Chrysler Group Recalls Full Month Production of New Minivans
April 25 The Chrysler Group and its dealers are in the process of notifying nearly 11,000 customers of a voluntary recall on 2001 model year Chrysler Town &Country, Chrysler Voyager, Dodge Caravan and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans built between March 22 and April 21 of 2001. Recalled vehicles sold to customers represent ... Continue reading
Autoweb Q1 Revenue Tumbles 30%
LOSS TO REVENUE RATIO INCREASES SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Autoweb.com today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. Net revenues for the first quarter of 2001 were $10.1 million, compared to $15.8 million for the first quarter of 2000 and $9.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2000. Pro-form ... Continue reading
Crash Test Results: Performances of Three Small SUVs Vary
Crash Test Results: Performances of Three Small SUVs Vary Hyundai Santa Fe Is Tops, But New Ford Escape Disappoints April 2001 One of three small sport utility vehicle designs, new for 2001, earns a good overall rating based on performance in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for H ... Continue reading
Fed Sparks Confidence -- Consumers Feel Better About the Economy
COLUMBUS, Ohio--April 25, 2001--Alan Greenspan's lowering of interest rates has started to revive consumer confidence according to just released findings from BIGresearch surveys before and after the announced rate cuts. Consumers say that their feelings about the chance for a strong economy in 2001 are higher than pri ... Continue reading
Sacramento - iMotors.com announced today that effective immediately the company is being closed. An earlier morning report received at The Auto Channel's northern California office about massive layoffs and closure was then confirmed by Jen Parker, the iMotors.com Media Relations contact. iMotors.com was founded to act ... Continue reading
Commerce Department Trade Case Ruling Praised
PITTSBURGH, April 24 U. S. Steel Group of USX Corporation said it welcomes preliminary determinations announced today by the Commerce Department finding producers in 11 foreign nations have dumped hot-rolled steel products in the U. S. market at substantial margins. The exporting nations named in pending hot-rolled ste ... Continue reading
Conference Call Announcement -- Consumer Portfolio Services Inc.
IRVINE, Calif.--April 24, 2001--Management of Consumer Portfolio Services Inc. will be holding a conference call on Thursday, April 26, 2001, 11:30 a.m. PT, 2:30 p.m. ET. To participate, call 800/847-7729 approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled time. For playback of the conference call, call 800/633-8284 with ... Continue reading
LTV in Agreement To Sell VP Buildings
CLEVELAND, April 24 The LTV Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LTVCQ) today announced that it had signed a non-binding letter of intent to sell all of the assets of its VP Buildings, Inc. and certain related subsidiaries to Wellspring Capital Partners II, L.P. VP Buildings, with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, is the ... Continue reading
Michael F. Holmes, Executive Manager, Northeast Regional Operations
CERRITOS, Calif., April 24 American Isuzu Motors Inc. today announced the appointment of Michael F. Holmes to the position of Executive Manager, Regional Operations, Northeast Region. He will be responsible for sales, parts, service and customer satisfaction performance for a thirteen-state area encompassing New Englan ... Continue reading
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--April 24, 2001--O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ("O'Reilly") today announced record revenues and earnings for the first quarter of 2001, representing 28 quarters of record revenues and earnings for O'Reilly since becoming a public company in April 1993. Net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001, ... Continue reading
PACCAR Elects Directors, Announces Dividend
BELLEVUE, Wash.--April 24, 2001--PACCAR stockholders elected David K. Newbigging, Harold A. Wagner and Harry C. Stonecipher to the board of directors at its Annual Stockholder Meeting today. PACCAR Inc's board of directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of thirty cents ($.30) per share, payable ... Continue reading
Stoneridge Reports First-Quarter 2001 Results
WARREN, Ohio, April 24 Stoneridge, Inc. today announced sales of $156.2 million and earnings of $3.1 million, or $0.14 per share, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. Net sales decreased $28.0 million or 15.2 percent to $156.2 million compared with $184.2 million for the first quarter of 2000. The decrease in sa ... Continue reading
Teleconference Alert: Insurance Auto Auctions First Quarter 2001 Earnings
