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Tuesday, April 9, 2002

Delphi's Forewarn-Back Up Aid Featured On Several Ford and Lincoln Mercury Models

Delphi's Forewarn-Back Up Aid Featured On Several Ford and Lincoln Mercury Models

TROY, Mich., April 9 -- Delphi Corporation announced today that it will supply the rear-warning system known as Ford Extended Rear Park Assist for three Ford and Lincoln Mercury models this year. The Lincoln Town Car, Navigator and the Ford Expedition will all offer Delphi's Forewarn® Back Up Aid (BUA) in the 2003 mod ... Continue reading

Hilton HHonors Hits the Highway With GMAC Insurance

Hilton HHonors Hits the Highway With GMAC Insurance

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--April 9, 2002--Hilton HHonors®, one of the world's leading guest reward programs, has added GMAC Insurance to the program's family of partners. HHonors members in the U.S. now can earn 1,000 bonus points simply by requesting an auto insurance quote from GMAC Insurance. One of the best-known name ... Continue reading

Budget Eliminates Travel Agency Base Commissions for Negotiated Corporate And Government Rate Rentals

Budget Eliminates Travel Agency Base Commissions for Negotiated Corporate And Government Rate Rentals

LISLE, Ill., April 8 Budget Group, Inc. announced that due to recent changes in the car rental industry, effective immediately, it will no longer pay base commissions to U.S. and Canadian travel agents who book negotiated corporate or government rentals. Base commissions have also been eliminated for any worldwide trav ... Continue reading

MTS Expands Formula 1 Solutions

MTS Expands Formula 1 Solutions

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 8 /MTS Systems Corporation announced today that it was awarded a multi-million dollar contract by a leading Formula 1 team. The contract is for an advanced hardware and software system for F1 car performance validation. The name of the team and the exact nature of supply are by agreement conf ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler might take over Mitsubishi Motors

DaimlerChrysler might take over Mitsubishi Motors

April 9, 2002 BLOOMBERG NEWS is reporting that DaimlerChrysler AG said it might exercise an option to take control of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. as early as next year if the fourth-largest Japanese carmaker returns to profit and reduces debt. DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Officer Juergen Schrempp told Der Spiegel magazi ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler 7% Owner Kuwait Investment Authority Backs Management

DaimlerChrysler 7% Owner Kuwait Investment Authority Backs Management

FRANKFURT, April 9 Reuters reported that DaimlerChrysler AG Chief Executive Juergen Schrempp has won a vote of confidence from the group's second-biggest shareholder on the eve of its annual general meeting, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said Schrempp and other DaimlerChrysler executives briefe ... Continue reading

Ford needs a better idea than just a product czar

Ford needs a better idea than just a product czar

April 9, 2002 Southfield, Mich.: BLOOMBERG NEWS has reported that Detroit automakers copy one another's rebates, headlights, even their cup holders. It looked recently as if Ford Motor Co. was about to steal an idea from General Motors Corp. -- product czar. General Motors last August hired Bob Lutz, a well-traveled in ... Continue reading

Yamaha gunning for 20% of world motorcycle market

Yamaha gunning for 20% of world motorcycle market

TOKYO, April 9 Reuters reported that Yamaha Motor Co Ltd, the world's second largest motorcycle maker, said on Tuesday it would use developing Asia to cut costs and rev up its share of the global motorcycle market to 20 percent from eight percent by 2010. Yamaha also said South-east Asia, India -- and especially China ... Continue reading

Hyundai expects alliance talks on Daimler CEO visit

Hyundai expects alliance talks on Daimler CEO visit

SEOUL, April 9 Reuters reports that Hyundai Motor Co expects to discuss the possibility of a broader alliance with DaimlerChrysler when the German-American automaker's chief executive visits South Korea next month, a Hyundai official said on Tuesday. DaimlerChrysler owns 10 percent of Hyundai and chief executive Juerge ... Continue reading

Luxury Auto Shoppers Pass up Flash for Comfort

Luxury Auto Shoppers Pass up Flash for Comfort

NEW YORK In a feature article by Laura MacInnis, Reuters stated that Luxury lovers, take heed: In the post-September 11, post-Nasdaq-boom world of American wealth, comfort is in, but excess is out. High rollers are still buying expensive homes and cars without batting an eyelid, analysts say, but they are giving pause ... Continue reading

