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Monday, September 22, 2003

Bazemore Leads Mopar to Victory; Heads Points Chase

Bazemore Leads Mopar to Victory; Heads Points Chase

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Memphis Motorsports Park ­ Millington, Tenn. Elimination Notes & Quotes Bazemore Comes Up Aces in Memphis; Takes Over Points Lead Mopar Pro Stock Wrap Up MILLINGTON, Tenn. (Sept. 22, 2003) ­ Mopar Funny Car shoe Whit Bazemore took over the Funny Car points lead for t ... Continue reading

INTERMET Vice President Receives Prestigious Industry Award

INTERMET Vice President Receives Prestigious Industry Award

TROY, Mich., Sept. 22 -- INTERMET Corporation , one of the world's leading manufacturers of cast-metal automotive components, today announced that Thomas E. Prucha, Vice President of Technical Services, has received the Nyselius Award from the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA). The Nyselius Award is presen ... Continue reading

NHTSA Investigating Steering Problem on GM Vehicles

NHTSA Investigating Steering Problem on GM Vehicles

WASHINGTON September 22, 2003; Dee-Ann Durbin writing for the AP reported that the federal government is investigating a possible steering defect that could affect 714,000 General Motors Corp. vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has received 357 complaints that the steering in th ... Continue reading

Scelzi exits Memphis early

Scelzi exits Memphis early

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 19 of 23 O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil Memphis Motorsports Park Memphis, Tenn. Rainout date: Sept. 22, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 SCELZI EXITS EARLY IN MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 22, 2003) - Gary Scelz ... Continue reading

Ford Delays Debut of Hybrid SUV

Ford Delays Debut of Hybrid SUV

Monday 4:46 pm ET DETROIT September 22, 2003; Reuters reported that - Ford Motor Co. has delayed the debut of its gasoline-electric hybrid sport utility vehicle by several months, saying on Monday it wants more time for testing. Ford is the second Detroit automaker to delay plans for a high-mileage, high-technology hyb ... Continue reading

Rev. Jesse Jackson, FIRST Founder Dean Kamen Recognize Pontiac-Area FIRST Robotics Teams

Rev. Jesse Jackson, FIRST Founder Dean Kamen Recognize Pontiac-Area FIRST Robotics Teams

Delphi Plays Host to Event at Pontiac Central High School PONTIAC, Mich., Sept. 22 -- The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and FIRST founder Dean Kamen visited the City of Pontiac today to recognize the accomplishments of teams from five schools in the area that participat ... Continue reading

"Best On Bridgestone" Contest Slated For 2003 SEMA Show

"Best On Bridgestone" Contest Slated For 2003 SEMA Show

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mariellen Fagan McCullough Public Relations Voice: (330) 244-9980 Email: Mariellen@mcculloughpr.com "BEST ON BRIDGESTONE" CONTEST SLATED FOR 2003 SEMA SHOW NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 22, 2003) - Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT), will recognize the "Best on Bridgeston ... Continue reading

AutoZone Fourth Quarter GAAP EPS $2.27; Same Store Sales Up 3%; ROIC Improves to 23.4%

AutoZone Fourth Quarter GAAP EPS $2.27; Same Store Sales Up 3%; ROIC Improves to 23.4%

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 22 -- AutoZone, Inc. today reported sales of $1.829 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter (16 weeks) ended August 30, 2003, a decrease of 0.8% from the fourth quarter (17 weeks) ended August 31, 2002. Excluding sales from the extra week included in the prior year, sales were up 5.5%. Same store sa ... Continue reading

Honda to Showcase Hybrid, Ultra-Clean Gasoline, Natural Gas and Fuel Cell Production Vehicles at 2003 Challenge Bibendum

Honda to Showcase Hybrid, Ultra-Clean Gasoline, Natural Gas and Fuel Cell Production Vehicles at 2003 Challenge Bibendum

SONOMA, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Underscoring Honda's commitment to the real world application of advanced environmental technologies, the company will field an unprecedented lineup of ultra-clean gasoline, gas-electric hybrid and natural gas vehicles, along with the world's first commercially-certified hydrogen fuel cell c ... Continue reading

