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GM Warren Transmission Op-erations and UAW Local 909 re-cently hosted nearly 130 5thgrade girls from three localschools to participate in theplant’s first annual Get WISE(women in science and engineer-ing) program.The May 24 event was de-

signed to educate students aboutvarious career opportunities re-lated to science and engineering,said GM spokesman KevinNadrowski.While on the production floor

tour, students received real-world engineering experiencethrough manufacturingoverviews and hands-on demon-strations, Nadrowski said. War-ren hourly and salaried teammembers showcased processesused by the plant to produce 6-speed transmission and electricdrive units that power some ofGM’s exciting vehicles.Students learned about torque

settings and controls, how toprogram a robot, participated ina self-guided vehicle demonstra-tion, competed in team STEMchallenges, and had the opportu-nity to interact with professionalwomen in STEM (science, tech-nology, engineering and math)careers.Elisha Huddleston, Strategic

Business manager, Global Work-place Safety, was instrumental in

establishing Get WISE programsat GM facilities, Nadrowski said.“The Get WISE program edu-

cates young girls about variouscareer opportunities in STEM.The girls interact with womenwho have science and technicaldegrees and participate in com-

petitive engineering activities,”Huddleston said. “Our mission isto leave the students energizedwith the desire to choose a ca-reer in a STEM field.”Participating schools included

students from Warren WoodsPublic Schools, Fitzgerald Public

Schools, and Warren Consolidat-ed Schools. The event was alsosupported by 10 high school sen-iors from four area schools, whowere participating as role mod-els, leaders, and guides.

The trend of new constructionin downtown Detroit is continu-ing, thanks to Ford.Marking its return to the Motor

City, Ford is moving its electricvehicle and autonomous vehiclebusiness teams into a refur-bished former factory located inDetroit’s historic Corktownneighborhood, said Ford spokes-woman Emma Bergg.Much more than just a reloca-

tion, the move is a purpose-dri-ven strategic decision, offering anew work environment and cus-tomizable workspace that willenable the acceleration of Ford’spush into electrification andstrengthen its development ofself-driving vehicles said SherifMarakby, Ford vice president,Autonomous Vehicles and Elec-trification.“Moving our teams to Cork-

town will further enhance ourelectric and autonomous vehicledevelopment,” said Marakby. “It

gives our teams the workspacethey need to promote collabora-tion and big thinking, and an ur-ban setting that delivers crucialinsight for both programs.”Serving as home to a number

of companies over its 110-yearhistory, the former factory is lo-cated in a thriving neighborhoodthat gives Ford teams the oppor-tunity to immerse themselves inthe lifestyle and mobility chal-lenges of an urban environment,Bergg said. This daily immersionallows them to identify problemsand generate solutions that willinform the development of thecompany’s self-driving and elec-tric vehicles.The historic 45,000-square-foot

building has undergone exten-sive renovation to bring aboutoptimal working conditions foremployees dedicated to autono-my and electrification, Bergg

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Macomb County Students learning about STEM got to observe robots in action at GM Transmission in Warren.

Race car driver Will Power entered the Indy 500 victory lane with the help of a powerful Chevy race engine.

Corktown Has Renaissance;Ford to Use Former Factory

GM, UAW Show Off Robots to 5th Grade GirlsGeneral Motors is joining

forces with the SoftBank VisionFund.The deal was finalized on May

30, and the Fund will invest $2.25billion in GM Cruise, furtherstrengthening the company’splans to commercialize AV tech-nology at large scale. GM willalso invest $1.1 billion in GMCruise upon closing of the trans-action, said GM Chairman andCEO Mary Barra.“Our Cruise and GM teams to-

gether have made tremendousprogress over the last twoyears,” said Barra. “Teaming upwith SoftBank adds an additionalstrong partner as we pursue ourvision of zero crashes, zero emis-sions and zero congestion.”“GM has made significant

progress toward realizing thedream of completely automateddriving to dramatically reducefatalities, emissions and conges-tion,” said Michael Ronen, man-aging partner, SoftBank Invest-ment Advisers. “The GM Cruiseapproach of a fully integratedhardware and software stackgives it a unique competitive ad-vantage. We are very impressedby the advances made by theCruise and GM teams, and are

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Ford repurposing this old Corktown factory to develop new technology.

