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Saturday, February 22, 2003

Marlin Still Upset at NASCAR

Marlin Still Upset at NASCAR

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. Feb. 22, 2003; Jenna Fryer writing for the AP reported that Sterling Marlin was still steaming at NASCAR on Saturday for black-flagging him during the Daytona 500 for passing a car under the yellow line on the track. Adding to his irritation is that NASCAR has not told the field what its late red-flag ... Continue reading

AutoZone to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

AutoZone to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 21 -- AutoZone, Inc. will be making a presentation to the investment community at the Bear Stearns Ninth Annual Retail, Restaurants & Apparel Conference on Tuesday, February 25, 2003, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST. A live broadcast of the presentation will be available online in the Investor Relations ... Continue reading

JAGUAR EXPANDS TRANS-AM SERIES INVOLVEMENT

JAGUAR EXPANDS TRANS-AM SERIES INVOLVEMENT

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 517-927-3614 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2003 JAGUAR EXPANDS TRANS-AM SERIES INVOLVEMENT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ‹ Jaguar North America has expanded its sponsorship with the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup for the 2003 season. For the third-straight year, ... Continue reading

Jaguar Powers Back Into Trans-Am With Rocketsports Racing

Jaguar Powers Back Into Trans-Am With Rocketsports Racing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 22 -- Jaguar power returns to Trans-Am racing this summer with a thundering 650-horsepower Jaguar AJ-V8 engine, developed by Michigan-based Rocketsports Racing. A 4.5-liter version of Jaguar's lightweight dual overhead-cam V8 will power one of the team's Jaguar XKR-bodied race cars in the 200 ... Continue reading

Benson & Ince Saturday Rain Quotes

Benson & Ince Saturday Rain Quotes

Johnny Benson & James Ince Saturday Rain Quotes: #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson will start second Sunday in the Subway 300 at the North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. Heavy rain cancelled Winston Cup Series practice on Saturday. The 43 cars will start the 1 p.m. race without any race ... Continue reading

Trans-Am Series Qualifying Results from Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Trans-Am Series Qualifying Results from Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Qualifying, Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Saturday Qualifying; race Sunday At Street Course, 1.806 miles St. Petersburg, Fla. 1 (7) Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 1:14.545, 85.961. 2 (3) Paul Gentilozzi, Jaguar XKR, 1:14.560, 85.944. ... Continue reading

Pruett Wins Jaguar Pole

Pruett Wins Jaguar Pole

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 517-927-3614 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2003 PRUETT WINS JAGUAR POLE AWARD ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ‹ Scott Pruett won the Jaguar Pole for Sunday¹s Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup race, part of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Saturday. Pruett, driv ... Continue reading

SAT RESUlLTS-NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event-Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla.

SAT RESUlLTS-NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event-Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION GAINESVILLE RACEWAY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2003 RAIN SHORTENS DAY'S QUALIFYING AT GAINESVILLE RACEWAY GAINESVILLE, Fla. -The second day of racing at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held at Gainesville Raceway, was shorte ... Continue reading

California air rules key in hybrid, fuel cell vehicle debate (Originally Published 2003)

California air rules key in hybrid, fuel cell vehicle debate (Originally Published 2003)

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. February 21, 2003; Don Thompson writing for the AP reported that it's no coincidence the world's largest automaker chose California to showcase a fleet of futuristic low pollution vehicles it says will one day change the planet. Nor that eight foreign and domestic automakers and four of the worl ... Continue reading

U.S. Big Oil says 'don't blame us' for gas prices

U.S. Big Oil says 'don't blame us' for gas prices

NEW YORK, Feb 21, 2003; Reuters reported that motorists in the United States should not blame Big Oil for a recent spike in gasoline prices, but rather a "perfect storm" in the petroleum industry that has cut deeply into global supplies, the American Petroleum Institute (News - Websites) (API), an oil industry body, sa ... Continue reading

Another Tucker?- Founder World Transport Authority Arrested

Another Tucker?- Founder World Transport Authority Arrested

NEW YORK, Feb 21, 2003; Gail Appleson wrting for Reuters reported that the founder of World Transport Authority Inc.,a company that sells licenses to build a low-cost utility vehicle, was arrested on Friday for allegedly causing the company to lie about its expected sales. Douglas Norman, 61, a Canadian citizen who liv ... Continue reading

FRI RESULTS- NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla.

