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Scelzi off to good start on his points-gathering quest in Phoenix

Scelzi off to good start on his points-gathering quest in Phoenix

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 2 of 23 CHECKER SCHUCK'S KRAGEN NHRA NATIONALS FIREBIRD INTL RACEWAY CHANDLER, Ariz. Race Date: Feb. 24-26, 2006 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI OFF TO GOOD START AS HE CONTINUES HIS POINTS-GATHERING ... Continue reading

McGill Motorsports Team Ready for California

McGill Motorsports Team Ready for California

Tim Sauter Heads West McGill Motorsports Team Ready for California. After beginning the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series with a top-twenty finish at the season opener at Daytona, Tim Sauter is looking forward to his return to the California Speedway. Sauter finished 7th back in 2002 in only his second start at the fast two-mil ... Continue reading

Shav Glick Night March11 at Irwindale Speedway

Shav Glick Night March11 at Irwindale Speedway

SPEEDWAY PLANS OPENING NIGHT HONORS FOR LEGENDARY LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWSMAN “Shav Glick Night” Declared March11at Irwindale Speedway All of His Many Story Subjects Are Invited to Share Night! Irwindale, Calif. - - In honor of his 50-plus years at the Los Angeles Times and in appreciation for everything that ... Continue reading

2006 Lebanon Valley Speedway

2006 Lebanon Valley Speedway

For Immediate Release: Lebanon Valley Gears Up for 54th Season Opener February 17, 2006 By: Rodney Rescott New Lebanon, NY: Even though there is still snow on the ground, spring is just around the corner. While you’re cozying up to the fire place, the staff and management at Howard Commander’s Lebanon Valle ... Continue reading

2006 Daytona 500 Top Rookie Ryan Newman Post Race Interview

2006 Daytona 500 Top Rookie Ryan Newman Post Race Interview

Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. February 19, 2006 An interview with: RYAN NEWMAN CASEY MEARS CLINT BOWYER THE MODERATOR: Joined by our top finishing rookie, Clint Bowyer, 07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet. Tell us about this run. CLINT BOWYER: You know, we started out tight. The car started out ... Continue reading

2006 Daytona 500 Winner Jimmie Johnson Post Race Interview

2006 Daytona 500 Winner Jimmie Johnson Post Race Interview

Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. February 19, 2006 An interview with: JIMMIE JOHNSON RICK HENDRICK DARIAN GRUBB THE MODERATOR: We're joined by our Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet. Just won NASCAR's most prestigious race. How does it feel? JIMMIE JOHNSON: It's goi ... Continue reading

Top 20 Start for Tim Sauter

Top 20 Start for Tim Sauter

Top 20 Start for Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Starts 2006 Season on Positive Note. Tim Sauter and Crew Chief Ricky Pearson were all smiles after the season opening Hersheys Kissables 300 at Daytona International Speedway; a top 20 finish is just what the team was hoping for to start the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series season ... Continue reading

2006 Daytona 500 Official Results

2006 Daytona 500 Official Results

<pre> NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Sunday, February 19, 2006 Average Running Position Sum of driver position on each lap - divided by the laps run in the race. Rank Car No. Driver Finish pos. Avg place 1 48 Jimmie Johnson 1 4.074 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8 5.064 3 12 Ryan Newman 3 8 ... Continue reading

Bradenton Focus Results

Bradenton Focus Results

USAC FLORIDA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: February 18, 2006 - Bradenton, Florida - DeSoto Super Speedway - "Tangerine Midget Tournament" HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Mike Burt (#22 Burt), 2. Nick Wean (#78 Wean), 3. Craig Haack (#88 Haack), 4. Stan Carman (#47 Carman), 5. ... Continue reading

GM FlexFuel 250 Post Race With Ted Musgrave

GM FlexFuel 250 Post Race With Ted Musgrave

MARK MARTIN TODD BODINE TED MUSGRAVE THE MODERATOR: Today we have the third place finisher this evening of the GM FlexFuel 250, Ted Musgrave, the defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, first drive for Germain Motor Company in the ASE Germain Motor Company Toyota. Reflect on your race out there, Ted. TED MUSG ... Continue reading

NASCAR CUP DRIVER MATT KENSETH CLAIMS 2006 CROWN ROYAL IROC SERIES SEASON-OPENER AT DAYTONA

NASCAR CUP DRIVER MATT KENSETH CLAIMS 2006 CROWN ROYAL IROC SERIES SEASON-OPENER AT DAYTONA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., February 17, 2006 &#8211; Matt Kenseth started his night at the back of the pack, but turned in a dominating performance in the 2006 Crown Royal International Race of Champions (IROC) Series 30th anniversary season-opener at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). The 2004 Crown Royal IROC champion, ... Continue reading

SUBWAY Restaurants Substantially Increases 2006 NASCAR Sponsorship Presence

SUBWAY Restaurants Substantially Increases 2006 NASCAR Sponsorship Presence

- Relationships with Greg Biffle, Roush Racing; Two NEXTEL Cup Series Events - MILFORD, Conn., Feb. 16 -- SUBWAY(R) Restaurants, the world's largest submarine sandwich chain, will heighten sponsorship efforts with NASCAR's Greg Biffle of Roush Racing in its third year of team sponsorship. SUBWAY(R) restaurants made its ... Continue reading

Glamour at Cannes and the Thrill of a Formula One Race in Monaco on Wind Surf's 14-Day Grand Prix Cruise

Glamour at Cannes and the Thrill of a Formula One Race in Monaco on Wind Surf's 14-Day Grand Prix Cruise

Roundtrip Nice cruise Sails on May 21, 2006 SEATTLE, Feb. 15 -- Partake in the glamour of the Cannes Film Festival and the thrill of the Monaco Grand Prix race during the Wind Surf's special fourteen-day Grand Prix cruise. Guests will also be treated to an exclusive wine tasting event hosted by renowned Woodhouse Famil ... Continue reading

UPS Puts Big, Brown Truck on Race Track; 2006 Ad Campaign Required High-Performance Package Car

UPS Puts Big, Brown Truck on Race Track; 2006 Ad Campaign Required High-Performance Package Car

ATLANTA--Feb. 15, 2006--NASCAR fans have waited a long time to see Dale Jarrett "race the truck." Now, there really is a UPS race truck. To prepare UPS's 2006 TV commercials for the popular "Race the Truck" campaign, the company ignored animation possibilities and instead built a real racing truck, starting with a 20-y ... Continue reading

DIRT MotorSports(TM) Announces Joey Saldana, Driver of the #9 Kasey Kahne Motorsports Car Joins World of Outlaws(R) Sprint Car Series

DIRT MotorSports(TM) Announces Joey Saldana, Driver of the #9 Kasey Kahne Motorsports Car Joins World of Outlaws(R) Sprint Car Series

NORMAN, Okla.--Feb. 14, 2006--DIRT MotorSports(TM) (DIRT) (OTCBB:DMSP) announced that Joey Saldana, driver of the #9 car owned by NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 2004 top rookie Kasey Kahne, will follow the World of Outlaws(R) Sprint Car Series in 2006. After winning the 16th World of Outlaws feature of his career on Friday n ... Continue reading

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