Jan 7, 2003
Dodge Teams Kick Off 2003 at Daytona Test Session DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2003) -- Dodge's "Dirty Dozen" will kick off preseason NASCAR Winston Cup testing today at Daytona International Speedway in preparation for the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 16 at the 2.5-mile track. New faces and old faces in differen ... Continue reading
Jan 5, 2003
Book Signing and Benefit at Busch Preview Show. Jay Ahuja, author of Speed Dreams, will be signing first edition copies of his book during the Busch Series Preview, from 3 PM–7PM on Friday, January 17th, at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart. All proceeds from Jay’s book sales will be donated to the Busch Serie ... Continue reading
Benson Pre-Daytona Testing Quotes
Jan 3, 2003
#10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson and his teammates begin Winter Testing at Daytona on Tuesday as part of a three-day Nascar test in preparation for the Feb. 16 Daytona 500. Benson will drive the new 2003 Grand Prix in testing on the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Teams are allowed to use computer telemetry during te ... Continue reading
Ganassi has high expectations for Mears
Dec 25, 2002
CHARLOTTE, N.C. December 24, 2002; An AP story reported that it has been a whirlwind month for Casey Mears, NASCAR's newest young gun. After an up-and-down rookie season in the Busch Series, the 24-year-old Mears was weighing a few new Busch offers and heading off for a trip to Europe when he got an offer he couldn't r ... Continue reading
Grand-Am GTS Series Champion Chris Bingham Joins NASCAR
Dec 23, 2002
Daytona Beach, FL, December 23, 2002: Christmas has come early for Grand-Am GTS Series Champion Chris Bingham. Bingham and Jay Robinson Racing join forces for the 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National season. Bingham, in Daytona testing for the upcoming ARCA 200, has signed to drive the Jay Robinson No. 49 NASCAR BGN Ford f ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Presents the 18th Annual Stock Car Racing Fan Fest During Daytona Speedweeks. Feb. 12-14
Dec 17, 2002
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 -- PRIMEDIA, the world's leading publisher of specialty magazines including Stock Car Racing and Circle Track, announces the 18th Annual Stock Car Racing Fan Fest presented by Chevrolet and co-sponsored by Sierra Entertainment, February 12-14, 2003. Held at the Ocean Center (101 N. Atlantic Ave.) i ... Continue reading
KASEY KAHNE TO DRIVE NO. 38 GREAT CLIPS FORD
Dec 17, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Post, Performance PR Plus, 704-333-2828 or pprplus28@aol.com KASEY KAHNE TO DRIVE NO. 38 GREAT CLIPS FORD MOORESVILLE, N.C. - Kasey Kahne, 22, will drive the No. 38 Great Clips Ford for Akins Motorsports in 2003. It will be his first full season in the NASCAR Busch Series. "I'm very ... Continue reading
UPS Puts Minority Students on NASCAR's Fast Track
Dec 6, 2002
ATLANTA--Dec. 6, 2002--With the official close of the 2002 Winston Cup season at hand with tonight's championship banquet, UPS is recognizing its five UPS Racing Technical Edge Scholarship recipients. These future minority NASCAR drivers, crew members and technicians are currently enrolled in the new NASCAR Technical I ... Continue reading
Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies
Dec 6, 2002
NEW YORK Decembwer 6, 2002; Tara Burghart writing for The AP reported that Roone Arledge, the groundbreaking ABC television executive whose legacy includes everything from ``Monday Night Football'' and ``Nightline'' to the slow-motion instant replay, has died at the age of 71. Arledge died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Ke ... Continue reading
Fox/Sports Service: Launching On DirecTV, Time Warner
Dec 4, 2002
ANAHEIM, Calif. December 4, 2002 Dow Jones reported that Fox Entertainment Group Inc. unit Fox Cable Networks Group plans to launch a new 24-hour sports digital programming service in the summer of 2003. In a press release Wednesday, the unit said DirecTV Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. , and AOL Time Warner I ... Continue reading
Tony Stewart caps a season to remember with the title
Nov 24, 2002
Sterling Marlin's out-of-car experience late in the Daytona 500 cost him several positions. CHARLOTTE, N.C. November 23, 2002; Jenna Fryer writing for the AP reported that this season began with Sterling Marlin fixing his fender and Tony Stewart's engine going up in smoke. It ended with doctors sidelining Marlin, and S ... Continue reading
Deliver 'NASCAR.com TO GO' Real-Time Race Content on Microsoft's And Other Mobile Devices
Nov 16, 2002
Turner Sports Interactive, NASCAR and Digital Orchid ATLANTA & SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15 -- Digital Orchid Inc., an innovator in the development, management and distribution of branded wireless applications, today announced it has signed an exclusive global agreement with Turner Sports Interactive, exclusive producer of NASCA ... Continue reading
Nov 15, 2002
Contact: Tracey Waid TMDG, Inc. Office: (704) 547-1998 Cell: (704) 232-2347 twaid@tmdg.net www.hrtmotorsports.com FORD 300 ADVANCE Carlos Contreras Makes His Busch Series Debut with the Hispanic Racing Team CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 13, 2002) - The NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway this we ... Continue reading
NASCAR Grand National: Bashas' Supermarkets 200 Results
Nov 9, 2002
1. (18) Scott Wimmer, Pontiac, 200, $61,620. 2. (13) Stacy Compton, Chevrolet, 200, $41,725. 3. ... Continue reading
ExxonMobil's Mobil-Branded Lubricants Named ``Official Lubricants of NASCAR''
Nov 8, 2002
Asset Caption: Synthetic Mobil 1#174; with SuperSyn™, is a major sponsor of NASCAR racing. Pictured here, rookie sensation Ryan Newman drives the ALLTEL-Mobil 1 #12 NASCAR. Asset Caption: Web-ready logo Asset Caption: Press releaseAsset Description: Word document file Asset Caption: Downloadable headline & body t ... Continue reading
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