Shane Wallace Release

Shane Wallace Release

BEACH BUG BITES WALLACE "Rookie Experiences Bad Luck" New Smyrna Beach, Florida (April 8, 2002) - "Rising Star" Shane Wallace battled a multitude of "bad luck experiences" at the New Smyrna Speedway on Saturday night. Although the weekend got off to a good start with a solid practice session earlier in the day and a 9t ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive to Webcast 2002 First-Quarter Results Conference Call On Tuesday, April 16

Tower Automotive to Webcast 2002 First-Quarter Results Conference Call On Tuesday, April 16

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--April 8, 2002-- Webcast is Live at 1 p.m. Eastern Tower Automotive, Inc. , today announced that it will host a live Webcast of its 2002 first-quarter results conference call Tuesday, April 16, at 1 p.m. Eastern. Dug Campbell, Tower Automotive's chief executive officer, and Tony Barone, Tower Automo ... Continue reading

Capstone Turbine Invites Public to Listen to First Quarter Conference Call On the Web

Capstone Turbine Invites Public to Listen to First Quarter Conference Call On the Web

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--April 8, 2002--In conjunction with Capstone Turbine Corporation's (www.microturbine.com) first quarter earnings announcement, members of the public are invited to listen to the Company's live quarterly conference call on the Internet on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 5 p.m. Eastern, 2 p.m. Pacific. To ... Continue reading

Corrected Version: Nicky Hayden Wins Round 3 At California Speedway

Corrected Version: Nicky Hayden Wins Round 3 At California Speedway

AMA / Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship series Round 3: California Speedway, Fontana, CA, April 7, 2002 Honda Racing's Nicky Hayden won the third round of the AMA Superbike Championship series at California Speedway in convincing fashion. Nicky Hayden pulled the holeshot in Sunday's Superbike race (the second of ... Continue reading

Curtain Comes Up on 37th Trans-Am Season in Johnson Controls 100 at Long Beach

Curtain Comes Up on 37th Trans-Am Season in Johnson Controls 100 at Long Beach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: T.E. McHale (727) 533-0503 CURTAIN COMES UP ON 37TH TRANS-AM SEASON IN JOHNSON CONTROLS 100 AT LONG BEACH CLEARWATER, Fla. (April 8, 2002) - Thanks to an established group of returnees and a number of talented newcomers, the 2002 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup is shaping up ... Continue reading

Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Change in Certifying Accountant

Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Change in Certifying Accountant

CORALVILLE, Iowa--April 8, 2002--Heartland Express, Inc. announced today that its management of the Company notified Arthur Andersen LLP that their appointment as independent auditors was terminated April 5, 2002, KPMG LLP was engaged as independent auditors effective upon Arthur Andersen LLP's termination. The decisio ... Continue reading

Huffman Wins at Hardeeville

Huffman Wins at Hardeeville

"HUFFMAN'S LUCK CONTINUES AT HARDEEVILLE" By Randy Claypoole HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (April 6, 2002) - For the second race in a row, Robert Huffman, of Claremont, N.C., found lady luck ruling in his favor. In a race clearly dominated by the Series' defending Champion Cam Strader, Huffman was in the right place at the right t ... Continue reading

Media Alert - Jimmie Johnson

Media Alert - Jimmie Johnson

<<...OLE_Obj...>> JIMMIE JOHNSON TO DISCUSS 2002 SEASON, OUTLOOK FOR VIRGINIA 500 Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse Chevrolet, comes to Martinsville and this weekend's Virginia 500 for the first time as a NASCAR Winston Cup driver. Johnson kicked off his 2002 Raybestos Rookie of the ... Continue reading

Nicky Hayden Wins Round 3 At California Speedway

Nicky Hayden Wins Round 3 At California Speedway

AMA / Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship Round 3: California Speedway, Fontana, CA, April 7, 2002 Honda Racing's Nicky Hayden won the third round main event at California Speedway in convincing fashion. Nicky Hayden pulled the holeshot in Sunday's Superbike main event and never looked back. After finishing Saturd ... Continue reading

PPG Earns `e-Learning Success Award' for Fast, Efficient Global Training Efforts

PPG Earns `e-Learning Success Award' for Fast, Efficient Global Training Efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C.--April 8, 2002--PPG Industries today won an "e-Learning Success Award" from e-Learning Magazine for its fast, cost-efficient efforts in training employees around the globe. PPG was among three U.S. corporations, three government and four educational institutions to be recognized in the program. PPG rec ... Continue reading

