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1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Great Lakes Sprint Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 NHIS Enduro Regional Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Florida Association Speedway Dirt Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Florida Championship Sprint Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Indiana Speedway Dirt Divisional Series ... Continue reading

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1999 North Carolina Speedway Pavement Div Series ... Continue reading

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1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 North Carolina Speedway Dirt Series** ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Ohio Speedway Pavement Divisional Series ... Continue reading

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1999 Northeast Speedway Pavement Divisional Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Northeast Speedway Dirt Divisional Series ... Continue reading

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1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 New York State Sprint Divisional Series** ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 New York State Sprint Divisional Series** ... Continue reading

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1999 Gulf Coast Karting Challenge Div Sprint Series ... Continue reading

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1999 Midwest Sprint Series ... Continue reading

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1999 Maryland Divisional Sprint Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Maryland Speedway Pavement Divisional Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Florida Championship Sprint Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Great Lakes Sprint Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Maryland Divisional Sprint Series ... Continue reading

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 WKA DIVISIONAL SERIES

1999 Midwest Sprint Series ... Continue reading

AAA's One-stop Auto Service Center Raises Standard for Customers

AAA's One-stop Auto Service Center Raises Standard for Customers

AAA announced the opening of a state-of-the-art auto repair facility, "AAA Car Care Plus" in Santa Clara which is open to both AAA members and non-members. ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts Names GNB Technologies Vendor of the Year

Advance Auto Parts Names GNB Technologies Vendor of the Year

GNB Technologies has been named Vendorof the Year by Advance Auto Parts. ... Continue reading

AMA: MBNA Superbike Tour Presented By Parts Unlimited at Sears Point Raceway

AMA: MBNA Superbike Tour Presented By Parts Unlimited at Sears Point Raceway

AMA: MBNA Superbike Tour Presented By Parts Unlimited at Sears Point Raceway ... Continue reading

Auto Insurance Policy Bill Fails in the Assembly Insurance Committee

Auto Insurance Policy Bill Fails in the Assembly Insurance Committee

A proposal which would have made a more affordable auto insurance policy available to low-income motorists in California failed passage by a vote of 6 to 6 with one abstention yesterday in the Assembly Insurance Committee. ... Continue reading

Autoliv Inc. Continued Strong Sales Growth

Autoliv Inc. Continued Strong Sales Growth

Consolidated net sales for Autoliv Inc. grew by 12 percent to $935 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 1999, and earnings per share by 4 percent to $.43 compared to the corresponding quarter 1998. ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 17

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 17

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 17 ... Continue reading

Behr to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Michigan

Behr to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Michigan

Behr will build a new facility to house the operations for the development, design, engineering, testing and manufacture of engine cooling fans and clutches, according to Hans Lange, president, Behr America, Inc. ... Continue reading

CART: Driver Standings, April 23

CART: Driver Standings, April 23

CART: Driver Standings, April 23 ... Continue reading

COLLECTIBLE CITROEN DS19 '55 TO '77

COLLECTIBLE CITROEN DS19 '55 TO '77

COLLECTIBLE CITROEN DS19 '55 TO '77 ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of April 26, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of April 26, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of April 26, 1999. ... Continue reading

Delphi Turns Ashes to Flowers

Delphi Turns Ashes to Flowers

Sunshine, water, fresh air -- and facility coal ash from Delphi Automotive Systems. While improbable, the latter ingredient also helps flowers grow, due to an innovative recycling program between Delphi and an Ohio-based company. ... Continue reading

Duo at the head of BMW Motorsports: Dr. Mario Theissen and Gerhard Berger

Duo at the head of BMW Motorsports: Dr. Mario Theissen and Gerhard Berger

Duo at the head of BMW Motorsports: Dr. Mario Theissen and Gerhard Berger ... Continue reading

Dura Announces Completion of Senior Subordinated Notes Offering

Dura Announces Completion of Senior Subordinated Notes Offering

Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. announced that its principal operating subsidiary, Dura Operating Corp., has completed an offering of $300 million and Euro 100 million of senior subordinated notes to qualified institutional buyers. ... Continue reading

