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Dodge Charger Quotes from Daytona. Mayfield and Wallace.

Dodge Charger Quotes from Daytona. Mayfield and Wallace.

Friday, Feb. 11, 2005 Ray Cooper Daytona International Speedway. Clear!Blue Budweiser Shootout Practice. PAGE 7. 704-975-3232 JEREMY MAYFIELD (No. ... Continue reading

Dodge Charger Quotes from Daytona. Casey Mears.

Dodge Charger Quotes from Daytona. Casey Mears.

Friday, Feb. 11, 2005 Ray Cooper Daytona International Speedway. Clear!Blue Budweiser Shootout Practice. PAGE 8. 704-975-3232 CASEY MEARS (No. ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - Bud Shootout Practice, Feb. 11

Chevy Notes - Bud Shootout Practice, Feb. 11

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT PRACTICE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY February 11, 2005 BRIAN VICKERS, NO. 25 GMAC CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: (ARE YOU GETTING USED TO THE SHOOTOUT?) " ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Opens Winternationals With Third Quickest Time

Cruz Pedregon Opens Winternationals With Third Quickest Time

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES 45th Annual NHRA Winternationals Pomona Raceway ­ Pomona, California Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon Opens Pomona With Provisional Third Advance Auto Parts Monte Carlo Continues To Impress POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 10, 2005) ­ Cru ... Continue reading

RACEceiver Named DIRT MotorSports Official Driver Communicator; Multi-Year Sponsorship Announced for DIRT MotorSports Series Events

RACEceiver Named DIRT MotorSports Official Driver Communicator; Multi-Year Sponsorship Announced for DIRT MotorSports Series Events

NORMAN, Okla.--Feb. 11, 2005--Boundless Motor Sports Racing, Inc., (OTCBB:BMSR) (Boundless) d/b/a DIRT MotorSports(TM), announced that RACEceiver, a product of Innovative Spectator Products, has been named the Official Driver Communicator of DIRT MotorSports including the World of Outlaws Sprint Series(R), World of Out ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Rolex 24

Terry Borcheller - Rolex 24

early out Terry Borcheller got less track time than he expected when his car retired from the 2005 Rolex 24 At Daytona, held in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 5 and 6. After winning the event last year, the early race withdrawal was especially frustrating. Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., qualified the No. 54 Bell Motors ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - NASCAR Media Day, Driver Quotes, Part II

Chevy Notes - NASCAR Media Day, Driver Quotes, Part II

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES NASCAR MEDIA DAY DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY February 10, 2005 MARTIN TRUEX JR., NO. 1 BASS PRO SHOPS CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO (HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE DEFENDING CHA ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - NASCAR Media Day, Driver Quotes, Part I

Chevy Notes - NASCAR Media Day, Driver Quotes, Part I

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES NASCAR MEDIA DAY DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY February 10, 2005 BORIS SAID, NO. 36 CENTRIX CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: (IS TEN RACES ENOUGH TO SHOW YOU ARE A GOOD CUP DRIV ... Continue reading

Dodge Charger Drivers from Daytona Media Day (Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne)

Dodge Charger Drivers from Daytona Media Day (Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne)

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 Ray Cooper Daytona International Speedway. Clear!Blue MEDIA DAY. 704-975-3232 RYAN NEWMAN (No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge Charger) COMMENT ON NEW QUALIFYING SYSTEM "We haven't done it yet, but from a competitive standpoint we're still there to win the poles and get good pit selections and get bonus points ... Continue reading

Crown Royal Becomes First Ever Spirits Company to Sponsor Nextel Cup Team

Crown Royal Becomes First Ever Spirits Company to Sponsor Nextel Cup Team

Defending Champion Kurt Busch Will Encourage Race Fans to 'Be A Champion. Drink Responsibly.' DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 10 -- Reigning Nextel Cup champion Kurt Busch will begin his quest for back-to-back championships this weekend during the preseason Bud Shootout in the colors of new sponsor Crown Royal. In the proces ... Continue reading

Chevrolet, NHTSA, NASCAR & National SAFE KIDS Campaign Collaborate

Chevrolet, NHTSA, NASCAR & National SAFE KIDS Campaign Collaborate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2005; A coalition of government, business, advocacy and sport today announced new television spots promoting the use of safety belts and the proper use of child safety seats. The Chevrolet Division of General Motors is working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the ... Continue reading

Cruz Pedregon Poised For Productive 2005 Season

Cruz Pedregon Poised For Productive 2005 Season

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES 45th Annual K&N Filters NHRA Winternationals Pomona Raceway ­ Pomona, California Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Cruz Pedregon Poised for Productive 2005 Season NHRA Opens 2005 Season at Famed Pomona Raceway POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2005) ­ ... Continue reading

Bazemore eager to start 2005 POWERade Series

Bazemore eager to start 2005 POWERade Series

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 1 of 23 CARQUEST AUTO PARTS WINTERNATIONALS POMONA (CALIF.) RACEWAY FEB. 10-13, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE EAGER TO GET 2005 POWERade DRAG RACING SEASON STARTED POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 8, 2005 ... Continue reading

BMW TEAM PTG M3s WITHDRAWN FROM ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA IN EIGHTH HOUR

BMW TEAM PTG M3s WITHDRAWN FROM ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA IN EIGHTH HOUR

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - February 7, 2005... Both BMW Team PTG M3s were withdrawn in the eighth hour of the Rolex 24 at Daytona after the two cars suffered right rear wheel stud failures. The No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 of Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, Chris Gleason and Ian James completed 199 laps and was credited with a 30th plac ... Continue reading

Former Indy Car Owner Dies at 75

Former Indy Car Owner Dies at 75

INDIANAPOLIS February 7, 2005; The AP reported that former car owner John Zink Jr., whose 13 Champ Car victories included two Indianapolis 500 titles, has died at 75. Zink, who was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame last May, died Saturday at a hospital in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., the Indianapolis Motor Sp ... Continue reading

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