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Saturday, October 9, 2004

dodge cup notes from Cooper Banquet 400

dodge cup notes from Cooper Banquet 400

Kansas Speedway Ray Cooper Banquet 400 ADVANCE. Clear!Blue Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004. 704-975-3232 RYAN NEWMAN (No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge) HOW DO YOU STACK UP FOR THE CHASE AFTER THE FIRST 3 RACES? "There's a 159-point deficit. ... Continue reading

Scelzi powers to fifth in Reading qualifying

Scelzi powers to fifth in Reading qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2004 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES ROUND 21 OF 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY READING, PA. RAIN-POSTPONED RACE DATES: OCT. 8-10, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 SCELZI POWERS TO FIFTH IN READING QUALIFYING READING, Pa. (Oct. 9, ... Continue reading

CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES BANQUET 400 - ADVANCE KANSAS SPEEDWAY

CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES BANQUET 400 - ADVANCE KANSAS SPEEDWAY

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES BANQUET 400 - ADVANCE KANSAS SPEEDWAY October 9, 2004 TONY STEWART, NO. 20 HOME DEPOT CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO - was today's NEXTEL Wake-up call guest. In three races at K ... Continue reading

Nemechek Wins Close NASCAR Busch Race

Nemechek Wins Close NASCAR Busch Race

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Oct 9, 2004; Steve Brisendine writing for the AP reported that Joe Nemechek kept Tony Stewart winless in the NASCAR (news - web sites) Busch Series, then earned his first victory of the season in the series' closest race this year. Stewart, who has a Winston Cup championship and an Indy Racing League ... Continue reading

Bazemore qualifies 12h in Reading

Bazemore qualifies 12h in Reading

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2004 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES ROUND 21 OF 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY READING, PA. RAIN-POSTPONED RACE DATES: OCT. 8-10, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE TAKES NO. 12 IN FINAL READING QUALIFYING READING, Pa. (Oct ... Continue reading

Gray qualifies 11th in Reading, faces Worsham in first round

Gray qualifies 11th in Reading, faces Worsham in first round

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2004 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES ROUND 21 OF 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY READING, PA. RAIN-POSTPONED RACE DATES: OCT. 8-10, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 GRAY QUALIFIES 11TH, FACES WORSHAM IN FIRST ROUND READING, Pa. (Oct ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon Qualifies Ninth at Maple Grove

Tony Pedregon Qualifies Ninth at Maple Grove

Quaker State Racing Funny Car Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Maple Grove Raceway -- Mohnton, Pa. Final Qualifying Notes & Quotes Tony Pedregon Moves Up To Ninth Will Face Brother Cruz in Tomorrow¹s Opening Round MOHNTON, Pa. (Oct. 9, 2004) ­ Tony Pedregon, driver of the Quaker State Racing Monte Car ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: KJ Slides Into the 16th Starting Position in Reading

NHRA Saturday: KJ Slides Into the 16th Starting Position in Reading

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results Kurt Johnson Slides Into the 16th Starting Position in Reading Event: 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Location: Maple Grove Raceway Reading, PA Day/Date: Saturday October 9, 2004 Entering the second day ... Continue reading

Setember smart Sales Skyrocket by 33 percent in September

Setember smart Sales Skyrocket by 33 percent in September

Böblingen, 10/08/2004 - Boosted by strong demand for the new smart forfour four-seater, sales of smart cars jumped in September by 33 percent to 14,100 units. During the first nine months of the year as a whole, smart delivered 98,300 automobiles to customers, up 19 percent on the figure for the same period in 2003. D ... Continue reading

IHRA Pre Race: Harold Martin Set to Adapt and Overcome In Norwalk

IHRA Pre Race: Harold Martin Set to Adapt and Overcome In Norwalk

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Team ACDelco IHRA Pre-Race Fact Sheet Harold Martin, Owner/Driver ACDelco Pro Modified Pontiac Grand Am Event: 27th Annual IHRA Sunoco World Nationals, the eleventh event of the 12-race, 2004 IHRA Hooters Drag Racing Series. Location ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Drag Racing Series -- Friday from Famoso Raceway

NHRA Summit Drag Racing Series -- Friday from Famoso Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION FINALS FAMOSO RACEWAY, BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. FRIDAY, OCT. 8, 2004 Contact: George Phillips 626-327-0480 SHEARER, SEIPEL, SHAVER WIN JACKPOT TITLES AT FAMOSO RACEWAY BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Bakersfield's Ray Shearer, the 2004 Famoso Raceway track champion, w ... Continue reading

