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LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY

LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 16 of 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS BRAINERD INT'L RACEWAY BRAINERD, MINN. Race Dates: Aug. 12-14, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net TROXEL GETS BREATHER, READY TO START UP AGAIN IN B ... Continue reading

PARNELLI JONES LENDS NAME TO USAC SPRINT CAR RACE AT MILWAUKEE MILE

PARNELLI JONES LENDS NAME TO USAC SPRINT CAR RACE AT MILWAUKEE MILE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 10, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN PARNELLI JONES LENDS NAME TO USAC SPRINT CAR RACE AT MILWAUKEE MILE INDIANAPOLIS – USAC and The Milwaukee Mile officials announced yesterday the name of the Aug. 27 Valvoline National Sprint Car Series race as the “Parnelli Jones Clas ... Continue reading

FORD RACING UNVEILS HENRY FORD CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FOR FORD FOCUS NATIONAL CHAMPION

FORD RACING UNVEILS HENRY FORD CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FOR FORD FOCUS NATIONAL CHAMPION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 10, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN (USAC) SCOTT DENBY (FORD) – (313) 337-8248 ANDREW CASSELBERRY (CAMPBELL CO.) – (313) 203-7272 FORD RACING UNVEILS HENRY FORD CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FOR FORD FOCUS NATIONAL CHAMPION DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Racing unveiled yesterday t ... Continue reading

USAC ANNOUNCES TRIPLEHEADER DURING PRI WEEKEND AT ORLANDO

USAC ANNOUNCES TRIPLEHEADER DURING PRI WEEKEND AT ORLANDO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 10, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN USAC ANNOUNCES TRIPLEHEADER DURING PRI WEEKEND AT ORLANDO INDIANAPOLIS – USAC will sanction a tripleheader during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show weekend Dec. 1-2 in Orlando, Fla., a two-day non-points affair with three of its to ... Continue reading

Denver University Student Enjoying Magical Rookie SCCA SPEED Touring Car Season

Denver University Student Enjoying Magical Rookie SCCA SPEED Touring Car Season

For Immediate Release Denver University Student Enjoying Magical SCCA SPEED Touring Car Rookie Season It is Wednesday, just about 72 hours before Saturday's Round Nine SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car race in Denver, part of the CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by PacifiCare. It is 72 hours before ... Continue reading

ATTENTION DENVER DRIVERS: Auraria Parkway Closed August 10-15 for 2005 CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver

ATTENTION DENVER DRIVERS: Auraria Parkway Closed August 10-15 for 2005 CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver

DENVER, Aug. 10 -- Traffic changes related to the 2005 CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver presented by PacifiCare are as follows: Wednesday, August 10, 2005: 7:00 p.m.: Outbound/West lanes of Auraria Parkway, between 7th Street and Speer Blvd. will be closed. Thursday, August 11, 2005: 10:00 a.m.: Inbound/East lane ... Continue reading

Dunlop Drivers Cup Essays Push Limits of Driving Skills

Dunlop Drivers Cup Essays Push Limits of Driving Skills

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 10 -- The chance to compete in Dunlop Drivers Cup had grown men -- and a few women -- pushing the limits of their driving capabilities and relishing their two-hour drive to work. "I came out of my mother's womb in a perfect four-wheel drift, tires blazing, ready to compete in this event," a 29-year-ol ... Continue reading

Aug. 13: 3,500 Enthusiasts Will Turn Shea Lot Into Big 'Test Track' For Ford Innovation Drive

Aug. 13: 3,500 Enthusiasts Will Turn Shea Lot Into Big 'Test Track' For Ford Innovation Drive

* Public Will Put Ford's Fusion - The Company's Most Important Mid-Size Car In 20 Years - Through Its Paces, And See The 2006 NASCAR Fusion * 2006 Ford Explorer Will Make Its World-Driving Premiere * Attendees Can Squeal The Tires Of Mustang GT at a Simulated Dragstrip WHAT: Some 3,500 auto racing fans and consumers wi ... Continue reading

Auto Pioneer & Racing Legend Steve Saleen To Appear & Display Saleens At Woodward Dream Cruise

Auto Pioneer & Racing Legend Steve Saleen To Appear & Display Saleens At Woodward Dream Cruise

Who: Steve Saleen, racing hero and founder of Saleen, Inc., the specialty vehicle manufacturer of the Saleen S281 Mustang, the N2O Focus, and the S7 supercar. What: Steve Saleen has lived the dream of auto enthusiasts. He has modified, raced, and won with vehicles at various levels of auto racing. Now, Saleen manufactu ... Continue reading

Xtreme Super Nationals Upcoming Event

Xtreme Super Nationals Upcoming Event

The following is a press release for the upcoming $25,000 to win Xtreme Super Nationals to be held October 13th-15th at State Fair Speedway in Oklahoma City. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Thank you and have a great day! April Spurgeon 405.942.6950 office 405.740.9702 cell april@xtremesupernationals ... Continue reading

Watkins Glen Fast Facts

Watkins Glen Fast Facts

Jorge Goeters Watkins Glen International Sponsor: Canel’s / Scotiabank Inverlat Owner: Todd Braun Crew Chief: Todd Lohse Chassis: BR19 Manufacturer: Chevrolet Engine Builder: Dale Earnhardt Inc. Jorge Goeters Quick Facts: · Jorge Goeters captured the Busch Pole Award for the Inaugural Mexico 200 at th ... Continue reading

The Teams are Chosen. The Wheels are Spinning. Red Bull Dragsterday is Revving up for Race Day!

The Teams are Chosen. The Wheels are Spinning. Red Bull Dragsterday is Revving up for Race Day!

Thirty-Two Teams Selected to Build Human-Powered Dragsters DETROIT, Aug. 9 -- The wait is over! The results are in! After hours of poring over more than one hundred would-be drag racers' applications, a panel of judges has decided on 32 teams -- from 14 states across the U.S. -- clever and quick enough to compete in Re ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Pre Race: KJ & Crew Work to Make Brainerd the First of Eight Great Races

NHRA Kurt Johnson Pre Race: KJ & Crew Work to Make Brainerd the First of Eight Great Races

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net KJ & Crew Work to Make Brainerd the First of Eight Great Races ACDelco Cobalt Sets Strategy for Races Ahead Sugar Hill, Ga., August 9, 2005 - There are eight races left in the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season. Entering this weekend ... Continue reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Pre Race: It's a Marriage Made in Horsepower Heaven: The Professor & The GTO

NHRA Warren Johnson Pre Race: It's a Marriage Made in Horsepower Heaven: The Professor & The GTO

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net It's a Marriage Made in Horsepower Heaven: The Professor & The GTO GM Performance Parts team to unveil new race car at Brainerd race Sugar Hill, Ga., August 9, 2005 -Two automotive legends will join forces this weekend, as six-time NHRA ... Continue reading

Nextel News - Heading to The Glen

Nextel News - Heading to The Glen

August 9, 2005 - Watkins Glen International NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series(tm) Key Dates to Keep in Mind A August 12 - Nextel Wake-Up Call with the Road Course Aces at 11 a.m. EDT A August 13 - Bud Pole Qualifying at 11:10 a.m. EDT (Impound) A August 14 - Sirius at the Glen at 1:35 p.m. EDT (90 laps/220.5 miles) NASCAR NEXTE ... Continue reading

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