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Saturday, March 10, 2001

ARCA: Schrader enters inaugural Nashville ARCA RE/MAX race

ARCA: Schrader enters inaugural Nashville ARCA RE/MAX race

TOLEDO, OHIO - With a weekend off from the NASCAR Winston Cup world, veteran Ken Schrader has filed an entry for the April 13 PFG Lester ARCA 150 at the new Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Schrader, a seven-time ARCA RE/MAX Series winner, will be aboard his own Federated Auto Parts Pontiac for the inaugu ... Continue reading

ARCA: Lincoln Welders Truck Series 2001 Racing Schedule

ARCA: Lincoln Welders Truck Series 2001 Racing Schedule

TOLEDO, OHIO - In its third season, the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series has released its 2001 schedule to include 14 events in six states. The ‘01 schedule, like previous years, will include a mix of dirt and pavement tracks beginning with a 50-lapper on the ¼ mile paved track at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, K ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chassis notes, Atlanta Motor Speedway

NASCAR WCUP: Chassis notes, Atlanta Motor Speedway

[The following are facts and figures regarding the cars Pontiac teams will be running this week during the NASCAR Winston Cup event at Atlanta Motor Speedway.] 10 Valvoline Grand Prix driver Johnny Benson comes to Atlanta this spring knowing he'll be in the race on Sunday. Last year Benson was a victim of too few 1999 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chassis notes, Chevrolet, Atlanta Motor Speedway

NASCAR WCUP: Chassis notes, Chevrolet, Atlanta Motor Speedway

[The following are facts and figures regarding the cars Team Monte Carlo will be running this weekend during the NASCAR Winston Cup event at Atlanta Motor Speedway.] 1) Steve Park, winner of the Dura-Lube 400 at Rockingham, will campaign chassis #14 in Atlanta. It is the same Monte Carlo he ran here in the fall last ye ... Continue reading

TRANS AM: Trans-Am Series Announces Schedule Change For Portland Race

TRANS AM: Trans-Am Series Announces Schedule Change For Portland Race

Miami - The Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup and the Panoz/Sanchez Group today announced that the series’ race in Portland will be held on Saturday, August 4 to take advantage of a live two-hour television opportunity on the Speedvision Network. The Trans-Am Series race will be contested over 125 mile ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Ford Racing Quotes, Atlanta Pre Race

NASCAR BGN: Ford Racing Quotes, Atlanta Pre Race

ELTON SAWYER-98-Starter/Hot Tamales Ford Taurus (qualified 24th) - "That's a little bit slower than we ran in practice. We've just been really tight since we got here. We haven't been able to get free enough in the center. We should race pretty good, and hopefully that will lock us into the top 15." HAVE THE TRACK COND ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Bari Italian Foods Joins Forces With Andy Petree Racing

NASCAR WCUP: Bari Italian Foods Joins Forces With Andy Petree Racing

FLAT ROCK, NC- Andy Petree Racing announced today that Bari Italian Foods will join the No. 55 Square D team and driver Bobby Hamilton as an associate sponsor for the remainder of the 2001 Winston Cup season. Bari Italian Foods, a major food distributor to independent restaurants in the Southeast, will be serve as an a ... Continue reading

FIA: TAP Rallye De Portugal, End of Leg One

FIA: TAP Rallye De Portugal, End of Leg One

Drivers and organisers have had to battle against the weather on today's first full leg of the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the TAP Rally of Portugal. Several weeks of rain had left stages in extremely muddy condition and event chiefs were forced to cancel two repeat runnings of tests in the afterno ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Williams Bros. Lumber to Sponsor Kenny Wallace in Atlanta

NASCAR WCUP: Williams Bros. Lumber to Sponsor Kenny Wallace in Atlanta

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--The Eel River Racing Team has no immediate plans to close the doors on its NASCAR Winston Cup Series operations. "The entire Eel River Racing Team is geared up for Atlanta, ready to start moving up in points and despite the rumor mill, we have no intentions of closing the shop doors," said driver Kenny ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Pennzoil Copper World Classic Indy 200 Pre Race Quotes

Northern Light IRL: Pennzoil Copper World Classic Indy 200 Pre Race Quotes

PHOENIX- Quotes from selected Indy Racing Northern Light Series drivers and team officials about the Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 March 16-18 at Phoenix International Raceway: BUZZ CALKINS (#12 Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone, 1996 Indy Racing co-champion) (About preseason testing at Phoenix ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Post Qualifying Notes and Quotes, Pontiac Drivers

