It is unknown what happened to the factory Sprint engines and gearboxes that were taken from the cars.

On the other hand, many fans claim that without the Sprint Cup stars and the large amount of fan interest they attract, the Nationwide Series would be inadequate as a high-tier division.

The program was abandoned by the Sprint Cup Series in 2005, but the Nationwide Series continued to use rain tires in races at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve since the races could not be planned with rain dates.

In June 2008, it was announced that Sprint and Verizon would be cutting off access to the alt.

Sprint and ClearWire were preparing to roll out massive WiMAX networks in the United States, but those talks may be stalled pending new investment.

The truth for ' 78 was somewhat different and he managed to scrape a deal together to race Colin Vandervell's ' 77 spec Ford Capri for the national Tricentrol championship and a Triumph Dolomite Sprint for the two production car championships, the Derwent TV / Shellsport and the Britax championships, with both cars being sponsored by Triplex, who were Colin's sponsor but due to work commitments he wouldn't be competing in ' 78.

In between could be found such combinations of luxury and performance as the Mercedes-Benz 300SL and 190SL, BMW 507, Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint, and DKW 1000Sp.

Nuccio Bertone came up with five variations on the theme which would always be dear to his heart, in the shape of five extremely racy GT models: the Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint, in coupé and cabriolet versions, two Ferrari 250 GTs, one named ' Wax ' after the commissioning client, and the other for the his personal use, the Aston Martin DB4 GT ' Jet ' and the Maserati 5000 GT.

However, with the December 2004 announcement of the proposed Sprint Nextel merger, it has been speculated that the Nextel iDEN network will be quickly abandoned in favor of Sprint's CDMA network.

Since the Sprint Nextel merger the company determined that because Sprint's CDMA network was already 3G and going to EVDO ( broadband speeds ), and then EVDO Rev A, it would be redundant to keep upgrading the iDEN data network.

Another limited-edition RS was known as the RS Sprint, an RS tuned by Ralliart in the UK to be lighter and more powerful with.

As a result of this new engine the Dolomite Sprint has a claim to be the world's first truly mass-produced multi-valve car, and the design of the cylinder head won a British Design Council award in 1974.

In January 2007, SOE announced that it has licensed rights from Midway Home Entertainment to develop and release six classic Midway games for PlayStation 3 Digital Download, including Mortal Kombat II, Gauntlet II, Joust, Rampage World Tour, Rampart, and Championship Sprint, which will be available from the PlayStation Store.

2004: For the first time in Sprint Cup series history, the Green-white-checker finish rule caused a race to be extended, in this case for one additional lap.

The 2011 Sprint Cup season will be the last complete Cup season with carbureted engines.

Others called for a Nationwide Series or Camping World Truck Series support race to be held at Pocono, since through the 2009 season it was one of only two Sprint Cup Series oval tracks ( the other being Indianapolis ) that was not on either the Nationwide Series or Camping World Truck Series schedule.

Having been essentially supplanted by Sprint Center, according to a report by the Kansas City Business Journal on October 25, 2011 the arena will be razed and be replaced by an Agricultural Events Center which will include a 5, 000-seat coliseum.

The announcement noted Sprint Center would be a bigger performers to the event, leaving the Kemper Arena without any major events.

The inaugural 12-race series is set to be run on North American circuits in conjunction with Rolex Sports Car Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and NASCAR Nationwide Series events.

On November 15, 2011 Cox Communications announced it would halt sales of all its wireless branded products and existing Cox branded wireless operations would be decommissioned by March 30, 2012, Cox eventually also retracted its plans to continue to resell Sprint services as a MVNO.

It has also been used for the airbags for the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover missions, the Galileo atmospheric probe, the Cassini-Huygens Titan probe, as an external covering on the AERCam Sprint, and is planned to be incorporated into NASA's upcoming Crew Exploration Vehicle.

The Sprint Fidelis leads were found to be failing at an unacceptable rate, resulting in unnecessary shocks or a failure to administer a shock when needed ; either can be lethal.

A far lighter three-cylinder engine and gearbox from a Chevrolet Sprint is to be installed in the road module to power the vehicle on the ground.

Elton John was the first performer to play at the Sprint Center.

In the United States, Sprint PCS was the first company to build and operate a PCS network, launching service in November under the Sprint Spectrum brand in 1995 in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.

* A push-to-talk system similar to a walkie-talkie, first marketed by Sprint Nextel

He then demonstrated his calibre by finishing first in the " IAAF Golden sprints " in Berlin ; which was the most prominent Sprint Meeting in the World that year.

The first Taurus driver to win the Winston Cup ( now Sprint Cup ) championship was Dale Jarrett, who drove # 88 Ford Quality Care / Ford Credit-sponsored cars owned by Robert Yates.

His abilities on the road course were evident to his competitors when he captured his first Sprint Cup victory after qualifying 32nd at Infineon Raceway.

Montoya finished the first 26 races in eighth place in the standings, which made him the first foreign born driver to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

This made him the first foreign-born driver to have multiple wins in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.

His first Sprint victory was in 1963 driving a Mini, with his first race win following in 1964 ( again in a Mini ) and his last ( and 625th ) on 11 September 2004.

After Heiden's retirement aged 22, Boucher was among the favourites for the 1981 World Sprint Championship, but after the first day's events he was third.

Onchan Village Commissioners purchased farmland after World War II to build new homes and a recreation area with a large park containing a stadium with the first ever banked cycle track which was opened by Reg Harris, World Champion Sprint Cyclist and Britain's Sportsman of the Year, on 19 June 1951.

Like his father Kyle, he won his first ARCA RE / MAX Series race, in the # 45 Sprint / Spree Pontiac at Lowe's Motor Speedway in that same year.

When Brad Keselowski scored Phoenix Racing's first Sprint Cup win 15 years later at the 2009 Aaron's 499, Finch dedicated the win to Bonnett.

In 1995, Stewart became the first driver to win USAC's version of the Triple Crown, earning championships in all three of USAC's major divisions, National Midget, Sprint, and Silver Crown.

Stewart won his first race as a driver / owner in the non-championship NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXV, winning more than $ 1, 000, 000, his first win in the event in 10 attempts.

Stewart qualified for the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup as he finished the first 26 races as points leader.

On April 16, 2010, Stewart won his first Sprint Cup pole position in five years at Texas Motor Speedway, with a lap speed of 191. 327 mph.

The race was the 400th in the Sprint Cup for Stewart, and was his first starting from the pole since October 2005 at Martinsville Speedway.

He was NASCAR's first Modified champion ( and its first champion in any division ) in 1948 and its first Strictly Stock ( predecessor to Sprint Cup ) champion in 1949.