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Autosport 2002

Autosport 2002

Joining us for the Budweiser Autosport 2002 Show tomorrow at McGilvery's Speedway will be... Al Unser... 4 time Indy 500 winner Al is serving as a driver coach for the Indy Racing League. He is also in the process of organizing and building an automotive museum for children. Phil Casey... Technical Director for the Ind ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor recalling 220,000 cars in the U.S.

Hyundai Motor recalling 220,000 cars in the U.S.

SEOUL, July 23 Reuters reported that South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had started earlier this month recalling 220,000 vehicles sold in the United States to fix airbag problems. Hyundai will recall a combined 145,000 units of 2001 XGs and 1999-2001 Sonatas, and 43,000 2002 Sonatas to change airbag ... Continue reading

Automotive Fleet Study Shows 8.4% Improvement on Fleet Vehicle Order-to-Delivery Times

Automotive Fleet Study Shows 8.4% Improvement on Fleet Vehicle Order-to-Delivery Times

TORRANCE, Calif.--July 22, 2002--Automotive Fleet's annual study on fleet vehicle order-to-delivery (OTD) times shows an 8.4 percent improvement industry wide for the 2002-model year. Truck models improved the most, decreasing their OTD times by 9.6 percent. The Pontiac Grand Am had the fastest delivery time, with an a ... Continue reading

GM Won The 2002 Summit Gold Award For Its Buick Rendezvous Creative

GM Won The 2002 Summit Gold Award For Its Buick Rendezvous Creative

FOR RELEASE: July 22, 2002 GM Won The 2002 Summit Gold Award For Its Buick Rendezvous Creative Detroit, Michigan - General Motors Corporation and Innovasia Advertising, GM's national agency-of-record for the Asian-American market, recently won the 2002 Summit Gold Award for their Buick Rendezvous advertising campaign i ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/TI Automotive Will Announce a Major Investment in Oakland County

ADVISORY/TI Automotive Will Announce a Major Investment in Oakland County

--July 22, 2002-- Media Advisory - TI Automotive will announce a major investment in Oakland County along with plans to locate new evaporative-emissions test facilities at its Auburn Hills Technical Centre at a media briefing at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 23, at the technical center, 1227 Centre Road (just south of Unive ... Continue reading

Fogarty to Vancouver in CART Mentor Program

Fogarty to Vancouver in CART Mentor Program

Contact: James Hyneman jhyneman@compuserve.com JON FOGARTY HEADED TO MOLSON INDY VANCOUVER AS A GUEST OF CART AND NEWMAN/HAAS RACING BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (July 22, 2002) - - Dorricott Racing's Jon Fogarty, of Portola Valley, Calif., is headed to the Molson Indy Vancouver this week for a once in a lifetime experience und ... Continue reading

SHANE LEWIS TO RACE WINSTON CUP

SHANE LEWIS TO RACE WINSTON CUP

SHANE LEWIS RACING www.shanelewis.com SHANE LEWIS TO RACE TRIBUTE CAR IN WINSTON CUP AT THE GLEN -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- CHARLOTTE, Monday, July 22, 2002 - Shane Lewis of Jupiter, Florida announced today that he will compete in the Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen NASCAR Winston Cup race at Watkins Glen International ... Continue reading

AP Style Results

AP Style Results

Official Race Results USAR - Hooters ProCup Series Kroger 250 Presented by Pepsi July 20, 2002 New River Valley Speedway - Radford, VA Position, Start, Driver, Hometown, Brand, Laps Finished, Money 1. (33) Bobby Gill, Dalton, GA, Ford, 250, $11,500 2. (8) Jason McLellan, Mt. Forest, Ont, Canada, Chevrolet, 250, $5,500 ... Continue reading

Arctic Cat to Webcast 2003 First-Quarter Conference Call on Thursday, July 25, at 10:30 a.m. (CT)

Arctic Cat to Webcast 2003 First-Quarter Conference Call on Thursday, July 25, at 10:30 a.m. (CT)

