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Friday, July 4, 2003

A Lesson For Americans On This July 4th

A Lesson For Americans On This July 4th

by Mike Dalka, US Flag.org My Grandfather was a glider infantryman in WWII, an advisor in Korea, and lost one of his sons, my uncle Gary Edwards, in Vietnam. I worked in his auto repair station during high school and he flew his flag in front daily. One day while I was sweeping the oil dry out of the bays it began to s ... Continue reading

Pruett Fastest in Cleveland Final Practice

Pruett Fastest in Cleveland Final Practice

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 4, 2003 PRUETT FASTEST IN CLEVELAND FINAL PRACTICE ICLEVELAND ‹ After earning the pole Thursday for Friday¹s Trans-Am on the Tarmac, Round 6 of the 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup, Scot ... Continue reading

Chevy Bullet Points: Kansas IRL

Chevy Bullet Points: Kansas IRL

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing Bowtie Bullet Points: Chevrolet Notes for the Kansas Indy 300 Kansas Indy 300 Kansas Speedway Round 8 of 16, Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Sunday, July 6, 2003 * Racing Around While Chevrolet's In ... Continue reading

GM RACING--CHEVY POISED FOR MILESTONE AT DAYTONA

GM RACING--CHEVY POISED FOR MILESTONE AT DAYTONA

Contact: Ron Lemasters Jr. GM Racing Communications r.lemasters@att.net (704) 792-1801 office (704) 236-9831 cell For more information: media.gm.com STANDING ON 399-CHEVROLET POISED FOR MILESTONE AT DAYTONA Daytona Beach, Fla., July 4, 2003 - When Saturday night's Pepsi 400 winds down, chances are a Chevrolet is going ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-French GP-1st Qualifying

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-French GP-1st Qualifying

French Grand Prix - FIRST QUALIFYING 4th July 2003 Weather: Overcast, wet track drying out. Temp: 18°C Air, 19°C Track Magny-Cours (FRA). Both the drivers of the BMW WilliamsF1 Team had to run the First Qualifying session of the French Grand Prix under difficult conditions. Following a wet morning, the track started ... Continue reading

Yamaha Motor Publishes 2003 Environmental Activities Report - In Pursuit of Sustainable Development

Yamaha Motor Publishes 2003 Environmental Activities Report - In Pursuit of Sustainable Development

JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> Yamaha Motor Publishes 2003 Environmental Activities Report - In Pursuit of Sustainable Development Tokyo, Japan, July. 04, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (YMC) has published the Yamaha 2003 Environmental Activities Report -- In Pursuit of Sustainable De ... Continue reading

SHANE LEWIS RACES TO SECOND IN GUNNAR PORSCHE AT DAYTONA

SHANE LEWIS RACES TO SECOND IN GUNNAR PORSCHE AT DAYTONA

SHANE LEWIS RACES TO SECOND IN GUNNAR PORSCHE AT DAYTONA DAYTONA, Fla., July 4, 2003 - Shane Lewis raced to second in GTS class, seventh overall, in the Paul Revere 250 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), which started late in the evening, July 3rd, and ended early in the morning, July 4th. Lewis, of Jupiter, Fla. ... Continue reading

NHTSA Publishes List of May 2003 Recalls

NHTSA Publishes List of May 2003 Recalls

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today released a list of auto safety recalls announced in May 2003 and urged consumers to have the problems fixed promptly. This list identifies the make and model of the vehicle or equipment involved, with a brief description of the safety problem. NHTSA said ... Continue reading

LA Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Slow Slide - Everrything is Relative

LA Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Slow Slide - Everrything is Relative

LOS ANGELES July 4, 2003; Gasoline prices, which began declining two weeks ago, continued their slide last week as Southland motorists prepare for the Independence Day holiday, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoli ... Continue reading

NEC Electronics Develops GPS Chipset for Mobile Applications with Three-mode Positioning System

NEC Electronics Develops GPS Chipset for Mobile Applications with Three-mode Positioning System

JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> NEC Electronics Develops GPS Chipset for Mobile Applications with Three-mode Positioning System Tokyo, Japan, July. 04, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Electronics Corporation today announced that it has developed a new signal processing device (uPD77534) and an RF/IF down ... Continue reading

Nitto Americas Has Agreed to Acquire Elan Transdermal Technologies, Inc.