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., April 24 Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. , will hold a conference call with institutional investors, security analysts and other interested parties at 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, May 11, 2001 to discuss its first quarter results which will be released earlier that day. Insurance Auto Aucti ... Continue reading
DETROIT--April 24, 2001--UnitedAuto Group, Inc. , a leading publicly traded automotive retailer and a member of the FORTUNE 500, announced today that Marshall S. Cogan has resigned from its Board of Directors. With Mr. Cogan's resignation, which is effective immediately, the Company now has eleven directors. Mr. Cogan ... Continue reading
WFS Financial Reports Record First Quarter Earnings Results
IRVINE, Calif.--April 24, 2001--WFS Financial Inc today reported record earnings of $18.8 million, or $0.66 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2001 compared with $14.8 million, or $0.54 per diluted share for the same period a year earlier. On a comparative basis, net income increased 27% and earnings per share ... Continue reading
Ugly Duckling Reports First Quarter 2001 Results
Ugly Duckling Corporation reported its first quarter financial results for 2001. Quarter over Quarter Results For the three months ended March 31, 2001, the Company reported net earnings of $1,822,000, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared with net earnings for the same period of 2000 of $4,483,000, or $0.30 per diluted ... Continue reading
Quixote Corporation Reports Record Fiscal Q3 Sales and Earnings
Quixote Corporation today reported record third quarter results for its fiscal 2001 quarter ended March 31, 2001. Net sales for its third quarter increased 13% to $22,688,000, compared with $20,053,000 in its third quarter of fiscal 2000. Operating profit rose 28% to $3,353,000, compared with $2,629,000 in its third qu ... Continue reading
ArvinMeritor Reports Fiscal Year 2001 Second-Quarter Results
ArvinMeritor, Inc. today reported sales of $1.8 billion and net income before special items of $27 million, or $0.41 per share, for its second fiscal quarter, ended March 31, 2001. Sales declined $274 million, or 13 percent, and net income before special items decreased $49 million, or 64 percent, from the same period ... Continue reading
Despite Slow Start, Satellite Digital Radio Industry Will Flourish
Although 2001 will mark a disappointing launch for satellite-based digital audio radio services (SDARS) broadcasters, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite radio, they will ultimately benefit from increased consumer uptake and large recurring service revenues. By 2006, recurring annual service revenues for SDARS will ... Continue reading
Reynolds and Reynolds Reports Strong Second Quarter
The Reynolds and Reynolds Company today reported revenues of $241.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2001, an increase of 9 percent over the prior year. Net income for the quarter of $23.8 million or 32 cents per share was in line with consensus estimates. During the quarter, the company recorded a 3-cent charge ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler on Target With Steps to Improve Earnings
Key figures for DaimlerChrysler (stock symbol DCX) for the first quarter of 2001 are in line with those projected at the Annual Press Conference on February 26, 2001. Substantial non-recurring expenditure at the Chrysler Group and Mitsubishi Motors reduced earnings by a total of Euro 3.1 billion/$2.7 billion. These one ... Continue reading
Duraswitch Announces Results for First Quarter 2001
Duraswitch Industries Inc. reported a net loss of $0.9 million, or $0.10 per share, on revenues of $260,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2001. Revenues for the quarter included $180,000 in licensing revenue and $80,000 in product revenue. Our cash position at quarter-end was $15.6 million. Licensing revenue was deri ... Continue reading
ACUNIA Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Automotive Telematics Market
Frost & Sullivan announces ACUNIA is a recipient of the prestigious 2001 Entrepreneurial Company Award for its unique third-generation product solution for the global telematics market. ACUNIA pioneered the synergistic concept of the Open Telematics Framework (OTF). Uniquely operated from the same platform, car and tru ... Continue reading
Delphi's 'Journey to Lean' Presented at Annual Conference
Find a change agent, get the knowledge, seize or create the crisis. These three points sound like top secret steps in a "Mission Impossible" assignment, yet in reality they are the first three of seven items in an action plan for lean manufacturing, adopted and implemented by Delphi Automotive Systems . (Photo: http:// ... Continue reading
