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Friday, July 23, 1999

AMA Drag Bikes: AMA Prostar cancels Las Vegas Event

AMA Drag Bikes: AMA Prostar cancels Las Vegas Event

AMA Drag Bikes: AMA Prostar cancels Las Vegas Event ... Continue reading

Autoliv Financial Report April - June 1999 Increasing Market Shares

Autoliv Financial Report April - June 1999 Increasing Market Shares

Consolidated net sales for Autoliv Inc. grew by 11% to $977 million during the three-month period ended June 30, 1999, compared to the corresponding quarter 1998. ... Continue reading

BMW Motorcycles Scorching Sales for First Half of 1999

BMW Motorcycles Scorching Sales for First Half of 1999

BMW of North America, Inc. has retailed more than 5,000 bikes in the first half of 1999, a figure that surpasses the total annual sales of 1996. For the first time in 18 years, BMW Motorcycle sales have exceeded1,000 units four months in arow. ... Continue reading

Burke Industries-Silicone Products Introduces New Interactive Web Site

Burke Industries-Silicone Products Introduces New Interactive Web Site

The first phase of Burke Industries Silicone Products new interactive Web site has just been completed and is accessible online at www.burkeind.com. ... Continue reading

Cooper Industries Posts Favorable Earnings Gains

Cooper Industries Posts Favorable Earnings Gains

Cooper Industries, Inc. reported second-quarter earnings of 92 cents per share (assuming dilution). This represents a 5 percent increase over second-quarter 1998 earnings of 88 cents per share. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of July 26, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Reports Assembly Plant Schedule for Week of July 26, 1999

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

Delphi Earns Environmental Recognition from General Motors

Delphi Earns Environmental Recognition from General Motors

Delphi Automotive Systems announced that six facilities have earned environmental awards from General Motors ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company and Utilimaster Deliver For the United States Postal Service

Ford Motor Company and Utilimaster Deliver For the United States Postal Service

Starting this fall, the first of 10,000 Ford Motor Company- powered postal delivery trucks will be delivered to the United States Postal Service (USPS). ... Continue reading

Formula One: Irvine Carries Ferrari Torch in Battle with McLaren in Austria

Formula One: Irvine Carries Ferrari Torch in Battle with McLaren in Austria

Formula One: Irvine Carries Ferrari Torch in Battle with McLaren in Austria ... Continue reading

Freudenberg-NOK Selected for Sealing Development On Ford Transmission

Freudenberg-NOK Selected for Sealing Development On Ford Transmission

Freudenberg-NOK has signed a development agreement with Ford Motor Co. -- pioneering the supplier's first total transmission sealing program. ... Continue reading

From Question Mark to Benchmark - Lexus Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary

From Question Mark to Benchmark - Lexus Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary

Ten years ago this month Lexus was revving its engine and preparing to enter the U.S. luxury car race. ... Continue reading

IHRA 2000 Schedule to Debut Thursday-Saturday National Events

IHRA 2000 Schedule to Debut Thursday-Saturday National Events

IHRA 2000 Schedule to Debut Thursday-Saturday National Events ... Continue reading

IHRA: IHRA Announces 2000 Schedule with New Race in Canada

IHRA: IHRA Announces 2000 Schedule with New Race in Canada

IHRA: IHRA Announces 2000 Schedule with New Race in Canada ... Continue reading

International Speedway Announces Consideration for Penske Merger

International Speedway Announces Consideration for Penske Merger

International Speedway Corporation announced that in connection with the Company's proposed merger with Penske Motorsports, Inc., PMI stockholders electing to receive the cash and stock consideration will receive $15.00 in cash and 0.729 of a share. ... Continue reading

International Speedway Closes On $300 Million Credit Facility

International Speedway Closes On $300 Million Credit Facility

International Speedway Corporation announced that it has closed on a five-year, $300 million revolving credit facility which will be utilized to finance a portion of ISC’s pending merger with Penske Motorsports, Inc. ... Continue reading

IPSCO Inc. Announces Cash Dividend

IPSCO Inc. Announces Cash Dividend

IPSCO Inc. announced a cash dividend on its common shares of $0.125 (Canadian) per share payable 30 September 1999 to shareholders of record as at 10 September 1999. ... Continue reading

IRL: Two Indy Racing League Hopefuls Pass Rookie Test at Atlanta

IRL: Two Indy Racing League Hopefuls Pass Rookie Test at Atlanta

IRL: Two Indy Racing League Hopefuls Pass Rookie Test at Atlanta ... Continue reading