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.--July 22, 2002--Arctic Cat today announced that it will host a live Webcast of its fiscal 2003 first-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday, July 25, at 10:30 a.m. CT (11:30 a.m. ET), following the release of its earnings before the stock market opens that day. Christopher Twomey, preside ... Continue reading

dodge notes, quotes. pennsylvania 500 advance

dodge notes, quotes. pennsylvania 500 advance

Monday, July 2002 Ray Cooper Pocono Raceway Golin/Harris International Dodge notes and quotes. 803-466-9085 Pennsylvania 500 Advance Material. CHIP GANASSI (Car owner Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodge Intrepid R/Ts) Ganassi, 43, is a 1982 graduate of Duquesne University. He's part owner of the Pittsburgh Pir ... Continue reading

Drag Racing Online New Issue

Drag Racing Online New Issue

Check out the new info at <A HREF="http://webmail.aol.com/www.dragracingonline.com& quot;>www.dragracingonline.com</A>, including: · The latest news and rumors from Agent 1320 · Burk's Blast on the Pro Mod nitrous versus supercharger controversy And don't forget to fill out our survey and win a fantastic prize! **Dra ... Continue reading

Fw: ENGINE TROUBLE SIDELINES COX

Fw: ENGINE TROUBLE SIDELINES COX

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Southers" <usar@bellsouth.net> To: "Tim Southers" <usar@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:14 PM Subject: Fw: ENGINE TROUBLE SIDELINES COX > USAR Team Press Release #3 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "global media" <globalmedia@mail.sopwithmotorsports.com> > To: ... Continue reading

Fw: Press Release Jimmy McClain New River Valley Speedway USAR

Fw: Press Release Jimmy McClain New River Valley Speedway USAR

USAR Press Release #2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Southers" <usar@bellsouth.net> To: "Tim Southers" <usar@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: Fw: Press Release Jimmy McClain New River Valley Speedway USAR > USAR Team Press Release #2 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Butch Mann ... Continue reading

Fw: USAR Fact Sheet for Hickory Motor Speedway

Fw: USAR Fact Sheet for Hickory Motor Speedway

----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Southers To: Tim Southers Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: USAR Fact Sheet for Hickory Motor Speedway 2002 USAR Hooters ProCup Series race Facts WHAT: Naturally Fresh Foods 250 presented by Galaxy Foods USAR Hooters ProCup Series Race #20 of 32 (Southern Division Race ... Continue reading

Microtune Announces Share Repurchase Program

Microtune Announces Share Repurchase Program

PLANO, Texas--July 22, 2002--Microtune today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to 5,325,000 shares of its common stock. The repurchase program is effective July 23, 2002. The Company may repurchase the shares from time to time in open market or private transactions, subje ... Continue reading

Montgomery Motorsports To Host Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

Montgomery Motorsports To Host Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

Montgomery Motorsports To Host Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser LEBANON, TN (July 22, 2002) - ARCA RE/MAX Series Rookie of the Year contender and Mt. Juliet, TN, resident Chase Montgomery is hosting a fundraiser at the Nashville Ronald McDonald House on Wednesday August 7, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The fundraiser will incl ... Continue reading

NDC Automation, Inc. Changes Name to Transbotics Corporation and Changes Trading Symbol to TNSB

NDC Automation, Inc. Changes Name to Transbotics Corporation and Changes Trading Symbol to TNSB

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--July 22, 2002--NDC Automation, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AGVS.OB) announced effective July 23, 2002 its name is officially changed to Transbotics Corporation. As part of the change, the Company's stock symbol is being changed from AGVS to TNSB. All trading under the new symbol will also be effective Ju ... Continue reading

Newstream.com Digest: New Standards in Digital Entertainment and Flat-Panel Monitors, a High-flying Test for Telcom Applications and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

Newstream.com Digest: New Standards in Digital Entertainment and Flat-Panel Monitors, a High-flying Test for Telcom Applications and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

NEW YORK--July 22, 2002-- e.Digital's Odyssey 1000 Establishes New Standard in Digital Entertainment It's sleek, it's powerful, it has the capacity to download 4,800 songs, or 400 CDs, at lightning-quick speed-and it's PC and Mac compatible. e.Digital Corporation (OTC:EDIG) today announced its new Odyssey 1000(tm) digi ... Continue reading

USAR New River Valley Speedway Post Race

USAR New River Valley Speedway Post Race

July 22, 2002 Tim Southers USAR Media Relations (770) 719-0204 usar@bellsouth.net www.usarprocup.com Gill Gets Northern Win Radford, VA (July 21, 2002) - Bobby Gill entered his first USAR Hooters ProCup Series Northern Division race of the season and quickly introduced himself to the field as he won the Kroger 250 pres ... Continue reading

Fw: USAR Updated Southern Division Pts.

