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Saturday, May 3, 2003

Tracy keeps truckin', wins provisional pole

Tracy keeps truckin', wins provisional pole

WEST KINGSDOWN, England May 3, 2003; The AP reported that Paul Tracy is on the verge of becoming the first CART driver to win the first four races of the season. Tracy won the provisional pole Saturday for the London Champ Car Trophy, securing a spot on the front row for Monday's race. Tracy turned a fast lap of 37.006 ... Continue reading

Saturday CART Qualifying Report from UK

Saturday CART Qualifying Report from UK

CART points leader Paul Tracy tops first-day Champ Car World Series qualifying on tricky Brands Hatch circuit. BRANDS HATCH, England (May 3, 2003) -- In the last three seasons, nearly 50 percent of the races (30 of 62) in the CART Champ Car World Series have been won by front-row starters -- a fact that is apparently n ... Continue reading

Team Player's Saturday CART Report From UK

Team Player's Saturday CART Report From UK

Last-lap heroics propel Team Player's driver Paul Tracy to provisional pole win in Brands Hatch qualifying. Kent, England, May 3, 2003 As he has done throughout the early part of the Champ Car World Series season, Team Player's driver Paul Tracy demonstrated a flair for the dramatic Saturday in recording the fastest ti ... Continue reading

Team Rahal Saturday Report From UK

Team Rahal Saturday Report From UK

Jourdain ninth on first day at historic Brands Hatch WEST KINGSDOWN, KENT . . .. Team Rahal's Gigante driver Michel Jourdain Jr. claimed ninth on the provisional grid as the CART Champ Car World Series made its debut on the world famous Brands Hatch track. Jourdain, looking to continue his run of top-five starts in the ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson uses Friday's single session to place Third midway through Atlanta qualifying

NHRA Friday: Kurt Johnson uses Friday's single session to place Third midway through Atlanta qualifying

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson uses Friday's single session to place Third midway through Atlanta qualifying Event: Twenty-third Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals Presented by Pontiac Location: Atlanta Dr ... Continue reading

NHRA Friday: The First Day of Qualifying in Atlanta Finds Warren Johnson Eighth

NHRA Friday: The First Day of Qualifying in Atlanta Finds Warren Johnson Eighth

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Friday Qualifying Results The First Day of Qualifying in Atlanta Finds Warren Johnson Eighth Event: Twenty-Third Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals Presented by Pontiac Location: Atlanta Dragway Commerce, GA Day/D ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying from Mission Raceway Park

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying from Mission Raceway Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION MISSION RACEWAY PARK FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003 JOHNSON & AUSTIN TOP QUALIFIERS AT MISSION MISSION, B.C. - Time trials and qualifying kicked off at the Lordco Auto Parts B.C. Nationals with Brandon Johnson and Bucky Austin leading their fields after ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying from Heartland Park Topeka

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying from Heartland Park Topeka

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003 Lucas and Branch lead opening rounds of qualifying TOPEKA, Kan. - NHRA's West Central Division opened its NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka for their first of s ... Continue reading

Bazemore takes Matco Tools Dodge to No. 3 in Atlanta qualifying

Bazemore takes Matco Tools Dodge to No. 3 in Atlanta qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 7 of 23 SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS Atlanta Dragway Commerce, Ga. Saturday, May 3, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501, cell 203-243-2438 DEFENDING ATLANTA FUNNY CAR CHAMPION BAZEMORE NO. 3 IN QUALIFYING COMMERCE, Ga. (May 3, 2003) -- ... Continue reading

AAA Honors Safety Patrollers Who Save Lives, Keep Our Kids Safe

AAA Honors Safety Patrollers Who Save Lives, Keep Our Kids Safe

WASHINGTON--May 3, 2003--On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 108 minutes - and children are among the most vulnerable, according to recent government statistics. Occasionally, however, someone makes a heroic, split second decision to take a child out of harm's way. AAA's 2003 Life Savers Award r ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: Kurt Johnson Will Start from the Third Spot in Atlanta

NHRA Saturday: Kurt Johnson Will Start from the Third Spot in Atlanta

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Will Start from the Third Spot in Atlanta Event: Twenty-third Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals Presented by Pontiac Location: Atlanta Dragway Commerce, GA Day/Date: Saturday ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: Warren Johnson Slots Sixth for his Home Race in Atlanta