Nitto Americas Has Agreed to Acquire Elan Transdermal Technologies, Inc.

MIRAMAR, Fla.--July 3, 2003--Nitto Americas, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Nitto Denko, has agreed to acquire 100% of the stock of Elan Transdermal Technologies, Inc. ("ETT"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elan Corporation, plc , a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. ETT is a full ... Continue reading

Rexhall Industries, Inc. Announcing Resignation of Frank A. Visco, Board Member

Rexhall Industries, Inc. Announcing Resignation of Frank A. Visco, Board Member

LANCASTER, Calif.--July 3, 2003--Rexhall Industries, Inc. today announced the resignation of Frank A. Visco as a member of Rexhall's board of directors. "After four years on Rexhall's board, we find ourselves at what appears to be Rexhall's most exciting time," stated Frank Visco, "with Rexhall's new T-Rex Double & Wid ... Continue reading

Sloe and Total ID Solutions Ready for Hometown Round

Sloe and Total ID Solutions Ready for Hometown Round

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 3, 2003 SLOE AND TOTAL ID SOLUTIONS READY FOR HOMETOWN RUN CLEVELAND ‹Newbury, Ohio native Tom Sloe will compete in his first Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup event of 2003 tomorrow, during the Tr ... Continue reading

Nissan North America Announces New Sales and Marketing Leadership

Nissan North America Announces New Sales and Marketing Leadership

CARSON, Calif.--July 3, 2003--Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced several executive appointments, effective July 20, 2003, to maintain the momentum of Nissan and Infiniti sales and marketing gains during upcoming product launches under the NISSAN 180 plan. "As we continue our aggressive product launches fo ... Continue reading

Johnny Miller Looks For Win In Cleveland

Johnny Miller Looks For Win In Cleveland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johnny Miller Looks To Regain Points Lead With Cleveland Win Cleveland- Johnny Miller in the No. 64 Eaton Cutler-Hammer Jaguar XKR, currently second in the points for the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, earned the outside pole for Friday&#8217;s US Bank Presents the Cleveland Grand P ... Continue reading

GM RACING NOTES & QUOTES--DAYTONA QUALIFYING

GM RACING NOTES & QUOTES--DAYTONA QUALIFYING

Contact: Kirk Weeks krkweeks@cs.com GM Racing Communications (317) 843-5443 (office) (317) 506-0010 (cell) For more information: media.gm.com Contact: Ron Lemasters Jr. GM Racing Communications r.lemasters@att.net (704) 792-1801 (office) (704) 236-9831 (cell) For more information: media.gm.com GM RACING WINSTON CUP NOT ... Continue reading

Luis Diaz Second @ Cleveland Prov. Qual

Luis Diaz Second @ Cleveland Prov. Qual

LUIS DIAZ SECOND FASTEST IN PROVISIONAL QUALIFYING AT CLEVELAND Kyle Krisiloff 11th After First Day CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 3, 2003) - - It was a typical summer day in Cleveland - hot, oppressively muggy, and perfect for Luis Diaz to re-establish his presence in the Toyota Atlantic Championship as a force to reckon. Desp ... Continue reading

Mazda and Isuzu Agree on OEM Supply of Isuzu Small Truck

Mazda and Isuzu Agree on OEM Supply of Isuzu Small Truck

JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> Mazda and Isuzu Agree on OEM Supply of Isuzu Small Truck Tokyo, Japan, July. 04, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation and Isuzu Motors Limited have signed a basic agreement on OEM supply of the Isuzu "Elf" small truck series to Mazda. Mazda will sell the vehi ... Continue reading

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