Speedway Motorsports Reports Record Results
Feb 12, 2002
CONCORD, N.C., Feb. 12 Speedway Motorsports, Inc. today reported record revenues and earnings for 2001. Total revenues for the fourth quarter increased 5% or $4.2 million to $80.9 million compared to last year. Net income increased 8% or $542,000 to $7.7 million, and diluted earnings per share increased $0.01 or 6% to ... Continue reading
Action Performance Companies Move to New York Stock Exchange
Feb 11, 2002
PHOENIX--Feb. 11, 2002--Action Performance Companies, Inc. , the leader in the design, marketing, promotion, and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise, today announced it will transfer its stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) effective February 20, 2002, and will trade under its new ticker sym ... Continue reading
Feb 10, 2002
<<...OLE_Obj...>> Jimmie Johnson Q&A - February 5 How did your testing sessions at Rockingham and Las Vegas go? The testing sessions went really well. It was a great opportunity to gain experience in a Winston Cup car on two very unique tracks. I'm familiar with all of the tracks on the circuit from racing in the NASCA ... Continue reading
IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE 2002 TV SCHEDULE OF NASCAR RACING EVENTS
Feb 7, 2002
IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE 2002 TV SCHEDULE OF NASCAR RACING EVENTS ON FOX SPORTS NET2 WEST Irwindale, Calif. - - (February 8, 2002) Irwindale Speedway has announced an unprecedented 30-date TV schedule for the 2002 racing season on Fox Sports Net2 West. "This is one of the most extensive local-area TV sche ... Continue reading
NASCAR Cartoon Kicks Off Second Season
Feb 6, 2002
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 -- The Kellys, an animated series only available at NASCAR.com , makes its second season premiere on Friday, February 8. The season opener will feature return appearances by television stars Camryn Manheim, of ABC's hit series The Practice, and Catherine Bell, from the CBS drama JAG. In addition, th ... Continue reading
NASCAR TOURING DIVISION TO BE FEATURED ON "NASCAR TV"
Feb 5, 2002
For Immediate Release NASCAR TOURING DIVISION TO BE FEATURED ON "NASCAR TV" SIX NASCAR WINSTON WEST SERIES EVENTS SLATED TO AIR DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2002) – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and SPEED Channel have announced a new cable television package that will feature NASCAR ... Continue reading
FW: GM Racing response to NASCAR rules change
Jan 24, 2002
Contact: Al Larsen alarsen@mindspring.com GM Racing Communications (704) 895-1673 GM RACING COMMUNICATIONS; WINSTON CUP NOTES AND QUOTES JAN. 23; PAGE 1 On Tuesday, NASCAR distributed a rules change for the Winston Cup Series, which decreased the height of the rear spoiler on the Ford by one-quarter inch, effective imm ... Continue reading
Good News-International Speedway Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results
Jan 17, 2002
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--Jan. 17, 2002-- Company Reiterates Outlook and Provides Additional Guidance on Financial Impact of SFAS 141 and 142 International Speedway Corporation ("ISC") today reported record results for the fourth quarter and year ended November 30, 2001. Total revenues for the 2001 fourth quarter increased ... Continue reading
Jay Leno Gets Ride At Daytona! - Watch Video
Jan 16, 2002
Click4Video January 2002 (Newstream) -- As NASCAR gets ready to kick off it's 2002 season at the Daytona 500 -- pace car driver Jay Leno asked last year's NASCAR Championship runner-up Tony Stewart to give him a few pointers about the famous two and a half mile super speedway. JAY: "OK, what do we do?" TONY: "Put it in ... Continue reading
NASCAR to Install Incident Black Box Data Recorders
Jan 16, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 16 -- Independent Witness, Inc. (IWI), a leading developer and manufacturer of patented, portable, long-life battery-powered Incident Data Recorders (IDR) commonly referred to as ``black boxes,'' today announced that the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has named the Company ... Continue reading
STACKER 2 To Sponsor IMI's K. Wallace Busch Entry
Jan 11, 2002
Contact: Kyle Chapman Innovative Motorsports (336) 777-0007 STACKER 2 Looks To 'Stack the Deck' for Innovative Motorsports in 2002 CONCORD, N.C. (January 10, 2002) -- Innovative Motorsports, Inc. (IMI) is proud to announce that NVE Pharmaceuticals will be the primary sponsor on the #48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by K ... Continue reading
Jan 2, 2002
Former champ reflects on effects of Earnhardt's death By DARRELL WALTRIP For The Associated Press Editor's note: Three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip, now a Fox Sports TV announcer, was a longtime competitor and friend of Dale Earnhardt. In this column, Waltrip reflects on Earnhardt's life, his death, its af ... Continue reading
Does stock car racing need to replace Dale Earnhardt?
Jan 2, 2002
The New York Times published this NASCAR story, I thought you should see it. A well-born Southern lady of a certain age, rich and accomplished, leaned across the dinner table last week and said: "My country is Virginia. I'm also a citizen of the United States, but it's a distant second. I am still furious that the Sout ... Continue reading
Dec 31, 2001
DAVID POOLE Of The Charlotte Observer comments on the 2002 NASCAR season. It was certainly no surprise to race fans that The Associated Press ranked Dale Earnhardt's death as the biggest story in all of sports in 2001. Similarly, race fans don't need to be told that safety issues, Jeff Gordon's resurgence, Kevin Harvic ... Continue reading
Earnhardt's death AP's top sports story
Dec 31, 2001
All year long at NASCAR races, thousands of fans stood during the third lap and raised three fingers to salute their lost hero. Winning drivers ran slow victory laps while holding out three fingers, or waving a black No. 3 flag in tribute. The death of Dale Earnhardt in the season-opening Daytona 500 shook the 53-year- ... Continue reading
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