Rescheduled: Pro-Am Flattrack Race at Amelia Motor Raceway - now 4/28/02

Rescheduled: Pro-Am Flattrack Race at Amelia Motor Raceway - now 4/28/02

Due to a rainout on the AMA circuit this weekend in Oklahoma, we have rescheduled the Pro-Am Flattrack race at Amelia Motor Raceway originally set for this Sunday, the 14th. The new date is Sunday, April 28 on the same time schedule. The decision to change the date was made due to the fact that the pro riders would not ... Continue reading

Woodside and Team Walker Motorsports Hope To Go From Win To Winning Streak

Woodside and Team Walker Motorsports Hope To Go From Win To Winning Streak

Contacts: Donna Walker Team Walker Motorsports 661/702-9923 dwwteam@aol.com Barbara Evans Evans MMPR 818/832-7649 704/662-9724 818/404-5770 (cell) evansmmpr@earthlink.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOODSIDE AND TEAM WALKER MOTORSPORTS HOPE TO GO FROM WIN TO WINNING STREAK April 8, 2002 (Valencia, Calif.) - Sean Woodside and ... Continue reading

Monte Carlo Race Notes - Texas - April 8

Monte Carlo Race Notes - Texas - April 8

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson take top finishes for Chevrolet (2nd and 6th, respectively), while Terry Labonte scores his first top 10 finish of the season at his hometown track. Johnson continues to move up in the point standings and is now in 3rd place. Gordon skips from 10th up to 6th ... Continue reading

DMV Praises Los Angeles DA's Office for Criminal Case Against Former Gunderson Chevrolet Employees

DMV Praises Los Angeles DA's Office for Criminal Case Against Former Gunderson Chevrolet Employees

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--April 8, 2002--John McClellan, Deputy Director of the Licensing Operations Division of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, today praised the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for obtaining felony convictions in a consumer fraud criminal case against four former employees of Gund ... Continue reading

dodge nascar winston cup quotes from samsung/radio shack 500 at Texas motor speedway

dodge nascar winston cup quotes from samsung/radio shack 500 at Texas motor speedway

Sunday, April 8, 2002 Ray Cooper Texas Motor Speedway Golin/Harris International Samsung/RadioShack 500 803-466-9085 WARD BURTON (No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge Intrepid R/T) "I don't know if it was camber or what, but we blew a tire going into turn one. The groove actually moved up more than I thought it would. We just didn ... Continue reading

Campbell crashes hard in Terrible's Town 250

Campbell crashes hard in Terrible's Town 250

Best In The Desert Series, Round 3: Terrible's Town 250, Pahrump, NV, Saturday, April 6, 2002 Honda Racing's Johnny Campbell crashed hard at the 44 mile point of the race and was knocked unconscious. The Red Rider was airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas Nevada and was diagnosed with a broken right clavi ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Supplies 4WD Systems to Kia Sorento

BorgWarner Supplies 4WD Systems to Kia Sorento

MARGAM, Wales, April 8 BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems is supplying four-wheel drive transfer case systems to Kia Motor Company of Korea for its new sport-utility vehicle, the Sorento. A larger, more powerful SUV than the popular Sportage, the Sorento is loaded with comfort and convenience features and provides excepti ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto 200 News & Notes

UnitedAuto 200 News & Notes

UnitedAuto 200 News & Notes PHOENIX (April 8, 2002) -- The Rolex Sports Car Series will run its five classes of sports cars under the lights in the UnitedAuto 200 presented by azcentral.com at Phoenix International Raceway, April 20. The sunset start on Saturday at 7 p.m., will mark the first time the series has raced ... Continue reading

Carmichael Wins 6th Straight

Carmichael Wins 6th Straight

AMA / EA Sports Supercross Series Round 12: St. Louis Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO, Saturday, April 6, 2002 Honda Racing's Ricky Carmichael won his sixth consecutive 250cc Supercross main event inside the St. Louis Edward Jones Dome. The red-hot Florida native pulled the holeshot in the main event, and dominated th ... Continue reading

Satellite Radio's Shaky Stairway to Heaven

Satellite Radio's Shaky Stairway to Heaven

BusinessWeek Online Daily Briefing: STREET WISE By Amey Stone At a time when consumers just don't seem that interested in many of the technological innovations being pushed at them [such as broadband Internet access or digital television, to name two], it's worth taking note when a new product shows early signs of bein ... Continue reading

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