Failure To Launch Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCARWith seven races left in the Sprint Cup season, Denny Hamlin is the only Toyota driver with a shot at the crown.Toyota's deep pockets were widely expected to dominate NASCAR when the company arrived. Tom Bowles explores why, three years later, the takeover hasn't happened. Oct 9, 2009
In 2005, the sport bought the controlling interest in Action Performance when the company was still viable. Four years later, it's dropped from a peak of 400 million dollars in revenue to just 125, employing half the staff while edging towards financial ruin. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Motorsports Authentics faces bankruptcy Oct 8, 2009
5 million in 2005 to buy Team Caliber and Action Performance to form Motorsports Authentics. They combined to write down $69. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Smith claims top awards Jul 1, 2009
The other major winners were AB de Villiers (Standard Bank One-Day International Cricketer of the Year and SuperSport Fans' Cricketer of the Year) and JP Duminy (Standard Bank International Pro20 Cricketer of the Year, SA Players' Player of the Year, and KFC Taste the Action Performance winner). The awards were all hotly contested after a year of stunning achievement that surpassed all previous successes and nowhere was this better illustrated than in the category of SA Newcomer of the Year... (iAfrica.com)
PCOTY: The Top Three May 8, 2009
At that price, this car is the 2009 Cars in Action Performance of the year. But at the R489 000, Barloworld is ripping us off for STi, it suffers an immediate demotion to a humble third. (iAfrica.com)
Eliminated! Outside the Top 5 May 7, 2009
One of the most difficult tasks we face every year, is to eliminate the cars that do not make the Cars in Action Performance Car of the Year finals. This year, there was a glut of cars just outside the top five on our score sheets, so its pretty futile chopping them out according to the weakest first, so lets look at it alphabetically then. (iAfrica.com)
UNCW Presents Something New Mar 27, 2009
UNCW's Arts in Action Performance Series is an enrichment program that gives students and the general public the opportunity to explore a wide variety of entertainers and performances. As a branch of UNCW Presents, the Arts in Action Performance Series books creative and innovative dancers, artists, lecturers and musicians. (The Seahawk, NC)