Laforza Automobiles Enters Into Relationship With Fiat's Iveco Italy
Laforza Automobiles, Inc. announced that it has entered into a supply relationship with Iveco AIFO, SpA, a manufacturing unit of FIAT, SpA. . Laforza will produce new models of its luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) and personal security vehicle (PSV) using Iveco's newest "common rail" technology diesel engines; a 4-cy ... Continue reading
Oshkosh Truck Wins Phase I Army Medium Truck Contract
Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a leading manufacturer of trucks and truck bodies, announced today that the U.S. Army awarded the company a Phase I contract to retrofit eight Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTVs) with technological enhancements that the company proposed. Under this contract, which is the first phase of ... Continue reading
Volvo Technology Prize 2001: Film Cooling of Rocket Nozzles
Worth a total of SEK200,000, the Volvo Technology Prize was awarded, at the Volvo Group AGM, to a group of engineers who have developed a highly advanced method of cooling rocket nozzles for space applications. The new technique is known as film cooling. Volvo Aero has been an active partner in the European space progr ... Continue reading
Autoliv Elects New Board Member
CHICAGO, April 25 Mr. Tetsuo Sekiya, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of NSK Ltd. of Japan -- a leading global bearing manufacturer -- has been elected to the Board of Directors of Autoliv Inc. (SSE: ALIV). All the three leading car-producing continents (i.e., North America, Europe and Asia) will thereby be ... Continue reading
-- WHAT: First use of a new high-tech traffic signal warning system to protect motorists when emergency vehicles speed through intersections. Designed by E-ViEWS Safety Systems, Inc. with assistance from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the system utilizes advanced intersection signal preemption technology and lighted ... Continue reading
ARNOLD BRINKMANN SIGNS WITH KEY MOTORSPORT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARNOLD BRINKMANN SIGNS WITH KEY MOTORSPORT MONTREAL, QUEBEC (April 25, 2001)- Key Motorsport is pleased to announce that veteran U.S. F2000 driver Arnold Brinkmann of Quito, Ecuador, has signed with the team for the remainder of the U.S F2000 Championship. Key Motorsport team owner, Steve Djelebia ... Continue reading
CCC Information Services Group Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Webcast
CHICAGO--April 25, 2001--CCC Information Services Group Inc. , through its wholly-owned subsidiary CCC Information Services Inc., a leading provider of business solutions to the automobile claims industry, today announced they will be hosting a live Webcast to discuss the first quarter 2001 earnings results. The Webcas ... Continue reading
CCC Information Services Group Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Webcast
CHICAGO--April 25, 2001--CCC Information Services Group Inc. , through its wholly-owned subsidiary CCC Information Services Inc., a leading provider of business solutions to the automobile claims industry, today announced they will be hosting a live Webcast to discuss the first quarter 2001 earnings results. The Webcas ... Continue reading
Circuit City Announces Executive Retirement
RICHMOND, Va., April 25 Circuit City Stores, Inc. today announced that after a career spanning nearly three decades, Richard Birnbaum, executive vice president of operations, plans to retire next year. Birnbaum, 47, joined Circuit City in 1972 as a part-time sales counselor in Washington, D.C. He was elected vice presi ... Continue reading
Eaton Declares Quarterly Dividend
CLEVELAND--April 25, 2001--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation's Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.44 per common share, payable on May 25, 2001 to shareholders of record on May 7, 2001. Eaton has paid dividends on common shares annually since 1923. Eaton Corporation i ... Continue reading
Exide Technologies Automotive Battery Plant in Spain Receives ISO Certification
Latest European Facility to Be Certified for Voluntary Standard of Excellence ATLANTA, April 25 The Exide Technologies facility in Manzanares, Spain is the latest of the company's facilities to earn the ISO/TS 16949 quality certification. The certification, sanctioned by the International Organization for Standardizati ... Continue reading
Ford Buys Into Canadian Software Firm
Manufacturing Intelligence Gets Huge Endorsement LONDON, Ontario, April 25 The Ford Motor Company is making a minority equity investment in Executive Manufacturing Technologies Inc. of London, Ontario. Executive Manufacturing Technologies makes VisualPlant(TM), an off-the-shelf software solution that allows manufacture ... Continue reading