GM Delivers Hybrid Buses To San Joaquin County

GM Delivers Hybrid Buses To San Joaquin County

Hybrid Buses Save Up To 60% On Fuel, Reduce Emissions By Up To 90% STOCKTON, Calif.- San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) set a great environmental example this week by adding two hybrid buses to its mass transit fleet. San Joaquin County joins the growing ranks of communities investing in transit buses powered ... Continue reading

Customers Who Purchase New GM Vans Equipped With Mobility Technology To Get Free OnStar

Customers Who Purchase New GM Vans Equipped With Mobility Technology To Get Free OnStar

DETROIT October 7, 2004; GM today announced that customers who purchase a new 2005 crossover sport van and have it equipped with a Sit-N-Lifttm seat or upfitted with aftermarket mobility equipment will receive three years of OnStar safety and security services. "GM recognizes that family caregivers, seniors, and people ... Continue reading

Matt Pritiko joins Sunoco Team Ultra 94

Matt Pritiko joins Sunoco Team Ultra 94

For immediate release; October 8, 2004 Pritiko to joins Sunoco's Team Ultra 94 Matt Pritiko picked to join Sunoco's Team Ultra 94 in 2005 Bridgestone Academy F2000 series MOSPORT, ONTARIO London karter Matt Pritiko has taken a huge step forward in his dream to be a car racer. On October 8, Pritiko attended the Sunoco R ... Continue reading

Nemechek Wins Kansas Pole - Oct. 8

Nemechek Wins Kansas Pole - Oct. 8

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES BANQUET 400 - QUALIFYING KANSAS SPEEDWAY October 8, 2004 JOE NEMECHEK, NO. 01 U.S. ARMY CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO - Bud Pole Winner: POST-QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLI ... Continue reading

Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star

Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star

October 8, 2004 For immediate release; Di Leo, Pritiko and Wickens join Sunoco's Team Ultra 94! Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star Wheels Evaluation Day moves three more drivers up to cars MOSPORT, ONTARIO "This is the hardest it has been yet," Ron Fellows said of the choices of Markham's ... Continue reading

CertifiedFirst Network Offers Useful Tips

CertifiedFirst Network Offers Useful Tips

Were you aware of the fact that the average driver is involved in a collision once every seven years? With that in mind, it pays to be well-informed and to know what to ask for and look for whenever your vehicle needs collision repair. In the current issue of the Car Care Newspaper Supplement, the CertifiedFirst Networ ... Continue reading

Honda Battle of the Bands All Set to Kick-Off

Honda Battle of the Bands All Set to Kick-Off

HBCU Marching Bands Compete for Coveted Slots in Annual Invitational Showcase at the Georgia Dome TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 31 -- As this year's college football season begins, the highly-anticipated Honda Battle of the Bands program also kicks into high gear. For the third consecutive year, 41 Historically Black Colleges ... Continue reading

Newstream.com Digest: Break a Bad Habit -- Not Your Budget, Michelin PAX System Curbs Tire Blow-Outs and Flats, and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

Newstream.com Digest: Break a Bad Habit -- Not Your Budget, Michelin PAX System Curbs Tire Blow-Outs and Flats, and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists

NEW YORK--Oct. 8, 2004--Newstream.com Digest ------------------------------------------------ How to Break a Bad Habit Without Breaking Your Budget Each year, millions of people promise themselves they'll break a bad habit. Whether it's smoking a last cigarette or drinking that final Frappuccino, following through is a ... Continue reading

Preparations Underway for SEC Filing and AMEX Application

Preparations Underway for SEC Filing and AMEX Application

BELLEVUE, Wash.--Oct. 8, 2004--Bellevue-Washington based Evader, Inc (www.evader.us.) (NASD.OTC:EVDR), the maker of electric high-performance vehicles powered by their leading-edge proprietary technology announced that the Seattle firm of Peterson Sullivan has been retained to conduct the audit of the company's financi ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon Starts Maple Grove Weekend 10th

Tony Pedregon Starts Maple Grove Weekend 10th

Quaker State Racing Funny Car Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Maple Grove Raceway -- Mohnton, Pa. Friday Qualifying Notes & Quotes Tony Pedregon Start Maple Grove Weekend 10th Quaker State Racing Readies for Saturday¹s Sessions MOHNTON, Pa. (Oct. 8, 2004) ­ Quaker State Racing Monte Carlo Nitro Funny ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Opens Weekend in Eighth

