* Interstate Batteries, a privately owned company, based in Dallas, Texas, that markets automotive batteries

At the end of the season, Labonte departed to drive the # 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing.

The first driver for his team was Dale Jarrett ( 1992 – 1994 ), with the sponsor Interstate Batteries, and the number 18.

* Kyle Busch ( 2008 – present ) ( Interstate Batteries is now a part-time sponsor with M & M's )

In 1998 Cruz Pedregon would be sponsored by Interstate Batteries and Jim Yates by SplitFire.

* 2000-Bobby Labonte, # 18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac, Winston Cup, now the Sprint Cup

* In the SportsCenter studios, Rich Eisen is chatting with Bobby Labonte about his hair, when Labonte notices someone doing donuts in his # 18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac in the parking lot.

Despite the win, Jarrett left Wood Brothers to drive the # 18 Interstate Batteries Chevy for the fledging Joe Gibbs Racing team.

The Great Race was organized by Texans Tom McRae and Interstate Batteries chairman Norm Miller.

NASCAR Nextel Cup race cars sponsored by Interstate Batteries have also been used to promote the Great Race.

The cars driven by Ward Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Casey Mears, Paul Menard, Tony Raines, Martin Truex, Jr., Scott Wimmer and J. J. Yeley all sported cues from the ' 57 Chevy's memorable design while J. J. Yeley's No. 18 Monte Carlo SS displayed a throwback Interstate Batteries logo.

He currently drives the No. 18 Mars, Inc ./ Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Sprint Cup Series and owns Kyle Busch Motorsports, which runs the # 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry for Kyle and his brother Kurt in the Nationwide Series and the # 18 Dollar General Toyota Tundra for Jason Leffler in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

He ran in the series for three different teams and in 4 different numbers, running Braun Racing's number 32 with Beringer and Dollar General sponsorship, the 92 Toyota with Zippo BLU sponsorship for D ' Hondt Motorsports in the Zippo 200, and for Joe Gibbs Racing in the number 18 with sponsorship from Interstate Batteries, DLP, Z-Line Designs and Southern Farm Bureau Insurance and the number 20 with Doosan Infracore, Farm Bureau and Z-Line as sponsors.

Later that night, however, it was decided that Busch would remain as the driver for the Sprint Cup team, but secondary sponsor Interstate Batteries will be the sole sponsor for the final two races of 2011.

He achieved his first career win in 1997, finishing first in the Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway ( the inaugural NASCAR race at TMS ), and would go on to win 14 more races during the four-year run.

IBM, Citicorp, Exxon / Mobil, Budweiser, American Airlines, Champion Paper, Interstate Batteries, Remington Firearms, Leatherman Tools, Avia, Georgia Pacific, The Bronx Zoo, Sage Rods, Kendall Jackson, Pac Bell are among Unruh's many advertising assignments.

On November 12, at Phoenix International Raceway, Yeley was announced as the new driver for the # 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet.

He drove the # 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet in the NEXTEL Cup series, and the # 18 Vigoro / Home Depot Chevrolet in the Busch Series.

While practicing for the inaugural Interstate Batteries 500, Craven crashed hard into the wall.

Joe Gibbs Racing debuted at the 1992 Daytona 500 with Dale Jarrett driving the # 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet Lumina to a 36th place finish after a crash.

Mars, Inc. was signed as the team's primary sponsor, leaving Robert Yates Racing, as Interstate Batteries became a secondary sponsor and the team left the GM brands in favor of becoming Toyota's highest-profile team.

Coleman returned to Brewco Motorsports and the # 18 was piloted by the team of Hamlin and Busch with sponsorship coming from Southern Farm Bureau, Interstate Batteries, and Z-Line Designs.

Interstate Battery System of America, Inc., a. k. a. Interstate Batteries, is a privately owned company that markets automotive batteries manufactured by Johnson Controls through independent distributors to more than 200, 000 automotive shops worldwide.

The first, or double-step, type might also be called the `` railroad type '' because of its application to railroads ( and other transportation agencies ) by the Cost Section of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Taft's administration got a political boost after 25 western railroads announced an intent to raise rates by 20 %, and Taft responded, first with a threat to enforce the Sherman Antitrust Act against them ; he then negotiated a settlement whereby they agreed to submit delayed rate requests to a new Interstate Commerce Commission having authority over rate requests.

