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"Pontiac Out of NASCAR   General Motors is reducing its participation in NASCAR racing to one brand, the company said in a news release.   &amp;quot;GM Racing will focus its 2004 NASCAR program on the Monte Carlo, and will no longer race or support the Pontiac Grand Prix race car,&amp;quot; said Doug Duchardt, director of GM Racing in a news release. &amp;quot;This transition will enable GM Racing to strengthen its Chevy Nextel Cup program and, at the same time, work with Pontiac on its future racing plans.&amp;quot;   Coming into the 2003 season, the Grand Prix won two of the past three NASCAR Winston Cup drivers&amp;#039; championships: Bobby Labonte in 2000, and Tony Stewart in 2002.   Chevrolet, however, has won 23 of the last 31 NASCAR Winston Cup manufacturers&amp;#039; championships including the 2003 title with 10 different drivers capturing 17 wins in 33 races so far this year. Through 2003 in the NASCAR Busch Series and Craftsman Truck series, Chevrolet has won 10 of 13, and five of nine NASCAR manufacturers&amp;#039; titles respectively. With 2003 drivers&amp;#039; titles still to be determined in both series, Chevrolet has won 11 of 21 in Busch and seven of eight in Craftsman Truck.   Honda Earnings Soar   During the July-September quarter, Honda earned $1.27 billion, a 58 percent increase over the same period a year ago, The Associated Press reported.   During the period in question, Honda&amp;#039;s sales rose 5.2 percent to $18.62 billion on the strength of automobile sales increases in North America and Asia.   Honda&amp;#039;s vehicle sales in North America grew 6.8 percent in the first half from a year earlier to 782,000 vehicles. The Accord sedan and Element sport utility vehicle led U.S. sales, Honda said as sales in Japan declined 22.8 percent to 329,000 vehicles. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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