Talk about living up to one’sname. The winner of the 102ndIndianapolis 500 was Will Power.Victory hasn’t come easy for

Power, said GM spokeswomanAfaf Farah. The racer didn’t se-cure his first oval victory untilhis eighth Indy car season in2011. But his seventh win, the2018 Indianapolis 500, proved tobe the biggest one of his career.The win also proved to be a suc-cess for Chevrolet Racing.Power led a 1-2 Chevrolet

sweep of the 102nd Indianapolis500 presented by PennGrade Mo-tor Oil with a 3.1589-second vic-tory over pole-sitter Ed Carpen-ter, Farah said.Power, who was the 2014 Veri-

zon IndyCar Series (VICS) cham-pion, started on the outside ofthe front row in the No. 12 Veri-zon Team Penske Chevrolet forthe 200-lap race. Ambient tem-perature was 91 degrees, tied forsecond-highest in race history.Power led for 59 laps.“I can’t describe it. I feel like

collapsing. I want to cry. I waswondering if I would ever win itand thoughts went through mymind during the month,” saidPower, who in 10 previous startscame closest to winning in 2015with a runner-up finish to fellowTeam Chevy driver Juan PabloMontoya. “This was the last boxto tick, but I’m not done.”Chevrolet claimed its 10th Indi-

anapolis 500 victory dating to1988 when Rick Mears won fromthe pole for Team Penske. Sinceits return to Verizon IndyCar Se-ries competition in 2012 with the2.2-liter twin-turbocharged, di-rect-injected V6 engine, TeamChevy has posted three 1-2 fin-ishes.“Will Power showed speed all

month and today he delivered ahuge win for his team, RogerPenske and Chevrolet,” said JimCampbell, GM’s U.S. vice presi-dent of Performance Vehicles andMotorsports. “Will and his crewnever gave up all race. They keptmaking the right adjustments on

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forces with a tech leader whoshares our belief that AV technol-ogy will change the world,” saidGeneral Motors President DanAmmann.“We look forward to partnering

with SoftBank as we work towarddeploying this technology safelyand in massive scale.”The SoftBank Vision Fund in-

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Ammann (left) and Barra (right) give Ronen a look at the Cruise AV, which has no steering wheel.

On June 21, when County Exec-utive Mark Hackel hoists thetorch and kicks off the MacombCounty Bicentennial Relay fromthe county administrative build-ing in downtown Mount Clemens,he will not only be carrying atorch bearing symbols of Ma-comb County’s distinguishingcharacteristics, but also a sym-bol of learning, partnership andcollaboration, said MacombCounty Community College Man-ager of Media Relations SeanPatrick.The specially designed bicen-

tennial torches represent nearlyeight months of collaborationand work by MCC faculty, staff

and students representing threeprogram areas: media & commu-nication arts, machining and cli-mate control, Patrick said.“We were honored to be asked

to contribute in such a meaning-ful way to Macomb County’s Bi-centennial Celebration,” saidJames O. Sawyer IV, president,Macomb Community College.“To us, it spoke of a great trustand pride in Macomb Communi-ty College’s faculty, staff and stu-dents, as well as confidence inthe quality of our programs. Weknew it would be a great learningexperience for the students in-volved, but the cross discipli-nary project also led to deep

learning and appreciation ofeach other’s challenges and tri-umphs for the faculty and staffinvolved.”The project involved working

in teams organized by expertiseand engaging in group communi-cations and meetings across thedisciplines that took the projectto a much higher level.The process for creating what

will be eight commemorativetorches for use during the two-day relay started with researchon the history of Macomb Coun-ty and on designs of commemo-rative torches, including previ-ous designs of different Olympictorches.

MCC Celebrates Macomb County’s History

Sprint and Splash organizersset a record for registrationsahead of the event, with morethan double the amount of indi-viduals signed up than at thistime last year. In all, more than500 individuals are expected toparticipate in the festival ofraces, which will be held on Sat-urday, June 16 at Lake St. ClairMetropark in Harrison Town-ship, said county spokeswomanAmanda Minaudo.“This year is slated to be our

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The National Association ofCounties (NACo) named MacombCounty as a recipient of five 2018Achievement Awards.The annual award program,

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county to be recognized on thisnational platform,” said MacombCounty Executive Mark A. Hack-el. “County employees do whatthey do simply because they en-joy doing what they do every dayto serve our community. Theseawards are a complete validationof their passion, dedication, cre-ativity and leadership.”

