Action Performance Signs Two-Year Sponsorship Deal With Legendary Top Fuel Champion Shirley Muldowney.Sports Editors/Auto Racing Columnists &Writers PHOENIX--(BW SportsWire)--Jan. 24, 2000 Action Performance Companies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ACTN ACTN Action ACTN Acetone ) Monday announced that its subsidiary, goracing.com, will be the primary sponsor for four-time International Hot Rod Association The International Hot Rod Association also known as IHRA is the 2nd largest drag racing sanctioning body after the NHRA. The Carrier Era The IHRA was formed in November 1970 by businessman Larry Carrier. (IHRA IHRA International Harm Reduction Association IHRA International Hot Rod Association IHRA International Hotel & Restaurant Association IHRA International Human Rights Association (Delhi, India) ) champion Shirley Muldowney Shirley Muldowney (b. June 19 1940, Schenectady, New York), the "First Lady of Drag Racing" was the first woman to receive a licence to drive a top fuel dragster by the NHRA. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982. through the 2001 season. Muldowney debuted the bright pink goracing.com top fuel dragster drag·ster n. 1. An automobile specially built or modified for drag racing. 2. A person who races such an automobile. on New Year's eve at a pre-season promotional race held at Moroso Motorsports Park in Palm Beach Garden, Fla., beginning the new millennium with a win over Don Garlits shortly past the stroke of midnight. She is expected to be a top contender for the 2000 IHRA Top Fuel World Championship title. &uot;Shirley Muldowney is a racing icon and she has more championship ability than ever. There's just nobody else like her in the industry, and we are proud to have goracing.com be her main sponsor,&uot; said Fred Wagenhals, Action Performance chairman, president and chief executive officer. &uot;Goracing.com does a great job with making IHRA racing coverage available for fans worldwide, and I'm proud to have their name on my car. I look forward to going for the IHRA world championship title with goracing.com's support and it was great to start off the New Year and the new millennium with a win,&uot; said Muldowney. With a racing career spanning 40 years and still going strong, Muldowney is the most accomplished woman competing in professional motorsports. Her 4.69-second elapsed time at 312.50mph run during qualifying at the Northern Nationals in 1998 was the quickest and fastest Top Fuel run ever recorded in the history of IHRA competition at the time. She was honored by the United States Sports Academy's 25th anniversary CNN/USA Today balloting for &uot;Top Athletes of the past 25 years&uot; and also named one of &uot;Thirty Women of Distinction&uot; by the New York State Senate The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. The state Constitution provides that the default membership be fifty members. , alongside other distinctive women including Susan B. Anthony, and Eleanor Roosevelt. goracing.com inc. is a leading online provider of worldwide motorsports-related news and information, a meeting place and community for motorsports fans, and an e-commerce marketplace for motorsports-related die-cast collectibles, apparel, and souvenirs. Action Performance Companies Inc. is the leader in the design, marketing, promotion and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise. Its products include a broad range of motorsports-related die-cast car replica collectibles, apparel, souvenirs, and other memorabilia. The company markets and distributes products through a variety of channels, including the 170,000-member Racing Collectables Club of America (RCCA RCCA Root Cause and Corrective Action (to prevent the recurrence of a defect by eliminating its cause) RCCA Rural Community College Alliance RCCA Roller Coaster Corporation of America RCCA Rod Cluster Control Assembly ), online at goracing.com, trackside track·side n. The area near a track, especially a racetrack. at racing events, mass retail department stores, and a worldwide network of wholesale distributors and specialty dealers. Action Performance recently was ranked number 24 on both Fortune magazine's list of &uot;100 Fastest Growing Companies&uot; (September 1999) and Forbes magazine's list of &uot;200 Best Small Companies&uot; (November 1999). |
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