Mobil Announces Second Quarter 1999 Operating Earnings of $650 Million

Mobil Announces Second Quarter 1999 Operating Earnings of $650 Million

Mobil Corporation reported second quarter 1999 estimated operating earnings of $650 million. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Roper Slow but Hopeful at Pikes Peak

NASCAR BGN: Roper Slow but Hopeful at Pikes Peak

NASCAR BGN: Roper Slow but Hopeful at Pikes Peak ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman Readies for Michigan Oval

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman Readies for Michigan Oval

NASCAR Trucks: Joe Ruttman Readies for Michigan Oval ... Continue reading

National Car Rental Named Official Car Rental Company of NFL

National Car Rental Named Official Car Rental Company of NFL

National Car Rental announced that it intends to become the official car rental company of the National Football League. ... Continue reading

NCMS & Ford to Announce $22 Million Patent Donation

NCMS & Ford to Announce $22 Million Patent Donation

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and Ford Motor Company, through its subsidiary Ford Global Technologies, Inc. and its Visteon enterprise, will announce the donation of nine manufacturing patents at a news conference on July 28 at 3:00. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Seattle Memories Stoke Inner Fires of Gibbs' Pilots

NHRA: Seattle Memories Stoke Inner Fires of Gibbs' Pilots

Seattle Memories Stoke Inner Fires of Gibbs' Pilots ... Continue reading

Polaris Acquires Distributorship in Australia and New Zealand

Polaris Acquires Distributorship in Australia and New Zealand

Polaris announced it has acquired H.A.H. Australia Pty. Ltd., a distributorship that supplies Polaris recreational vehicles to Australia and New Zealand, effective 7/1/99 for a total purchase price of $1.8 Million, paid in cash. ... Continue reading

Polaris Industries Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

Polaris Industries Inc. Declares Cash Dividend

Polaris Industries Inc. announced the declaration of a quarterly $.20 per share cash dividend payable on or about August 16, 1999 to shareholders of record on August 2, 1999. ... Continue reading

Raceline

Raceline

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Rush Enterprises Announces Preliminary Agreements to Acquire 2 Companies

Rush Enterprises Announces Preliminary Agreements to Acquire 2 Companies

Rush Enterprises Inc. announced that it has signed letters of intent to purchase the assets of Southwest Peterbilt Inc. and Norm Pressley's Truck Center, both Peterbilt truck dealers. ... Continue reading

Standard Motor Products Increases Quarterly Dividend to 9 Cents Per Share

Standard Motor Products Increases Quarterly Dividend to 9 Cents Per Share

The Board of Directors of Standard Motor Products, Inc. announced a regular quarterly dividend of nine cents per share on the common stock outstanding. ... Continue reading

Team Chicago Challenge

Team Chicago Challenge

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Team Chicago Challenge

Team Chicago Challenge

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The Cobalt Group Sponsors Emerging Female Race Car Driver

The Cobalt Group Sponsors Emerging Female Race Car Driver

The Cobalt Group, a leading provider of Internet marketing solutions for automotive dealerships and manufacturers, announced that it will be the major sponsor for Portland-based racer Cindi Lux in the Women's Global GT series. ... Continue reading

Toyota Reports Best-Ever Certified Used Vehicle Sales for Fifth-Consecutive Month

Toyota Reports Best-Ever Certified Used Vehicle Sales for Fifth-Consecutive Month

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., reported a best-ever monthly record for Toyota Certified Used Vehicle June sales. ... Continue reading

TRW Completes Its Largest Baan Implementation to Date

TRW Completes Its Largest Baan Implementation to Date

TRW Integrated Supply Chain Solutions announced it has completed its largest implementation of Baan ERP software for Emergency One, a member of the Fire Rescue Group and a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of fire rescue vehicles. ... Continue reading

Unique Mobility Appoints Dr. Ernest H. Drew to Board

Unique Mobility Appoints Dr. Ernest H. Drew to Board

UNIQUE MOBILITY. INC., an advanced power systems company specializing in clean air solutions, has added Dr. Ernest H. Drew to its Board Of Directors and accepted the retirement from the Board of Frank Hodsoll and H. J. Young. ... Continue reading

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Tony Hulman Classic

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Tony Hulman Classic

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Tony Hulman Classic ... 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 314,074 units, up from the 94,955 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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