Macomb County was recog-nized and received awards forthe following work:• The Macomb County IT De-

partment SMS texts to PSAP pro-gram: The 911 Short MessageService (SMS) is a text messag-ing service component of mosttelephone services. The Public-Safety Answering Point (PSAP) isa call center responsible for an-swering calls to an emergencytelephone number for police,firefighting and ambulance serv-ices. In a joint agreement withthe Association of Public SafetyCommunications and the Na-tional Emergency Number Asso-ciation, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobileand Verizon have voluntarilycommitted to provide text-to-911 services in all areas servedby their networks where a 911call center is prepared to re-ceive texts. Macomb County’sgoal was to comply with themandate and to become ready

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Becky Girling, a 5th gradeteacher at Fitzgerald PublicSchools, appreciated the oppor-tunity to have her students par-ticipate in Warren Transmis-sion’s Get WISE event.

“The Get WISE program is anoutstanding opportunity for girlsto understand STEM career pos-sibilities, but more importantly,it empowers girls to believe theyare unique young women whocan do anything in life with confi-dence and pride. Congratula-tions to GM for a job well done,”Girling said.This is the first Get WISE pro-

gram the plant has conducted forlocal school students, but hopesto make it an annual event,Nadrowski said.Tammy Golden, Warren Trans-

mission Plant manager, said shefully supported the planning andexecution of the event.“It is so important for young

girls to feel confident that theycan accomplish anything. Activi-ties such as the Get WISE eventexposes young women to STEM-related careers and helps stu-dents envision a career in engi-neering and manufacturing,”Golden said. “We’re proud toopen our doors to the localschools to help showcase real-world opportunities for girls.”Nadrowski said that a special

thanks should be given to ReneeHawatmeh, GSC 6-Speed Busi-ness Team Leader, for leading lo-cal activities, as well as all plantvolunteers that supported theevent. Warren Transmission Op-erations is represented by UAWLocal 909.

GM, UAW Help Show LocalStudents Value of STEM

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said. The newly designed layoutfosters collaboration and teambuilding, with rolling desks thatallow groups to customize theirworkspace as needed, flexibleoptions for meetings, and inter-active screens that make workingtogether easier.Corktown employees are part

of cross-functional global teamsworking with product develop-ment, purchasing, and market-ing, sales and service groupsaround the world to deliver theright vehicles for customers ineach region.The move to Corktown is part

of an $11.1 billion investment inglobal electric vehicles an-nounced earlier this year.The Corktown location is now

home to Ford Team Edison.That is the company’s dedicat-

ed global electric vehicle team,Bergg said.The team is moving quickly to

deliver electrified vehicles thatoffer exciting experiences andenhanced capabilities based onwhat people need and want – in-cluding the new Mustang-in-spired battery-electric SUV slat-ed for 2020.In the next few years, Ford

plans to offer hybrid options onhigh-volume nameplates such asMustang, F-150, Explorer, Escapeand Bronco, in addition to hybridoptions for every new Ford SUVintroduced, Bergg said.The work done in the Cork-

town facility will also be impor-tant in helping accelerate the de-velopment of Ford’s battery-elec-tric vehicle program.A total of 40 electrified vehi-

cles will be available globallyfrom Ford by 2022, including 16full battery-electric vehicles,Bergg said.Ford’s approach to electrifica-

tion entails enhancing the best

attributes of its vehicles, includ-ing performance, capability andconvenience, Bergg said.Ford’s new electric vehicles

will offer customers additionalcapabilities – such as an on-board electric generator on thehybrid F-150 – and bettermileage without sacrificing thegreat performance they havecome to expect.Since owning a battery-electric

vehicle represents a change inlifestyle, Ford is rethinking howto ensure seamless and conven-ient charging, while also lookingto offer full-vehicle over-the-airsoftware updates to enhance ca-pability and features.Working alongside Ford Team

