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- Kahne on pole for Nextel Cup Ford 400 – Auto
- Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column: China’s no joke in the auto…
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- Auto racing | Kenseth dominates Busch Series race
Kahne on pole for Nextel Cup Ford 400 – Auto
ESPN – Nov 19, 2006
attachButton(document. getElementById(“espnstlink”)); SportsTickerHMESTEAD Florida — Greg Biffle’s “three-peat” gaveJimmie Johnson an unprecedented first. Despite winning Sunday night’s NASCAR Ford 400 for the thirdyear in a row Biffle took a back seat to Johnson who finishedninth en route to his first career Nextel Cup title. Johnson 31 had become a perennial bridesmaid in NASCAR’spremier series narrowly missing the title each of the past fourseasons despite annually finishing in the top five. But the two-time series runner-up was second to none in 2006capturing five checkered flags 13 top-five finishes and 24top-10s. He became the sixth title winner for HendrickMotorsports joining four-time winner Jeff Gordon and 1996champion Terry Labonte. “It’s such a long day to finally get here” said Johnson whofaced a 165-point deficit one-third of the way through “TheChase for the Championship.
Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column: China’s no joke in the auto…
Free with registration – Detroit Free Press – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 19, 2006
19–BEIJING — It would be easy to dismiss Auto China 2006 the 10-day show in Beijing that opened this weekend as a pretender on the world automotive scene. With its deafening music raffle drawings flying acrobats and dance acts and Disneyesque costumed donkeys roosters penguins and oranges strolling around plus all the copycat cars and names the atmosphere is more carnival than world-class business event. But Auto China 2006 is no more a pretender than its host country China which is forcing massive change in global auto markets and some of the world’s industrial giants. Hear this from Tom LaSorda president and CE of the Chrysler Group: “We need to be more aggressive in Asia. We need to pick up the pace” he said Saturday.
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Washington Post – Nov 19, 2006
media are fond of agonizing over the precarious state of the domestic automobile industry. It’s a classic case of misery loving company considering that so many media organizations are themselves feeling the earth opening beneath them.
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SportingNews.com – Nov 19, 2006
Certainly Hamlin is walking away from his first season with plenty of confidence. “I’m happy knowing that I was a championship contender before I was actually at my peak because I know that I’m nowhere close to that now” says Hamlin the Raybestos rookie of the year. If his performance is any indication of what we can expect in the future don’t be surprised if JGR is the next organization to boast about three different Nextel Cup champions.
Auto racing | Kenseth dominates Busch Series race
Seattle Times – Nov 19, 2006
— Matt Kenseth passed teammate Carl Edwards for the lead with 11 laps to go Saturday night and pulled away for his second consecutive Busch Series victory. Kenseth won last week in Phoenix but had to hold off Kevin Harvick in a three-lap sprint to the finish to claim the win. This time Kenseth led 90 laps lost the lead on a poor pit stop and had to chase down Edwards to reclaim it. nce out front there was no catching him and the victory was wrapped up when Jay Sauter spun on the final lap to bring out the caution and freeze the field. It was the third Busch win of the season for Kenseth and 21st of his career.