First 24-Hour Test of BMW V12 LMR Successfully Completed

First 24-Hour Test of BMW V12 LMR Successfully Completed

First 24-Hour Test of BMW V12 LMR Successfully Completed ... Continue reading

Ford Employees to Give Rouge River 'Spring Cleaning'

Ford Employees to Give Rouge River 'Spring Cleaning'

More than 200 Ford employees from Southeast Michigan will be spending the work day in an unconventional work environment -- along the banks of the Rouge River. ... Continue reading

Ford Selects i2 Technologies for Stamping Plant Operations

Ford Selects i2 Technologies for Stamping Plant Operations

i2 Technologies, Inc. announced an agreement with Ford Motor Company to license i2's RHYTHM(R) solution for implementation at the company's Woodhaven stamping plant. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Completes Acquisition of Metaalindustrie Bergen B.V.

Hayes Lemmerz Completes Acquisition of Metaalindustrie Bergen B.V.

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Metaalgieterij Giesen B.V. (MGG) has successfully completed the acquisition of Metaalindustrie Bergen B.V. ... Continue reading

IERC Expands ZIF PC Board Retainer Line With New, Low Cost Product

IERC Expands ZIF PC Board Retainer Line With New, Low Cost Product

CTS Corporation announced that its IERC thermal management device business, located in Burbank, California, has introduced a new line of low cost, zero insertion force (ZIF) printed circuit board (PCB) retainers. ... Continue reading

IHRA: Mancuso Becomes Worlds Quickest And Fastest Harley-Davidson Rider

IHRA: Mancuso Becomes Worlds Quickest And Fastest Harley-Davidson Rider

IHRA: Mancuso Becomes Worlds Quickest And Fastest Harley-Davidson Rider ... Continue reading

IHRA: Wally Stroupe Rehospitalized

IHRA: Wally Stroupe Rehospitalized

IHRA: Wally Stroupe Rehospitalized ... Continue reading

IRL: Driver Standings, April 23

IRL: Driver Standings, April 23

IRL: Driver Standings, April 23 ... Continue reading

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League Weekly Notebook

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League Weekly Notebook

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League Weekly Notebook ... Continue reading

Mobil Announces Q1 1999 Operating Earnings Of $471 Million

Mobil Announces Q1 1999 Operating Earnings Of $471 Million

Mobil Corporation reported first quarter 1999 estimated operating earnings of $471 million. This is a decrease of $244 million, or 34 percent, from the $715 million earned in the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Mopar Performance Parts - Muscle for your Motor Vehicle

Mopar Performance Parts - Muscle for your Motor Vehicle

Whether you're a Viper owner looking for a little extra venom for your snake, or a serious road racing or drag racing competitor, DaimlerChrysler Corporation's Mopar Performance Parts has something for you. ... Continue reading

Name Change to Reflect New Structure and Direction

Name Change to Reflect New Structure and Direction

At its annual meeting, shareholders of the ASHA Corporation overwhelmingly approved the corporate name change from ASHA Corporation to McLaren Automotive Group, Inc. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Driver Standings, April 23

NASCAR BGN: Driver Standings, April 23

NASCAR BGN Driver Standings, April 23 ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings, April 23

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings, April 23

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings, April 23 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings, April 23

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings, April 23

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings, April 23 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Philippe Lopez To Miss Talladega Race

NASCAR WCUP: Philippe Lopez To Miss Talladega Race

NASCAR WCUP: Philippe Lopez To Miss Talladega Race ... Continue reading

National Auto Credit, Inc. Questions Propriety of Investor Effort

National Auto Credit, Inc. Questions Propriety of Investor Effort

National Auto Credit, Inc. announced that it had responded to an attempt by an investor group to join the Company's Board of Directors and obtain more information regarding the Company's financial condition, operations and prospects. ... Continue reading

New Talladega Grandstand Named After Allison Family

New Talladega Grandstand Named After Allison Family

New Talladega Grandstand Named After Allison Family ... Continue reading

NHRA: Romine Returns to NHRA Action at Virginia Pennzoil Nationals

NHRA: Romine Returns to NHRA Action at Virginia Pennzoil Nationals

NHRA: Romine Returns to NHRA Action at Virginia Pennzoil Nationals ... Continue reading

