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Saturday, May 20, 2006

NHRA NEWS: Pontiac Performance Nationals Final Qualifying Story

NHRA NEWS: Pontiac Performance Nationals Final Qualifying Story

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Padian at 626-278-0312 or Lachelle Seymour at 626-253-6337 VETERAN PRO STOCKER ALLEN JOHNSON EARNS FIRST NO. 1 QUALIFIER Schumacher, Hight and Chip Ellis round out top performers at Pontiac Performance Nationals HEBRON, Ohio -- Pro Stock veteran Allen Johnson used a personal-best ... Continue reading

Capps earns No. 9 in new Charger in Columbus qualifying

Capps earns No. 9 in new Charger in Columbus qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 23 Pontiac Performance NHRA Nationals National Trail Raceway Columbus, Ohio Race Date: May 19-21, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS EARNS NO. 9 IN NEW CHARGER IN COLUMBUS ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC: Line qualifies No. 3 at National Trail Raceway

KB Racing LLC: Line qualifies No. 3 at National Trail Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PONTIAC GTO PRO STOCK JASON LINE - DRIVER MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 425-557-8899 E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net 42ND ANNUAL PONTIAC PERFORMANCE NATIONALS Presented by Summit Racing Equipment NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY - ... Continue reading

Bloomington Speedway -- July 19 Results

Bloomington Speedway -- July 19 Results

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY P.O. Box 239 Clear Creek, IN 47426-0239 Contact: Tim McKinney, 812-372-3936 email: redclay@bluemarble.net www.bloomingtonspeedway.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE !!! STANBROUGH TAKES KISS OPENER !!! HINES TAKES FIRST FEATURE OF THE SEASON RYAN THOMAS TAKES FIRST FEATURE ON BLOOMINGTON RED CLAY BLOOMINGTO ... Continue reading

KB Racing LLC: Anderson qualifies No. 8

KB Racing LLC: Anderson qualifies No. 8

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PONTIAC GTO PRO STOCK GREG ANDERSON - DRIVER MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 425-557-8899 E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net 42ND ANNUAL PONTIAC PERFORMANCE NATIONALS Presented by Summit Racing Equipment NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY ... Continue reading

Spies Takes Superbike Win in Sonoma

Spies Takes Superbike Win in Sonoma

PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Contact: John Cardinale 707-334-9805 Suzuki's Spies Beats Mladin for Fifth Consecutive Superbike Win of Season SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies continued his winning ways on Saturday at Infineon Raceway, posting his fifth consecutive victory of the season a ... Continue reading

Petersen/ White Lightning Takes ALMS Mid-Ohio Pole Position

Petersen/ White Lightning Takes ALMS Mid-Ohio Pole Position

Petersen/White Lightning Takes ALMS Mid-Ohio GT2 Pole Position Long Runs to Second Career Pole Position, Second Track Record LEXINGTON, Ohio, May 20, 2006 – Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing won its third career American Le Mans Series (ALMS) pole position here at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course today in dra ... Continue reading

Mid-Ohio Qualifying

Mid-Ohio Qualifying

Team Contact: Jennifer Hart, Flying Lizard Motorsports Tel: 707.935.9600 x 552; Mobile: 415.425.3578, e-mail: jennifer@lizardms.com Flying Lizard Qualifies Third and Sixth at Mid-Ohio May 20, 2006--Lexington, Ohio--In this afternoon's qualifying session for Sunday's American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio race, Flying Liza ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Monterrey Report - Saturday

Rocketsports Racing Monterrey Report - Saturday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com TROUBLES EARLY ON HINDER POSITIVE QUALIFYING RESULTS IN MONTERREY FOR PASTORELLI MONTERREY, Mexico (May 20, 2006) – A disappointing day for Rocketsports Racing in Monterrey, Mexico today, as th ... Continue reading

Lou Gigliotti Qualifying Report - Mid-Ohio

Lou Gigliotti Qualifying Report - Mid-Ohio

Lou Gigliotti #28 LG Motorsports, ProLong Tube Header Corvette On The Pole Lexington, Ohio - Lou Gigliotti, driving the #28 LG Motorsports, ProLong Tube Header Corvette C6.R took the top qualifying spot for the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT race taking place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race will m ... Continue reading

Gigliotti Takes Second SPEED GT Pole of Season At Mid-Ohio

Gigliotti Takes Second SPEED GT Pole of Season At Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Gigliotti Takes Second SPEED GT Pole of Season at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 20, 2006) - Lou Gigliotti, of Dallas, captured his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship pole of 2006, and will lead the 31-car field to the standing start of today's race, presented by Trenton F ... Continue reading

VANDERGRIFF BLASTS TO No. 2 POSITION IN COLUMBUS QUALIFYING

VANDERGRIFF BLASTS TO No. 2 POSITION IN COLUMBUS QUALIFYING

2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 23 Pontiac Performance NHRA Nationals National Trail Raceway Columbus, Ohio Race Date: May 19-21, 2006 VANDERGRIFF BLASTS TO No. 2 POSITION IN COLUMBUS QUALIFYING HEBRON, OH., (May 19, 2006)- Bob Vandergriff Jr. took advantage of the cool evening air at the Pontiac Perfo ... Continue reading

New Winners at SSP on Friday Night

New Winners at SSP on Friday Night

Contact: Todd Fisher (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fannasy, Spangler and Watson All Win Career First Features at SSP on Friday Night Newberrytown, PA (May 19, 2006) – In a history making night,three out of four feature winners picked up their career first victories on Friday night at the Susuqueh ... Continue reading

