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Chevy Notes - Vickers Wins Pole, Sept. 3

Chevy Notes - Vickers Wins Pole, Sept. 3

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES POP SECRET 500 - QUALIFYING NOTES CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY September 3, 2004 JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO - Qualified 16th: "It was a great lap. We wo ... Continue reading

Stremme Gets Shot to Improve on Spring California Finish

Stremme Gets Shot to Improve on Spring California Finish

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Spencer Andrews Braun Racing (704) 799-1118 spencer@braunracing.com Stremme Gets Shot to Improve on Spring California Finish Fontana, CA (September 1, 2004) – Team TRIMSPA driver David Stremme left California Speedway disappointed in the spring by a 26th-place run in his first B ... Continue reading

Research Report: New Wall Better Protects NASCAR Drivers

Research Report: New Wall Better Protects NASCAR Drivers

HIGH POINT, N.C.--Sept. 2, 2004--Technology development company Safety Systems, Inc., (SSI) released test results that demonstrate the company's RACE Wall(TM) impact barrier offers significantly more impact protection than current safety wall products installed on most NASCAR racetracks. The RACE Wall increases the dri ... Continue reading

Rusty's Last Call from Daytona

Rusty's Last Call from Daytona

Daytona International Speedway Ray Cooper Rusty's Last Call Clear!Blue Monday Aug. 30, 2004. 704-975-3232 PART II Wallace Announces Retirement after 2005 Season RUSTY WALLACE (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) "I'm not going to regret getting out of the car. It's going to be a hell of a loss in income, but I do a lot of cool th ... Continue reading

XM Satellite Radio Launches 'NASCAR Radio 2' Channel On September 4

XM Satellite Radio Launches 'NASCAR Radio 2' Channel On September 4

New Channel to Provide In-Car Audio of Drivers and Teams for NASCAR's Three National Series LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 -- XM Satellite Radio , the exclusive satellite radio service of NASCAR and home to NASCAR Radio (XM Channel 144), and NASCAR Digital Entertainment are launching a second XM Radio channel for NASCAR. (Logo: ... Continue reading

NASCAR Shakes Up California Labor Day Weekend

NASCAR Shakes Up California Labor Day Weekend

Introduction to NASCAR DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 30 -- The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the second most-popular spectator sport in the U.S. as well as the premier stock car racing series in the world. NASCAR operates three national series: the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series ... Continue reading

Illinois' Fike, Allgaier Attempting History at DuQuoin State Fair

Illinois' Fike, Allgaier Attempting History at DuQuoin State Fair

Illinois' A.J. Fike and Justin Allgaier Seeking History at DuQuoin DuQuoin, IL-Twenty-three year old A.J. Fike of Galesburg and college freshman Justin Allgaier of Springfield are looking to write their names in the auto racing history books at the DuQuoin State Fair on Labor Day weekend. Each driver is hoping that the ... Continue reading

Stremme Survives Bristol for Sixth-Place Food City 250 Finish

Stremme Survives Bristol for Sixth-Place Food City 250 Finish

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Spencer Andrews Braun Racing (704) 799-1118 spencer@braunracing.com Stremme Survives Bristol for Sixth-Place Finish Bristol, TN (August 29, 2004) – David Stremme piloted the TRIMSPA X32 Dodge safely through the caution filled Food City 250 race at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) Fr ... Continue reading

Earnhardt Ends Slump With Bristol Win

Earnhardt Ends Slump With Bristol Win

BRISTOL, Tenn. August 29, 2004; Jenna Fryer writing for the AP reported that Dale Earnhardt Jr. found the perfect cure for his struggling team's ills: Winning. Earnhardt broke out of a six-week slump Saturday night with a convincing victory in the Sharpie 500, giving him a weekend sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway and mo ... Continue reading

Chevy Notes - Bristol, Aug. 27

Chevy Notes - Bristol, Aug. 27

Contact: Nancy Wager GM Racing Communications cell: (727) 415-3109 For more information: media.gm.com CHEVROLET NOTES & QUOTES NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES SHARPIE 500 -QUALIFYING NOTES BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY August 27, 2004 JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO - Qualified 11th: "That was a lot better than i ... Continue reading

Dodge Bristol Qualifying, Kyle Petty Feature

Dodge Bristol Qualifying, Kyle Petty Feature

Kahne Leads Way as Four Dodges Crack Top Five at BMS; Kyle Petty Offers Intriguing New Wrinkle for Points' System Bristol Motor Speedway Ray Cooper Sharpie 500 Qualifying Clear!Blue Friday Aug. 27, 2004. 704-975-3232 KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) - Qualified second "In practice we were pretty good. We wer ... Continue reading

ARCA Full Ahead 9 Days a Week

ARCA Full Ahead 9 Days a Week

ARCA RE/MAX Series Full-Ahead 9 Days a Week TOLEDO OH (8-27-04) The ARCA RE/MAX Series, renowned for its diversity, is gearing up for a late-summer surge that will showcase the tour at three very different track-types, all within the space of nine days. A half-mile paved short-track, a legendary mile-dirt and a 1.5-mil ... Continue reading

Hit Bands To Appear At Chevy Rock & Roll 400

Hit Bands To Appear At Chevy Rock & Roll 400

Big & Rich And Collective Soul To Perform During Race Weekend RICHMOND, Va. August 23, 2004; As if the last race before the inaugural NASCAR NEXTEL Cup "Chase for the Championship" wouldn't already be thrilling enough, Chevrolet has added to the excitement of the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 weekend by announcing at-track per ... Continue reading

McMurray Motors to Fourth-Place Finish in Michigan

McMurray Motors to Fourth-Place Finish in Michigan

Media Contact: Jason Wise, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (704) 500-6121, jwise@ganassi.com <mailto:jwise@ganassi.com> -For Immediate Release- McMurray Motors to Fourth-Place Finish in Michigan BROOKLYN, Mich., (August 23, 2004) --- Detroit is known as the "Motor City." Jamie McMurray and the Texaco/Havoline te ... Continue reading

Dodge Cup Quotes from MIS

Dodge Cup Quotes from MIS

Michigan International Speedway Ray Cooper GFS Marketplace 400. Clear!Blue Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004. 704-975-3232 JEREMY MAYFIELD. (No. ... Continue reading

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