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USAC Release #345 - FT. WAYNE RUMBLE PRE-ENTRY MIDGET LIST CONTINUES TO GROW

USAC Release #345 - FT. WAYNE RUMBLE PRE-ENTRY MIDGET LIST CONTINUES TO GROW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 22, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER (317)-247-5151 mharker@usacracing.com 05-345 DICK JORDAN (317)-247-5151 djordan10@iquest.net RUMBLE PRE-ENTRY MIDGET LIST CONTINUES TO GROW INDIANAPOLIS – The entry list for the annual “Rumble in Ft. Wayne” continues to grow as the United ... Continue reading

The AAA-sponsored, Roush-prepared No. 6 Ford Fusion to appear at North American International Auto Show

The AAA-sponsored, Roush-prepared No. 6 Ford Fusion to appear at North American International Auto Show

SAVE THE DATE - 3 p.m. Jan. 10 WHAT: AAA will preview its new 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race car sponsorship. AAA has signed a contract with Roush Racing to sponsor the No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion, driven by Mark Martin, at NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races in 2006. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the No. ... Continue reading

USAC Release - FORMER SILVER CROWN SERIES CHAMP DARLAND TO DRIVE RW MOTORSPORTS CAR AT PHOENIX

USAC Release - FORMER SILVER CROWN SERIES CHAMP DARLAND TO DRIVE RW MOTORSPORTS CAR AT PHOENIX

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 28, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER (317)-247-5151 mharker@usacracing.com DICK JORDAN (317)-247-5151 djordan10@iquest.net FORMER SILVER CROWN SERIES CHAMP DARLAND TO DRIVE RW MOTORSPORTS CAR AT PHOENIX INDIANAPOLIS – Former USAC Silver Crown Series champion Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind ... Continue reading

Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz Team Enters The Dakar Rally

Kwikpower Mercedes-Benz Team Enters The Dakar Rally

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on December 22, 2005 at 12:05 PM CST In the world of desert rallies, few races can compare to the prestige the Dakar Rally offers its contestants. The 16 day, 5,500 mile course is one of the most difficult races in the world. This year, the Dakar Rally will showcase a new team entry into ... Continue reading

Sascha Maassen - 2006 preview

Sascha Maassen - 2006 preview

Spyder success As other drivers enjoy a few weeks between race seasons, Sascha Maassen is anxious to get back on track. The German Porsche factory driver, now living in Raeren, Belgium, spent 2005 testing the new Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 car in preparation for its victorious race debut in October. Now he's ready for more ... Continue reading

KB Racing: Hillary Will featured in January issue of Car and Driver

KB Racing: Hillary Will featured in January issue of Car and Driver

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *DECEMBER 21, 2005 * *KB RACING* *NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES* *KB RACING-owned, KALITTA MOTORSPORTS-managed TOP FUEL DRAGSTER* *HILLARY WILL -- DRIVER* *JIM OBERHOFER - CREW CHIEF* *MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz* *PHONE: 425-557-8899* *E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net* *Hillary Will featured ... Continue reading

American Racing Capital Signs Letter of Intent with Driving Concepts International

American Racing Capital Signs Letter of Intent with Driving Concepts International

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev., Dec. 21 -- American Racing Capital Inc. ("ARC"), , a consulting group dedicated to motor sports sponsorship development and racetrack acquisition and design, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire 100% of Driving Concepts International Inc. (DCI), a company that provid ... Continue reading

3M to Sponsor Todd Kluever in the Busch Series in 2006; Company Will Also Sponsor Kluever and Mark Martin in Nextel Cup

3M to Sponsor Todd Kluever in the Busch Series in 2006; Company Will Also Sponsor Kluever and Mark Martin in Nextel Cup

ST. PAUL, Minn.--Dec. 21, 2005--3M Company and Roush Racing announced today that 3M will be the primary sponsor for the No. 06 Ford Fusion entry driven by Todd Kluever in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series. The season-opening February 18th race at Daytona International Speedway will mark the Busch Series debut for Kluever, t ... Continue reading

DIRT MotorSports Announces World of Outlaws Tradition Grows with 2006 Event at Washington's Skagit Speedway

DIRT MotorSports Announces World of Outlaws Tradition Grows with 2006 Event at Washington's Skagit Speedway

NORMAN, Okla.--Dec. 21, 2005--For the past 12 years, DIRT MotorSports(TM) (DIRT) (OTCBB:DMSP) World of Outlaws(R) Sprint Car Series has raced its way through the Pacific Northwest in late August. That tradition will continue in 2006 as the greatest collection of sprint car drivers in the world will have a homecoming at ... Continue reading

AAA Returns to Indy 500

AAA Returns to Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS--Dec. 21, 2005--AAA (American Automobile Association), which sanctioned every Indianapolis 500 from 1911 to 1955, returns to the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" in 2006 in a new partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). AAA is the Official Auto Club, the Official Travel Agency and Official Aut ... Continue reading

DIRT MotorSports Announces Prestigious Kings Royal among Six World of Outlaws' Sanctioned Events in 2006 at Eldora Speedway

DIRT MotorSports Announces Prestigious Kings Royal among Six World of Outlaws' Sanctioned Events in 2006 at Eldora Speedway

NORMAN, Okla.--Dec. 21, 2005--DIRT MotorSports(TM) (DIRT) (OTCBB: DMSP) announced that the World of Outlaws Sprint Series(R) will again sanction one of sprint car racing's most prestigious events, the 22nd annual "King's Royal" at Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway along with five other race nights at the high-speed, half- ... Continue reading

Stealth Motorsports Announced the Purchase New Generation Silver Crown Cars for the 2006 Season.

Stealth Motorsports Announced the Purchase New Generation Silver Crown Cars for the 2006 Season.

Silver Crown cars for the 2006 season. RW Motorsports and Maverick Motorsports have both committed to fulltime stints in the series, with drivers Mat Neely of Robinson, Ill. and Rich Tobias Jr. ... Continue reading

Michael Andretti Returning to Run Indy 500

Michael Andretti Returning to Run Indy 500

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

Franchitti Joins Klein Tools/Jim Beam Team For '06 IndyCar Season

Franchitti Joins Klein Tools/Jim Beam Team For '06 IndyCar Season

If the following text-only file is not Franchitti Joins Klein Tools/Jim Beam Team for 2006 IndyCar Series Season INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 20, 2005) - Dario Franchitti will join the championship-winning Klein Tools/Jim Beam team as part of Andretti Green Racing's four-car effort for the 2006 Indy Racing League® IndyCar ... Continue reading

Herta Returns with XM Satellite Radio for Third IndyCar Season

Herta Returns with XM Satellite Radio for Third IndyCar Season

Herta Returns with XM Satellite Radio for Third Season in IndyCar Series INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Dec. 20, 2005) - For the third-consecutive season, Bryan Herta will pilot the #7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda/Firestone for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series. Herta capped the 2005 campaign ... Continue reading

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