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1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Schedule

1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Schedule

1999 NASCAR Winston West Schedule ... Continue reading

1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Schedule

1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Schedule

1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Schedule ... Continue reading

Award-Winning Commitment to Quality at Hayes Lemmerz Recognized

Award-Winning Commitment to Quality at Hayes Lemmerz Recognized

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. proudly announced that it has received the Gold Pentastar Award from DaimlerChrysler for three of itsm aluminum wheel manufacturing facilities in the U.S. ... Continue reading

BEI Technologies Declares Quarterly Dividend

BEI Technologies Declares Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of BEI Technologies, Inc. announced its seventh consecutive quarterly dividend of two cents per share. ... Continue reading

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Announces Bonus Share Issuance

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Announces Bonus Share Issuance

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited announced that they adopted a resolution on May 24, 1999 to issue a special one-time dividend of one bonus share of the Company's common stock for every two shares of common stock held by investors. ... Continue reading

Canadian Stock Cars Share Weekend Spotlight

Canadian Stock Cars Share Weekend Spotlight

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - Weekend Preview ... Continue reading

CART: Rookie Montoya Chases Share Of Fedex Championship Series History At Motorola 300

CART: Rookie Montoya Chases Share Of Fedex Championship Series History At Motorola 300

CART: Rookie Montoya Chases Share Of Fedex Championship Series History At Motorola 300 ... Continue reading

Chevy S10 Win PST in ETown

Chevy S10 Win PST in ETown

Chevy S10 Win PST in ETown ... Continue reading

Delphi Receives Honda Supplier Award

Delphi Receives Honda Supplier Award

Delphi Automotive Systems recently received the Productivity Improvement Award from Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. for security immobilizers built at its Delphi Delco, Electronics Systems facility in Reynosa, Mexico. ... Continue reading

Exxon Poll Shows Stress a Leading Issue for America's Driving Public

Exxon Poll Shows Stress a Leading Issue for America's Driving Public

One-third of American drivers are so stressed by congested highways that a built-in personal back massage in the driver's seat tops the wish list of ideal features in a new vehicle, according to Exxon Company USA's 1999 Driver Friendly Survey. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Avilla, Indiana Lighting Plant Wins Indiana Quality Award

Federal-Mogul Avilla, Indiana Lighting Plant Wins Indiana Quality Award

Federal-Mogul Corporation's Lighting Products group announced that its Avilla, Indiana facility received the State of Indiana Quality Improvement Award, presented by the state's Lieutenant Governor, Joe Kernan. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Produces One Millionth Connecting Rod for Saturn Corporation

Federal-Mogul Produces One Millionth Connecting Rod for Saturn Corporation

Federal-Mogul Corporation's Windsor, Ontario, Canada, facility recently celebrated the production of its one millionth connecting rod for Saturn Corporation of Spring Hill, Tennessee. ... Continue reading

Feuling Gets Fourth Three-Valve Cylinder Patent

Feuling Gets Fourth Three-Valve Cylinder Patent

Feuling Advanced Technologies announced the award of their fourth U.S. patent for their improved three-valve cylinder head design. ... Continue reading

IRL, Indy 500: IRL Drivers Talk about Arie's Final Ride at Indy

IRL, Indy 500: IRL Drivers Talk about Arie's Final Ride at Indy

IRL, Indy 500: IRL Drivers Talk about Arie's Final Ride at Indy ... Continue reading

IRL, Indy 500: The 1999 Indianapolis 500 Starting Lineup

IRL, Indy 500: The 1999 Indianapolis 500 Starting Lineup

IRL, Indy 500: The 1999 Indianapolis 500 Starting Lineup ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Awards Educational Fellowships

Johnson Controls Awards Educational Fellowships

For the second consecutive year, Johnson Controls has awarded company-sponsored fellowships to senior executives from four minority-owned businesses in Michigan. ... Continue reading

Land Rover North America Announces Executive Changes

Land Rover North America Announces Executive Changes

Land Rover North America, Inc., announced that Charles R. Hughes, the company's founding president, will resign effective June 15, 1999, after more than thirteen years as president and CEO of the Lanham-based company. ... Continue reading

Mace Security International Acquires Two Car Wash Chains

Mace Security International Acquires Two Car Wash Chains

Mace Security International, Inc. announced that it has acquired Colonial Full Service Car Wash, Inc. and Genie Car Wash, Inc. and certain of its affiliated entities, two major Texas-based car wash chains. ... Continue reading

Mace Security International Appoints Louis D. Paolino, Jr.

