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Bazemore Wins Joliet, Doubles Up for Schumacher Racing

Bazemore Wins Joliet, Doubles Up for Schumacher Racing

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 10 of 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. Race Date: May 30-June 1 Contact: Judy Stropus 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE WINS AT ROUTE 66, JOINS TONY SCHUMACHER FOR A DOUBLE-SCHU WIN JOLIET, Ill. (June 1, 2003) - In fro ... Continue reading

Newman Wins Gordon Second Benson Fifth at Dover

Newman Wins Gordon Second Benson Fifth at Dover

Benson Fifth at Dover Johnny Benson climbed out of his car on pit lane seconds after finishing fifth at Dover International Speedway on Sunday and summed up the general feeling of his #10 Valvoline Pontiac team for the television camera crews that had gathered. “Its about time,” laughed Benson. “Every ... Continue reading

Cannon qualifies No. 14 in Joliet

Cannon qualifies No. 14 in Joliet

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 10 of 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. Race Date: May 30-June 1 Contact: Judy Stropus 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 CANNON CONTINUES HIS QUALIFYING STREAK IN JOLIET JOLIET, Ill. (May 31, 2003) - Driving the Oakley Funny Car ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: Mechanical gremlin cuts WJ's weekend short in Joliet

NHRA Saturday: Mechanical gremlin cuts WJ's weekend short in Joliet

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results Mechanical gremlin cuts WJ's weekend short in Joliet Event: sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals Location: Route 66 Raceway Joliet, IL Day/Date: Saturday May 31, 2003 Racers arriving at Route 66 Rac ... Continue reading

Uofficial Hooters ProCup Series Southern Division

Uofficial Hooters ProCup Series Southern Division

2003 SOUTHERN PROCUP POINTS THRU 5/31/2003 TOTAL POS. CAR# DRIVER RK POINTS 1 84 Shane Huffman 856 2 06 Joe Gaita 736 3 2 Steven Christian 722 4 11 Stacy Puryear 702 5 8 Andrew Medlin 701 6 15 Mardy Lindley 692 7 28 Michael Ritch 690 8 02 Danny O'Quinn Jr R 683 9 7 Mike Laughlin Jr 681 10 92 Mart Nesbitt 673 11 4 Shane ... Continue reading

Huffman Wins at USA International Speedway (Hooters ProCup Series)

Huffman Wins at USA International Speedway (Hooters ProCup Series)

For Immediate Release Tim Southers USAR Media Relations tsouthers@earthlink.net tsouthers@usarprocup.com Huffman Gets Win in Dominating Fashion MRYTLE BEACH, SC - Shane Huffman knew going into the Lucas Oil 250 presented by Advance Discount Auto Parts that he would have to find a way to conquer USA International Speedw ... Continue reading

Juan Pablo Montoya Wins Monaco GP

Juan Pablo Montoya Wins Monaco GP

Monaco Grand Prix - RACE 1st June 2003 Weather: dry, air 23-24°C, track 23-24°C Monte Carlo (MCO). Juan Pablo Montoya achieved the first victory of the 2003 season for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team at the Monaco Grand Prix. It is the sixth since the beginning of the team¹s partnership which began in 2000, the last victory ... Continue reading

BMW 24 Hour Race - Nurburgring - Bulletin 2

BMW 24 Hour Race - Nurburgring - Bulletin 2

BMW Corporate Communications 24h-Race Nürburging 2003 – 31 May - 1 June - Race Bulletin No 2 Team BMW Motorsport Back on the Road The Team BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GTRs entered in the 24h-Race Nürburgring have a tough task ahead of them after losing 29 minutes (number 42) and 22 minutes (number 43) in the pits cha ... Continue reading

BMW Nurburgring 24 Hours Bulletin 3

BMW Nurburgring 24 Hours Bulletin 3

BMW Corporate Communications 24h-Race Nürburging 2003 - 31 May - 1 June - Race Bulletin No 3 Good and bad luck are never very far apart in motorsport Twelve hours into the race Car No 42 is rewarded with fifth place after hunting down the opposition, but retires shortly afterwards The chances of a good result for Team ... Continue reading