FRI RESULTS- NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION GAINESVILLE RACEWAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2003 NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES KICKS OFF AT GAINESVILLE RACEWAY GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series kicked off the season today at Gainesville Raceway with the first o ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX RADIO RELEASE

ARCA RE/MAX RADIO RELEASE

ARCA RE/MAX SERIES RADIO RACE COVERAGE INCREASES; PRN LEADS THE WAY TOLEDO OH (2-22-03) Through a mixed bag of nationally syndicated networks and radio stations across America, live radio race coverage of the ARCA RE/MAX Series is clearly on the rise. In addition to the Performance Racing Network (PRN) covering upcomin ... Continue reading

Casco Products Plans to Discontinue Manufacturing at Bridgeport Plant; Headquarters and Related Staff Services to Remain in Bridgeport Area

Casco Products Plans to Discontinue Manufacturing at Bridgeport Plant; Headquarters and Related Staff Services to Remain in Bridgeport Area

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.--Feb. 21, 2003--Casco Products, a unit of Sequa Corporation (NYSE; SQAA), plans to discontinue manufacturing operations at its facility at 380 Horace Street in Bridgeport, but will maintain its headquarters and administrative offices there. Casco plans to begin the transition of production to other fa ... Continue reading

Erie Indemnity to Host Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2002 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

Erie Indemnity to Host Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2002 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

ERIE, Pa., Feb. 21 -- Erie Indemnity will host an audio webcast with the financial community to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2002 on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Erie Indemnity will issue a press release reporting its results the evening of Feb. 25. The webca ... Continue reading

Flowmaster Returns to the Trans-Am Series

Flowmaster Returns to the Trans-Am Series

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 517-927-3614 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2003 FLOWMASTER RETURNS TO THE TRANS-AM SERIES ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ‹ After a seven-year absence, Flowmaster returns to the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup as its ³Official Exhaust² for the 2003 season. Along ... Continue reading

Insurance Auto Auctions Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2002 Earnings Conference Call

Insurance Auto Auctions Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2002 Earnings Conference Call

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Feb. 21 -- Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. , a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, will hold a conference call with institutional investors, security analysts and other interested parties at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on Friday, February 28, 20 ... Continue reading

SMI Products, Inc., Announces Execution of Definitive Agreement

SMI Products, Inc., Announces Execution of Definitive Agreement

SUGARLAND, Texas--Feb. 21, 2003--SMI Products, Inc. (OTCBB:SMIP) is please to announce that it has executed the definitive agreement to merge with Nu Age Electric, Inc. Details of the merger will be announced in the near future and the Company will file an 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than M ... Continue reading

Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. Announces Termination of Proposed CDR Purchase

Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. Announces Termination of Proposed CDR Purchase

ALSIP, Ill., Feb. 21 -- Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. today announced that negotiations with Y-3 Holdings, Inc. to purchase the assets of its California Drum & Rotor Division (CDR) have terminated prior to entry into a definitive purchase contract. This press release contains certain forward looking statements ... Continue reading

Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. Announces Termination of Proposed CDR Purchase

Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. Announces Termination of Proposed CDR Purchase

ALSIP, Ill., Feb. 21 -- Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. today announced that negotiations with Y-3 Holdings, Inc. to purchase the assets of its California Drum & Rotor Division (CDR) have terminated prior to entry into a definitive purchase contract. This press release contains certain forward looking statements ... Continue reading

Westcorp Announces Appointment of New Directors

Westcorp Announces Appointment of New Directors

IRVINE, Calif.--Feb. 21, 2003--Westcorp , the financial services holding company whose principal subsidiaries are WFS Financial Inc. and Western Financial Bank, announced that Harry Rady and Duane Nelles have joined its Board of Directors, as well as the Board of Directors of Western Financial Bank, as of Feb. 19, 2003 ... Continue reading