Edison will be the company’s au-tonomous vehicle business team.Ford already is combining itsself-driving vehicle expertisewith the robotics and artificial in-telligence experience of Argo AI.The work in Corktown will

complement that effort, Berggsaid.With its autonomous and elec-

tric vehicle teams working side-by-side, the company will be ableto deliver on its plan to develop apurpose-built, custom-designed

self-driving vehicle that runs on ahybrid-electric powertrain.Planned to begin production in

2021, Ford’s first autonomous ve-hicles will be designed to movepeople or goods, making them ex-cellent tools for businesses to en-hance and grow their operations,as well as provide great, intuitiveexperiences to the customersthey interact with, Bergg said.Other key factors in design and

performance include commer-

cial-grade quality for lower costof ownership, improved durabili-ty to operate in tough urban en-vironments, and dependablesafety features integrated by theteams deeply involved in devel-opment, Bergg said.In addition, the hybrid-electric

powertrain will help reduce emis-sions and achieve maximummileage to keep the self-drivingvehicle on the road longer eachday.

Ford Helps with Corktown Neighborhood’s Renaissance

Ford’s Corktown facility will adheret o modern office concepts.


General Motors’ four brands –Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadil-lac – have come together tomake the GM Military Discountthe best program of its kind foractive duty, reserve membersand military retired from theUnited States Army, Air Force,Navy, Marines, Coast Guard andNational Guard.The core of the program re-

mains the same: Soldiers andsailors, as well as members oftheir immediate families, qualifyfor a special discount on new ve-hicles at participating dealers,

said GM spokeswoman LaurenLangille.Effective immediately, those

who serve and their families cantake advantage of the discountfor up to three years after dis-charge.“Supporting service members

and their families is truly part ofour fabric at GM,” said Steve Hill,vice president, U.S. Sales, Serviceand Marketing for General Mo-tors.“Extending the discount to

three years post-service allowsmilitary families to settle back in-

to civilian life and take the timethey need before purchasing anew vehicle.”For four years in a row, GM –

which employs more than 6,000veterans – has been recognizedas the top automotive employerfor veterans and their spouses inthe Military Times’ “Best for Vets”and VIQTORY’s “Military Friend-ly Spouse and Gold Employer”rankings.The companies on these lists

earn their rankings by recruitingand supporting veterans and mil-itary families.

GM Helps Veterans with Vehicle Discounts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) –Hyundai plans to invest morethan $350 million to build a plantin Alabama and also update anexisting one there, officials saidMay 29.The automotive manufacturer

with headquarters in Seoul,South Korea, said it plans to in-vest $388 million to constructthe 260,000-square-foot (24,000-square-meter) engine head man-ufacturing plant, as well as en-hance its assembly plant inMontgomery.The investment is the compa-

ny’s biggest in the plant since itopened in 2005, and the new fa-cility is scheduled to be opera-tional by mid-2019.The plant will create 50 new

jobs with an average annualsalary of $52,000, Gov. Kay Iveysaid. The company has alreadystarted fielding applications forthe workers.Some new positions will be

taken by current employees andtheir jobs will be filled with newworkers, plant spokesmanRobert Burns said.The company is investing in

new manufacturing technologiesat the plant, Hyundai Motor Man-ufacturing Alabama Presidentand CEO Dong Ryeol Choi said.The money will support opera-tions for making new models ofSonata and Elantra sedans.Hyundai announced in March

that its redesigned Santa Fe SUVwould be assembled entirely inMontgomery. Chris Susock, theplant’s vice president of produc-tion operations, had said thecompany expects the new SantaFe to reverse a trend that hadthe plant decrease its overallproduction. For several years,the plant made only Sonata andElantra sedans.

Hyundai InvestsBig in Company’sAlabama Plant

Just in time for the 2018 De-troit Grand Prix, GM has unveileda bit of the company’s racing his-tory.General Motors’ motorsports

heritage took the pole position inGM World in the heart of thecompany’s Renaissance Centerheadquarters in Detroit.A dozen modern and vintage

racing vehicles and pace carsfrom across the motorsportsspectrum filled the new display,which opened last week to thepublic ahead of the June 1-3 run-ning of the Chevrolet DetroitGrand Prix, said GM spokes-woman Afaf Farah.“The new display in GM World

celebrates one of the richest his-tories in motorsports,” said TimMahoney, Global Chevrolet chiefmarketing officer and GM GlobalMarketing Operations leader.“With the Chevrolet DetroitGrand Prix only a few days away,it offers a great reason to visitthe Renaissance Center beforeheading to Belle Isle for theraces.”GM World fills the five-story

atrium at the center of the Ren-aissance Center. The experientialinstallation included vehicle dis-plays, large LED informationscreens and a vehicle turntablearound the atrium’s center col-umn. Specialists were on hand toanswer questions about the dis-plays and the roster of new vehi-cles, Farah said.The featured vehicles in the

new motorsports display were:• 1967 Camaro Indy 500 pacecar that was driven by MauriRose.