Fw: USAR Updated Southern Division Pts.

----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Southers To: Tim Southers Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: USAR Updated Southern Division Pts. POS. CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN POINTS 1 5 Bobby Gill Dalton, Ga 1655 2 22 Jason Sarvis Myrtle Beach, SC 1321 3 16 Steven Christian Buford, GA 1317 4 92 Hal Goodson Darlington, SC ... Continue reading

General Motors Launches Hispanic Grassroots Campaign In Support Of New Chevy TrailBlazer EXT

General Motors Launches Hispanic Grassroots Campaign In Support Of New Chevy TrailBlazer EXT

FOR RELEASE: July 22, 2002 General Motors Launches Hispanic Grassroots Campaign In Support Of New Chevy TrailBlazer EXT "Una Feria Sobre Ruedas" / "A Fair on Wheels", a family-oriented, five-city tour will allow Hispanic consumers to interact with the Chevy TrailBlazer EXT; Initiative is part of integrated Hispanic mar ... Continue reading

Media Advisory -- Dodge Motorsports Diversity Scholarship Winners

Media Advisory -- Dodge Motorsports Diversity Scholarship Winners

**MEDIA ADVISORY* *MEDIA ADVISORY** <<ole0.bmp>> Please join us for a special announcement of dodge's 2002 dodge Motorsports Diversity Scholarship winners MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Media Center Saturday, July 27 10:30 am For More Information Contact Patrick Mason at (312) 729-4331. ... Continue reading

Sharps Compliance Corp. Board of Directors Joined by Ramsay Gillman

Sharps Compliance Corp. Board of Directors Joined by Ramsay Gillman

HOUSTON--July 22, 2002--Sharps Compliance Corp. (OTCBB:SCOM) ("Sharps") today announced the appointment of Ramsay Gillman to its board of directors. Mr. Gillman is the owner, president and chief executive officer of The Gillman Companies, which owns and operates eight automobile sales, parts and service complexes in Ho ... Continue reading

HONDA SUPER CYCLE WEEKEND PRESENTED BY DUNLOP TIRE FACT SHEET

HONDA SUPER CYCLE WEEKEND PRESENTED BY DUNLOP TIRE FACT SHEET

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2002 Contact: Reece White, (614) 793-4620, rwhite@midohio.com Bryan Frackman, (614) 793-4612, bfrackman@midohio.com HONDA SUPER CYCLE WEEKEND PRESENTED BY DUNLOP TIRE FACT SHEET WHAT: Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tire Rounds 13 and 14 of the AMA Superbike Tour WHERE: Mid- ... Continue reading

Alcoa Aerospace Announces Two New Products and Contract to Supply Rolls-Royce Trent 900

Alcoa Aerospace Announces Two New Products and Contract to Supply Rolls-Royce Trent 900

PITTSBURGH--July 22, 2002--Alcoa Aerospace announced today during the Farnborough Air Show in England the introduction of two new products, the Fortress(TM) blast-resistant cargo container and a machined, forged aluminum door structure using Alcoa's new proprietary 7085 alloy. Alcoa Aerospace also announced that its Ho ... Continue reading

Eagle Meets Visteon's International Challenges

Eagle Meets Visteon's International Challenges

KINNELON, N.J.--July 22, 2002--Visteon Corporation, with more than 160 technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 25 countries, is a lean auto equipment manufacturer focused on being a low-cost, high-quality producer. This focus leaves little room for "the unexpected" when implementing a system solution. ... Continue reading

Action Performance Companies, Inc. to Announce Fiscal 2002 Third Quarter Results on Monday, July 29, 2002

Action Performance Companies, Inc. to Announce Fiscal 2002 Third Quarter Results on Monday, July 29, 2002

PHOENIX--July 22, 2002--Action Performance Companies, Inc. will release financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2002, before the opening of the market on Monday, July 29, 2002. In conjunction with the announcement, the Company's management will conduct a teleconference to discuss these recent financial r ... Continue reading