NHRA Saturday: Warren Johnson Slots Sixth for his Home Race in Atlanta

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results Warren Johnson Slots Sixth for his Home Race in Atlanta Event: Twenty-Third Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals Presented by Pontiac Location: Atlanta Dragway Commerce, GA Day/Date: Saturda ... Continue reading

Scelzi No. 4 Qualifier in Oakley Dodge in Atlanta

Scelzi No. 4 Qualifier in Oakley Dodge in Atlanta

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 7 of 23 SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS Atlanta Dragway Commerce, Ga. Saturday, May 3, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501, cell 203-243-2438 SCELZI NO. 4 IN ATLANTA QUALIFYING COMMERCE, Ga. (May 3, 2003) -- Gary Scelzi put his Oakley Tim ... Continue reading

Mopar Saturday Qualifying Notes

Mopar Saturday Qualifying Notes

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 23rd Annual Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals Atlanta Dragway Saturday Qualifying Notes & Quotes Five Mopars in The Show; Scelzi Notches His Best Qualifying Slot of Season Commerce, Ga. (May 3, 2003) ­ Mopar teams rebounded strongly in today¹s final qualifyi ... Continue reading

Oakley's Cannon will start No. 10 in Atlanta

Oakley's Cannon will start No. 10 in Atlanta

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 7 of 23 SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS Atlanta Dragway Commerce, Ga. Saturday, May 3, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501, cell 203-2438 CANNON WILL START 10TH AT ATLANTA DRAGWAY COMMERCE, Ga. (May 3, 2003) -- Only three rounds of qualif ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Saturday Qualifying from Heartland Park Topeka

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Saturday Qualifying from Heartland Park Topeka

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2003 Defending champ Bradshaw takes over lead in Top Alcohol Dragster TOPEKA, Kan. - In the final rounds of qualifying at the NHRA West Central Division's Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, being held ... Continue reading

Saturday's AMA Racing Postponed at Infineon Raceway

Saturday's AMA Racing Postponed at Infineon Raceway

Contact: John Cardinale Infineon Raceway (707) 938-8448 X107 Saturday’s AMA Racing Postponed Because of Wet Track Conditions RACE FANS HAVE THREE WAYS TO REDEEM TICKETS SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) — AMA and track officials postponed all racing on Saturday at the AMA Supercuts Superbike Challenge beca ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-New Merchandising Collection

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-New Merchandising Collection

Presentation of the new BMW WilliamsF1 Team collection in Barcelona. Barcelona (ESP), 2nd May 2003. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team present their latest merchandising collection on Barcelona¹s Montjuic hill today, Friday, with a glamorous show featuring international stars of the fashion world such as top model Nadja Auermann ... Continue reading

SEMA's Battle for Wheel Standards Rolls Into Venezuela

SEMA's Battle for Wheel Standards Rolls Into Venezuela

DIAMOND BAR, Calif., May 2 -- SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, has taken its campaign to protect specialty equipment markets worldwide to Venezuela where, in a disturbing development, the government has imposed new requirements on custom wheels sold in that country. The new standard is so restrictive t ... Continue reading

CITGO Oil Company Announces First Quarter 2003 Profits Way Up!

CITGO Oil Company Announces First Quarter 2003 Profits Way Up!

TULSA, Okla., May 2 -- CITGO Petroleum Corporation today reported net income of $140 million for the first quarter of 2003 compared with a net loss of ($16) million for the first quarter of 2002. Operating income (income before interest and income taxes) for the first quarter of 2003 was $243 million, compared with an ... Continue reading

Ex-Car Dealer Now Tarheel Politico, Helps Pass Anti-Aftermarket Pro-Dealership Parts Bill

Ex-Car Dealer Now Tarheel Politico, Helps Pass Anti-Aftermarket Pro-Dealership Parts Bill

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 2 -- "Some in the North Carolina General Assembly should remember why we're fighting in Iraq -- to give those citizens the right to have the same freedoms as Americans, such as 'consumer choice without intimidation.' Obviously, House Insurance Committee Chairman Hugh Holliman (D-Davidson County) an ... Continue reading

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