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STOCK CAR HALL OF FAME BANQUET IN LOS ANGELES APPROACHES ... 1972 REMEMBERED

STOCK CAR HALL OF FAME BANQUET IN LOS ANGELES APPROACHES ... 1972 REMEMBERED

The Longest Season: 1972 The final points standings had Elder 40 points ahead of McGriff, and an unprecedented fourth championship. Plymouth won the Manufacturer’s Championship with 15 wins, while Dodge captured the other 12 events. Only six cars had been able to start all 30 races. Elder won an amazing $56,000, ... Continue reading

Williams Grove Speedway to Host 2nd Annual Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption Network Night

Williams Grove Speedway to Host 2nd Annual Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption Network Night

Super Sprint Car Teams Will Race for PA Children Seeking Families On Friday, July 1, at 4 p.m., Williams Grove Speedway will host the 2nd Annual Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption Network Night. The Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN) will promote adoption awareness during the famous Mitch Smith Memorial Race at the Grove. ... Continue reading

Stevie Smith Wins at SSP on Thursday Night

Stevie Smith Wins at SSP on Thursday Night

Contact: Todd Fisher Bryan Householder (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STEVIE SMITH WINS CINDY ROWE AUTO GLASS PA SPEEDWEEK FEATURE AT SSP THURSDAY Newberrytown, PA (June 30, 2005) – Stevie Smith returned to his old stomping grounds Thursday evening to win his first career Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Pen ... Continue reading

Blue Lizard Sun Safety Program a Success at NASCAR Weekend

Blue Lizard Sun Safety Program a Success at NASCAR Weekend

Contact: John Cardinale (707) 933-3907 Blue Lizard Australian Suncream Sun Safety Program a Big Success at Dodge/Save Mart 350 Weekend SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Blue Lizard Australian Suncream enjoyed a successful weekend in its first year of partnership with Infineon Raceway during the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Ser ... Continue reading

USAC SPEEDROME REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULT

USAC SPEEDROME REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULT

USAC SPEEDROME REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 30, 2005 ­ Indianapolis, Indiana ­ Blossom Chevrolet Indianapolis Speedrome ­ Presented by Traderindiana.com & Wheels & Deals ­ “Thursday Night Thunder” FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nick Bohanon (#33 Bohanon), 2. Brad Kuhn (#74 Kuhn), 3. Bobby Smi ... Continue reading

USAC SPEEDROME KENYON MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS

USAC SPEEDROME KENYON MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS

USAC SPEEDROME KENYON MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 30, 2005 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Blossom Chevrolet Indianapolis Speedrome – Presented by Traderindiana.com & Wheels & Deals – “Thursday Night Thunder” FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jordan Pennington (#8 Pennington), 2. Blake Fit ... Continue reading

Dodge/Save Mart 350 Posts Record Television Ratings

Dodge/Save Mart 350 Posts Record Television Ratings

SONOMA, Calif. une 30, 2005: NEXTEL Cup Series Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway last weekend was the highest-rated and most-viewed road-course race in the history of NASCAR. The event earned a 5.7 rating on FOX, bettering the previous road-course record of 5.6 set at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) in 2003 (NBC). The rating ... Continue reading

Cadillac's Pilgrim Leads SPEED GT Drivers Into Lime Rock

Cadillac's Pilgrim Leads SPEED GT Drivers Into Lime Rock

For Immediate Release Cadillac's Pilgrim Leads SPEED GT Drivers Into Lime Rock LAKEVILLE, Conn. (June 30, 2005) - Team Cadillac driver Andy Pilgrim, of Del Ray Beach, Fla., doesn't have a flashy nickname like his teammates "Mad" Max Papis and Max "The Ax" Angelelli. However, he has something that they (along with the r ... Continue reading

Henkel Teams Up with NASCAR Stars Bobby and Terry Labonte for Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway

Henkel Teams Up with NASCAR Stars Bobby and Terry Labonte for Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway

Henkel and its Loctite(R) Brand Sponsors Talented Brother Team in Tonight's Grand American Sports Car Race GULPH MILLS, Pa., June 30 -- Henkel in North America has teamed up with NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series stars Bobby and Terry Labonte as they race for the checkered flag in tonight's Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona Interna ... Continue reading

GTO Lime Rock Pre Race Report

GTO Lime Rock Pre Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com Remote Area Medical #7 SPEED World Challenge GTO Ready for New England Grand Prix Lakeville, Conn. – June 29, 2005 Jim Osborn, driver of the Remote Area Medical #7 GTO from Autosport Development feels pretty upbeat about this weekend&#8217 ... Continue reading

NayKid Racing Bruised But Not Out After June Sprints

NayKid Racing Bruised But Not Out After June Sprints

NayKid Racing Bruised But Not Out After June Sprints ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., June 30, 2005 - Sunday's June Sprints was no walk in the park for NayKid Racing. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) T1 class defending champions of the event would take one top-five finish and send two cars away on the flatbed tow truck. In 20 ... Continue reading

Rick Crawford Kansas Speedway Preview

Rick Crawford Kansas Speedway Preview

Contact: Craig Bailey O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Performance PR Plus Kansas Speedway 704.377.8727 (office) Kansas City, KS 704.507.2456 (mobile) July 1-2, 2005 cbailey@pprplus.com Rick Crawford's Kansas Speedway Results Date Start Finish Laps Status 7/03/04 4 3 167/167 Running 7/05/03 13 23 106/167 Engine 7/06/02 5 12 165 ... Continue reading

Dunlop Tire Sees Red - Ferrari Red - at Red Driving Experience

Dunlop Tire Sees Red - Ferrari Red - at Red Driving Experience

AKRON, Ohio, June 29 -- Dunlop tire marketing officials are seeing red, and they couldn't be happier. Nothing like a school of red-hot Ferrari sports cars on Dunlop performance tires to bring a smile to one's face. Dunlop North America announced today that it is a major sponsor and would supply SP Sport 9000 ultra-perf ... Continue reading

Transcript of Teleconference with ALMS Driver Ron Fellows

Transcript of Teleconference with ALMS Driver Ron Fellows

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 American Le Mans Series Teleconference Ron Fellows (Driver of the Chevrolet Corvette C6-R in the GT1 Class) Ron Fellows, who has combined with co-driver Johnny O'Connell to win the last four GT1 championships at Infineon Raceway in the American Le Mans Series, took part in a teleconference on W ... Continue reading

Thank You to U. S. Military

Thank You to U. S. Military

BMAR says ‘Eddyville, Ky. – As a ‘Salute to Our Troops’, BMAR has announced a primary sponsorship agreement with Keith Coleman Racing for the #26 Chevrolet. The car will feature the insignias of the U. S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard on the hood and lower-rear quarter panels. A ... Continue reading

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