INCAT and Visteon Support Nissan Pickup, SUV, Minivan IP Design

INCAT and Visteon Support Nissan Pickup, SUV, Minivan IP Design

NOVI, Mich., Sept. 22 -- What started out as a three-month contract for remote-site space, hardware, software and technical assistance evolved into an almost two-year-long design alliance. Nissan RFB sets project in motion Nissan was looking for an instrument panel (IP) supplier on its new full- size sport-utility vehi ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Storage Next Big Challenge, Say Global Experts in NAVC Report

Hydrogen Storage Next Big Challenge, Say Global Experts in NAVC Report

BOSTON, Sept. 22 -- The Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium (NAVC) is pleased to announce the publication of Future Wheels II: A Survey of Expert Opinion on the Future of Transportation Fuel Cells and Fuel Cell Infrastructure. The report is an update of the original Future Wheels, published three years ago, which pro ... Continue reading

Test-Drive the Corvette-Powered Caddy CTSv, Sneak a Peek at the Reborn BMW 6-Series; Check Out the 10 Coolest Cars for '04; Get the Inside Word On the Big 3/UAW Contract; Learn Which Cars Offer Top Value; and More - Only on TheCarConnection.com!

Test-Drive the Corvette-Powered Caddy CTSv, Sneak a Peek at the Reborn BMW 6-Series; Check Out the 10 Coolest Cars for '04; Get the Inside Word On the Big 3/UAW Contract; Learn Which Cars Offer Top Value; and More - Only on TheCarConnection.com!

DETROIT, Sept. 22 -- With the 400-horsepower LS6 engine under the hood, Cadillac's CTSv redefines the concept of American luxury. TheCarConnection burns rubber in this week's test drive. There are cars -- and then there are cool cars, vehicles that make you salivate, and make everyone else pay attention. Check out the ... Continue reading

Now on Line Alcoa Global Lost Work Day Rate

Now on Line Alcoa Global Lost Work Day Rate

PITTSBURGH--Sept. 22, 2003--Alcoa has begun publishing real-time tracking of its global Lost Work Day rate on alcoa.com . Lost Work Day Rate measures the number of injuries, which result in lost workdays per 200,000 hours worked. "This is part of the dashboard that we watch every day. It's a measurement of how we are p ... Continue reading

Indian Motorcycle Company Stops Production

Indian Motorcycle Company Stops Production

GILROY, Calif.--Sept. 22, 2003--Indian Motorcycle announced today that it has ceased production effective immediately in order to conserve cash and preserve its assets. The Company also announced that it has laid off its workforce. Frank J. O'Connell, Chairman of the Board, said, "These steps were taken in order to all ... Continue reading

MAZDA6 Sedan Awarded Top Scores in Recent Crash Tests

MAZDA6 Sedan Awarded Top Scores in Recent Crash Tests

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 22 -- The MAZDA6 sport sedan has been named a "Best Pick" in the most recent round of high-speed frontal offset crash testing performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The MAZDA6 also scored a perfect five-star rating in recent full-frontal crash testing performed by the Nati ... Continue reading

Pininfarina Reveals Production Version Of Ford Streetka Convertible

Pininfarina Reveals Production Version Of Ford Streetka Convertible

Frankfurt September 15, 2003; Pininfarina presents the Ford Streetka roadster at the 2003 Frankfurt International Motor Show in a standard version of the prototype that had made its debut at the Turin Show in 2000. Then after the Geneva Motor Show in 2001 Ford of Europe confirmed that public reaction to its concept car ... Continue reading

Volvo Signs And Pininfarina To Partner To Build Convertible

Volvo Signs And Pininfarina To Partner To Build Convertible

MILAN September 22, 2003; Dow Jones reported that Italian auto designer Pininfarina SpA and Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo Car Corporation announced Monday a joint venture to develop and produce a convertible car for the Swedish automaker. Pininfarina, which designs for Fiat SpA (FIA), Ferrari, and other brands, also produces ... Continue reading

Auto Dealers Have Tool To Comply With "DO NOT CALL ME" Law

Auto Dealers Have Tool To Comply With "DO NOT CALL ME" Law

CINCINNATI--Sept. 22, 2003--CallCommand(TM), a company dedicated to providing Web-based communication solutions to Automotive Dealers nationwide, today announced the release of CallScan, a comprehensive product enabling dealers to fully comply with new Do Not Call (DNC) legislation being imposed by the Federal Trade Co ... Continue reading