BMW Financial Services' Floorplan Dealers Get Online Benefits With New Internet-based System

BMW Financial Services' Floorplan Dealers Get Online Benefits With New Internet-based System

ATLANTA--July 22, 2002-- Dealer Implementation Exceeds Projected Participation BMW Financial Services (BMW FS) is deploying new leading-edge Internet-based technology for dealer wholesale floorplan access in North and South America. BMW FS has chosen the Dealer Access System(TM) (DAS) developed by DataScan Technologies ... Continue reading

Detroit Gets a New Look With Rand McNally 2003 Detroit Tri-County & Vicinity Street Guide

Detroit Gets a New Look With Rand McNally 2003 Detroit Tri-County & Vicinity Street Guide

Asset Caption: The Rand McNally 2003 Detroit Tri-County & Vicinity Street Guide Asset Caption: Web-ready logo Asset Caption: Press releaseAsset Description: Word document Asset Caption: Downloadable headline & body textAsset Description: Text file containing headline & body text Business Editors/Photo Editors NOTE TO M ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Press Release

Federal-Mogul Press Release

Press Release Issued July 22, 2002 10:00:00 AM ET Federal-Mogul is Largest Michigan-Based Rubber Producer Full text of this press release available at: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=no& amp;TICK=FMO&STORY=/www/story/07-22-2002/0001768411& ;EDATE ----------------------------------- Additional i ... Continue reading

Multimedia Available: Detroit Gets a New Look With Rand McNally 2003 Detroit Tri-County & Vicinity Street Guide

Multimedia Available: Detroit Gets a New Look With Rand McNally 2003 Detroit Tri-County & Vicinity Street Guide

-- Finding your way around the Motor City just got easier thanks to Rand McNally, the world's premier provider of mapping, routing and travel solutions. The company today announced the release of the 2003 Detroit Tri-County & Vicinity Street Guide, a full-color, spiral-bound print atlas bundled with a corresponding dig ... Continue reading

REMINDER/AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to Release Study On Car-Truck Crashes; AAA to Relaunch 'Share With Care' Safety Program to Combat Deadly Car-Truck Crashes

REMINDER/AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to Release Study On Car-Truck Crashes; AAA to Relaunch 'Share With Care' Safety Program to Combat Deadly Car-Truck Crashes

--AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety WHAT: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety will release the results of a new study on what specific driving behaviors lead to car-truck crashes and what can be done to help prevent them. With car drivers accounting for most of the fatalities in car-truck crashes, it's essential for ... Continue reading

S&P Global Credit Markets Digest -- Update

S&P Global Credit Markets Digest -- Update

NEW YORK--July 22, 2002--Here is the current lineup of top articles and research from Standard & Poor's Credit Information Services: COMING UP: -- Analytical Tools and Methodologies for Assessing U.S. Utilities -- As European Securitization Market Matures, Surveillance Gets Teeth -- The Credit Costs of Partial Electric ... Continue reading

FinishMaster Names New President and Chief Operating Officer

FinishMaster Names New President and Chief Operating Officer

INDIANAPOLIS--July 22, 2002--FinishMaster, Inc. , the leading national independent distributor of automotive paints and related accessories, today announced that Wes Dearbaugh has resigned as President and Chief Operating Officer to spend more time with his family in Phoenix and that the Board of Directors has named J. ... Continue reading

CAPE MOTORSPORTS ANNOUNCES NEW DRIVER

CAPE MOTORSPORTS ANNOUNCES NEW DRIVER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAPE MOTORSPORTS ANNOUNCES NEW DRIVER ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (July 22, 2002) -Cape Motorsports, the current leader in the Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship today announced that Ross Fonferko has joined the team for the remainder of the season. Fonferko, of Wheaton, Ill., joins Cape Motorsports ha ... Continue reading

RACE REPORT - JULY 20, 2002 - BY TIM KENNEDY

RACE REPORT - JULY 20, 2002 - BY TIM KENNEDY

IRWINDALE RACE REPORT - JULY 20, 2002 By TIM KENNEDY Tim Woods III persevered and won his first NASCAR Jani-King Super Late Model 75-lap feature of the season before 5,836 Saturday on the Irwindale Speedway half-mile. His seventh career triumph ended a victory drought of 364-days. He won his second main last season on ... Continue reading

