The Automobile Club of Southern CA will title sponsor
the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Auto Club 300 on May
1 at the CA Speedway. The Auto Club will also be a part of
the Winston Cup CA 500 (CA Speedway)....OH-area retailers
and consumer products companies "are seeking to capitalize
on the fan interest and popularity of products" around the
Browns. Crooked River Brewing held a "celebration" for its
new "Expansion Draft" beer yesterday around the draft and
reported "strong demand" for the new product (Cleveland
PLAIN DEALER, 2/9)....In Charlotte, the mural on the First
Union building which featured Hornets Fs Glen Rice and
Anthony Mason and former Hornets C Vlade Divac is being
painted over and there are no plans to replace the painting
(CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 2/10)....An "offset" hockey stick,
designed by a group of pro hockey players and marketers in
Chicago and manufactured by CE Composites Hockey, will be
released by Mission Hockey and Hespeler Hockey, a company
partly owned by Wayne Gretzky (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 2/9).
