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INDY RACING: Infiniti Pro Series to debut in 2002
August September 1, 2001 JOLIET, Ill. - The Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series, a new racing series created on the same founding principles of the Indy Racing League, will make its debut in mid-2002 with an inaugural season of up to seven races in conjunction with the Indy Racing Northern Light Series. Indy Racing League ... Continue reading
INDY RACING: 2002 Infiniti Pro Series Specifications
August September 1, 2001 ENGINE Manufacturer: Infiniti Capacity: 3.5 liters Configuration: 90-degree V8 Horsepower: 450 at 8,100 RPM CHASSIS Manufacturer: Dallara Fuel Capacity: 25 gallons minimum Data Acquisition: Specification system supplied with chassis to measure steering angle, shock travel, wheel speed, throttle ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Winston No Bull Five Fast Facts
August September 1, 2001 Location: Richmond International Raceway Date: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001 Start time: 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time 2001 Winston No Bull 5 -- Event No. 4 of 5 Qualified drivers: * Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo) * Michael Waltrip (No. ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Labonte, Benson comment on qualifying at Darlington
August September 1, 2001 BOBBY LABONTE, NO. 18 INTERSTATE BATTERIES PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT LAP?) "For ourselves, it was pretty good. I wish I could have picked up another half a tenth to a tenth because that would have been a whole lot better for us compared to some other guys. But the guys did a ... Continue reading
CART and ESPN International sign ARD to broadcast German 500 live
August September 1, 2001 DETROIT - Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. (CART) and ESPN International, its worldwide television rights holder and partner, have made an agreement with Germany's dominant national television network, ARD, through its exclusive sports rights acquisitions arm, SportA GmbH, Munich. ARD is to ... Continue reading
INDY RACING: Infiniti powered Cheever third in opening practice at Chicago
August September 1, 2001 Joliet, Ill. - Eddie Cheever Jr. posted the third fastest time (24.8298 seconds) during opening practice for Sunday's inaugural Indy Racing event at Chicagoland Speedway, the Delphi Indy 300. Cheever, who captured the first victory for the new Infiniti Indy 35A engine at Kansas City in July, to ... Continue reading
Goodyear named Drag Racing's equipment manufacturer of the year
August September 1, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Goodyear's efforts to build safer and faster drag racing tires were recognized Thursday as the company was named the Equipment Manufacturer of the Year at the 34th Annual Car Craft Magazine All Star Drag Racing Team Awards dinner here. Perry Bell, Goodyear operations manage ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Gordon comments on qualifying second at Darlington
August September 1, 2001 Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet Monte Carlo (qualified 2nd): "We've got an awesome car. He (Kurt Busch) ran a great lap. Congratulations to him. I came off of turn 2 and I got a little bit tight. ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Kevin Harvick Interview: Qualifying at Darlington
August September 1, 2001 Kevin Harvick, No. 29 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet Monte Carlo (qualified 5th): "After Busch qualifying (will start 14th), we needed a good run in Cup. I got that one up into the fence a little bit and that cost us a few spots. That was a good run for us. It was a good run for the GM Go ... Continue reading
INDY RACING: Buhl rules fast Chicagoland practice at 221 mph
August September 1, 2001 JOLIET, Ill. - Robbie Buhl led both practice sessions for the Delphi Indy 300 on Aug. 31 at Chicagoland Speedway, posting a top lap of 24.7600 seconds, 221.002 mph during the morning practice. Buhl was fastest in the afternoon practice at 24.7859, 220.771 in the No. 24 Team Purex Dreyer & Reinb ... Continue reading
INDY RACING: Delphi 300 Post Practice Notes and Quotes
August September 1, 2001 JAQUES LAZIER (#2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "We tried some new things. We just tried to free the car up a little bit for qualifying. We got the car a little bit too free. We were kind of hanging on the first session or the first couple of laps. Then we just went out ... Continue reading
CART: Andretti still looking for more speed at Vancouver
August September 1, 2001 Michael Andretti, No. 39 Motorola/Honda-Reynard "We rolled out this morning in really good shape and I was pretty happy with the car but this afternoon we made some changes and really just lost our direction. The car definitely isn't as good as it could be and we need to go back and figure out ... Continue reading
ASA: 32nd Annual Winchester 400 Set For September 14-16
August September 1, 2001 PENDLETON, Ind.- Long revered as one of the most prestigious stock car races in America, the Winchester 400 at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway is taking shape and will certainly be one for the ages. The ASA Racing community and thousands of f ans gather in east central Indiana for the 32nd running o ... Continue reading
CART: Tagliani tops testing during day one at Molson Indy Vancouver
September 1, 2001 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Alex Tagliani of Player's Forsythe Racing delighted a partisan Canadian crowd of 43,917 Friday when he recorded the fastest lap of the day during testing for the Molson Indy Vancouver at Concord Pacific Place (6 p.m. ET Sunday, tape delay, ESPN2). Tagliani (Player's/Indec ... Continue reading
CART: PacWest Announces Nextel as sponsor for Dixon
September 1, 2001 (Vancouver, BC) - PacWest Racing Group, in association with Nextel Communications, is pleased to announce that Nextel has become a sponsor on the #18 car of rookie Scott Dixon for the remainder of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Nextel, which currently sponsors the #17 PacWest entry of ... Continue reading
SCCA appoints Palermo manager of Club Racing
August September 1, 2001 CENTENNIAL, Colo.-The Sports Car Club of America announced today that Jaime Palermo has been promoted to Manager of its Club Racing Department. Palermo started with the United States Road Racing Championship, an SCCA Pro Racing subsidiary, in June 1998. She moved to the Club Racing division a y ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Chassis notes, Darlington Raceway
August September 1, 2001 No. 10 Valvoline Grand Prix driver Johnny Benson is driving "The Honeymoon Special" - a chassis James Ince designed on his honeymoon in Paris, France, last winter. The car has earned two sixth place finishes and a seventh this year in its three starts. Its last appearance was at Richmond in the ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW Goes For Five Straight at Laguna Seca
August September 1, 2001 MONTEREY, Calif. - As the 2001 American Le Mans Series season winds down after six events, BMW tops the manufacturer's, team and driver's championship standings as it heads into the penultimate round, the Monterey Sports Car Championships at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, on September 9. BMW's ... Continue reading
CART and Molson agree on three more years in Vancouver
August September 1, 2001 DETROIT and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada - Molson and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) have come to an agreement to renew the Molson Indy Vancouver race for three years beginning 2002. As a result of the three-year agreement, the Molson Indy Vancouver intends to remain at its curren ... Continue reading
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