JEFFREY JONES SWITCHES TEAMS MID-SEASON

JEFFREY JONES SWITCHES TEAMS MID-SEASON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JEFFREY JONES SWITCHES TEAMS MID-SEASON SARASOTA, FLA. (July 22, 2002) -Current Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship runner-up Jeffrey Jones has announced his immediate separation from Cape Motorsports. Jones, the 20 year-old rookie, has joined Roquin Motorsports for the remainder of the season. T ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Vans Announces Introduction of New Dodge Branded Sprinter

DaimlerChrysler Vans Announces Introduction of New Dodge Branded Sprinter

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--July 22, 2002--DaimlerChrysler Vans: -- Logical next step in response to overwhelming customer demand -- Affords immediate increase in sales and service locations -- Provides seamless integration into the full line of Dodge commercial vehicles -- Expanded financing considerations through DaimlerChrysle ... Continue reading

GM Establishes Goodwrench As Key Automotive Service Brand For All GM Dealers

GM Establishes Goodwrench As Key Automotive Service Brand For All GM Dealers

FOR RELEASE: July 22, 2002 GM Establishes Goodwrench As Key Automotive Service Brand For All GM Dealers Grand Blanc, Mich. - General Motors Service and Parts Operations (SPO) announced today that GM Goodwrench will be the inclusive automotive service brand for all GM dealers beginning January 1, 2003. And for the first ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE NUMBERS (YEAH, I'M A FAN)

FORMULA ONE NUMBERS (YEAH, I'M A FAN)

FANGIO AND SCHUMACHER &#8230; A RESPECTFUL COMPARISON 45 years have passed since the late Juan Manuel Fangio won his celebrated 5th Formula One World Championship &#8230; On July 21, 2002 Michael Schumacher equaled Fangio's once thought unreachable record. Presented below is a "numbers" snapshot of the two driving grea ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Bank Selects Resonate Service Level Management Solutions to Optimize Financial Services Applications

DaimlerChrysler Bank Selects Resonate Service Level Management Solutions to Optimize Financial Services Applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--July 22, 2002-- Resonate Products Deliver Superior Performance and Availability to World-Leading Automotive, Transportation and Services Company Resonate Inc. , the leading provider of award winning service level management solutions for business-critical applications, today announced that DaimlerChr ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler raises prices 1% on Dodge Ram heavy-duty pickup

DaimlerChrysler raises prices 1% on Dodge Ram heavy-duty pickup

July 22, 2002 Auburn Hills, Mich. Alan Ohnsman writing for Bloomberg reports DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler raised prices on new heavy-duty Dodge Ram pickup trucks about 1 percent from the models they replace and added a more powerful engine. The base price for a new Dodge Ram Heavy Duty pickup with a regular cab, the l ... Continue reading

Car prices vary widely in EU despite euro-survey

Car prices vary widely in EU despite euro-survey

BRUSSELS, July 22 Reuters reported today that car price differences between European Union member states remain substantial despite the introduction of euro notes and coins, the European Commission said on Monday. "The situation as of May 1, 2002, showed that no significant price convergence has yet taken place," the C ... Continue reading

Safety Innovations Will Be a Focal Point at Convergence 2002

Safety Innovations Will Be a Focal Point at Convergence 2002

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 22 -- Convergence 2002, the premier global automotive electronics conference, held October 21-23, 2002 at Cobo Center in Detroit, will offer a glimpse of the future of automotive safety systems. A special automotive safety systems session on Tuesday, Oct. 22, (Room 03-45) will explore the futu ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto Expands Operations in Texas

UnitedAuto Expands Operations in Texas

DETROIT--July 22, 2002--UnitedAuto Group, Inc., a FORTUNE 500 automotive specialty retailer, announced today that it has acquired a BMW franchise in Austin, Texas. The dealership, formerly known as John Roberts BMW of Austin, will be renamed BMW of Austin and is expected to add approximately $80 million in revenues on ... Continue reading

cars4U Reports Q3 Profits

cars4U Reports Q3 Profits

TORONTO, July 22 /CNW/ - cars4U.com Ltd. today announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2002. Earnings before income taxes were $862,000 in the third quarter of 2002, compared to $291,000 in the third quarter of 2001. While these figures indicate a tripling of pre-tax earnings for the quarter, $2 ... Continue reading