GM Baltimore Van Plant - Targeted For Closing

GM Baltimore Van Plant - Targeted For Closing

DETROIT September 22, 2003; John Porretto writing for the AP reported that General Motors Corp.'s 68-year-old Baltimore assembly plant is the only major GM factory targeted for closing as part of the automaker's new tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers, union local presidents were told by UAW bosses. The lo ... Continue reading

Pruett Seeking Third Trans-Am Title as Motorock Tour is Ready To Rock Miami

Pruett Seeking Third Trans-Am Title as Motorock Tour is Ready To Rock Miami

TRANS-AM CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 MOTOROCK CONTACT: Chris Fleming 212-691-2800 Cell: 917-647-4790 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRUETT SEEKING THIRD TRANS-AM TITLE AS MOTOROCK TOUR IS READY TO ROCK MIAMI MIAMI ‹ Although Miami¹s Grand Prix Americas venue around Bay ... Continue reading

Exide presenta el comprobador de baterías destinado al mercado de los vehículos comerciales

Exide presenta el comprobador de baterías destinado al mercado de los vehículos comerciales

Princeton, New Jersey, (Estados Unidos), September 22 -- Exide Technologies, (OTC Bulletin Board: EXDTQ) (http://www.exide.com/), líder global en soluciones de energía eléctrica almacenada, acaba de anunciar la introducción del comprobador de mano de baterías EBT 255 dirigido al mercado de vehículos comerciales. ... Continue reading

BMW F1 engine development in facts and figures

BMW F1 engine development in facts and figures

BMW Corporate Communications 22 September 2003 BMW Formula One engine development in facts and figures. 1,300 metres of paper for the BMW P83. Munich. It packs more than 900 bhp, weighs less than 90 kilograms and has a maximum engine speed of 19,200 rpm. The BMW P83 engine with which the BMW WilliamsF1 Team is pitching ... Continue reading

Sterling Marlin finishes 13th at the Monster Mile

Sterling Marlin finishes 13th at the Monster Mile

Contact: Jennifer Powell, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, cell: (704) 658-8540, jpowell@ganassi.com For Immediate Release Sterling Marlin finishes 13th at the Monster Mile DOVER, Del. (September 21, 2003) --- Sterling Marlin and the Coors Light Crew overcame weather, a tight car and new racing rules to finish 1 ... Continue reading

Actel Gears Up for New Automotive Solutions

Actel Gears Up for New Automotive Solutions

Availability of SX-A and MX Devices Round Out the Industry's Most Reliable FPGA Offering Targeted for Automotive Applications MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Emphasizing its commitment to high-reliability applications, Actel Corporation today announced it has expanded its line of automotive solutions with the availa ... Continue reading

Highlights Wacker's 50 Years of Automotive Innovations

Highlights Wacker's 50 Years of Automotive Innovations

--Press Briefing Highlights Wacker's 50 Years of Automotive Innovations, Future of Silicones In the Automotive Industry WHAT: The Wacker Automotive Press Briefing will highlight Wacker's current automotive technology innovations, which helps OEMs to reduce engine noise, enhance safety features and make the car more att ... Continue reading

AAA offers Winter Maintenance Sugestions

AAA offers Winter Maintenance Sugestions

HOUSTON--Sept. 22, 2003--In an effort to help motorists prepare for the onset of colder weather, AAA Texas is offering free car inspections to the public. One of the most important steps motorists can take at this time of year is preventive maintenance on their vehicles. AAA Texas is offering two ways to help motorists ... Continue reading

Acura Announces Pricing for New 2004 MDX Luxury SUV

Acura Announces Pricing for New 2004 MDX Luxury SUV

Hot-selling Model Receives More Power, Refined Styling and Side Curtain Airbags TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 22 -- The 2004 MDX luxury SUV, which goes on sale today at Acura dealers nationwide, will be priced at $36,400. The MDX with Touring Package, which adds a roof rack, premium Acura/Bose(R) Music System and other addit ... Continue reading

Delphi Joins Michelin's Challenge Bibendum(TM) Event

Delphi Joins Michelin's Challenge Bibendum(TM) Event

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Exhibiting its environmentally friendly diesel technologies, Delphi Corporation will participate in Michelin's Challenge Bibendum 2003, Sept. 23 through Sept. 25, in Sacramento, Sonoma, and San Francisco, Calif. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020315/DEF002LOGO ) This fifth ... Continue reading

Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin Clinches Record Fourth AMA Superbike Championship

Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin Clinches Record Fourth AMA Superbike Championship

BREA, Calif., Sept. 22 -- American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) today announced that Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin captured the 2003 AMA Superbike Championship at the final round of the AMA Superbike Championship Series at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003. "My Yoshimura Suzuki team ha ... Continue reading

Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies Captures His First AMA Formula Xtreme Championship

Team Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies Captures His First AMA Formula Xtreme Championship

BREA, Calif., Sept. 22 -- American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) today announced that Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies won the 2003 AMA Formula Xtreme Championship at the final round of the AMA Superbike Championship Series at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003. "I can't believe this is happ ... Continue reading

Audi stellt Limousinen Service für Tagung von Weltbank und Internationalem Währungsfonds in Dubai

Audi stellt Limousinen Service für Tagung von Weltbank und Internationalem Währungsfonds in Dubai

Dubai and Ingolstadt, Germany, September 22 -- - 250 Audi A8 sind im Einsatz - so viele wie noch nie - Sichere Transfers für die Spitzenvertreter von 184 Notenbanken Die AUDI AG stellt dem Organisationskomitee Dubai 2003 zur 58. Tagung von Weltbank und Internationalem Währungsfonds vom 22. bis 24. September im Emirat ... Continue reading

Borealis Exploration Limited

Borealis Exploration Limited

GIBRALTAR--Sept. 22, 2003--Borealis Exploration Limited (BOREF) is pleased to announce that Antonio Garrigues Walker, President of the Spanish law firm Garrigues, Abogados y Asesores Tributarios, has agreed to represent the Borealis family of companies on matters concerning their European interests. Garrigues is among ... Continue reading

Borealis Exploration Limited (BOREF) ha anunciado la contratación

Borealis Exploration Limited (BOREF) ha anunciado la contratación

Redactores de negocios / motor GIBRALTAR. (BUSINESS WIRE). 22 de septiembre, 2003. Borealis Exploration Limited (BOREF) ha anunciado la contratación de Antonio Garrigues Walker, Presidente de la firma de abogados española Garrigues, Abogados y Asesores Tributarios, como representante del grupo de empresas Boreali ... Continue reading

Car-Sharing Company Inks Pioneering Partnership

Car-Sharing Company Inks Pioneering Partnership

SEATTLE--Sept. 22, 2003-- Car-Sharing Company Inks Pioneering Partnership with American Forests to Go "Carbon Neutral"; Establishes October as Flexcar Global ReLeaf Month Flexcar, the nation's oldest and largest provider of car-sharing programs, today announced a landmark commitment that makes it the first company in t ... Continue reading

US Fuel Cell Council new "Testing Protocol"

US Fuel Cell Council new "Testing Protocol"

WASHINGTON--Sept. 22, 2003--At the 2003 Grove Symposium, the US Fuel Cell Council will release details of its new "Testing Protocol" for composite bipolar plates - the first of several testing protocols under development by the organization. The protocol is one of the first open technical collaborations in the fuel cel ... Continue reading

Trans Air To Test Rotary Bus AC

Trans Air To Test Rotary Bus AC

VANCOUVER, B.C.--Sept. 22, 2003--REGI U.S., Inc. (OTCBB:RGUS) and Reg Technologies, Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RRE) (OTCBB:REG RF) announce that Trans Air Manufacturing Corporation has notified the Company that they plan to move forward with the testing of the Rand Cam(TM) compressor for bus air conditioning applications. Trans ... Continue reading

China Auto Industry: "We will be independent "

China Auto Industry: "We will be independent "

TROY, Mich.--Sept. 22, 2003--Foreign auto suppliers flocking to China should realize their success -- or lack of it -- is largely dependent upon the whim and policy of the Chinese central government, advise GlobalAutoIndustry.com experts. Foreign companies will succeed only if their business furthers the goals of Chine ... Continue reading

TBC Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire National Tire & Battery From Sears

TBC Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire National Tire & Battery From Sears

-- Deal Will Add 226 Retail Locations with Annual Revenues in Excess of $425 Million -- Total Store Count Increases 25% to 1,144 Locations -- TBC to Enter Several New Major Metropolitan Markets -- Transaction Expected to be Accretive to TBC's Earnings in 2004 MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 22 -- TBC Corporation , one of the nat ... Continue reading

