLIE ... Continue reading

Ventura Focus Results

Ventura Focus Results

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2005 ­ Ventura, California - Ventura Raceway FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bobby Michnowicz (#21 Michnowicz/Zoriki), 2. J.J. Ercse (#7 Owens), 3. Rob Kershaw (#20 Kershaw), 4. Bill Camarillo (#40 Camarillo), 5. ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX SERIES 2006 SCHEDULE

ARCA RE/MAX SERIES 2006 SCHEDULE

TALLADEGA AL (10-1-05) The ARCA RE/MAX Series, headed toward its 54th consecutive season of competition, has released its 2006 schedule to include 23 events in 12 states. In addition to its traditional combination of superspeedways and short-tracks, on both dirt and pavement, historic Winchester Speedway returns to the ... Continue reading

Petersen/ White Lightning Wins Petit Le Mans, Makes it Three-Straight in ALMS

Petersen/ White Lightning Wins Petit Le Mans, Makes it Three-Straight in ALMS

Petersen/ White Lightning Wins Petit Le Mans, Makes it Three-Straight in ALMS BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 1, 2005 – Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing won the final major international endurance sports car event missing from their resume with today’s stirring GT2 class victory in the eighth annual Petit ... Continue reading

Terre Haute Sprint Results

Terre Haute Sprint Results

USAC VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2005 ­ Terre Haute, Indiana ­ Terre Haute Action Track ­ “Tony Hulman Fall Harvest Classic” QUALIFICATIONS: (No Points due to top 6 finishers from 9/30 race transferring to 10/1 feature automatically) 1. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-19.242; ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals-Saturday from US 13 Dragway

NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals-Saturday from US 13 Dragway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTHEAST DIVISION FINALS U.S. 13 DRAGWAY, DELMAR, DEL. Saturday, October 01, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 278-1956 ATCO RACEWAY TAKES TEAM HONORS AT NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES NORTHEAST DIVISION FINALS DELMAR, Del. - The best racers in NHRA's No ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series South Central Division Finals-Saturday from Texas Motorplex

NHRA Summit Racing Series South Central Division Finals-Saturday from Texas Motorplex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION FINALS TEXAS MOTORPLEX, ENNIS, TEXAS Saturday, October 01, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 278-1956 BISHOP, MOLDIER WIN RACE OF CHAMPIONS AT THE NHRA SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION'S SUMMIT SERIES FINALS ENNIS, Texas - Racing continu ... Continue reading

NISSAN AND ARTIST MURAKAMI TEAM UP TO UNVEIL PiVO

NISSAN AND ARTIST MURAKAMI TEAM UP TO UNVEIL PiVO

- Pivo: Nissan's electric car concept for the 39th Tokyo Motor Show - TOKYO (Sept. 30, 2005) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today unveiled Pivo, its imaginative electric car concept, in partnership with renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the company's Nissan Ginza Gallery in downtown Tokyo. Pivo, which will be on ... Continue reading

USAC NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS

USAC NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS

USAC NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1-2, 2005 ­ Seekonk, Massachusetts ­ Seekonk Speedway ­ “D.Anthony Venditti Classic” FIRST HEAT: (10 laps ­ Held Oct. 1) 1. Dana Messier (#4 Messier), 2. Jeff Abold (#05 Abold), 3. Shawn Gosselin (#26 Gosselin), 4. ... Continue reading

Riverside Resident Is First Guest to Win a 2006 Honda Civic in Civic-A-Day Giveaway at Disneyland Resort

Riverside Resident Is First Guest to Win a 2006 Honda Civic in Civic-A-Day Giveaway at Disneyland Resort

ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 1 -- Kami McGiffin, 23, of Riverside, Calif., was the first winner of a 2006 Honda Civic on Saturday, October 1, in Honda's month-long Civic-A-Day giveaway at the Disneyland Resort. Presented daily throughout October, the contest is part of the re-launch of "Space Mountain." Honda's "The Coolest R ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Lands Second No. 1 Qualifier of 2005

Cruz Pedregon Lands Second No. 1 Qualifier of 2005

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES AmeriQuest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway ­ Joliet, Ill. Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon Grabs No. 1 Position in Chicago Pedregon Racing Dominates Funny Car Qualifying This Weekend JOLIET, Ill. (Oct. 1, 2005) ­ Cruz ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Saturday Update: KJ Will Roll Off Tenth at Route 66 Raceway

NHRA Kurt Johnson Saturday Update: KJ Will Roll Off Tenth at Route 66 Raceway

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net KJ Will Roll Off Tenth at Route 66 Raceway Event: Fifth Annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Day/Date: Saturday, October 1, 2005 Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL Kurt Johnson and the ACDelco Cobalt Racing team multi-tasked ... Continue reading

NHRA NEWS: Final qualifying at the Fifth annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals

NHRA NEWS: Final qualifying at the Fifth annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: NHRA Media Relations, Michael Padian, 626-278-0312 SCHUMACHER LEADS THE WAY IN TOP FUEL QUALIFYING AT AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE NHRA NATIONALS Cruz Pedregon sets pace in Funny Car, Greg Anderson sets track record in Pro Stock JOLIET, Ill. -- POWERade Series points leader Tony Schumacher set a c ... Continue reading

Scelzi sets career-best ET, qualifies No. 3 in Chicago

Scelzi sets career-best ET, qualifies No. 3 in Chicago

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI SETS CAREER-BEST ET, QUALIFIES NO. 3 I ... Continue reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Saturday Update: WJ Will Start Eighth in Joliet

NHRA Warren Johnson Saturday Update: WJ Will Start Eighth in Joliet

Contact: Jon Knapp TMG Sports Marketing, Inc. Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net WJ Will Start Eighth in Joliet Event: Fifth Annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Day/Date: Saturday, October 1, 2005 Location: Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL Qualifying for the Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals featured two days ... Continue reading

Carrier Boyz Racing: McClenathan No. 2 in Chicagoland

Carrier Boyz Racing: McClenathan No. 2 in Chicagoland

Visit our website at www.carrierboyzracing.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CARRIER BOYZ RACING ANDY CARRIER and MARK CARRIER -- OWNERS NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES FRAM AIRHOG TOP FUEL DRAGSTER CORY McCLENATHAN -- DRIVER TODD SMITH - CREW CHIEF MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 770-476-8477 E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth. ... Continue reading

Troxel takes No. 9 in Chicago qualifying

Troxel takes No. 9 in Chicago qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 20 of 23 Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. Race Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net TROXEL TAKES NO. 9 IN CHICAGO QUALIFYING JOLI ... Continue reading

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