BMW - Nurburgring 24 Hours - Bulletin 4

BMW - Nurburgring 24 Hours - Bulletin 4

BMW Corporate Communications 24h-Race Nürburging 2003 – 31 May – 1 June – Race Bulletin No 4 Hard Work Is Rewarded By Success The progress of BMW M3 GTR number 43 in the 24h-Race Nürburgring tells a story of speed and consistency. The car that was virtually last at the start of the race, was 21st at ... Continue reading

BMW Nurburgring 24 Hours-Final

BMW Nurburgring 24 Hours-Final

BMW Corporate Communications 24h-Race Nürburging 2003 – 31 May – 1 June – Race Bulletin No 5 So near yet so far Dirk Müller, one of the three drivers of the BMW M3 GTR number 43, who was in sixth until lap 126, had to retire from the race after a collision with only a little over an hour to go. Seve ... Continue reading

Bazemore Goes for Gold, Takes No. 4 in Joliet

Bazemore Goes for Gold, Takes No. 4 in Joliet

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 10 of 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. Race Date: May 30-June 1 Contact: Judy Stropus 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE GOES FOR GOLD, TAKES NO. 4 IN JOLIET JOLIET, Ill. (May 31, 2003) - Whit Bazemore, paired with his ... Continue reading

Kimmel wins pole, ARCA RE/MAX starting grid, Kansas Speedway

Kimmel wins pole, ARCA RE/MAX starting grid, Kansas Speedway

Kimmel earns 30th career Old Milwaukee Pole at Kansas KANSAS CITY KS (5-31-03) Four-time ARCA RE/MAX champion and current point leader Frank Kimmel earned his 30th career Old Milwaukee Pole here Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Kimmel, in Larry Clement's Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford, blistered the 1.5-mile superspeedway wi ... Continue reading

Scelzi Eclipses his World's Fastest Funny Car speed in Joliet

Scelzi Eclipses his World's Fastest Funny Car speed in Joliet

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 10 of 23 LUCAS OIL NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS ROUTE 66 RACEWAY JOLIET, ILL. Race Date: May 30-June 1 Contact: Judy Stropus 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438 POST QUALIFYING SCELZI IS FASTEST FUNNY CAR DRIVER ON PLANET...AGAIN! JOLIET, Ill. (May 31, 2003) - Gary Sc ... Continue reading

Scelzi Highlights Mopar in Chicago

Scelzi Highlights Mopar in Chicago

Mopar Motorsports NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Lucas Oil Products NHRA Nationals Route 66 Raceway ­ Joliet, Ill. Qualifying Notes & Quotes Dodge Stratus R/T Funny Car Makes Fastest Run in History Stanfield Vaults to the Top Half JOLIET, Ill. (May 31, 2003) ­ Gary Scelzi is on the verge of an official national spe ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: KJ Survives Mad Dash to Start 15th in Joliet

NHRA Saturday: KJ Survives Mad Dash to Start 15th in Joliet

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results KJ Survives Mad Dash to Start 15th in Joliet Event: 6th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals Location: Route 66 Raceway Joliet, IL Day/Date: Friday May 30, 2003 The second day of qualifying for the Lucas ... Continue reading

Teamsters Agree To New Agreement For Transporter Drivers

Teamsters Agree To New Agreement For Transporter Drivers

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2003; Reuters reported that the truckers who haul most new cars and other vehicles in the United States reached tentative contract agreements late on Saturday, averting a threatened nationwide strike. The new contracts, which cover about 9,000 drivers, mechanics and other workers at more than a doze ... Continue reading

Dorricott Racing Milwaukee Report

Dorricott Racing Milwaukee Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: James Hyneman jhyneman@compuserve.com KRISILOFF FRACTIONS AWAY FROM WINNING AT MILWAUKEE Blown Motor Spoils Luis Diaz's Race WEST ALLIS, Wis. (May 31, 2003) - Kyle Krisiloff, of Indianapolis, scored an Atlantic career best finish of second place in Saturday's third round of the 12-race To ... Continue reading

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