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- Johnson takes Homestead pole with Gordon eighth – Auto
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- Auto industry plan approved
Johnson takes Homestead pole with Gordon eighth – Auto
ESPN – Nov 16, 2007
– Jimmie Johnson is determined to doeverything right this week. The reigning Cup champion who holds an 86-point lead overHendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon heading into theseason-ending Ford 400 got off to a great start Friday atHomestead-Miami Speedway winning his fourth pole of the season andthe 13th of his career. “We’re doing what we need to do on Friday” Johnson said. “We’ll just look forward to tomorrow and try to get the cardriving as good tomorrow leading into Sunday’s race. “I think it’s going to be important to have a comfortablecar” added Johnson who qualified at 176.
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SportingNews.com – Nov 16, 2007
– This was the kind of race that might make Jimmie Johnson nervous. Johnny Benson won the Ford 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race with a last-lap pass on a green-white-checkered-flag restart that sent the event four laps beyond its posted distance; in the process Ron Hornaday Jr. won his third series championship when the anticipated shootout between Hornaday and points leader Mike Skinner failed to materialize. Skinner entered the race with a 29-point lead but exited the season finale 54 points behind Hornaday. Johnson will take the green flag in Sunday’s Ford 400 Nextel Cup race with an 86-point lead over teammate Jeff Gordon. Benson passed runner-up Kyle Busch on the final lap at the 1.
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SportingNews.com – Nov 16, 2007
– Veteran Roush Fenway Racing car chief Chip Bolin will replace Robbie Reiser as crew chief for Matt Kenseth’s No. 17 Ford in 2008 Kenseth confirmed Friday. Reiser has been promoted to general manager of NASCAR Nextel Cup team operations for Roush Fenway. Bolin took Reiser’s place on the pit box earlier this year after NASCAR suspended Reiser for four races for rules infractions discovered during inspection before the season-opening Daytona 500. Though Reiser is the only crew chief Kenseth has worked with in the Cup series the driver believes the transition will be seamless.
Auto industry plan approved
Pakistan Dawn – Nov 16, 2007
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which met on Tuesday cleared a summary on the subject submitted by the Ministry of Industries Production and Special Initiatives. The ECC termed the AIDP as a clear roadmap which will lead the auto industry to a sustainable innovative and competitive development and to enable the industry to attract investment and become a part of global supply chain. The AIDP has been developed by the Engineering Development Board (EDB) to facilitate and encourage the investment domestic competition enhance competitiveness and stimulate innovation through technology acquisition human resource development capacity expansion auto cluster development etc. The programme is based on the principles which include: encourage continuation and increasing indigenisation; and facilitate auto industry’s integration into the global supply chain and the used vehicles import policy will be regulated so as not to impede the growth of the local industry while protecting consumers’ interest an EDB announcement said on Thursday.