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Looks to be a warm week-end but not as warm as today and tomorrow where temps are well into the 90s at the track. Look for some action to heat up and new rivalries to blossom as pressure mounts for drivers to make the Chase.

Sonoma. Wine country. 80 degrees. Race #16 plays out on a road course. It's anybody's race, come along for the ride but try and stay out of the gravel pits. Thanks to our Armed Forces members, past and present. Oh. Did I forget Dad? HaPPY Father's Day!

What: Infineon Raceway celebrates the 20th anniversary of NASCAR Cup racing in the Sonoma Valley at this year's Toyota/Save Mart 350. This will mark one of two road-course events on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. When/Circuit: June 20-22. Infineon Raceway is a 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course for all NASCAR-sanctioned events.

Infineon Raceway is one of the premier road racing venues in the country, and one of the few on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series circuit. The facility first opened in 1968 and serves as the gateway to the beautiful and scenic Sonoma Valley, which serves as one of the top wine-producing regions in the world. God Bless our Armed Forces and their families and those who have paid for our freedoms with their sacrifice. God Bless America

It's a road course event at Sonoma this week-end for the Nextel Cup circuit. Temperatures will be up both on and off the track. See ya there!

For some time I have been following the legal dilemma of a computer memory design company, named RAMBUS, and their battles to retain their intellectual property rights against four memory manufacturing giants. The more I learn the more I believe the Federal Trade Commission is a corrupt bureaucracy. Perhaps the most comprehensive writing on this issue (in non-legalese) is the following letter I found on the Yahoo Rambus message board. ------------------------------- "The Honorable Pete V. Domenici United States Senate 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-3101 Dear Senator Domenici, I am writing you regarding an ongoing enforcement action by...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Samsung, the world's largest maker of memory chips for computers and other electronic gadgets, will plead guilty to price fixing and pay a $300 million fine, federal officials announced Thursday. The penalty is the second-largest criminal antitrust fine in history and caps a three-year investigation of the largest makers of "dynamic random access memory" chips, a $7.7 billion market in the United States. The guilty plea by South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., was to be entered Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The Justice Department already has...

Prayers for our troops in the field , their families and our nation and allies as we wage war against Terrorism locally and globally and our enemies, both foreign and domestic, including those serving in this nation's own highest institutions.

<p>SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. was treated for minor burns on his face and legs and hospitalized after an accident Sunday during practice for the American Le Mans Series Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma.</p> <p>Medical officials at Infineon Raceway described the injuries as ``moderate-sized burns of moderate intensity.'' Earnhardt was flown to the University of California-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for precautionary reasons.</p>

SONOMA, Calif. - Tony Stewart again finds himself in the middle of controversy, this time involved in an alleged physical confrontation with rookie Brian Vickers. Following Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, Stewart brought his No. 20 Chevrolet to a rest on pit road, exited his car and hurried quickly to Vicker's car. Witnesses said the two engaged in what appeared to be an amicable conversation at first, with Stewart leaning over the driver's-side window of Vicker's car. After a few moments, Stewart became quite animated, began reaching into the car and tried to pull Vickers out, witnesses said....

Prayers for our troops in the field , their families and our nation and allies as we wage war against Terrorism, foreign and domestic.

Infineon Raceway is one of the premier road racing venues in the country, and one of the few on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series circuit. The facility first opened in 1968 and serves as the gateway to the beautiful and scenic Sonoma Valley, which serves as one of the top wine-producing regions in the world. God Bless our Armed Forces and their families and those who have paid for our freedoms with their lives. God Bless America

Story Url: http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=34460532 Send story to the . IBM, Infineon Develop Most Advanced MRAM Technology to Date 10 Jun 2003, 12:00am ET - - - - - KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003--IBM and Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE:IFX) today announced they have developed the most advanced Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology to date by integrating magnetic memory components into a high-performance logic base. Today's announcement could accelerate the commercialization of MRAM, a breakthrough memory technology with the potential to begin replacing some of today's memory technologies as early as 2005. MRAM could lead to 'instant on' computers, allowing users...

Infineon inks deal for North Carolina facilityBy Margaret Quan, EE Times May 16, 2003 (4:00 p.m. EST) URL: http://www.theworkcircuit.com/story/OEG20030516S0044MANHASSET, N.Y. — Infineon Technologies AG plans to expand its East Coast presence with the acquisition of a facility in North Carolina stemming from an investment deal that could provide $9.5 million over 11 years in exchange for 400 jobs. Under terms of the deal, Infineon will take over an office complex in Cary, N.C., this fall to house research and development, human resource, IT, logistics, finance and administrative functions. It wil also invest $8 million in land, building, infrastructure and...