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Capps and Ace getting familiar with new Brut Dodge

Capps and Ace getting familiar with new Brut Dodge

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES PRE-SEASON NATIONAL TIME TRIALS FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY CHANDLER, ARIZ. JAN 28-30, 2005 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 CAPPS AND ACE GETTING FAMILIAR WITH NEW BRUT DODGE CHANDLER, Ariz. (Jan. 30, 2005) - Ron Capps, crew chief Ed ... Continue reading

Scelzi quickest on Saturday in Phoenix testing

Scelzi quickest on Saturday in Phoenix testing

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES PRE-SEASON NATIONAL TIME TRIALS FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY CHANDLER, ARIZ. JAN 28-30, 2005 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 SCELZI QUICKEST ON SATURDAY IN PHOENIX TESTING CHANDLER, Ariz. (Jan. 30, 2005) - Gary Scelzi, driving the Mop ... Continue reading

Jimmy Kite Races To Seventh In 2005 Copper World Classic

Jimmy Kite Races To Seventh In 2005 Copper World Classic

Jimmy Kite Races To Seventh In 2005 Copper World Classic AVONDALE, Ariz., January 30, 2005 - Four-time Indianapolis 500 starter Jimmy Kite raced to a seventh-place finish in today's United States Auto Club (USAC) Weld Racing Silver Crown season-opener. The Stockbridge, Ga. resident started the No. 5 Westcon Racing/ Wes ... Continue reading

Jimmy Kite Qualifies Tenth for Copper World Classic

Jimmy Kite Qualifies Tenth for Copper World Classic

Jimmy Kite Qualifies Tenth for Copper World Classic AVONDALE, Ariz., January 29, 2005 - In what he hopes is a strong omen for the new year, Jimmy Kite, Stockbridge, Ga., qualified tenth for the United States Auto Club (USAC) Weld Racing Silver Crown Copper World Classic. Today's qualifying effort of 26.380 seconds arou ... Continue reading

Ganassi quotes from LMS Media Tour.

Ganassi quotes from LMS Media Tour.

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005 Ray Cooper Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour Clear!Blue Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Stop 704-975-3232 CHIP GANASSI (Owner Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates) OPENING COMMENTS "This team is about consistently competing at the highest level and at the same time providing more value t ... Continue reading

Zantrex-3(TM) Selects Fred Miller as Manager of Sports Marketing

Zantrex-3(TM) Selects Fred Miller as Manager of Sports Marketing

IDRHF Hall of Fame Member to Oversee Motorsports Sponsorships SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 27 -- Zoller(TM) Laboratories, the maker of Zantrex-3, the nation's leading weight loss supplement, announced today it has selected Fred Miller as manager of sports marketing. Miller, an International Drag Racing Hall of Fame member, wil ... Continue reading

NASCAR Welcomes First Quit-Smoking Sponsor - A Long Way From Winston Cup - Talk About Conflicted

NASCAR Welcomes First Quit-Smoking Sponsor - A Long Way From Winston Cup - Talk About Conflicted

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27 -- A new era in NASCAR sponsorship began today with the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare that it has become the first quit-smoking product sponsor in the sport. GSK Consumer Healthcare's Nicorette(R) nicotine gum, NicoDerm(R) CQ(R) nicotine patches and Commit(R) nicotine loz ... Continue reading

MSD Ignition Partners with DIRT MotorSports as a Sponsor for Two World of Outlaws National Touring Series

MSD Ignition Partners with DIRT MotorSports as a Sponsor for Two World of Outlaws National Touring Series

NORMAN, Okla.--Jan. 27, 2005--Boundless Motor Sports Racing, Inc., (OTCBB:BMSR) (Boundless) d/b/a DIRT MotorSports(TM), announced a partnership with MSD Ignition as a sponsor of both the World of Outlaws Sprint Series and World of Outlaws Late Model Series. Terms of the sponsorship agreement were not disclosed. MSD Ign ... Continue reading

The Lowe Down From Roger Penske LMS Media Tour.

The Lowe Down From Roger Penske LMS Media Tour.

Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005 Ray Cooper Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour Clear!Blue PENSKE RACING SOUTH STOP 704-975-3232 ROGER PENSKE (Founder and Chairman Penske Corporation) NOTE: Penske, who will turn 68 on Feb. 20, greeted guests of the Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour on Wednesday night at the new Penske Racing South ... Continue reading

How Much Endurance Does a NASCAR Driver Need to Win? NASCAR's Best Put It to the Test at Las Vegas

How Much Endurance Does a NASCAR Driver Need to Win? NASCAR's Best Put It to the Test at Las Vegas

FAIRFAX, Va.--Jan. 26, 2005-- Ryan Newman, Rusty Wallace and Travis Kvapil to Promote New Line of Mobil High-Endurance Motor Oils NASCAR(R) teams continue to strive for ultimate performance under extreme driving conditions. Now, NASCAR sponsor ExxonMobil is partnering with Penske Racing South to help every-day drivers ... Continue reading

Jacobs Receives B-A-R Honda Contract

Jacobs Receives B-A-R Honda Contract

TULLAHOMA, Tenn.--Jan. 26, 2005--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from the B-A-R Honda Formula One team to design and construct a new aerodynamic wind tunnel at the team's technical center in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. Officials did not disclose the c ... Continue reading

Garnier Fructis Signs on With Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR Star Brian Vickers

Garnier Fructis Signs on With Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR Star Brian Vickers

Sponsorship Marks the Personal Care Products' 1st Foray Into Racing NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- Garnier Fructis and Hendrick Motorsports today announced a multi-year agreement featuring Garnier Fructis as a major associate sponsor of the No. 25 Chevrolets driven by Brian Vickers in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. The deal marks ... Continue reading

Baldwin-Tafel Announces Stellar Daytona Driver Line-Up

Baldwin-Tafel Announces Stellar Daytona Driver Line-Up

Baldwin-Tafel Announces Stellar Daytona Driver Line-Up CUMMING, Ga., January 24, 2005 - Baldwin-Tafel Racing will begin its first full season of Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series competition in 2005 with one of the strongest driver lineups in the 43rd Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona. Joining owner/ drivers Jack Baldwin ... Continue reading

Bazemore quickest on Saturday in Vegas tests

Bazemore quickest on Saturday in Vegas tests

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES PRE-SEASON TESTING THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY JAN. 21-23, 2005 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE IS QUICKEST ON SATURDAY, FOURTH OVERALL AT VEGAS TESTS LAS VEGAS (Jan. 23, 2005) - Whit Bazemore, in the purple-bodied Ma ... Continue reading

Capps fifth quickest in Vegas testing

Capps fifth quickest in Vegas testing

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES PRE-SEASON TESTING THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY JAN. 21-23, 2005 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell, 203-243-2438 CAPPS FIFTH QUICKEST IN VEGAS TESTING LAS VEGAS (Jan. 23, 2005) - Ron Capps, although not yet officially announced as the driver o ... Continue reading

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