Cruz Pedregon Opens Weekend in Eighth

Advance Auto Parts Racing Nitro Funny Car Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Maple Grove Raceway ­ Mohnton, Pa. Friday Qualifying Notes & Quotes Cruz Pedregon Opens Weekend In Eighth Top Half of the Field Qualifying Effort On Tap for Tomorrow MOHNTON, Pa. (Oct. 8, 2004) ­ Cruz Pedregon, driver of the Ad ... Continue reading

2005 Nissan Maxima Creates Urban Meltdown in New York and Los Angeles; Nissan Displays Unique Street Scenes as Extension of Maxima's ``Hotness'' Campaign

2005 Nissan Maxima Creates Urban Meltdown in New York and Los Angeles; Nissan Displays Unique Street Scenes as Extension of Maxima's ``Hotness'' Campaign

GARDENA, Calif.--Oct. 8, 2004--New York pedestrians may feel an overwhelming sense of heat today when walking through Manhattan's SoHo district. No, it's not summer again, but an innovative marketing technique Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) designed to capture the attention of consumers. Starting today, the 2005 Maxi ... Continue reading

American Capital Invests $24 Million in Buyout of Leading Designer, Manufacturer of Specialty Molds & Precision Products

American Capital Invests $24 Million in Buyout of Leading Designer, Manufacturer of Specialty Molds & Precision Products

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 8 -- American Capital Strategies Ltd. announced today it has invested $24 million in the buyout of Weber Manufacturing Limited ("Weber"), a Midland, Ontario based designer and manufacturer of large-cavity specialty molds and precision products for the automotive, aerospace and building products indu ... Continue reading

Apogee Enterprises Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend 4 Percent to $0.0625 Per Share

Apogee Enterprises Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend 4 Percent to $0.0625 Per Share

MINNEAPOLIS--Oct. 8, 2004--The Board of Directors of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. announced it has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.0625 per share, payable November 10, 2004 to shareholders of record October 27, 2004. The dividend of $0.0625 per share represents an increase of 4 percent from the previous qu ... Continue reading

Audi of America, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall on 1998 and 1999 A6 2.8 Sedans in Cold Weather States

Audi of America, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall on 1998 and 1999 A6 2.8 Sedans in Cold Weather States

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 8 -- Audi of America, Inc. today announced that it is voluntarily recalling 28,363 A6s in the U.S. from model years 1998 and 1999. All 1998-1999 model year Audi A6 vehicles equipped with a 2.8L V6 five-valve engine and automatic transmission that are registered in cold weather states are inclu ... Continue reading

Company Profile for Platinum Warranty Corporation

Company Profile for Platinum Warranty Corporation

--Platinum Warranty Corporation, established in 1985, offers insurance companies, car dealerships, banks and credit unions the opportunity to increase traffic and sales volume through the marketing of financial and insurance services, such as financing, extended warranties, legal services plans, gap insurance, emergenc ... Continue reading

Famous Taxi Transformed Into Driving Political Force

Famous Taxi Transformed Into Driving Political Force

ASPEN, Colo., Oct. 8 -- The Ultimate Taxi, the world famous 1978 yellow Checker taxi, transformed by cabbie Jon Barnes into an Aspen, Colorado tourist attraction, has turned the car and the 6,000-page web site built from the taxi, into a rolling political action committee supporting John Kerry for President. Barnes beg ... Continue reading

Forbes.com Again Ranks OEConnection as an Internet Leader

Forbes.com Again Ranks OEConnection as an Internet Leader

Honored as "Best of the Web" 4 Consecutive Years RICHFIELD, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- OEConnection LLC, an industry leader offering web-based solutions that serve the supply chain, order management, and data mining and reporting arenas of the automotive industry, has again been named a leader among Internet based, business-to-bu ... Continue reading

Mile Marker International, Inc. Announces New Military Contract

Mile Marker International, Inc. Announces New Military Contract

POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--Oct. 8, 2004--Mile Marker International, Inc. (OTCBB:MMRK), a specialty vehicle parts supplier, announced the receipt of an additional major contract from the U.S. military for up to a maximum of 1,200 of its unique patented hydraulic winch/bumper assemblies worth up to $3,151,200. Mile Marker Inte ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation: Preliminary Evaluation of Expenses Related to Quality-Enhancing Measures and Recall Campaigns

