“The Greatest Show on Dirt is Coming Back to the Action Track - Who Won” plus 4 more |
- The Greatest Show on Dirt is Coming Back to the Action Track - Who Won
- In-car tech sales to top $9.3 billion - Detroit Free Press
- In Theory, It's Supposed to Work... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
- Pickups, SUVs Help Drive 'Clunker' Sales - Wbaltv.com
- Man goes on crashing spree in Vacaville; no one injured - Vacaville Reporter
The Greatest Show on Dirt is Coming Back to the Action Track - Who Won Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:04 AM PDT Tuesday, September 22, 2009 The Greatest Show on Dirt is Coming Back to the Action Track by Eric Westendorf SARVER, Pa. -- The Rock of the Y108 ThrillBilly Country Bash is now a memory and its time for the Roll as The Greatest Show on Dirt comes back to the Action Track this Saturday Night September 26. Don Martins Lernerville Speedway has long been a hotbed of Sprint Car racing and will be again next weekend as the 2009 installment of the long-established Commonwealth Clash moves to its new date of a Saturday Night in the fall. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
In-car tech sales to top $9.3 billion - Detroit Free Press Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:35 AM PDT In-vehicle technology from navigation systems to hands-free voice-controlled radios -- known in the industry as telematics -- continues evolving rapidly. "The car, as we see it, is really becoming the next digital living room," Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, said Monday at an event in Las Vegas hosted by Ford Motor Co. Already, sales of technology within cars and trucks are expected to top $9.3 billion in 2009, Shapiro said, and the car is becoming the "fourth screen" in consumer electronics, after the television, personal computers and mobile devices, such as cell phones. But maintaining driver safety remains a key concern for the electronics and automotive industries. On Sept. 10, Ford Motor Co. became the first automotive company to support national legislation that would ban drivers from sending text messages from a handheld device. "We absolutely support the legislation," said Jim Buczkowski, Ford's director of electronics and electrical systems engineering. "We do think a good voice recognition system like we have in Sync that allows hands-free operation and ... minimal distraction is the right way to go forward." Sync allows drivers to use spoken commands to read text messages and control mobile phones and music players. According to Ford, Sync's onetime price of $395 also helps the company sell cars. Buczkowski said Sync is offered on 70% of the cars and trucks Ford sells and said vehicles with Sync sell twice as fast as those without it. Contact BRENT SNAVELY: 313-222-6512. or bsnavely@freepress.com This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
In Theory, It's Supposed to Work... - Seattle Post Intelligencer Posted: 22 Sep 2009 06:31 AM PDT That's what I told myself last August when I was in Washington with my old motorhome and the new motorhome was parked 1,000 miles away in Mary's yard at Murphys, CA. I'm talking about the hitch assembly and the brake and turn signal lights on my Bronco II. Mary and I flew back to CA for a family reunion in late June. On July 6th, one day before returning to Washington, the new motorhome came into our life. While in Monroe, WA, I visited my friend Mike Coleman who is a master mechanic. I took my Bronco II to him and had him transfer the tow hitch assembly and associated wiring. The only problem was my old motorhome used a six-pin electrical wire and the new motorhome has a seven-pin wire. I went to the local auto parts store and bought a six-pin to seven-pin adapter. Fortunately I had the new motorhome owners manual with me which showed the wiring of a seven pin adapter. Also, Mike had a truck with a seven pin receiver which was wired identically to the new motorhome. The Bronco lights worked when we connected it to Mike's truck...but would they work when connected to the new motorhome? Yesterday I took the new motorhome with the Bronco attached for a 20 mile "test pull". Only a couple of minor glitches...I racked my CB Radio antenna on tree branches in Mary's yard (means more tree branch trimming needs to be done) and the emergency chain bracket on the new motorhome is a little thicker than the old motorhome. New bracket clips or chain will easily correct that item. Other than that...no problems. Oh the lights...they worked just fine! Thanks, Mike! All original material Copyright - Jim Jaillet 2009 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Pickups, SUVs Help Drive 'Clunker' Sales - Wbaltv.com Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:00 AM PDT Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
Man goes on crashing spree in Vacaville; no one injured - Vacaville Reporter Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:57 AM PDT A man suffering from some type of medical condition Monday night plowed into two cars before slamming, ironically, into a Vacaville auto body shop, where his truck damaged two more vehicles, including a newly-acquired vintage Volkswagen van. No injuries were reported. Events unfolded around 6:15 p.m. as Patrick P. Aymar of Vacaville, 33, drove west in the 900 block of East Monte Vista Avenue. Police said he was traveling at about 45 mph and his truck rammed into the rear of a blue Toyota, apparently rented by a Swiss couple who had been touring the city for the past two weeks. The seriously damaged car came to rest near the road's intersection with Callen Street. The truck, also a Toyota, next jumped a curb and then crashed into a white Honda Accord whose occupants reportedly were unfamiliar with the area and were searching for a friend's house. The car sustained major damage and came to rest along a nearby curb. Aymar's vehicle kept going and smashed into the garage door of Vacaville Auto Body Center. The impact ripped the door off its hinges and sent the truck into two more vehicles - the VW and a car on a trailer. Aymar apparently tried to reverse out of the building but was unable to, and his truck remained wedged at the entrance. Neighbor Nick Oliver, a friend of the business owner, said he heard the loud crash and hustled over. As police took custody of Aymar, Oliver acted as watchman for the building, ensuring its safety until a crew arrived to replace the broken door.The owner's son, Dilon Spinner, arrived to inspect the damage and called his parents, who were on vacation in Santa Cruz. The VW, he said, was in great condition and had just been purchased. Other vehicles were being worked on in the shop. Aymar was not arrested, but was taken to VacaValley Hospital for a medical evaluation. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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