New ZAP Bike Powered by Advanced Battery

New ZAP Bike Powered by Advanced Battery

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Electric transportation pioneer ZAP (BULLETIN BOARD: ZAPZ) unveiled a new folding electric bicycle today powered by an advanced Lithium-Ion battery technology. Called the ZAPBIKE(TM), ZAP believes this is the first folding electric bicycle powered by a lithium-ion battery priced under $1 ... Continue reading

Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team Purchases AuraGen(R) VIPERs

Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team Purchases AuraGen(R) VIPERs

AuraGen VIPER to Provide Integral Combat Service Support to Initial Combat Unit in Army Transformation EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Aura Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: AURA) today announced that it has received an initial purchase order from the first U.S. Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) for thirty-two (32) ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Hires Michael Tocci as Senior Vice President for U.S. Sales

Mitsubishi Motors Hires Michael Tocci as Senior Vice President for U.S. Sales

Industry Veteran Tapped to Oversee Sales, Distribution and Fleet CYPRESS, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Finbarr O'Neill, Co-Chairman and CEO of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today announced the hiring of Michael Tocci as senior vice president, sales, distribution and fleet, MMNA sales division. "Mike is an experie ... Continue reading

New Auto TechTips Available from Timken

New Auto TechTips Available from Timken

CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 22 -- The Timken Company introduces a new series of technical information - Automotive TechTips, for installers, technicians and do-it-yourselfers. Timken Automotive TechTips shows how-to install and maintain hubs, bearings and seals. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991012/TKRLOGO You c ... Continue reading

CarMax Reports Record Second Quarter Results

CarMax Reports Record Second Quarter Results

Exceeds Earnings Expectations RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 22 -- CarMax, Inc. today reported record results for the fiscal 2004 second quarter and six month period ended August 31, 2003. SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS * Second quarter net earnings increased 25% to $39.6 million, or 37 cents per share, compared with $31.7 million, or ... Continue reading

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Announces Interim Results; Semi-Annual Dividends

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Announces Interim Results; Semi-Annual Dividends

HONG KONG, Sept. 22 -- Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (the "Company") announced today the interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2003 in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and the payment of a semi-annual dividend. Unaudited consolidated ... Continue reading

Land Rover North America Announces 2004 Model Pricing

Land Rover North America Announces 2004 Model Pricing

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2003; Land Rover North America has announced pricing for its 2004 model year line of four-wheel drive vehicles. "We've put emphasis on enhancing content and value, especially on Discovery and Freelander," said Richard Beattie, executive vice president, Marketing and Sales, Jaguar and Land Rove ... Continue reading

IBM and BMW Group have joined forces

IBM and BMW Group have joined forces

ARMONK, N.Y.--Sept. 21, 2003-- Bold Competitive Move Spotlights New Industry Era in Global Vehicle Design, Production, Performance and Service IBM and BMW Group have joined forces to concentrate their combined expertise on the worldwide automotive industry's shift from mechanical to primarily software and electronics-b ... Continue reading

Green Car Journal: Attention Turning to Super-Clean Gasoline Vehicles

Green Car Journal: Attention Turning to Super-Clean Gasoline Vehicles

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Sept. 22 -- Safety, quality, comfort, and performance are the touchstones that most often drive buying decisions at today's new car showrooms. But environment? That's been lost in the crowd since the internal combustion automobile was first devised. This is set to change with the advent of ever ... Continue reading

Vehicles Perform Well in Latest Frontal Crash Tests

Vehicles Perform Well in Latest Frontal Crash Tests

WASHINGTON September 21, 2003; Dee-Ann Durbin writing for the AP reported that all seven cars and minivans that were put through frontal crash tests got the highest rating by the insurance industry, including makes that did poorly when earlier models were tested. The 2003 models of the midsize Mazda 6, Infiniti G35 and ... Continue reading

GM, Ford Win UAW Permission to Close or Sell Plants

GM, Ford Win UAW Permission to Close or Sell Plants

DETROIT September 21, 2003; Sholnn Freeman writing for Dow Jones reported that General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. won permission from the United Auto Workers to close three assembly plants and to sell or close five other facilities under terms of the four-year contract agreement struck last week, Monday's Wall Str ... Continue reading

