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Klein Tools/Jim Beam Practice Report - Watkins Glen International

Klein Tools/Jim Beam Practice Report - Watkins Glen International

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

2005 FIA Formula One World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix

2005 FIA Formula One World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix

Friday September 23 2005: Practice session WURZ SPEARHEADS MICHELIN ATTACK Team McLaren Mercedes/Michelin test driver Alexander Wurz was fastest in both free practice sessions on the opening day of the Brazilian Grand Prix meeting at Interlagos. The Austrian’s pace-setting lap in the opening session (1m 11.701s & ... Continue reading

Raikkonen and Alonso Battle for F1 Championship

Raikkonen and Alonso Battle for F1 Championship

Raikkonen And Alonso Battle For F1 Championship Posted by eMercedesBenz on September 23, 2005 at 10:30 AM CST This Sunday, Kimi Raikkonen will try to keep his championship dreams alive against Fernando Alonso in the Brazilian Grand Prix. To stay in the fight for the championship, Raikkonen must finish first, and Alonso ... Continue reading

NayKid Racing Fastest at Runoffs, Ready to Strike with Two Vipers in Top-Four

NayKid Racing Fastest at Runoffs, Ready to Strike with Two Vipers in Top-Four

NayKid Racing Fastest at Runoffs, Ready to Strike with Two Vipers in Top-Four LEXINGTON, Ohio, September 22, 2005 - NayKid Racing continued to pile accolades onto the Dodge Viper SRT10 today in qualifying for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by KohlerR. Scotty B. White (Puyallup, Wash.) won the pole pos ... Continue reading

Carrington Signs License Agreement With Racing Legend Johnny Rutherford

Carrington Signs License Agreement With Racing Legend Johnny Rutherford

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 22 -- Carrington Laboratories, Inc. today announced it has entered into an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with car racing legend Johnny Rutherford, 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner and member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Carrington and Mr. Rutherford will collaborate in th ... Continue reading

''WE NEED TO WORK AS A TEAM IF WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!'' - Steven Laporte

''WE NEED TO WORK AS A TEAM IF WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!'' - Steven Laporte

Steven Laporte Montréal, September 22, 2005 - Steven Laporte needs to count on the help of his teammate Robert Boyer this weekend at Circuit Mont-Tremblant if he wants to improve his chances of recapturing the title in the Honda Michelin Series. The Lombardi Honda driver holds first place in the series standings after ... Continue reading

It's Go Time: 23 Fields Ready for SCCA National Championship Runoffs Race Weekend

It's Go Time: 23 Fields Ready for SCCA National Championship Runoffs Race Weekend

For Immediate Release It's Go Time: 23 Fields Ready for SCCA National Championship Runoffs Race Weekend LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 22, 2005) - Maybe Wednesday was a wake-up call. Whatever it was, the troubles that plagued many drivers yesterday at the 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs(r) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Las Vegas Race Preview

Rocketsports Racing Las Vegas Race Preview

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com Rocketsports Racing Las Vegas Notes and Quotes: ROCKETSPORTS RACING PACKS ITS LUCKY CHARMS AND HEADS TO VEGAS East Lansing, Mich. (September 20, 2005) – This season, ovals are not exactly a te ... Continue reading

Robby Gordon Helmet Charity: Auction Off to Unbelievable Start

Robby Gordon Helmet Charity: Auction Off to Unbelievable Start

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Huntersville, N.C. -- After the first seven hours of the eBay auction featuring the helmet NASCAR driver Robby Gordon slammed into the side of competitor Michael Waltrip's car Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway, the bidding has ... Continue reading

G Squared Motorsports: POWERade Championship Points and Ringers Gloves Battle Points

G Squared Motorsports: POWERade Championship Points and Ringers Gloves Battle Points

* *Visit our website at www.g2motorsports.net** *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** September 20, 2005 * * G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS OWNERS: GEORGE BRYCE & GEORGE SMITH NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle: G Squared S&S Buell Rider: Chip Ellis Pro Stock Motorcycle G2/Red line Oil/Torco Racing Fuels/Skull Gear Buell ... Continue reading

New Century Duo to Make DP Debut at The Glen

New Century Duo to Make DP Debut at The Glen

New Century Duo to Make DP Debut at The Glen WATKINS GLEN, NY., September 20, 2005 - Pat Flanagan (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Patrick Long (Las Vegas, Nev.) will make their Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype (DP) debuts this weekend at the historic Watkins Glen International race course. While both ... Continue reading

Old Records No Match for Tuesday Qualifying at 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Old Records No Match for Tuesday Qualifying at 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs

For Immediate Release Old Records No Match for Tuesday Qualifying at 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 20, 2005) - It was common belief after Monday's practice at the 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs(r) Presented by Kohler that no record would be safe. On Tuesday, the first qualifyin ... Continue reading

Sterling Marlin Dover Race Advance

Sterling Marlin Dover Race Advance

CONTACT: Jennifer Powell, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, (704) 662-9642, jpowell@ganassi.com Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Coors Light Dodge MBNA RacePoints 400- Dover International Speedway Advance No. 40 TEAM FACTS: * Cooking with Sterling Marlin: Marlin will be the featured guest on Dover Downs is Cooking this we ... Continue reading

High-Performance Ethanol Funny Car to Promote Implementation of 7.5-Billion-Gallon Renewable Fuels Standard

High-Performance Ethanol Funny Car to Promote Implementation of 7.5-Billion-Gallon Renewable Fuels Standard

Race Champion Mark Thomas to Display Car at Russell Senate Office Building The National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association announce that Mark Thomas, 5-time International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Funny Car champion, will bring his ethanol-powered drag car to Capitol Hill Wednesday, September ... Continue reading

Diamond Powersports Teams Up With Shaq for Hurricane Katrina Relief

Diamond Powersports Teams Up With Shaq for Hurricane Katrina Relief

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 20 -- Diamond Powersports, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: DPWS) announced today that Diamond Powersports' CEO, Pierre Elliott teamed up with Miami Heat's 12-time All Star center, Shaquille O'Neal, to coordinate collections for Hurricane Katrina refugees. Joining the relief efforts, Pierre's daughter ... Continue reading

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