The News Review:
- Young mechanics will win chance to spend time with RFR – Auto
- GM, Chrysler may not follow Ford’s lead with Canadian auto workers…
- Gas prices have race fans rethinking trip to the track – Auto
- US Auto Sales Likely Fell Again on High Fuel Prices (Update3)
Young mechanics will win chance to spend time with RFR – Auto
ESPN – Apr 30, 2008
, then fly with the team to the Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway on the weekend of July 12. “In Michigan, we’ve got a 3,000-employee staff that services the automobile industry,” team owner Jack Roush said.
GM, Chrysler may not follow Ford’s lead with Canadian auto workers…
MarketWatch – Apr 30, 2008
(GM) to agree to the same contract the union reached Monday with Ford Motor Co. (F), but industry analysts say the other two automakers may not go along with the higher costs.
Gas prices have race fans rethinking trip to the track – Auto
ESPN – Apr 30, 2008
But the prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines. Ticket sales have slipped just as May, the biggest month in motorsports, approaches. So track promoters are shifting into high gear to keep the grandstands full, offering all-you-can-eat packages and staging rock concerts. “This is a working man’s sport, no matter what picture some people try to paint,” said H.
US Auto Sales Likely Fell Again on High Fuel Prices (Update3)
Bloomberg – Apr 30, 2008
auto sales probably droppedfor the sixth straight month in April, the longest slide inseven years, as shrinking demand for pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles blunted gains by small cars. General Motors Corp.