Millsaps was also home to the famous game-ending play in the 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, in which Trinity University defeated Millsaps by a score of 28-24 after the miraculous play that later won the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance of the Year award, which had never before been bestowed upon a play outside of the NCAA's Bowl Subdivision.

Indianapolis, Indiana lost in its bid to host the game at the Hoosier Dome, as did Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome and Seattle's Kingdome, who had also applied.

The engine design has also been used over the years in GM products built and sold under the Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Hummer, Opel ( Germany ), and Holden ( Australia ) nameplates.

While the 5. 7L was also offered on the 1980 Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, and Chevy Impala, they were soon discontinued by all divisions by the mid 80s.

1975 would also see the end of Pontiac convertibles for the next decade.

Pontiac also introduced its 151 cubic inch " Iron Duke " 4-cylinder overhead valve engine.

The Fiero was also an instant success and was partially responsible for Pontiac seeing its first increase in sales in four years.

Pontiac also began to focus on technology.

In the original plan GM also clarified that Pontiac would have begun to focus on " niche " models aimed at the " youthful and sporty " segment, but did not provide specifics.

Pontiac also became the ninth North American automobile brand since 1987 to be phased out, after Merkur, Passport, Asüna, Geo, Plymouth, American Motors ( AMC ) ( renamed Eagle in 1988, only to be phased out a decade later ), and Oldsmobile.

GM of Canada also executed right-hand drive versions of Pontiac for export.

Pontiac dealers in Canada also sold smaller Chevrolet-based cars under the Acadian and Beaumont badges.

This feature also made it possible for Pontiac to invent the modern muscle car, by the relatively simple process of placing its second largest-displacement engine, the 389 cid, into its mid-size car, the Le Mans, creating the Pontiac GTO.

Many movies have been filmed in and around Mendocino and Mendocino County, including Dying Young, The Russians Are Coming ; Overboard ( actually filmed in Fort Bragg ); The Dunwich Horror ; The Karate Kid, Part III ; Dead & Buried ; Forever Young ; Same Time Next Year ; Racing with the Moon ( partially filmed in Fort Bragg ); Pontiac Moon ; and The Majestic ( also partially filmed in Fort Bragg ).

The city of Pontiac also was home to Oakland ( automobile ) Motor Car Company which was acquired by General Motors in 1909.

Pontiac is also home to Notre Dame Preparatory High School, a private, Catholic school located in the North East area of the city.

Class one freight rail service is provided by Grand Trunk Western Railroad ( GTW ), which also operates a large classification yard in Pontiac serving the local auto industry.

* Pontiac ( also in Cranston )

He also established a pricing structure in which ( from lowest to highest priced ) Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac — referred to as the ladder of success — did not compete with each other, and buyers could be kept in the GM " family " as their buying power and preferences changed as they aged.

In an attempt to ' converge ' the Pontiac look, the front grille was restyled to resemble the look of the Pontiac Solstice, also adopted by other vehicles in the Pontiac line.

In January 2010, Autoblog. com reported that the 2009 and 2010 model year Pontiac Vibes are also included in the 2009 – 2010 Toyota vehicle recalls related to unintended acceleration due to shared components with the Toyota Matrix.

" Sam & Dave also briefly retired in 1977, with Dave working at a Pontiac dealership in New Jersey and Sam working at an Austin, Texas, law firm as a process server.

In May 1763, under the leadership of the Ottawa leader Pontiac, they launched a series of attacks on lightly garrisoned British frontier forts, successfully driving the British from some, threatening others, and also terrorising the settlers in those areas.

To add some excitement, Pontiac also launched a special pace car model.

Several tribes led by Chief Pontiac, an Ottawa leader, launched Pontiac's Rebellion ( 1763 ), including a siege of Fort Detroit.

** Fireball Roberts wins the Daytona 500 in the # 22 Pontiac

** Marvin Panch wins the Daytona 500 in the Smokey Yunick-owned and-prepared Pontiac

Stewart started his Winston Cup career in 1999 with a bang, as he qualified his No. 20 Home Depot Pontiac in second place in his first Cup race, the Daytona 500.

Recent Daytona entries also include BMW M3s and M6s, Porsche 911s, Chevy Camaros and Corvettes, Mazda RX-8s, Pontiac GTO. Rs, and Ferrari F430 Challenges.

Penske also ran a Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype in the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Kurt Busch, Ryan Briscoe, and Hélio Castroneves driving.

He won both the Daytona 500 and Firecracker 250 events in 1962 driving a black and gold 1962 Pontiac built by car builder legend Smokey Yunick.

It was with Pontiac that Yunick became the first team owner to win the Daytona 500 twice ( 1961 and 1962 ), and first to put a driver, his close friend Fireball Roberts, on the pole three times ( 1960 – 1962 ); this also made Pontiac the first manufacturer to do so.

The team showed up at Daytona Speedweeks with a white unsponsored Pontiac Grand Prix.

Means drove the # 52 solely and didn't field a second car until in 1989, when he fielded the # 67 Alka-Setzer Pontiac Grand Prix at the Daytona 500 for Mickey Gibbs, where he finished 34th after suffering engine failure.

A 1958 Tri-Power Pontiac Bonneville was the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500.

Pontiac supplied Grand Prixs to Petty Enterprises for years to field their # 43 car ; this particular car was driven by John Andretti at the 1998 Pocono 500.

Not part of the Jetstar 88 line, the Jetstar I instead was a direct competitor to the Pontiac Grand Prix in the same $ 3, 500 price range.

In 1957, Yarborough made his debut as a driver at the Southern 500, driving the # 30 Pontiac for Bob Weatherly, starting 44th and finishing 42nd after suffering hub problems.

* 1994 ( 3 wins ) Pontiac Excitement 400 ( Richmond ), Purolator 500 ( Atlanta ), Save Mart Supermarkets 300 ( Sonoma )

It was an up-and-down year for Bickle and the team ; Bickle posted top-10s at the Pontiac Excitement 400 and the Pocono 500.

The # 23 car made its debut at the season finale NAPA 500 in 2000 with Scott Wimmer driving the # 23 AT & T sponsored Pontiac.

That same season, he returned to the Cup series, running three races in the # 97 Kellogg's Pontiac for Tex Powell, his best finish 23rd at the Atlanta Journal 500.