Mace Security International Appoints Louis D. Paolino, Jr.

Mace Security International, Inc. announced that it has appointed Louis D. Paolino, Jr. as President, CEO and Director, effective immediately. ... Continue reading

MAXpc Technologies, Inc. Receives 15,000 Unit Purchase Order

MAXpc Technologies, Inc. Receives 15,000 Unit Purchase Order

MAXpc Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Voxcom Holdings, Inc., received a 15,000 unit purchase order for the MAXpc card from Associated Fidelity Marketing, Inc. (AFMI). ... Continue reading

McLaren sponsored Neon Wins Class in One Lap of America Competition

McLaren sponsored Neon Wins Class in One Lap of America Competition

The 16th running of the One Lap of America(TM) competition was completed Saturday, May 22, and it's OFFICIAL, a Dodge Neon, sponsored by McLaren Automotive Group, had won its class, and finished 43rd overall out of 102 teams. ... Continue reading

MIT Study Finds Aluminum-Intensive Vehicles Fall Short of Environmental Claims

MIT Study Finds Aluminum-Intensive Vehicles Fall Short of Environmental Claims

The recent study by MIT's Materials Systems Laboratory examines the comprehensive environmental impact of C02 emissions and other polluting substances resulting from the production and use of various automotive manufacturing materials. ... Continue reading

Multex.com News - Multex.com Inc., Ace Consensus Estimates - Toyota Motor Corp.

Multex.com News - Multex.com Inc., Ace Consensus Estimates - Toyota Motor Corp.

Multex.com News--The Wall Street researchers covering Toyota Motor Corp. (TOYOY) rate this stock a BUY/HOLD. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: It's One Busy Weekend for the ACDelco Team

NASCAR: It's One Busy Weekend for the ACDelco Team

NASCAR: It's One Busy Weekend for the ACDelco Team ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Schrader and the Oakwood Homes Team Test at Lowe's Motor Speedway

NASCAR: Schrader and the Oakwood Homes Team Test at Lowe's Motor Speedway

NASCAR: Schrader and the Oakwood Homes Team Test at Lowe's Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Crew Chief Club at the Coca-Cola 600

NASCAR WCUP: Crew Chief Club at the Coca-Cola 600

NASCAR WCUP: Crew Chief Club at the Coca-Cola 600 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: The Dale & Dale Show

NASCAR WCUP: The Dale & Dale Show

NASCAR WCUP: The Dale & Dale Show ... Continue reading

New Alignment Guide training software now available

New Alignment Guide training software now available

Carley Automotive Software has just released the Windows 95/98 version of Alignment Guide, a quick-reference guide to the basics of wheel alignment. ... Continue reading

New Front-Wheel Drive software training program released

New Front-Wheel Drive software training program released

Carley Automotive Software has just released a new Windows- based software training program called Front-Wheel Drive Guide. The program covers the diagnosis and service of front- wheel drive constant velocity joints and shafts. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Richie Stevens Wins Mopar Nationals

NHRA: Richie Stevens Wins Mopar Nationals

NHRA: Richie Stevens Wins Mopar Nationals ... Continue reading

NYX Adds Manufacturing Plant in Detroit's Renaissance Zone

NYX Adds Manufacturing Plant in Detroit's Renaissance Zone

NYX, a Livonia-based, leading automotive supplier, will open a plant in Detroit's Renaissance Zone. ... Continue reading