Freudenberg-NOK's Cleveland, Ga. Facility Earns 'Nobel Prize' of Manufacturing
PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 25 Freudenberg-NOK's Cleveland, Ga. production facility has earned the coveted 2001 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing in recognition of its world-class achievements in manufacturing, quality, productivity and customer satisfaction. The prestigious award, considered to be the Nobel Priz ... Continue reading
GenesisIntermedia Issues Letter to Shareholders
LOS ANGELES--April 25, 2001-- GenesisIntermedia.com Inc. (Frankfurt: GIA) today announced that it has issued the following letter to its shareholders: Dear Fellow GENI stockholder: It is my pleasure to report to you that we are continuing to implement strategies to grow Centerlinq, Car Rental Direct and Genesis Media G ... Continue reading
CAREFREE, Ariz.--April 25, 2001--Guardian Technologies International, Inc. , in a follow-up to its previously announced execution of a definitive agreement to acquire Vairex Corporation (see Press Release dated 2/20/01), announced today that Vairex, a Boulder, Colorado fuel cell technology company, is in the process of ... Continue reading
Actor David Spade to Ride ZAPPY Scooter on NBC's 'Just Shoot Me,' Thursday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 25 Don't miss NBC's "SuperStar Thursday" this week, with special guest star appearances from Wynona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Sally Field, Kathie Lee Gifford, and an electric scooter from ZAPWORLD.CO ... Continue reading
COSTA MESA, Calif.--April 25, 2001--MSC.Software Corp. , an established information technology software and services provider helping companies worldwide develop better products faster, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. First quarter highlights: -- Revenues of $44.7 million, ... Continue reading
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & ROUSSET, France--April 25, 2001--PixTech, Inc. today announced the successful demonstration of its 7-inch color field emission display at the USDC Investor Conference in New York. Dieter Mezger, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The public demonstration of the 7-inch color display is ... Continue reading
Southwall Announces $1 Million Investment
PALO ALTO, Calif.--April 25, 2001--Southwall Technologies Inc. announced today an initial investment in the form of a purchase of 422,119 shares of Southwall's common stock by GMX Associates Pte Ltd. GMX is a privately held company based in Singapore with several subsidiaries, including joint ventures with overseas com ... Continue reading
Supply Relationship with Fiat's Iveco Italy Entered Into by Laforza Automobiles
ESCONDIDO, Calif.--April 25, 2001-- Iveco Italy, a unit of Fiat, to supply Custom Diesel Engine for New Laforza Model Laforza Automobiles, Inc. (Pink Sheets: LFZA) announced today that it has entered into a supply relationship with Iveco AIFO, SpA, a manufacturing unit of FIAT, SpA. Laforza will produce new models of i ... Continue reading
Interactive Kiosks Placed In Jiffy Lube Stores: They Believe In The Internet
RALEIGH, N.C. & BRANFORD, Conn.--April 25, 2001-- Jiffy Lube(R)service locations to receive first Web-enabled Kiosks Netkey, Inc., the leading provider of kiosk software, announced today that Autopulse, Inc., (www.Autopulse.com), a leading automotive service technology company, has selected it to create special Web-ena ... Continue reading
KARNAC.com Racin' Talk Radio (Radio Show)
KARNAC.com Racin' Talk Radio Show ... Continue reading
Cobalt's 1st Quarter Net Loss Doubles
The Cobalt Group , a leading provider of e-business products and services to the automotive industry, today announced financial results for its first quarter, ended March 31, 2001. Pro forma revenue for the first quarter of 2001 was $13.6 million, compared to $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2000. Pro forma revenue ... Continue reading
Electrosource Inc. Announces New Financing Agreement
Electrosource Inc. ("the Company") announced today that a special meeting of its Board of Directors (the Board) resulted in the Board's approval of a new financing agreement with its majority shareholder, Kamkorp Ltd. (Kamkorp), a private holding Company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Under terms of the new agree ... Continue reading
Fairchild Reports First Quarter 2001 Results
Company continues market share gains -- Cost cutting efforts ahead of plans -- More than 90 new product introductions Fairchild Semiconductor International today reported results for the first quarter 2001 ended April 1, 2001. Revenues were $385.3 million, which was down 18% sequentially from fourth quarter 2000. Trade ... Continue reading