• 2015 Corvette Indy 500 pacecar that was driven by JeffGordon.

• 2016 Camaro SS Indy 500pace car that was driven byRoger Penske.

• 2018 Silverado NASCARsupport truck.

• Silverado NASCAR CampingWorld Truck Series pacetruck.

• 2012 #90 Corvette DaytonaPrototype.

• 2018 #48 Camaro ZL1Hendrick MotorsportsJimmie Johnson NASCARrace car.

• 2018 Camaro ZL1 pace car.• 2017 Chevrolet IndyCar.• 2018 Camaro GT4.R “Black-dog Speed Shop” WorldChallange GTS race car.

• 2001 Corvette C5-R Ameri-can Le Mans Series race car.

• 2015 Cadillac ATS-V.R IMSAGT-3 race car.

• 1987 #5 Rick Mears Chevrolet-powered Penske PC17IndyCar race car.

Additional vehicles will beadded this summer, and the dis-play also features racing enginesfrom various series, Farah said.The strong contingent of

Chevrolet race cars and muralsacknowledges a century of win-ning racing history, from IndyCar– where brand namesake LouisChevrolet forged his reputationmore than a century ago – toNASCAR, IMSA, NHRA and more,said Jim Campbell, U.S. vice pres-

ident of Performance Vehiclesand Motorsports.“GM’s Chevrolet and Cadillac

brands have both had long, sto-ried histories in motorsports,”said Campbell.“Racing is a fundamental part

of what we do – from transferringtechnology learned on the trackto helping us build better vehi-cles to connecting with con-sumers through something theylove.”General Motors has been a

partner of the Chevrolet DetroitGrand Prix since it returned toDetroit’s Belle Isle in 2012, Farahsaid.The event generated $58 mil-

lion in local spending in 2017,bringing thousands of racing fansto the unique, 2.35-mile roadcourse created temporarily eachyear on the 982-acre island in theDetroit River.Chevrolet and Cadillac com-

pete in several series during thethree-day event, includingChevrolet-powered race cars inthe headline Verizon IndyCar Se-ries doubleheader races, as wellas the IMSA Sports Car Series(Cadillac Dpi-V.R) and Trans Am(Camaro and Corvette).

GM Celebrates Racing History at RenCen

The 1967 Camaro Indy 500 pace car was on display at GM headquarters.

BALOCCO, Italy (AP) – In hislast big presentation as CEO of Fi-at Chrysler before retiring nextyear, Sergio Marchionne saidJune 1 that the Italian-Americancarmaker will this month hit itslong-held goal of having no debtas it turns its focus to makingmore electrified cars.As he announced the compa-

ny’s five-year plan, Marchionnebroke with personal style anddonned a tie instead of his signa-ture sweater, as he said he wouldif the debt target was reached.The daylong presentation of

targets focused on Jeep SUVs,Ram trucks and premium brandsMaserati and Alfa Romeo, whichtogether “comprise the most sig-nificant part of our revenues,”Marchionne said. Plans for thebrands relied heavily on addingelectrified powertrains, a tech-nology where Fiat Chrysler haslagged.Notably absent were the mar-

quee brands: Fiat and Chrysler,which both represent the less-profitable passenger cars cur-rently off consumers’ radar, par-ticularly in the United States,where Fiat Chrysler makes moremost of its profits, but also infast-growing China.The business plan is Mar-

chionne’s grand finale, 14 yearsto the day after he was named Fi-at CEO. His tenure has includedlandmark deals, including the Fi-at merger with bankrupt U.S. car-maker Chrysler and the spin-offsthe industrial vehicle businessand sports carmaker Ferrari.The 65-year-old Italian-Canadi-