Parker Hannifin Announces Business Alliance in Japan's Kuroda Precision

Parker Hannifin Announces Business Alliance in Japan's Kuroda Precision

Parker Hannifin and Tokyo-based Kuroda Precision Industries announced an alliance agreement and a $15.3-million investment to be made by Parker in 9.4 million newly issued shares of Kuroda, representing a 33.4% ownership stake in the company. ... Continue reading

Pilkington Libbey-Owens-Ford Streamlines Automotive Manufacturing

Pilkington Libbey-Owens-Ford Streamlines Automotive Manufacturing

Pilkington Libbey-Owens-Ford announced that it is reorganizing and streamlining its automotive original-equipment manufacturing operations. ... Continue reading

RALLY: Radstrom and Ford in the points on Rally Argentina

RALLY: Radstrom and Ford in the points on Rally Argentina

RALLY: Radstrom and Ford in the points on Rally Argentina ... Continue reading

SAP Delivers Accelerated Automotive Solution to Automotive Suppliers

SAP Delivers Accelerated Automotive Solution to Automotive Suppliers

SAP America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of SAP AG, the world's leading provider of enterprise business solutions, announced the immediate availability of the SAP(tm) Accelerated Automotive (tm) solution. ... Continue reading

Southern States Power Company Donates Hybrid Car For Vehicle Emission Research

Southern States Power Company Donates Hybrid Car For Vehicle Emission Research

Southern States Power Co. donated a hybrid electric vehicle for emission research. The following story was released by the Media Relations Office at the University of California at Riverside (UCR): ... Continue reading

Southwall Signs $30 Million Supply Agreement With Sekurit St. Gobain

Southwall Signs $30 Million Supply Agreement With Sekurit St. Gobain

Southwall Technologies Inc. announced it will be signing a $30- 35 million supply contract with Sekurit St. Gobain, one of the world's largest automotive glass suppliers. ... Continue reading

SPX Corporation Announces Odd-Lot Tender Offer Program

SPX Corporation Announces Odd-Lot Tender Offer Program

SPX Corporation announced a program that will provide shareholders who hold less than 100 shares of common stock with a convenient and cost-free opportunity to sell all of their SPX shares. ... Continue reading

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Registers Convertible Subordinated Debenture Offering with SEC

Standard Motor Products, Inc. Registers Convertible Subordinated Debenture Offering with SEC

Standard Motor Products, Inc. announced that it has filed a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the proposed offering of $75,000,000 of Convertible Subordinated Debentures. ... Continue reading

StrutTamer

StrutTamer

OTC's new Patent Pending StrutTamer for MacPherson Strut Springs is simply the safest, most effective compressor for handling virtually any 2 1/2" to 10" diameter, straight, conical or offset spring up to 24" long. ... Continue reading

TI Group Announcement Re: Walbro

TI Group Announcement Re: Walbro

TI Group plc announced that the initial investigation period with respect to its notification to the European Commission for the proposed acquisition by TI Automotive Systems, Inc. of all of the shares of Walbro Corp is set to expire at midnight. ... Continue reading

Top Source Receives Reorder For OSA-II Unit From Detroit Automaker

Top Source Receives Reorder For OSA-II Unit From Detroit Automaker

Top Source Technologies, Inc., announced that it received an OSA-II reorder from Ford Motor Company, Inc. ... Continue reading

Torque Extensions

Torque Extensions

Digital multimeters and any standard square drive wrench become accurate torque wrenches with these new torque extensions from OTC. ... Continue reading

Uniprime Announces Agreement To Purchase South Carolina Dealership

Uniprime Announces Agreement To Purchase South Carolina Dealership

Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. announced that it has purchased a South Carolina dealership. ... Continue reading

USAC: Fourth 'Racing for Riley' Set Saturday

USAC: Fourth 'Racing for Riley' Set Saturday

USAC: Fourth 'Racing for Riley' Set Saturday ... Continue reading

Whitlock Motorsports - CASCAR report

Whitlock Motorsports - CASCAR report

Whitlock Motorsports - CASCAR report ... Continue reading

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