NASCAR WCUP: Post Qualifying Notes and Quotes, Pontiac Drivers

KEN SCHRADER, NO 36 PEDIGREE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: "We picked up every time we ran today, except one. We ran a '25' (29.25 seconds) on our 'banzai' [mock qualifying] run and thought we could pick it up from there. We did, but not enough. A '20' (29.20 seconds) ain't gonna get you anything. That's going to be way in the b ... Continue reading

CART: Da Matta places second in first day practice at Monterrey

CART: Da Matta places second in first day practice at Monterrey

MONTERREY, Mexico (March 9, 2001) - Cristiano da Matta turned in the second-fastest time of the day with a lap of more than 96 miles per hour in Friday practice for Sunday's Tecate Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey - the season opener for the CART FedEx Championship Series. Da Matta, in his third season with Toyota power, ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Notes and Quotes, Aaron's 312 Qualifying

NASCAR WCUP: Notes and Quotes, Aaron's 312 Qualifying

Kevin Harvick, No. 2 ACDelco Chevrolet Monte Carlo (qualified 2nd) who also drives the No. 29 GM Goodwrench Monte Carlo in Winston Cup: "We were on the pole there 'til the very end, but then got beat (by Ryan Newman) there at the end. I seen the fenders fly off that thing, so we'll be okay." (How has it been juggling t ... Continue reading

CART: Tony Kanaan Qualifying Notes and Quotes

CART: Tony Kanaan Qualifying Notes and Quotes

#55 Tony Kanaan #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix – Practice Notes-Quotes – Friday, March. 9 Parque Fundidora – Monterrey, Mexico – 2.1-Mile Road Course Round 1 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series Tony Kanaan and the #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn ... Continue reading

CART: Alex Zanardi Qualifying Notes and Quotes

CART: Alex Zanardi Qualifying Notes and Quotes

#66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix – Practice Notes-Quotes – Friday, March. 9 Parque Fundidora – Monterrey, Mexico – 2.1-Mile Road Course Round 1 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series Two-time series champion Alex Zanardi made his race ... Continue reading

CART: De Ferran sets pace of first practice session in Monterrey

CART: De Ferran sets pace of first practice session in Monterrey

MONTERREY, Mexico- Defending FedEx Championship Series champion Gil de Ferran of Marlboro Team Penske launched a bid to defend his title by posting the fastest practice speed Friday for the inaugural Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix Presented by Herdez (4 p.m. ET Sunday, live, ABC-TV), opening event of the 2001 FedEx ... Continue reading

INDY LIGHTS: Higgins Shines In Return To Mexico In Friday Qualifying

INDY LIGHTS: Higgins Shines In Return To Mexico In Friday Qualifying

MONTERREY- Derek Higgins (Mexpro/StarlightDiamonds.com/PrecioBase.com Lola) returned to Mexico with in fine form Friday where he won the provisional pole for the inaugural Dayton Indy Lights Championship race in the Telmex Tecate Grand Prix of Monterey. Higgins, who raced and lived in Mexico for five years, established ... Continue reading

ASA: Miller Captures 38th Career ASA Pole for Irwindale Event

ASA: Miller Captures 38th Career ASA Pole for Irwindale Event

IRWINDALE, Calif.-- Three-time ASA National Champion Butch Miller took Irwindale Speedway by storm, capturing his 38th career pole position, clocking in a 17.844 second lap (100.874 mph), one of four drivers to crack the sub-18 second mark. Miller, 48, of Coopersville, Mich., was in the top-10 in practice all afternoon ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Aaron's 312 Race Results, Atlanta

NASCAR BGN: Aaron's 312 Race Results, Atlanta

HAMPTON, GA: Following are the race results for the Aaron's 312 Busch Grand National race held Saturday. Results include finishing position, (starting position), driver, car model, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won: 1. (3) Joe Nemechek, Monte Carlo, 203, $43,550. 2. (5) Greg Biffle, Taurus, 203, $38,325 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Starting Lineup, Atlanta

NASCAR WCUP: Cracker Barrel 500 Starting Lineup, Atlanta

HAMPTON, GA: Following are the qualifying results for the Cracker Barrel 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race to be held Sunday. Results include starting position, driver, car model, and qualifying speed: 1. Dale Jarrett, Taurus, 192.748. 2. Jeff Gordon, Monte Carlo, 192.413 3. ... Continue reading

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