Federal Tractor-Trailer Accident Study
Safe Transportation Systems, Inc. lauded a decision by The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to conduct a two-year study of tractor-trailer accidents. "The federal government is becoming increasingly proactive in investigating big-rig accidents and s ... Continue reading
Fitzgerald Says Many States Do Not Adequately Protect Child Passengers
Congress may need to step in and press states to strengthen their child passenger safety laws to require that older children be safely secured in booster seats, U.S. Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Illinois) said today. The senator said that many states aren't doing enough to protect older kids in car crashes, the leadi ... Continue reading
Hyundai Santa Fe Top Performer in 40-Mph Crash Test
The Hyundai Santa Fe sport utility vehicle earned the highest rating in the 40-mph frontal offset crash tests conducted recently by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Santa Fe was given the rating of "Good" and heads the list of 10 current small SUVs tested by IIHS. Following the testing at the IIHS ... Continue reading
UAW: Labor Board Orders SPX to Re-Hire Laid-Off Workers
In a unanimous decision, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board has ordered the Muskegon, Michigan-based SPX Corporation, an auto industry supplier, to re-hire workers laid off at the company's SPX-Contech division in Dowagiac, Michigan in the fall of 1996. The Labor Board order, issued on April 9, ... Continue reading
Sarah Fisher's First Job Out of High School Is to Win the Indianapolis 500
For Immediate Release Sarah Fisher's First Job Out of High School Is to Win the Indianapolis 500 HARRISBURG, N.C., Tuesday, April 24, 2001 -- While most of her classmates are still trying to figure out what to do with their life, Sarah Fisher's main goal -- in her first job out of high school -- is to win the Indianapo ... Continue reading
Atlanta Motor Speedway Part of the Indianapolis 500?
For Immediate Release Atlanta Motor Speedway Part of the Indianapolis 500? HAMPTON, Ga., Tuesday, April 24, 2001 - Strange as it sounds, many of the drivers in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series consider Saturday night's running of the Atlanta 500 Classic as part of the Indianapolis 500. The April 28 race at Atlanta ... Continue reading
INDY LIGHTS: Dayton Indy Lights Oval Action Begins Saturday In Texas
April 25, 2001 DETROIT - Dayton Indy Lights Championship points leaders Derek Higgins (Mexpro/StarlightDiamonds.com/PrecioBase.com Lola) and Townsend Bell (DirecPC Lola) will lead a field of championship-winning talent to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend where CART's "Official Development Series" will run its first ov ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Cheever reaches 222 during final day of private testing at Indy
April 25, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever Jr. turned an unofficial lap at 222 mph Tuesday, and rookie Shigeaki Hattori also participated in the final private testing session at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for the 85th running of the classic auto race May 27. Cheever, in ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Labonte gaining momentum after tough start
April 25, 2001 DETROIT - After getting off to a tough start in 2001, Bobby Labonte has his No. 18 Pontiac Grand Prix performing a lot like the car he drove to the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup title, and that can't be good news to the rest of his competitors. Labonte heads to California Speedway for this weekend's event on t ... Continue reading
CART: Junqueira and Minassian ready for old-fashioned Texas shootout
April 25, 2001 Fort Worth, Texas -- Target Chip Ganassi Racing rookie drivers Bruno Junqueira and Nicolas Minassian will search deep in the heart of Texas for their first Champ Car checkered flag Sunday at the inaugural Firestone Firehawk 600 in Fort Worth. Texas Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile oval, with its high-banked cor ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader always looks forward to racing at Fontana
April 25, 2001 "From the very first time we went to California Speedway I fell in love with the place. I just love racing there. It is a first class facility and a great place to race. We haven't necessarily finished as well as we would like, but I still love going there. We've run the truck race a couple of times and ... Continue reading
CART: Oval campaign starts with inaugural race at Texas Motor Speedway
