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Sterling Marlin Dickies 500 Race Advance

Sterling Marlin Dickies 500 Race Advance

CONTACT: Jennifer Powell, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, (704) 662-9642, jpowell@ganassi.com Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Coors Light/Camouflage Dodge Dickies 500- Texas Motor Speedway Advance No. 40 TEAM FACTS: * Let Hunting Season Begin: Deer hunting season kicks off in Texas this Saturday and the Coors Light Dod ... Continue reading

Melanie Troxel looks to end NHRA season with Top Fuel win

Melanie Troxel looks to end NHRA season with Top Fuel win

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 23 of 23 AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NHRA FINALS Pomona (Calif.) Raceway Nov. 3-6, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net MELANIE TROXEL LOOKS TO END SEASON WITH TOP FUEL WIN P ... Continue reading

2006 SCCA Hall of Fame Class Announced; Champions Buffum, Donohue Among Inductees

2006 SCCA Hall of Fame Class Announced; Champions Buffum, Donohue Among Inductees

For Immediate Release 2006 SCCA Hall of Fame Class Announced; Champions Buffum, Donohue Among Inductees TOPEKA, Kan. (Nov. 1, 2005) - Sports Car Club of America, Inc. (SCCA) announced today the five individuals that will be enshrined into its Hall of Fame in 2006. John Borhnoldt, John Buffum, Mark Donohue, Denise McClu ... Continue reading

The Dirt Track Channel webcast dates of 2006

The Dirt Track Channel webcast dates of 2006

Octoberfest 350 live webacst returns to The Dirt Track Channel in 2006 For Immediate Release Contact: Shawn T. Wood crash@thedirttrcakchannel.com October 31, 2005 SELINSGROVE, PA-- The Dirt Track Channel website kicks off its winter season with the announcement of the first two dates for its live audio webcast coverage ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Pomona Preview

Cruz Pedregon Pomona Preview

41st Annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Nationals Pomona Raceway­ Pomona, Calif. Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon NHRA Nationals Notebook Pomona, Calif. (November 1, 2005) ­ * Cruz Pedregon, driver of the Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny ... Continue reading

JONES, GARDNER HEAD POINT LEADS AS NATIONAL, CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES COLLIDE AT PERRIS

JONES, GARDNER HEAD POINT LEADS AS NATIONAL, CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES COLLIDE AT PERRIS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 31, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN 05-326 JONES, GARDNER HEAD POINT LEADS AS NATIONAL, CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES COLLIDE AT PERRIS INDIANAPOLIS – Three of the biggest nights of the year for Sprint car racing come this Thursday, Friday and Saturday on the West Coast as the USAC ... Continue reading

GM Goodwrench, Hershey Join Forces on RCR's No. 29

GM Goodwrench, Hershey Join Forces on RCR's No. 29

HAMPTON, Ga., Oct. 31 -- Richard Childress Racing (RCR) announced today that GM Goodwrench and The Hershey Company have joined forces as co-primary sponsors of RCR's No. 29 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS driven by Kevin Harvick in the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. GM Goodwrench will be the primary sponsor for 24 race ... Continue reading

AAA to Be Primary Sponsor of Roush Racing's No. 6 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Ford and Driver Mark Martin in 2006

AAA to Be Primary Sponsor of Roush Racing's No. 6 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Ford and Driver Mark Martin in 2006

BURNSVILLE, Minn., Oct. 31 -- AAA will become the primary sponsor of Roush Racing's flagship No. 6 Ford Fusion in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series starting in 2006. In addition, veteran driver Mark Martin will extend his "Salute to You" Tour and return to pilot the car for one more year in 2006, with Todd Kluever set to ta ... Continue reading

BENTLEY CELEBRATES THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLUE TRAIN RACE

BENTLEY CELEBRATES THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLUE TRAIN RACE

Crewe, UK, October 31, 2005; Some 75 years since the adventurer and Le Mans winner Woolf Barnato raced and beat the famous Blue Train on its journey across France, Bentley Motors and its coach building division Mulliner are celebrating his achievement with a powerful, distinctive and luxurious grand tourer based on its ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - FINAL results from THE STRIP at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - FINAL results from THE STRIP at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA PACIFIC DIVISION THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2005 Contact: Jill Caliendo, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 327-4207 Olivarez and Payne hit the jackpot at The Strip LAS VEGAS - In the final eliminations from the Short Line Express Mar ... Continue reading

Edwards Sweeps Atlanta With Nextel Cup Series Victory

Edwards Sweeps Atlanta With Nextel Cup Series Victory

· Carl Edwards captured his third NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victory and second straight at Atlanta Motor Speedway. · The last Ford driver to sweep both races at the same track was last season when Kurt Busch won twice at New Hampshire International Speedway. · Today’s win is the 14th of the season for Ford, whi ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - SAT Results from THE STRIP at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - SAT Results from THE STRIP at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA PACIFIC DIVISION THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2005 Contact: Jill Caliendo, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 327-4207 Olivarez takes over the lead in Dragster at The Strip, while Payne remains on top in Funny Car LAS VEGAS - In the f ... Continue reading

IHRA Harold Martin Saturday Update: Martin Will Roll Off 14th at "The Rock"

IHRA Harold Martin Saturday Update: Martin Will Roll Off 14th at "The Rock"

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Team ACDelco IHRA Qualifying Wrap Sheet Harold Martin, Owner/Driver ACDelco Pro Modified Pontiac Grand Am Event: Tenth Annual Udderly Smooth World Finals. Location: Rockingham Dragway Rockingham, NC Dates: October 29, 2005 Martin Wil ... Continue reading

ALL-NEW 2006 NEW FORD FOCUS WRC COMPLETES MAIDEN TEST

ALL-NEW 2006 NEW FORD FOCUS WRC COMPLETES MAIDEN TEST

BRENTWOOD, Essex, October 28, 2005 -- The first all-new 2006 Ford Focus RS World Rally Car completed almost 500km during its initial three-day test session in England last week. The car, which will spearhead the BP-Ford World Rally Team's challenge in the FIA World Rally Championship next season, will undergo a second ... Continue reading

Candy Bowl Results from SSP on Saturday Night

Candy Bowl Results from SSP on Saturday Night

Contact: Todd Fisher (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Exciting Racing Action at the SSP Inaugural Candy Bowl on Saturday Night NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (October 29, 2005) – The Inaugural Candy Bowl at the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Saturday, October 29 found many winner in victory lane with nine classes o ... Continue reading

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