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Flash.(Briefs)
What's in a name?
Even though Volkswagen has no plans to market its 2009 Scirocco coupe under the Iroc moniker, the company's use of the name for its Paris show concept ("VW's 2009 Iroc coupe,'' Aug. 28) is raising eyebrows at IROC headquarters in New Jersey.
Partners in the Interna-tional Race of Champions are discussing whether the use is an infringement of the trademark the racing organization has held since 1973, says IROC spokesman George Signore. The company has licensed the IROC name for use on the Chevro-let IROC Camaro and the Dodge Daytona IROC, but Volkswagen is using Iroc-the middle of Scirocco-strictly for the concept ...
- True Value IROC at Daytona and 2000 Series Updates.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 16, 2000 700+ words
...88, '93. -- 2/18/2000 will be the 20th Daytona IROC event/19th on the oval. Inaugural Daytona IROC race (2/14/74) was on the 3.81-mile road course. -- Daytona IROC events have been won twice from the last starting position...
- 'GLASNOST BOWL' MOVED TO L.A.
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) June 9, 1989 700+ words
...Gawlinski is the late model points leader, driving a 1989 IROC Camaro. Ron Bloomberg is second. In the sportsman division, John...Gawlinski is the late model points leader, driving a 1989 IROC Camaro. Ron Bloomberg is second. In the sportsman division, John...
- Hit Twice, Ribbs Wins Grand Prix
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Clive Carnie July 13, 1987 700+ words
...a three-hour Firestone Firehawk race was held for basically showroom stock cars. Nick Moore and Buddy Norton won in an IROC Camaro, completing 111 laps at an average speed of almost 74 mph. The day's final race was a 30-minute contest for Barber Saab...
- Esthetic Crimes: Fast Cars, Slow Drivers
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Brock Yates January 18, 1987 700+ words
...tolerated in this country, where almost anyone in the middle class can go out and buy a 140-mile-per-hour Mustang GT or IROC Camaro. Though Europeans pay lip service to our noble concept of equality, they behave like throwbacks to the Holy Roman Empire...
- Wrightman in lend run // Bear abashed over theft of promo car
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times March 27, 1986 700+ words
...Wrightman swallowed hard Monday when he looked out his Lake Shore Drive apartment window and didn't see the new, $19,000 Iroc Camaro Z-28 he had parked there. Problem: The car wasn't his. It was on "promotional loan" from auto magnate Nick Celozzi...
- Cars a passion for Dover, Del., man.
- Newspaper article from: Delaware State News (Dover, DE) December 10, 2006 700+ words
...roof, which has a lower, sleeker appearance than a standard vehicle. The engine, he said, came from a 1986 Chevrolet IROC Camaro, the steering wheel from a 1961 Impala and he reinstalled the 1954 Chevrolet bumpers upside down for a desired effect. It...
- Avenger debuts -- a pleasant car with a grim name replaces Daytona
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe John R.White November 13, 1994 700+ words
...Center (and today is your last chance to see the show). The Daytona is gone as a car but not as a racing icon -- the Daytona IROC name lingers, but the car bearing the flag now is different. But then the racing Daytona always was different, not at...
- Braintree man chases down four would-be auto thieves
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Manny Lopez, Contributing Reporter July 15, 1995 700+ words
...Lasik said there was minimal damage to his car, but he was angered that someone was touching the newly repainted, white 1987 IROC Camaro. So, Lasik chased the suspects across four lanes of traffic near the Union Street rotary in Braintree and confronted two...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flash.(Briefs)