WFS Financial Announces Appointment of New Director

WFS Financial Announces Appointment of New Director

IRVINE, Calif.--Feb. 21, 2003--WFS Financial Inc. , announced that Fredricka Taubitz has joined its board of directors as of Jan. 9, 2003. Since 1997, Taubitz has been an audit committee consultant, serving as an ex officio member of the Business, Finance, Audit and Technology Committee of the Los Angeles Unified Schoo ... Continue reading

Johnson Grabs Provisional Seventh in Pro Stock

Johnson Grabs Provisional Seventh in Pro Stock

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Checker, Schuck¹s & Kragen NHRA Nationals Firebird International Raceway ­ Chandler, Arizona Qualifying Notes & Quotes CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 21, 2003) ­ Mopar NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series drivers completed the first day of qualifying for the Checker Schuck¹s & ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Barcelona Test Summary

BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Barcelona Test Summary

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

Scelzi 6th, Bazemore 9th, Cannon 16th after 2 Phoenix Qualifying Rounds

Scelzi 6th, Bazemore 9th, Cannon 16th after 2 Phoenix Qualifying Rounds

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 2 of 23 CHECKER SCHUCK'S KRAGEN NATIONALS FIREBIRD RACEWAY CHANDLER, ARIZONA FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 2003 AFTER TWO OF FOUR QUALIFYING ROUNDS: GARY SCELZI, OAKLEY TIME BOMB DODGE STRATUS R/T FUNNY CAR, qualified sixth with a 4.861/319.98 pass in the second round of ... Continue reading

Benson Second at Rockingham Qualifying

Benson Second at Rockingham Qualifying

Benson Second at Rockingham Qualifying #10 Pontiac driver Johnny Benson walked out of the North Carolina Motor Speedway in first place last November. When the Winston Cup Series returns to action in Rockingham on Sunday Benson will be start the race near the same spot. Benson will flank polesitter Dave Blaney on the fr ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: KJ Sets Firebird Raceway Speed Record, Sits Fourth Halfway through Qualifying

NHRA Friday: KJ Sets Firebird Raceway Speed Record, Sits Fourth Halfway through Qualifying

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Kurt Johnson Sets Firebird Raceway Speed Record, Sits Fourth Halfway Through Qualifying Phoenix, Ariz., February 21, 2003 - Kurt Johnson opened his qualifying effort for the Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals in fine fashion on F ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Warren Johnson Shatters Phoenix Track Record, Leads Pro Stock Field at Qualifying Midpoint

NHRA Friday: Warren Johnson Shatters Phoenix Track Record, Leads Pro Stock Field at Qualifying Midpoint

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Warren Johnson Shatters Phoenix Track Record, Leads Pro Stock Field at Qualifying Midpoint Sugar Hill, Ga., February 21, 2003 - GM Performance Parts pilot Warren Johnson continued his string of strong performances during the first da ... Continue reading

AutoZone to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

AutoZone to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 21 -- AutoZone, Inc. will be making a presentation to the investment community at the Bear Stearns Ninth Annual Retail, Restaurants & Apparel Conference on Tuesday, February 25, 2003, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST. A live broadcast of the presentation will be available online in the Investor Relations ... Continue reading

Jaguar Powers Back Into Trans-Am With Rocketsports Racing

Jaguar Powers Back Into Trans-Am With Rocketsports Racing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 22 -- Jaguar power returns to Trans-Am racing this summer with a thundering 650-horsepower Jaguar AJ-V8 engine, developed by Michigan-based Rocketsports Racing. A 4.5-liter version of Jaguar's lightweight dual overhead-cam V8 will power one of the team's Jaguar XKR-bodied race cars in the 200 ... Continue reading

Revolution Motorsports Report

Revolution Motorsports Report

Revolution Motorsports Commemorative Handout American Muscle Trading Card - St. Pete Exclusive St. Petersburg, Fla. February 21, 2003 Trans-Am Series and Revolution Motorsports fans will receive and added bonus at this year’s St. Petersburg Grand Prix. ... Continue reading

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