an has his successor as CEO willcome from within the company.In a break from fashion tradi-

tion, Marchionne unzipped a knitcardigan to reveal a blue tie - thefirst, he said, he has worn in adecade. It is a gesture he hadpromised if Fiat eliminated debt,which he said will happen by the

end of the month. Marchionne isfamous for unfailingly wearingnavy blue cashmere sweatersand never a tie, no matter theevent.Marchionne said debt is “a

legacy that has dogged both Fiatand Chrysler for decades,” andthat erasing it “is a fundamentalchange in how this company isperceived. It is a significant mile-stone in the process of healing ofa structural weakness.”All new models for the Jeep,

Maserati and Alfa Romeo brandslaunched in the next five yearswill have some version of electri-fied powertrains, while eliminat-ing diesels, brand chiefs said inpresentations. Truck maker Ramwill limit its alternative power-trains to a high-end premiumtruck, the TRX, which will com-pete with Ford’s Raptor.Jeep brand chief Mike Manley

did not provide a target for 2022sales, which are currently around1.9 million vehicles a year. But hesaid that now one in every 17utility vehicles sold in the worldis a Jeep and he expects that tobe one in 12 by 2022.Jeep will enter three new seg-

ments: a small city-car size SUVtargeting customers accustomedto sedans and hatchback, largerSUVs with three rows of seats,and the extra-large SUV. Mean-while, the premium brand AlfaRomeo plans to increase annualsales to 400,000 by 2022, havingmissed a goal this year.The head of Fiat Chrysler’s lux-

ury brand Maserati, Tim Kun-siskis, said the brand aims tocompete with Tesla with an all-electric supercar named “Alfieri”that will accelerate from 0-100kilometers (0-60 miles) an hourin around two seconds.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Lastyear, Kansas City custom carbuilder Joe Pace sold his home-made replica of the “Dumb andDumber’’ Shaggin’ Wagon to aMinnesota car collector for$20,000.“I miss it already,’’ Pace said af-

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pet-covered Mutt Cutts van justlike the one from the 1994 moviestarring Jim Carrey and JeffDaniels. And he’s upped theprice. It can be yours for $30,000– no IOUs.The 2003 Ford Econoline van

features shag carpet on the exte-rior, a floppy red tongue hangingfrom the hood and an “I’ve GotWorms’’ sign on the bumper. Theinterior boasts faux fur-coveredcaptain’s chairs, a 40-inch TVwith a DVD player, a mysteriousbriefcase and a fake parakeetwith a “Hello my name is Petey’’keychain attached to its cage.All the work was done by Pace,

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to-1 from “Ghostbusters’’ and,back in the `80s, he built a repli-

ca of the DeLorean time machinefrom “Back to the Future.’’On Memorial Day, Pace listed

his Shaggin’ Wagon van on Face-book. By the next day, it hadbeen shared more than 25,000times with more than 9,000 com-ments.Pace told The Kansas City Star

that he’d barely slept becausehis phone had been “burning up’’nonstop with calls and notifica-tions.Most of the calls were pranks,

at least one person asked if hecould trade the van for a Hondamini bike.On Facebook, some posters

appeared genuinely interested inthe vehicle.“What brand of carpet is that

anyway?’’ wrote James Welling.“Is it stain resistant?’’Others balked at the van’s

price tag, Pace said.“LOL that price is so unrealis-

tic,’’ posted Andrew Wirka. “5Kmaybe.’’Evan Steeves wanted to know

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driver to win the 500-MileRace and tied Al Unser Jr.for eighth on the all-time Indycar list with 34 victories.Chevrolet has powered six ofPenske’s wins in “The GreatestSpectacle in Racing.”“He won the race today be-

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KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) – A newhistorical marker in Kokomo isthe central Indiana city’s latesttribute to auto pioneer ElwoodHaynes.The plaque was unveiled May

21 next to a bronze statue ofHaynes outside Kokomo’sSeiberling Mansion.Haynes invented one of the

first automobiles in the U.S. inKokomo, about 40 miles north ofIndianapolis.

The Kokomo Tribune reportsthat in 1894, Haynes drove a self-propelled car that he’d beenworking on for years.A Kokomo machine shop built

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