NHRA: The Warren Report: Dallas/Richmond Edition

NHRA: The Warren Report: Dallas/Richmond Edition

NHRA: The Warren Report: Dallas/Richmond Edition ... Continue reading

NHRA: Yates Looking for First Win at Richmond

NHRA: Yates Looking for First Win at Richmond

NHRA: Yates Looking for First Win at Richmond ... Continue reading

Rallye Catalunya: Bugalski wins

Rallye Catalunya: Bugalski wins

Rallye Catalunya: Bugalski wins ... Continue reading

Saturn Electronics & Engineering Strikes Gold

Saturn Electronics & Engineering Strikes Gold

Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc. (Saturn) President and CEO Wallace (Wally) Tsuha is pleased to report that the company received five Chrysler Gold Pentastar Awards for the 1998 Model Year. ... Continue reading

Siemens Automotive Recognized by General Motors

Siemens Automotive Recognized by General Motors

Siemens Automotive's double digit R&D investment in Engine Management Systems (EMS) technology has earned the special recognition by General Motors as a Supplier of the Year. ... Continue reading

Siemens/Rochester Adams' Robot Battles at Epcot

Siemens/Rochester Adams' Robot Battles at Epcot

In Epcot Center, where Disney's imagination brings the possibilities of the future into the present, Rochester Adams High School students and Siemens Automotive engineers will test the limits of their own imaginations. ... Continue reading

SME and Michigan Virtual University Collaborate

SME and Michigan Virtual University Collaborate

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich., and Michigan Virtual University (MVU), Lansing, Mich., have agreed to work together to meet the long term goal of distance- deliverable manufacturing education and training. ... Continue reading

Snap-on Incorporated Re-Elects Directors; Quarterly Dividend Declared

Snap-on Incorporated Re-Elects Directors; Quarterly Dividend Declared

The board of directors declared a second-quarter dividend of 22 cents per share, payable June 10, 1999, to shareholders of record May 20, 1999. Snap-on has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends since 1939. ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Electric Vehicle Sales Record

Toyota Announces Electric Vehicle Sales Record

Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS), Inc., announced that it is the first automaker to complete its commitment under the State of California's zero-emission vehicle Memorandum of Agreement. ... Continue reading

Truck Racing: Next Stop for P.A.R.T.S. Series is Concord

Truck Racing: Next Stop for P.A.R.T.S. Series is Concord

Truck Racing: Next Stop for P.A.R.T.S. Series is Concord ... Continue reading

TRW Delivers 500-Watt Solid-State Laser To University Of Michigan

TRW Delivers 500-Watt Solid-State Laser To University Of Michigan

TRW Inc. has delivered a solid-state laser designed for industrial applications to the University of Michigan for machining tests, primarily on auto parts. ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Reports Revenues Up 45 Percent in First Quarter 1999

Turbodyne Reports Revenues Up 45 Percent in First Quarter 1999

Turbodyne Technologies Inc. reported preliminary results for the quarter ended March 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

UNOVA Reports First Quarter Results

UNOVA Reports First Quarter Results

UNOVA, Inc. announced results for the first quarter of 1999, with revenues for the three-month period growing to $493.4 million, compared to $333.4 million in the same quarter a year ago. ... Continue reading

UT Automotive Named GM Supplier of the Year

UT Automotive Named GM Supplier of the Year

UT Automotive Europe, a United Technologies company, has been selected as General Motors' Supplier of the Year 1998 for its excellent performance as a supplier of wiring harnesses. ... Continue reading

Visteon Pushes Environmental Stewardship With Two New Programs

Visteon Pushes Environmental Stewardship With Two New Programs

Visteon Automotive System is taking the wheel in the drive to foster environmentally-friendly manufacturing practices and unveiled two visionary new component programs that promise to reshape automotive recycling initiatives worldwide. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 394,335 units, up from the 386,475 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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