Cywinski Dominates in ASA CITGO/MDA 250

Cywinski Dominates in ASA CITGO/MDA 250

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BMW ETCC report from Oschersleben Race

BMW ETCC report from Oschersleben Race

BMW Corporate Communications 2003 European Touring Car Championship Rounds 15 - 20/21 September, Oschersleben (Germany) - RACE BMW strengthens its hold on the Championship Two superb wins for BMW Team Deutschland's Jörg Müller and BMW Team Great Britain's Andy Priaulx have given BMW a 53 point lead in the Manufacture ... Continue reading

GMPP NHRA Update: Rain Postpones O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals

GMPP NHRA Update: Rain Postpones O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Race Update Rain Postpones O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals Event: O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals Location: Memphis Motorsports Park Memphis, TN Day/Date: Sunday September 21, 2003 For the third consecutive race, weather played a major rol ... Continue reading

ACDelco NHRA Update: Rain Postpones O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals

ACDelco NHRA Update: Rain Postpones O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Rain Postpones O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals Event: O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals Location: Memphis Motorsports Park Memphis, TN Day/Date: Sunday September 21, 2003 For the third consecutive race, weather played a major role at an NHRA ... Continue reading

Giaffone-Takagi Fontana Sunday Race Notes-Quotes

Giaffone-Takagi Fontana Sunday Race Notes-Quotes

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Giaffone Comes Home 16th, Takagi 18th at Toyota Indy 400 FONTANA, Calif. (Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003) - Mo Nunn Racing teammates Felipe Giaffone and Tora Takagi battled handling problems brought on, in part, by temperatures in t ... Continue reading

Archipelago/Motorola Driver Bryan Herta's Day Ends Early at Calif

Archipelago/Motorola Driver Bryan Herta's Day Ends Early at Calif

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TEAM 7-ELEVEN'S KANAAN POCKETS THIRD-PLACE FINISH AT CALIFORNIA

TEAM 7-ELEVEN'S KANAAN POCKETS THIRD-PLACE FINISH AT CALIFORNIA

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Dixon, Toyota Second At Toyota Indy 400

Dixon, Toyota Second At Toyota Indy 400

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Dan Wheldon Grabs His Second Straight IRL CB

Dan Wheldon Grabs His Second Straight IRL CB

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Chevy Powers Hornish to Record IRL Victory

Chevy Powers Hornish to Record IRL Victory

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing Chevy Powers Hornish to Record-Setting Victory at California Speedway FONTANA, Calif., Sept. 21, 2003 - Sam Hornish Jr., the hottest driver in the IRL IndyCar Series, turned up the heat on his rivals ... Continue reading

NAASCAR DOVER - GM Racing Race Notes and Quotes

NAASCAR DOVER - GM Racing Race Notes and Quotes

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications nmwager@aol.com (727) 784-8465 (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com GM RACING NOTES AND QUOTES, MBNA AMERICA 400 DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY; SEPTEMBER 21, 2003 JOE NEMECHEK, NO. 25 UAW/DELPHI CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: "I'm good (not hurt). I'm not sure what happ ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from National Trail Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from National Trail Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION NATIONAL TRAIL RACEWAY, HEBRON, OHIO Sunday, September 21, 2003 CHEESEMAN MAKES IT 5 STRAIGHT, THACKER WINS SECOND NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT HEBRON, Ohio - At the final Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in the NHRA's North C ... Continue reading

NAASCAR : Ryan Newman Takes Dover Chekered Flag

NAASCAR : Ryan Newman Takes Dover Chekered Flag

Benson 21st at Dover. #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson’s 21st-place finish Sunday at Dover International Speedway might not seem all that impressive compared to his fifth-place finish there in June. But Sunday’s race posed a lot more obstacles just for the Valvoline team to get to the finish. . Be ... Continue reading

Complete IIHS Results: Tested Cars Go 7 for 7

Complete IIHS Results: Tested Cars Go 7 for 7

7 OF 7 NEW VEHICLES EARN RATINGS OF GOOD IN HIGH-SPEED FRONTAL OFFSET CRASH TESTS ARLINGTON, VA September 21, 2003; In a recent series of frontal offset crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, all seven new or redesigned vehicles earned the top rating of good. The Institute tested three 2003 model mi ... Continue reading

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