DC Area Law Enforcement Agencies Turn up the Heat on Aggressive Drivers

DC Area Law Enforcement Agencies Turn up the Heat on Aggressive Drivers

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Just when you thought it couldn't get any hotter, 50 law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are turning up the heat on motorists who drive aggressively on area roads and highways. This summer's third wave of law enforcement aimed at aggressive drivers will occ ... Continue reading

M2 Automotive Appoints Richard M. Ginsburg As Chief Financial Officer

M2 Automotive Appoints Richard M. Ginsburg As Chief Financial Officer

SANTA MONICA, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Jul 22, 2002 -- M2 Automotive announced today that Rick Ginsburg has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer for M2 Automotive following four years at True2Form Collision Repair Centers, Inc. Ginsburg will work closely with Hunt Ramsbottom, the Chief Executive Officer, and other ... Continue reading

Honda sells first China-built scooter for Japan

Honda sells first China-built scooter for Japan

TOKYO, July 22 Edwina Gibbs writing for Reuters reported that "sporting a metallic grey helmet, Honda Motor Co Ltd (Tokyo:7267.T - News) President Hiroyuki Yoshino on Monday whizzed his company's latest scooter confidently through traffic cones in the car park of a posh Tokyo hotel. The point of the unusual exercise? A ... Continue reading

Oki Electric Licenses ARM Technology for Use in Automotive Applications

Oki Electric Licenses ARM Technology for Use in Automotive Applications

CAMBRIDGE, England and TOKYO, July 22 ARM, the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. , one of the leading SoC (System-on-Chip) providers in Japan, today announced that Oki has licensed the ARM966E-S(TM) microprocessor core and the VFP9-S(TM) ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto Expands Operations in Texas; Acquires BMW Dealership in Austin

UnitedAuto Expands Operations in Texas; Acquires BMW Dealership in Austin

DETROIT--July 22, 2002--UnitedAuto Group, Inc. , a FORTUNE 500 automotive specialty retailer, announced today that it has acquired a BMW franchise in Austin, Texas. The dealership, formerly known as John Roberts BMW of Austin, will be renamed BMW of Austin and is expected to add approximately $80 million in revenues on ... Continue reading

China's Car Market Creating Monster Competition

China's Car Market Creating Monster Competition

http://www.auto-resources-asia.com/m_mktoutlook_ch ina.php Click4 Complete Story From Automotive Resources Asia Ltd - Sales of cars built in China grew 39 percent in the first six months of 2002 to 492,430 units. The Volkswagen Jetta was the best-selling model for the period, capturing 12% percent market share Head-tur ... Continue reading

Land Rover Searches for Global Adventurers

Land Rover Searches for Global Adventurers

IRVINE, Calif., July 22 -- Underlining its commitment to instill a spirit of adventure in us all, Land Rover today unveils details of an exciting new global adventure challenge that will kick off in 2003. The annual Land Rover G4 Challenge builds on the brand's undoubted adventure lineage and will feature competitors f ... Continue reading

#41 New Hampshire race report

#41 New Hampshire race report

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing, 704/662-9642, nhamilton@ganassi.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2002 TEAM TARGET SCORES TOP-15 FINISH AT NEW HAMPSHIRE Spencer remains in 23rd place in NASCAR Winston Cup championship points CONCORD, N.H. (July 21, 2002) - The No. 41 Target Dodge Intrepid R/T driven by ... Continue reading

Motocross Championships - Carmichael 16 for 16!

Motocross Championships - Carmichael 16 for 16!

AMA/Chevy Trucks US Motocross Championships, Round 8: Unadilla Valley Sports Center, New Berlin, NY, Sunday, July 21 Honda Racing's Ricky Carmichael pulled off a thrilla at Unadilla with a 1-1 score to take the overall win in the 250cc division. Carmichael's phenomenal win-streak continues with 16 consecutive moto wins ... Continue reading

#40 New Hampshire Race Report

#40 New Hampshire Race Report

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing, 704/662-9642, nhamilton@ganassi.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2002 COORS LIGHT TEAM FINSIHES 14th IN NEW ENGLAND 300 Marlin remains first in the Winston Cup championship points race CONCORD, N.H. (July 21, 2002) - Sterling Marlin drove the No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Int ... Continue reading

