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America On The Road

America On The Road

America On The Road ... Continue reading

AutoZone's 3rd Quarter Sales Up 30%

AutoZone's 3rd Quarter Sales Up 30%

AutoZone, Inc., today reported net income for the 12 weeks ended May 8, 1999, of $58.7 million, an increase of 9% from $53.9 million for the fiscal third quarter of 1998 ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG 1-2-3 at Lime Rock Practice

BMW Team PTG 1-2-3 at Lime Rock Practice

Fwd: BMW Team PTG 1-2-3 LRP practice ... Continue reading

CART: Gil de Ferran Gateway Preview

CART: Gil de Ferran Gateway Preview

CART: Gil de Ferran Gateway Preview ... Continue reading

Dana Affiliate Cardanes, S.A. Receives Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing

Dana Affiliate Cardanes, S.A. Receives Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing

Cardanes, S.A., an affiliate of Dana Corporation, will receive the 1999 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing from Utah State University's College of Business at a ceremony June 10 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel of Columbus, Ohio ... Continue reading

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Holds Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Holds Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., today held its first Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Tulsa, Oklahoma ... Continue reading

Exide Select Orbital Breaks Car-Battery Rules Superior Power, Virtually Acid Free and Leakproof

Exide Select Orbital Breaks Car-Battery Rules Superior Power, Virtually Acid Free and Leakproof

Exide Corporation, the world's largest producer of lead-acid batteries, today introduced the "spiral-wound" Exide Orbital Select, the first significant car (or SLI -- starting, lighting, ignition) battery breakthrough since the maintenance-free model 30 years ago ... Continue reading

Gentex Corporation Named to Business Week's List of Hot Growth Companies

Gentex Corporation Named to Business Week's List of Hot Growth Companies

Gentex Corporation, the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, has been named to Business Week's 1999 "Hot Growth" list, which ranks the 100 fastest-growing small companies ... Continue reading

Harvey Steffke Joins Collex Collision Experts

Harvey Steffke Joins Collex Collision Experts

Harvey Steffke has joined Collex Collision Experts as Business Development Manager, it was announced today by John Gagliano, President of Collex Collision Experts ... Continue reading

Indy Electric Challenge results still pending for OSU

Indy Electric Challenge results still pending for OSU

Indy Electric Challenge results still pending for OSU ... Continue reading

IRL: Engine RPM Reduction to be introduced in June at Texas

IRL: Engine RPM Reduction to be introduced in June at Texas

IRL: Engine RPM Reduction to be introduced in June at Texas ... Continue reading

IRL, Indy 500: Driver Standing Heading into Indianapolis

IRL, Indy 500: Driver Standing Heading into Indianapolis

IRL, Indy 500: Driver Standing Heading into Indianapolis ... Continue reading

IRL, Indy 500: Infiniti Insider Report from Indy

IRL, Indy 500: Infiniti Insider Report from Indy

IRL, Indy 500: Infiniti Insider Report from Indy ... Continue reading

IRL, Indy 500: Team Cheever Set To Defend Indy 500 Title

IRL, Indy 500: Team Cheever Set To Defend Indy 500 Title

IRL, Indy 500: Team Cheever Set To Defend Indy 500 Title ... Continue reading

Isuzu Urges Zero Tolerance for Unbuckled Children

Isuzu Urges Zero Tolerance for Unbuckled Children

Isuzu Motors America Inc. Thursday announced its official support of a national mobilization this Memorial Day week to protect children by stepping up enforcement of child passenger safety laws ... Continue reading

MOBIL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF PROPOSED EXXON-MOBIL MERGER

MOBIL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF PROPOSED EXXON-MOBIL MERGER

DALLAS--May 27, 1999--Mobil Corporation announced at its annual shareholders' meeting today in Dallas that Mobil shareholders had overwhelmingly approved the proposed Exxon-Mobil merger ... Continue reading

Monro Muffler Brake Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results

Monro Muffler Brake Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc., today reported sales and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 ... Continue reading

NASCAR: The formation of The Racing Angels Charitable Organization

NASCAR: The formation of The Racing Angels Charitable Organization

NASCAR: The formation of The Racing Angels Charitable Organization ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Aerodynamic Alliance Dominates Charlotte Qualfiying In RAD's First Test

NASCAR WCUP: Aerodynamic Alliance Dominates Charlotte Qualfiying In RAD's First Test

NASCAR WCUP: Aerodynamic Alliance Dominates Charlotte Qualfiying In RAD's First Test ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: David Green Testing for a Win

NASCAR WCUP: David Green Testing for a Win

NASCAR WCUP: David Green Testing for a Win ... Continue reading

Nation's First Heavy-Duty Hybrid Electric Truck to Debut At CARB Meeting

Nation's First Heavy-Duty Hybrid Electric Truck to Debut At CARB Meeting

The nation's first hybrid-electric heavy-duty Class 8 truck rolled out at a meeting of the California Air Resources Board Thursday, pushing the leading edge of clean technologies for heavy-duty vehicles ... Continue reading

NHRA FMDRS Results Friday from Atlanta

NHRA FMDRS Results Friday from Atlanta

NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL Results from Atlanta ... Continue reading

RALLY: Rally Argentina Report

RALLY: Rally Argentina Report

RALLY: Rally Argentina Report ... Continue reading

Rankin Automotive Group Announces Year End Earnings

Rankin Automotive Group Announces Year End Earnings

The fiscal year ended February 25, 1999 will without a doubt prove to be a landmark year, the quantum leap for Rankin Automotive Group, Inc. ... Continue reading

RSAC Scottish Rally

RSAC Scottish Rally

RSAC Scottish Rally ... Continue reading

Standard Products Initiates Naturalization Project in Stratford

Standard Products Initiates Naturalization Project in Stratford

Standard Products (Canada) Limited will launch a naturalization project today at the company's plant at 703 Douro Street in Stratford, together with The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and the Civic Beautification and Environmental Awareness Committee of Stratford. ... Continue reading

Team Chicago Challenge

Team Chicago Challenge

The Auto Channel--Team Chicago Challenge ... Continue reading

Team Chicago Challenge

Team Chicago Challenge

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Ultradata Systems, Inc.'s Patent Approved to Link Auto Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Radar Detectors

Ultradata Systems, Inc.'s Patent Approved to Link Auto Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Radar Detectors

ST. LOUIS, May 27 -- Ultradata Systems, Inc., the leader in handheld direction, location and information products powered by its patented data compression technology and proprietary database, received an announcement from the U.S. patent office that it has received a patent which Ultradata expects will significantly ad ... Continue reading

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Anderson

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Anderson

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Anderson ... Continue reading

Whit Bazemore & Etchells Racing Ready for Chicago

Whit Bazemore & Etchells Racing Ready for Chicago

Fwd: Chuck Etchells Racing Pre-Chicago Release ... Continue reading

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