Kleinubing Breaks Streak, Sets SPEED Touring Car Qualifying Record at Mid-Ohio

Kleinubing Breaks Streak, Sets SPEED Touring Car Qualifying Record at Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Kleinubing Breaks Streak, Sets SPEED Touring Car Qualifying Record at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 20, 2006) - After Friday's practice, SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car standout Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., said he wanted to end his pole-less streak, which had grown ... Continue reading

Penske Takes Two Poles Saturday at Mid-Ohio and Indy

Penske Takes Two Poles Saturday at Mid-Ohio and Indy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Ackford, 614-793-4620, rackford@midohio.com Penske Takes Indy 500 and Mid-Ohio Poles The Penske Racing team is flying high this weekend, winning two poles at the Indianapolis 500 and the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio. Sam Hornish Jr. posted a four-lap average of 228.985 mph early i ... Continue reading

The In-Car Air Quality In Volvo's New S80 Is Recommended By The Swedish Asthma And Allergy Association

The In-Car Air Quality In Volvo's New S80 Is Recommended By The Swedish Asthma And Allergy Association

GOTHENBURG - May 19, 2006: Volvo’s new S80 is the first-ever car model to meet the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association’s high standards. Clean Zone Interior Package (CZIP) is the name of a new technology that gives clean in-car air and an even more pleasant driving experience. “The criteria for the As ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports' Latest Survey Shows Parents And Youths Often See Eye-To-Eye When Buying A Used Car

Consumer Reports' Latest Survey Shows Parents And Youths Often See Eye-To-Eye When Buying A Used Car

Both groups see reliability, cost and fuel economy as key factors; But young people want more fun options—and are willing to pay mmore for a car YONKERS, NY — May 20, 2006: Contrary to what some might expect, parents shoppping for a used car for their son or daughter and young adults shopping for a vehicle th ... Continue reading

New Audi Q5 To Be Built In Germany

New Audi Q5 To Be Built In Germany

INGOLSTADT, Germany - May 20, 2006: The decision has been made: the new Audi Q5 will be built in Germany. The new model will start rolling off the production line at Ingolstadt in 2008. To that end, around EUR 300 million will be invested in the production facilities over the next years. Prof. Dr. ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces 2007 Quest Pricing

Nissan Announces 2007 Quest Pricing

GARDENA, Calif. (May 19, 2006) - Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing on the redesigned 2007 Quest minivan, which goes on sale May 19 at Nissan dealers nationwide. The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the new Quest, which has undergone a major transformation with a redesigned interior ... Continue reading

Coughlin family ready for eliminations in Columbus (NHRA/JEG'S)

Coughlin family ready for eliminations in Columbus (NHRA/JEG'S)

Coughlin family ready for eliminations in Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Coughlin brothers, Troy, John, Mike, and Jeg, completed qualifying yesterday in their respective eliminators for this weekend’s Pontiac Performance Nationals at National Trail Raceway. The Coughlin’s wil ... Continue reading

TMMI celebrates Ten Years with key announcements

TMMI celebrates Ten Years with key announcements

May 19, 2006 - Princeton, Ind. - Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana. (TMMI) made a key announcement and large donations at a press conference today at the Indiana manufacturing plant. TMMI Chairman Seizo Okamoto announced plans to build a Visitors Center to commemorate 10 years in Indiana. Planned opening of The Visit ... Continue reading

XM Satellite Radio Practice Report, Indy (May 19, 2006)

XM Satellite Radio Practice Report, Indy (May 19, 2006)

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Klein Tools/Canadian Club Practice Report, Indy (May 19, 2006)

Klein Tools/Canadian Club Practice Report, Indy (May 19, 2006)

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/fi ... Continue reading

NYSE Practice Report, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

NYSE Practice Report, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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Team 7-Eleven Practice Report, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Team 7-Eleven Practice Report, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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/fi ... Continue reading

Jeg Coughlin Sr gets back into a Top Fuel car (NHRA/JEG'S)

Jeg Coughlin Sr gets back into a Top Fuel car (NHRA/JEG'S)

Jeg Coughlin Sr gets back into a Top Fuel car Ohioan Jeg Coughlin Sr., founder of Jeg's Automotive, had the rare opportunity to warm-up a 7,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragster Friday prior to the opening round of professional qualifying at the 42nd annual Pontiac Performance NHRA Nationals at National Trail Raceway. A for ... Continue reading

Kleinubing Tops SCCA SPEED Touring Car Practice at Mid-Ohio

Kleinubing Tops SCCA SPEED Touring Car Practice at Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Kleinubing Tops SCCA SPEED Touring Car Practice at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 19, 2006) - Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., was fastest after combined practice Friday in his No. 42 Acura Certified Pre-Owned/RealTime Acura TSX, turning a 1:33.875 (86.591 mph) on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio ... Continue reading

Two Tie, Top Three Within 0.003 After SCCA SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio

Two Tie, Top Three Within 0.003 After SCCA SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Two Tie, Top Three Within 0.003 After SCCA SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 19, 2006) - At Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT drivers Lou Gigliotti, of Dallas, Texas, and Michael Galati, of Olmsted, Ohio, posted an identical fast time of 1:28.396 ... Continue reading

All-New 2007 Honda Fit Achieves Top '5-Star' Safety Rating From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

All-New 2007 Honda Fit Achieves Top '5-Star' Safety Rating From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

TORRANCE, Calif., May 19 -- The 2007 Honda Fit has earned a "5-Star" safety rating for frontal crash performance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. A "5-Star" rating is the highest government safety rating. Ninety-nine percent of Honda-brand ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Monterrey Report - Friday

Rocketsports Racing Monterrey Report - Friday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com PASTORELLI SECOND BEST ROOKIE OF THE DAY IN MONTERREY MONTERREY, Mexico (May 19, 2006) – With five rookies in the 2006 Champ Car freshman class, Rocketsports Racing’s driver Nicky Pastorel ... Continue reading

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