These first postcards depicted Interstate Industrial Exposition that took place in Chicago.

* significantly reduced federal regulation of railroads for the first time since passage of the 1887 Interstate Commerce Act.

Past the first toll plaza, I-78 has an interchange with Interstate 95 ( The New Jersey Turnpike ) and crosses Newark Bay via the Newark Bay Bridge.

Common usage, as well as signs until 1997, continues Route 128 east along the first 7 miles ( 11 km ) of Interstate 93 to the Braintree Split in Braintree, where I-93 turns north with Route 3 toward downtown Boston.

The " Toll Roads and Free Roads " report was the first official step toward creation of the Interstate Highway System in the United States.

Interstate 17 is known as the Black Canyon Freeway from the northern end of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area to its first interchange with Interstate 10 northwest of Downtown Phoenix, which is known as The Stack.

State Highway 225 carried traffic from La Porte along La Porte Road to US 75 in Harrisburg, and State Highway 35 connected Alvin with downtown Houston along Telephone Road and Leeland Street in Navarro County, near Corsicana, was the first Interstate project in Texas approved under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956.

In 2010, additional commercial real estate activity is anticipated including the construction of the Lowe ’ s Home Improvement store mentioned earlier ; a new 30, 000 professional office building to house a high tech network-based solutions company named Ednetics ; a 30, 000 LEED certified industrial building to be the home of a subsidiary of Berg Integrated Systems will begin construction in early 2010 ; the State of Idaho Department of Labor will construct their new regional office here in Post Falls that will provide services to the northern five counties of Idaho ; Blue Dog RV is planning on constructing a new recreational vehicle showroom and maintenance facility ; several restaurants are also anticipated to locate within the Pointe at Post Falls regional power center to take advantage of the retail traffic of Cabela ’ s and Wal-Mart ; the City ’ s downtown area is expected to see a major mixed use project also take off with infrastructure and the first phase including a hospitality component begin construction ; and finally the community anticipates that construction on the Beck Road Interchange with Interstate 90 will begin this fall ultimately providing service to the Pointe at Post Falls and EXPO on the north side of the freeway and the Riverbend Commerce Park and Greyhound Event Center on the south side of the Interstate 90.

Ramp metering was first implemented in 1963 on the Eisenhower Expressway ( Interstate 290 ) in Chicago by Adolf D. May, now a UC Berkeley professor.

The main commercial development of Morongo Valley lies along Highway 62 approximately 10 miles / 16 km north of Interstate 10 and is the first San Bernardino County town travelers encounter when driving north from the Coachella Valley.

In 1964 the first phase of Interstate 55 was completed and Dwight became an increasingly a highway oriented town.

* West Quincy is a residential and commercial section with immediate access to Interstate 93 and the site of several former granite quarries, now the Quincy Quarries Reservation, and the Granite Railway, first commercial railway in the United States.

I-290: The first three miles of the 20 mile long northbound Interstate 290 is in Auburn along with exits 7 ( I-90 ), 8 ( Rt.

In 1956 the first city land-use plan was initiated with the construction of Interstate 35W and Metropolitan Stadium.

From the arrival of the first railroads in the late 1840s until rail diminished in importance in the 1960s due to the Interstate Highway System, White River Junction was the most important railroad community in Vermont.

Several years ago, the first Starbucks Coffee opened in Ritzville next to Interstate 90.

He farmed the area with his first wife Emma Pahofta, the daughter of Indian John ( for whom Indian John Hill, and the Indian John Hill Rest Area on Interstate 90 between Cle Elum and Thorp are named ).

In late 2006, the commercial area called " Lakewood Crossing " opened, just west of the Interstate 5 exit to Smokey Point ( exit 206 ), with Costco and Target, and Red Robin as the first tenants to open.

The Interstate Highway System finally punched through East River Mountain in the 1960s and for the first time automobile traffic could pass through the city without crossing the top of the mountain.

On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado first touched down near the western edge of the city among large, newer homes, at about 5: 34 pm CDT ( 22: 34 UTC ) and tracked eastward across the city and across Interstate 44 into rural portions of Newton and Lawrence counties.

The project was renamed the Holland Tunnel in memory of its first chief engineer by the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission on November 12, 1924.