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Canadian International Auto Show: A World Class Auto Show In Fabulous Toronto

Canadian International Auto Show: A World Class Auto Show In Fabulous Toronto

Toronto Auto Show is North America's second truly international auto show in addition to Detroit, featuring world class attractions - all within a few hours driving or flying distance, and, the American dollar goes almost 50% further in Canada. World and North American Premieres of production vehicles; an American LeMa ... Continue reading

Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies

Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies

NEW YORK Decembwer 6, 2002; Tara Burghart writing for The AP reported that Roone Arledge, the groundbreaking ABC television executive whose legacy includes everything from ``Monday Night Football'' and ``Nightline'' to the slow-motion instant replay, has died at the age of 71. Arledge died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Ke ... Continue reading

RACEf/x System Brings Real-Time Race Data to Telecasts

RACEf/x System Brings Real-Time Race Data to Telecasts

Asset Caption: LynuxWorks' LynxOS real-time software powers the Sportvision RaceF/X solution, seen here as shown during a live broadcast of a NASCAR race. The LynxOS' embedded operating system allows telemetry data from the race car to be delivered and processed in real-time, resulting in a constantly-updated display o ... Continue reading

A Maxi History Of The Original Mini

A Maxi History Of The Original Mini

Mini History By Carey Russ British Motor Corporation (BMC) Project ADO-15 was a revolutionary automobile, and, perhaps, the most historically important after the Ford Model T. European journalists voted it ``Car of the Century'' (20th), for good reason. For maximum space utilization, designer Alec Issigonis chose a fro ... Continue reading

PRO 2002 Awards Ceremony to be Held at PRI, Saturday Dec 7, 2002

PRO 2002 Awards Ceremony to be Held at PRI, Saturday Dec 7, 2002

For Immediate Release: PRO-EDELBROCK DRAG RACING SERIES 2002 AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT PRI INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 2002 Fountain Valley, CA -- ProMedia Events is proud to announce the 2002 PRO-Edelbrock Drag Racing Series World Championship Award Ceremony will be hosted at the Performance Racin ... Continue reading

Corvette History: A Look at the Talent and Personalities That Brought Corvette to Life

Corvette History: A Look at the Talent and Personalities That Brought Corvette to Life

Over the last half-century, thousands of gifted, intelligent men and women have contributed to the Corvette legacy. Any attempt to whittle the list down to a dozen or so Corvette "people" is a daunting effort at best, sure to offend those who aren't included. At Corvette's roots are the legendary GM designers and execu ... Continue reading

Creative, Groundbreaking Design Has Long Been a Hallmark of Corvette Success

Creative, Groundbreaking Design Has Long Been a Hallmark of Corvette Success

MONTEREY, CALIF. - The Corvette always has been a design trendsetter. No matter which generation, its bold, curvaceous shape is uniquely, unmistakably Corvette, never to be confused with another. The long flowing lines, voluptuous, round fenders, quad taillights and the once-maligned split window are but some of Corvet ... Continue reading

#41 Pocono race report

#41 Pocono race report

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing, 704/662-9642, nhamilton@ganassi.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2002 TEAM TARGET FINISHES 32ND AT POCONO Spencer remains in 23rd place in NASCAR Winston Cup championship points LONG POND, Pa. (July 28, 2002) - The No. 41 Target Dodge Intrepid R/T driven by Jimmy Spencer ... Continue reading

TACH Goes Gumball

TACH Goes Gumball

Gumball by Nicholas Frankl. Photos by writer and Bruce Korman. – 160 cars, 6 days, 2800 miles = 700 speeding tickets and $100k in fines! Shotguns have a funny ability to make an English gentleman, even one with the stiffest-of-upper-lips, do unspeakable things. You won’t, therefore, be surprised to learn th ... Continue reading

2002 European Grand Prix Free Practice

2002 European Grand Prix Free Practice

Honda F1 Press Information 21 June 2002 OVER 150 LAPS COMPLETED IN TROUBLE FREE SESSION Honda-powered drivers cover over 800 km in European Free Practice ------------------------------------------------ The Honda-powered drivers completed a total of 159 laps and covered approximately 817 km in today's free practice ses ... Continue reading

Earnhardt and Seven Other Inductees Honored at 14th Annual Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Earnhardt and Seven Other Inductees Honored at 14th Annual Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

NOVI, Mich., June 13 -- As Teresa Earnhardt went on stage to accept her late husband's "Horsepower" statuette for his induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, she spontaneously walked to Dale's famous number three car, which was center stage, and kissed it. She then turned to the audience and asked them, ... Continue reading

AP Style Results-Hooters

AP Style Results-Hooters

Official Race Results USAR - Hooters ProCup Series Jackaroo Sauces 250 presented Dave's Discount Furniture April 19, 2002 Ace Speedway - Altamahaw, NC Finish Position, Start Position, Driver, Hometown, Car Make, Laps Completed, Money Won 1. (10) Bobby Gill, Dalton, GA, Ford, 250, $11,500 2. (2) Jason Sarvis, Myrtle Bea ... Continue reading

Action Performance Companies Proposes Increase in Authorized Shares

Action Performance Companies Proposes Increase in Authorized Shares

Board to Consider Stock Split PHOENIX, Ariz.--April 5, 2002--Action Performance Companies, Inc. (Company) , the leader in the design, marketing, promotion, and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise, today filed a preliminary proxy statement for a special meeting of shareholders to consider an increase in the ... Continue reading

Cadillac to Launch All-New Le Mans Prototype in 2002

Cadillac to Launch All-New Le Mans Prototype in 2002

FOR RELEASE: October 7, 2001 Cadillac to Launch All-New Le Mans Prototype in 2002 ATLANTA - Even as the engines are cooling and the drivers resting after 10 hours of racing in the season finale of the 2001 American Le Mans Series at Road Atlanta, Team Cadillac is already gearing up for the start of the next racing seas ... Continue reading

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