Skuza Drives to Semifinals

Skuza Drives to Semifinals

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Mopar Parts Mile-High Nationals ­ Bandimere Speedway Notes & Quotes ­ July 21, 2002 TELEVISION TIMES: (ALL TIMES EASTERN) FINAL ROUND: Sun., July 21; 6­9 p.m.; ESPN2 REPEAT: Tues., July 23; 2-4 p.m.; ESPN2 MORRISON, Colo. -- Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Raci ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Racing Notes & Quotes - NHIS, July 21

Chevrolet Racing Notes & Quotes - NHIS, July 21

TEAM MONTE CARLO Contact: Nancy Wager New England 300 Race Notes & Quotes nmwager@aol.com Sunday, July 21, 2002 GM Racing Communications New Hampshire International Speedway (727) 784-8465 Page 1 All three RCR teams begin the second half of the '02 season with top 10 finishes at Loudon. Jeff Green, driver of the No. 30 ... Continue reading

Dodge Nascar Winston Cup notes and quotes from New England 300

Dodge Nascar Winston Cup notes and quotes from New England 300

Sunday, July 21, 2002 Ray Cooper New Hampshire International Speedway Golin/Harris International Dodge notes and quotes. 803-466-9085 New England 300. BURTON WINS SECOND RACE OF SEASON, FOURTH FOR DODGE Ward Burton scored his second victory of the 2002 season in the No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge Intrepid R/T and the fourth ... Continue reading

LODRS Sunday Results from Chicago

LODRS Sunday Results from Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION ROUTE 66 RACEWAY, JOLIET, ILL. SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2002 HOWARD, CHEESEMAN VICTORIOUS ON ROUTE 66 JOLIET, Ill. -Defending NHRA North Central Division Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Shelly Howard picked up her first win of the season at this wee ... Continue reading

Angelle and Star Racing battle to reach their 4th Mile-High Nationals final

Angelle and Star Racing battle to reach their 4th Mile-High Nationals final

CVEC Racing Report Post Race Wrap-Up Contact: Jon Knapp (704) 662-3121 J2Racing@aol.com Angelle and the Star Racing team battle to reach their fourth Mile-High Nationals final Event: 23rd Annual Mopar Parts Mile-High NHRA Nationals Location: Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, CO Date: July 21, 2002 On the outside, it would ... Continue reading

CASCAR - Mopar Parts 300 Summary & Results

CASCAR - Mopar Parts 300 Summary & Results

CASCAR Super Series For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / July 21, 2002 Jim Lapcevich wins the Mopar Parts 300 CASCAR veteran wins for first time in eight Super Series seasons CALGARY, AB - Although he's been close on several occasions, victory lane has eluded Jim Lapcevich for t ... Continue reading

Ford President Comes From 'The Trenches'

Ford President Comes From 'The Trenches'

DETROIT Tom Brown writing for Reuters reported that Nick Scheele, Ford Motor Co.'s president and chief operating officer, sees himself as a soldier in Detroit's cut-throat car wars. "My whole career I've been in the trenches," Scheele told a small group of journalists over dinner last week, as he spoke about the massiv ... Continue reading

Ford To Sell Kwik Fit And Lose $1.1Billion In 3 Years - Pretty Soon This Will Add Up To Real Money. As a Stockholder I Am Pissed Off Are You?

Ford To Sell Kwik Fit And Lose $1.1Billion In 3 Years - Pretty Soon This Will Add Up To Real Money. As a Stockholder I Am Pissed Off Are You?

LONDON, July 21 Reuters repeated that the Financial Times reported that Ford Motor Co. is putting the final touches on an estimated 300 million pound ($473.9 million) deal to sell Kwik-Fit, its car servicing business, to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, the Financial Times reported. The U.S. motor group is tho ... Continue reading

ARCA Truck release, points, notes, Lake Erie Spdwy

ARCA Truck release, points, notes, Lake Erie Spdwy

-The unofficial championship points rankings for the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series after Lake Erie Speedway are: 1. Chad Guinn (1830); 2. Pete Wormcastle (1740); 3. Jeff Speakman (1700); 4. Brett Oakley (1675); 5. ... Continue reading

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