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FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 05: Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar Ford, drives during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 5, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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  1. US actor Harisson Ford arrives with US actress Calista Flockhart to attend the screening of the movie 'The proposal' on september 12, 2009 at the 35th US film festival in Deauville, western France.
  2. Officials look at the first Ford Transit Connect car produced at the Ford factory in Craiova, 230km (143 miles) east of Bucharest September 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co launched production at its Romanian plant in the southwestern city of Craiova on Tuesday, seeking to sell their award-winning Transit Connect van on eastern European markets, officials said.
  3. Romania's President Traian Basescu exits from the first Ford Transit Connect car produced at the Ford factory in Craiova, 230km (143 miles) east of Bucharest September 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co launched production at its Romanian plant in the southwestern city of Craiova on Tuesday, seeking to sell their award-winning Transit Connect van on eastern European markets, officials said.
  4. Ford of Europe President John Fleming, right, poses with Romania's president Traian Basescu, left, next to the first Ford Transit Connect produced at the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  5. Ford of Europe President John Fleming, seen, at the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  6. Romanian workers walk by Ford Transit compact vans, on an assembly line of the new Ford Motor Co. factory in Craiova, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Ford Motor Co. launched production of its new model Transit Connect in Romania on Tuesday, two years after it took over a state auto maker in the country. The Transit Connect, a compact van, will sell for euro14,000 to euro15,600 ($20,000 to $22,000) in Romania and the United States.
  7. LOUDON, NH - SEPTEMBER 19: Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford Ford, leads a group of trucks intot turn one during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Heluva Good! 200 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 19, 2009 in Loudon, New Hampshire.
  8. MADISON, IL - SEPTEMBER 12: Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford, watches qualifying from pit lane during the Camping World truck race qualification for the Copart 200 at the Gateway International Raceway September 12, 2009 in Madison, Illinois.
  9. FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford, pits during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 6, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas.
  10. FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 05: Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar Ford, drives during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 5, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas.
  11. TALLADEGA, AL - OCTOBER 31: Mike Skinner, driver of the #5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota, and Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford, loses control and crashes during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 31, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama.
  12. TALLADEGA, AL - OCTOBER 31: Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford, loses control and crashes into Mike Skinner, driver of the #5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota, during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 31, 2009 in Talladega, Alabama.
  13. NASCAR driver Mark Martin (5), left, battles for the lead with Juan Pablo Montoya (42) on a restart near the end of the Sylvania 300, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
  14. NASCAR driver Mark Martin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 NASCAR auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
  15. NASCAR driver Mark Martin (5) celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Sylvania 300 NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
  16. NASCAR driver Mark Martin, center, celebrates his win in Sunday's Sylvania 300 auto race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.

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