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation: Preliminary Evaluation of Expenses Related to Quality-Enhancing Measures and Recall Campaigns

* Extraordinary impact on the Commercial Vehicles Division's operating profit expected to amount to around euro 400 million in the third quarter 2004 -- more than compensated for by very positive results in other business units within the Division * Operating profit of the Commercial Vehicles Division expected to clear ... Continue reading

Napster Announces 2005 Supercross/Motocross Team Sponsorship

Napster Announces 2005 Supercross/Motocross Team Sponsorship

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 -- Today Napster(R), a division of Roxio , announced it has teamed with Factory Connection Racing, Inc., in an innovative new partnership that will combine the world's biggest brand in digital music with one of the country's premier Supercross and Motocross teams. To launch the alliance, Napster has ... Continue reading

NMDA Finalizes Partnership with Wildside Software; Recruitment of Motorcycle Rental Operators On Target; MBAH to Limit Issuance of Shares on Open Market

NMDA Finalizes Partnership with Wildside Software; Recruitment of Motorcycle Rental Operators On Target; MBAH to Limit Issuance of Shares on Open Market

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--Oct. 8, 2004--Integral to the National Motorcycle Dealers Association's (NMDA) successful implementation of rental program services has been the development of our proprietary software suite, Road Master(C). The blue chip participation of a soon to be announced leading insurer backing the NMDA's rent ... Continue reading

Road Haulage Association Urges Fuel Price Action - Introduce a Temporary Fuel Duty De-escalator Now!

Road Haulage Association Urges Fuel Price Action - Introduce a Temporary Fuel Duty De-escalator Now!

WEYBRIDGE, England, October 8 -- With world oil prices exceeding US$50 a barrel, the RHA has urged the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take action to contain the price of diesel fuel. "The UK is the only country in the EU to charge more tax on diesel than on petrol, yet the nation's goods are moved by trucks," said RHA ... Continue reading

Sika Automotive Names Drs. Hoefflin and Kow to New Research and Development Positions

Sika Automotive Names Drs. Hoefflin and Kow to New Research and Development Positions

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 8 -- Sika Automotive has announced Dr. Frank Hoefflin will assume the position of Vice President, Research and Development for Sika's Madison Heights facility and Dr. Cheong Kow will assume the position of Sika Fellow of Acoustic and Material Science. Steve Rosenberg, Senior Vice President ... Continue reading

UAW and Axle Alliance to Hold Joint News Conference Monday, Oct. 11

UAW and Axle Alliance to Hold Joint News Conference Monday, Oct. 11

New investment, jobs for Metro Detroit The UAW and Axle Alliance Co., a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, will hold a joint news conference at 9:00 a.m., Monday, Oct. 11 at UAW Solidarity House to announce a major new investment by the company in the Detroit metro area and a new national agreement that will cover all U ... Continue reading

Visteon to Release Third Quarter 2004 Financial Results Through Teleconference and Webcast

Visteon to Release Third Quarter 2004 Financial Results Through Teleconference and Webcast

Visteon Corporation , one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive components and integrated systems, will release its Third Quarter 2004 financial results on Thursday, October 21, 2004, at 8 a.m. (EDT) via PR Newswire. At 10 a.m., a conference call is scheduled to discuss the results in further detail, as well a ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces Pricing for 2005 Pathfinder; All-New Pathfinder Offers More Space, More Power and More Features

Nissan Announces Pricing for 2005 Pathfinder; All-New Pathfinder Offers More Space, More Power and More Features

GARDENA, Calif.--Oct. 8, 2004--Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing for its all-new 2005 Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle. The new third-generation Pathfinder is built on the F-Alpha platform utilized on the full-size Nissan Armada and offers a standard 270-horsepower 4.0-liter V6 engine, 5-speed a ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Forecasts a Double-Digit Increase in Earnings for 2005

Johnson Controls Forecasts a Double-Digit Increase in Earnings for 2005

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 8 -- Johnson Controls, Inc. the world's largest supplier of automotive interior systems and a leading supplier of facility management and control, today announced that it expects to achieve record sales and earnings for fiscal 2005. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030423/JCILOGO ) John M. B ... Continue reading

Midland Group New Player in Formula One

Midland Group New Player in Formula One

TORONTO, Canada, October 8 -- Midland Group, a privately owned international trading and investment-holding organization announced today the Groups involvement in Formula One racing. The Team - to be known as Midland F1 - will make its debut at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. Midland's co-founder and chairman Alexander ... Continue reading

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