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Tuesday, September 7, 1999

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces New Wheel Bearing Hub Business

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces New Wheel Bearing Hub Business

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. has announced that it will begin production in December 1999 of four new wheel bearing hubs and races for a new customer, SKF. ... Continue reading

American Honda to Use Ariba Business-to-Business-Commerce Solution

American Honda to Use Ariba Business-to-Business-Commerce Solution

Ariba, Inc. announced that American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has signed an agreement to use the Ariba(R) eCommerce solution and the Ariba Network(TM) service for the company's electronic accounting and purchasing needs. ... Continue reading

ARCA: Chad Guinn Takes Owosso ARCA Trucks

ARCA: Chad Guinn Takes Owosso ARCA Trucks

Chad Guinn Takes Owosso ARCA Trucks ... Continue reading

Auto Allies and AAA Carolinas Announce Partnership

Auto Allies and AAA Carolinas Announce Partnership

Auto Allies announced an agreement with AAA Carolinas that will provide a new way for auto buyers and sellers in the Carolinas to find, buy and list vehicles using the Internet. ... Continue reading

CART: Montoya takes Molson Indy Vancouver for seventh win of season

CART: Montoya takes Molson Indy Vancouver for seventh win of season

CART: Montoya takes Molson Indy Vancouver for seventh win of season ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Gibbons repeats CARQUEST 300 dominance and wins National championship

CASCAR: Gibbons repeats CARQUEST 300 dominance and wins National championship

CASCAR Castrol Super Series / CARQUEST 300 results / Gibbons wins race and Nat'l title ... Continue reading

Circuit City Stores, Inc. Estimates 52 Percent EPS Increase

Circuit City Stores, Inc. Estimates 52 Percent EPS Increase

Circuit City Stores, Inc. announced that it expects a second quarter earnings per share increase of approximately 52% for the Circuit City business and reported record August 1999 and second quarter sales for the company. ... Continue reading

Corporate Advertising Campaign Highlights Toyota Around The World

Corporate Advertising Campaign Highlights Toyota Around The World

Toyota Motor Corporate Services of North America has launched three new corporate ads focusing on Toyota's operations in California, the UK and Argentina. ... Continue reading

Delphi-Manufactured Batteries Help Vehicle Win Sunrayce 99

Delphi-Manufactured Batteries Help Vehicle Win Sunrayce 99

In the Sunrayce 99 solar vehicle competition held this summer, 10 of 29 college and university teams who finished the race, including the winning team, used absorbent glass-mat technology lead-acid batteries manufactured by Delphi Automotive Systems. ... Continue reading

Ford and EEOC Announce Conciliation Agreement in Chicago

Ford and EEOC Announce Conciliation Agreement in Chicago

Ford Motor Company and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the signing of a voluntary conciliation agreement regarding charges of sexual and racial harassment at the company's two Chicago area plants. ... Continue reading

Ford Focus Live Commercials Debut on MTV's Video Music Awards September 9

Ford Focus Live Commercials Debut on MTV's Video Music Awards September 9

Ford Motor Company will launch the biggest live television ad campaign in history Thursday, Sept. 9 during the MTV Video Music Awards. ... Continue reading

George Jones Named Ceo of AC Tech

George Jones Named Ceo of AC Tech

George M. Jones was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Chemistry and Technology, Inc., an operating unit of PBT Brands, Inc. Mr. Jones succeeds Dean M. Willard, who will continue as AC Tech's Board Chairman. ... Continue reading

High Strength Steel Sheet is Fastest Growing Lightweight Material

High Strength Steel Sheet is Fastest Growing Lightweight Material

During the past two decades, automakers' use of high strength and ultra high strength steel has outpaced the growth rate of aluminum by 13 percent, making it the fastest growing automotive lightweighting material. ... Continue reading

Hooters ProCup: Gill sizzles in the Jackaroo Sauces 250 at USA International

Hooters ProCup: Gill sizzles in the Jackaroo Sauces 250 at USA International

Gill sizzles in the Jackaroo Sauces 250 at USA International ... Continue reading

Indy NHRA Chevy 2nd Round Notes

Indy NHRA Chevy 2nd Round Notes

Indy NHRA Chevy 2nd Round Notes ... Continue reading

Indy NHRA Chevy PS/PST Sunday Notes

Indy NHRA Chevy PS/PST Sunday Notes

Indy NHRA Chevy PS/PST Sun Notes ... Continue reading

JM&A Group to Offer 'Excess Wear and Tear' Protection For Leased Vehicles

JM&A Group to Offer 'Excess Wear and Tear' Protection For Leased Vehicles

With the automotive industry increasingly focused on customer satisfaction and retention, JM&A Group is launching a new protection plan for automotive dealers to recommend to their customers entering new vehicle lease agreements. ... Continue reading

MSC.Software Launches MSC.NASTRAN for Linux

MSC.Software Launches MSC.NASTRAN for Linux

MSC.Software Corp, the world's leading developer of simulation software, announced the launch of MSC.NASTRAN for use on the Linux operating system. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Rain Gives Park Positions It Took Away At Last Darlington Visit

NASCAR WCUP: Rain Gives Park Positions It Took Away At Last Darlington Visit

Rain Gives Park Positions It Took Away At Last Darlington Visit ... Continue reading

National Instruments Acquires German Automotive Software Company

National Instruments Acquires German Automotive Software Company

National Instruments Germany GmbH announced that it has acquired GfS Systemtechnik GmbH & Co.KG (Aachen, Germany), and related subsidiaries. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Kessinger MotorSports Adds Third S-10

NHRA: Kessinger MotorSports Adds Third S-10

NHRA: Kessinger M'Sports Adds Third S-10 ... Continue reading

NHRA: Mike Coughlin Wins PST at Indy NHRA

NHRA: Mike Coughlin Wins PST at Indy NHRA

Mike Coughlin Wins PST at Indy NHRA ... Continue reading

NHRA: Mike Coughlin Win The US Nationals

NHRA: Mike Coughlin Win The US Nationals

Mike Coughlin Win The US Nationals ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield

USAC: MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield ... Continue reading

USAC: MCI WorldCom Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield

USAC: MCI WorldCom Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield

USAC: MCI WorldCom Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield ... Continue reading

Women Are Applying Make-Up and Men Are Shaving While Commuting

Women Are Applying Make-Up and Men Are Shaving While Commuting

Vanity is alive and well for both sexes on America's roadways. A new national survey by Farmers Insurance Group reveals that both men and women are getting clean, close shaves and applying make-up while commuting to work. ... Continue reading

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