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Sunday, March 24, 2002

Upset for Sainz but Ford pair stay on points trail

Upset for Sainz but Ford pair stay on points trail

Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and Ford Rallye Sport team-mates Markko Martin and Michael Park kept the team firmly on course for a points scoring finish during today’s second leg of the Catalunya Rally in Spain. McRae and Martin lie seventh and eighth respectively in Ford Focus RS World Rally Cars although the day ... Continue reading

WEEKLY NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 2002

WEEKLY NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 2002

DEARBORN, MI, March 21, 2002 - Ford Motor Company's North American vehicle production for the week ending March 16 is summarized below: Car Truck Total United States 23,292 44,871 68,163 Canada 4,965 7,837 12,802 Mexico 4,067 802 4,869 Total 32,324 53,510 85,834 The following U.S. and Canadian assembly plants are worki ... Continue reading

Tracinda Comments On Court's Denial of DaimlerChrysler Motion to Dismiss

Tracinda Comments On Court's Denial of DaimlerChrysler Motion to Dismiss

LOS ANGELES--March 22, 2002--Tracinda Corporation today commented on the U.S. District Court in Delaware's denial of DaimlerChrysler AG's motion to dismiss Tracinda's pending lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler and senior executives, including Juergen Schrempp, Manfred Gentz and Hilmar Kopper for fraudulently inducing the ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Teams with Pittsburgh Chevy Dealers to Give $66,000 to Area Youth Programs

Chevrolet Teams with Pittsburgh Chevy Dealers to Give $66,000 to Area Youth Programs

FOR RELEASE: March 23, 2002 Chevrolet Teams with Pittsburgh Chevy Dealers to Give $66,000 to Area Youth Programs PITTSBURGH, March 23, 2002 - Chevrolet and 11 Pittsburgh-area Chevy dealers have united for a common goal: to work together to provide young people in Pittsburgh with the life skills, experiences and resourc ... Continue reading

Fontana - Rand Racing victory

Fontana - Rand Racing victory

California Speedway race, March 23, 2002 four for four Rand Racing collected its fourth victory in as many races, with first place in the SRPII class in the Rolex Sports Car Series race at California Speedway. The team also scored its fourth consecutive class pole position and third-consecutive third place overall in t ... Continue reading

HMS Race Results from March 23 (I2)

HMS Race Results from March 23 (I2)

Contact: Todd Fisher (843) 784-RACE -- For Immediate Release Season Opener For Late Models Provides a New Face in HMS Victory Lane HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (March 23, 2002) - The Hardeeville Motor Speedway season opener for the O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models found Todd Kelly from Hartsville, S.C. in victory lane ... Continue reading

SEMA MEMBERS DISCOUNT ANNOUNCED AT SPEEDWAY

SEMA MEMBERS DISCOUNT ANNOUNCED AT SPEEDWAY

SEMA MEMBERS DISCOUNT ON IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY'S CORPORATE BOX SEATS FOR THE 2002 NASCAR SEASON! (February 25, 2002) Seats in Irwindale Speedway's just-announced Corporate Box Seat section will be made available to all SEMA members at 10% off the regular corporate price. Bob DeFazio, Speedway VP and Chief Operating Office ... Continue reading

Hopping Up TACH

Hopping Up TACH

For the next few days our loyal viewers may notice some flaky things while they visit us. Our crack team of techs are in the process of updating and sooping up our data base servers to handle the millions of hits we recieve each day. As those of you in the Hot Rod business know, when you take something apart to make it ... Continue reading

Bristol Chevy Happy Hour Notes

Bristol Chevy Happy Hour Notes

CHEVROLET NOTES AND QUOTES FOOD CITY 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race No. 6 of 36 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn. .5333 mile oval Saturday, March 23, 2002 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501 Post-Happy Hour Notes: Jerry Nadeau, driving the No. 25 UAW-Delphi Monte Carlo, was the quickest in Happy Hour for the Fo ... Continue reading

#21 Giaffone IRL Fontana Saturday Qualifying

#21 Giaffone IRL Fontana Saturday Qualifying

Felipe Giaffone #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force Yamaha Indy 400 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Saturday, March 23, 2002 California Speedway - Fontana, Calif. - 2-Mile Oval Round 3 of 15 on the 2002 Indy Racing League Felipe Giaffone and the #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force qualified 10th for S ... Continue reading

Law Finishes Second Despite Problems

Law Finishes Second Despite Problems

Law Finishes Second Despite Problems FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FONTANA, Calif. (March 23, 2002) - After the first 50 laps of the Grand American 400 at California Speedway, Rolex Series driver Darren Law looked to be on his way to not only winning the SRP II class, but finishing in the top three overall. The #07 Momentum Mo ... Continue reading

Zip Racing Earns Podium Finish at Fontana

Zip Racing Earns Podium Finish at Fontana

Zip Racing Earns Podium Finish at Fontana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FONTANA, Calif. (March 23, 2002) - Saturday's Grand American 400 turned out better than the Zip Racing team thought it would. Despite getting a cut tire and some handling issues, the Zip team turned in their first podium finish of the 2002 season. The #34 ... Continue reading

Carmichael And Ramsey Finish 1 - 2 In Houston Supercross

Carmichael And Ramsey Finish 1 - 2 In Houston Supercross

AMA / EA Sports Supercross Series Round 11: Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX, Saturday, March 23, 2002 Honda Racing's Ricky Carmichael is in a zone. The current 2001 EA Sports Supercross champ rocketed through Houston's Astrodome to claim his 5th main event win in a row moving him closer to the coveted 2002 Supercross ti ... Continue reading

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