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Kenny Wallace to Drive National Day of Prayer Car Sponsored by Furniture Row in CUP at Talladega

Kenny Wallace to Drive National Day of Prayer Car Sponsored by Furniture Row in CUP at Talladega

DENVER, April 21 -- NEXTEL CUP Driver Kenny Wallace is scheduled to drive the National Day of Prayer car #78 sponsored by Furniture Row for the NASCAR NEXTEL CUP race at Talladega Superspeedway. The National Day of Prayer tradition predates the founding of the United States of America when the Continental Congress issu ... Continue reading

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Subway Fresh 500 Advance

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Subway Fresh 500 Advance

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Subway Fresh 500 Advance, p. 1 Thursday, April 20, 2006 Phoenix International Raceway Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 National Guard Fusion, has led six of the first seven events this season – including a race-high 168 laps at California and a race-high 128 laps at Atlanta, but does ... Continue reading

AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship Live, On-Demand, Via Internet

AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship Live, On-Demand, Via Internet

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--April 20, 2006--Racing fans, get ready to get rowdy from virtually anywhere. For the first time the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship will broadcast live, exclusively via the Internet at www.LiveISports.com. Live I Sports, LLC is excited to announce a revolutionary product that U.S. rac ... Continue reading

Christian Brothers Automotive 2005 Growth Paves Way for 2006 Victory; Operational Changes, Rapid Expansion and Some Faith Take Christian Brothers to the Top

Christian Brothers Automotive 2005 Growth Paves Way for 2006 Victory; Operational Changes, Rapid Expansion and Some Faith Take Christian Brothers to the Top

HOUSTON--April 20, 2006--Christian Brothers Automotive Corporation (CBAC), one of the nation's leading full-service automotive service and repair franchise organizations, continues to conquer the industry with rapid expansion. The recipe for Christian Brother's success was fine-tuned in 2005 with sharp revenue increase ... Continue reading

Phoenix-Area Student Receives Ultimate Ride Home from School

Phoenix-Area Student Receives Ultimate Ride Home from School

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--April 19, 2006--The concept of a cool ride has taken on a whole new meaning for Phoenix-area sixth grader Kevin Fry. Today, Fry and his friends will get a ride home from school in a Ford Fusion driven by NASCAR driver Carl Edwards. Fry's mother Paula was selected from more than 100,000 entries in th ... Continue reading

Crown Royal Announces Multi-Year, Entitlement Agreement for Spring NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Race at Richmond International Raceway

Crown Royal Announces Multi-Year, Entitlement Agreement for Spring NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Race at Richmond International Raceway

May 6 Race to be Named The Crown Royal 400 Note: To Download the Crown Royal 400 logo, please visit http://www.rir.com/media NORWALK, Conn., April 18 -- In its continuing efforts to engage race fans, Crown Royal Championship Racing today announced that the renowned whisky brand has reached a multi-year, entitlement agr ... Continue reading

Michelin 2006 San Marino F1 GP - preview

Michelin 2006 San Marino F1 GP - preview

Clermont-Ferrand, – April 16th, 2006 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship Round 4: San Marino Grand Prix (Imola), April 21- 23 Preview MICHELIN TARGETS SOLID TITLE FOUNDATIONS After a short break, the 2006 Formula One world championship continues this weekend at Imola, Italy – home of the San Marino Grand ... Continue reading

Top Ten ARCA RE/MAX Series Points After Nashville

Top Ten ARCA RE/MAX Series Points After Nashville

LEBANON TN (4-15-06) - Asheville, North Carolina’s Stephen Leicht, in a Robert Yates Racing Ford, earned his career-first ARCA RE/MAX Series victory in only his second series start Saturday afternoon at Nashville Superspeedway, claiming the PFG Lester 150 by a margin of 0.538 seconds over fellow rookie Brad Colema ... Continue reading

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Pepsi 300 Advance

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES Pepsi 300 Advance

April 14, 2006 Nashville Superspeedway Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 60 Ford Fusion in the Busch Series, commented on the personnel changes announced yesterday by Roush Racing. It was announced that Edwards' Nextel Cup crew chief, Bob Osborne, would assume crew chief duties for the No. 26 Ford Fusion, while Wally Bro ... Continue reading

MAZDASPEED Motorsports Announces USERA Contingency Programs

MAZDASPEED Motorsports Announces USERA Contingency Programs

DANVILLE, VA. (April 14, 2006) - MAZDASPEED Motorsports announced today that USERA Spec Miata Endurance Championship teams will be recognized in the Mazda Team Support Program for 2006. Mazda also announced they will be offering an additional $12,000 to enhance the USERA race and Championship prize awards. "We are very ... Continue reading

THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY JOINS 2006 INDIANA DIRT LATE MODEL SPEEDWEEK

THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY JOINS 2006 INDIANA DIRT LATE MODEL SPEEDWEEK

April 14, 2006 - The Thunder Valley Raceway has joined the Indiana Dirt Late Model Speedweek. Located at the Washington County 4H Fairgrounds in Salem, Indiana, Thunder Valley Raceway will host all of the excitement of the Northern Allstars Late Model racers for the 2006 Speedweek opening event. Indiana Dirt Late Model ... Continue reading

Red Bull Racing Selects MTS for Formula 1 Transmission Testing System

Red Bull Racing Selects MTS for Formula 1 Transmission Testing System

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 10 -- MTS Systems Corporation today announced that the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team has selected MTS to provide a fully dynamic transmission test system for the development of Formula 1 gearbox systems at its headquarters in Milton Keynes, U.K. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/200 ... Continue reading

Saleen to Honor American Racing Legend Parnelli Jones with New, Limited Edition Mustang

Saleen to Honor American Racing Legend Parnelli Jones with New, Limited Edition Mustang

370-Horsepower Mustang Debuts at New York Auto Show on April 13 Saleen, a leading manufacturer in the specialty car arena, will be paying homage to American racing icon Parnelli Jones at this week's New York Auto Show. Saleen President Steve Saleen and Jones will be on hand Thursday, April 13 to unveil the 370 horsepow ... Continue reading

NASCAR STATISTICS FROM TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

NASCAR STATISTICS FROM TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 9, 2006) - Today marked the seventh installment of NASCAR's loop data statistics for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. Attached is the complete set of loop data statistics from the Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Here are a few highlights: * Kasey Kahne was the fastest driver on t ... Continue reading

Ventura Focus Results

Ventura Focus Results

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 8, 2005 - Ventura, California - Ventura Raceway FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Quentin Crye (#15 Crye), 2. Keith Janca (#67 Janca), 3. Chris Veach (#63 Veach), 4. Bobby Owens (#7 Owens), 5. ... Continue reading

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