April 25, 2001 DETROIT - The FedEx Championship Series kicks off its first of four consecutive oval events in grand fashion this weekend with Championship Auto Racing Teams' inaugural foray to the spectacular Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer (3 p.m. ET Sunday, live, ESPN). CART's ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Gordon dominates California Winston Cup events
April 25, 2001 FONTANA, Calif. - Jeff Gordon probably wouldn't mind if all NASCAR Winston Cup races were held in California. Gordon, driver of the DuPont Chevrolet and a native of Vallejo, Calif., has won five of the past eight Winston Cup events in his home state. He will look to make it six-for-nine this Sunday in th ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Mark Martin Interview; California Success
April 25, 2001 Mark Martin, driver of the No. 6 Pfizer Taurus, is coming off a season-high fourth-place finish in last weekend's Talladega 500. As the NASCAR Winston Cup Series prepares for Sunday's NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California Speedway, a race he won in 1998, Martin and crew chief Jimmy Fennig spoke about a varie ... Continue reading
INDY LIGHTS: Dorricott Racing makes first visit to Texas Motor Speedway
April 25, 2001 FT. WORTH, Texas - Dorricott Racing is on course for the 2001 Dayton Indy Lights Championship but a new challenge is facing it and other contenders in the 2001 Dayton Indy Lights Championship - Texas Motor Speedway. The 67-lap/100.50-mile Indy Lights race around Texas Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile high-speed ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green talks about racing in California
April 25, 2001 Jeff Green, 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Champion and driver of the No. 10 Nestlé Nesquik Ford Taurus, set the track record in qualifying in last year's Busch event at California Speedway, but is still seeking his first win at the 2-mile track. "I feel really good about our chances of winning at California ... Continue reading
CART: Michael Andretti prepared for first race in Texas
April 25, 2001 Indianapolis, IN-Michael Andretti and the crew at Team Motorola are ready for their inaugural visit to the high-banked oval at Texas Motor Speedway. On Friday, April 27 when practice begins, it will be Andretti's first time driving on the famed oval in preparation for the Firestone Firehawk 600K to be he ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Trip West are More Difficult for Winston Cup Transporter Drivers
April 25, 2001 Barry Sheppard, truck driver for the #21 Motorcraft Racing Team hauler, talks about how this week differs from his "normal" weeks on the road to and from Winston Cup events. The trip to Fontana is 2807 miles one way from Stuart, Virginia, to the California track. "When we leave Talladega I'll go straight ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Fedewa likes the 'showcase' setting of California
April 25, 2001 "California Speedway is one of the nicest facilities where we compete. It gives us a chance to showcase our sport on the west coast. It's one of only a handful of races that is west of the Mississippi. I look forward to going to California because of the different restaurants and shopping that's availabl ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Keller hopes for better times at California
April 25, 2001 About Talladega . . . Jason Keller and the Albertson's team had a disappointing finish in the Subway 300 at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend. With less than 20 laps to go, the Albertson's Ford cut down a tire and hit the wall. Despite dropping to third in the points after his 25th -place finish at Ta ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Hamilton heads to California with best-ever season for Petree
April 25, 2001 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Square D Racing Team left Talladega (Ala.) in high spirits Sunday following Bobby Hamilton’s first victory of the 2001 season – the first win for car owner Andy Petree, crew chief Jimmy Elledge and sponsor Square D. But there was no time to relax. The team shifted ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Preview, Fontana
April 25, 2001 Dale Jr. Quotes "I know I’m looking forward to Fontana. It’s an excellent track. We ran well last year and we always kicked butt there in the Busch Series. It’s a horsepower track – you need a lot of it to do well, and I think we’ve been good on power all year. ... Continue reading
CART: Vasser looks to finish Texas Two Step for Toyota
April 25, 2001 After winning last season's Texaco Grand Prix of Houston, Jimmy Vasser will be looking to complete his version of the Texas Two-Step in CART's next trip to the Lone Star State with the Firestone Texas 600, April 29. Vasser drove a Target Chip Ganassi Toyota to victory at Houston. This year he's campaigni ... Continue reading
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