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NASCAR WCUP: KMart 400 Race Results, Michigan International Speedway

NASCAR WCUP: KMart 400 Race Results, Michigan International Speedway

June 10, 2001 BROOKLYN, MI: Following are the race results for the K Mart 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race held Sunday. Results include finishing position, starting position, driver, car model, and laps completed: 1. 1. Jeff Gordon, Monte Carlo, 200 2. 2. ... Continue reading

Advancements to 1394 Automotive Specifications Lead to Step Next in Securing AMI-C Endorsement; 1394 Trade Association and AMI-C to Test Automotive Grade Components

Advancements to 1394 Automotive Specifications Lead to Step Next in Securing AMI-C Endorsement; 1394 Trade Association and AMI-C to Test Automotive Grade Components

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--June 8, 2001--Two significant advancements to the 1394 Automotive Specification Set have caught the attention of the Automotive Interface Collaboration (AMI-C), fueling the establishment of a joint working relationship. At a meeting held in early May at the AMI-C Central Facility in Bloomfield Hill ... Continue reading

AMA introduces Top Gun Competition at Crossroads Rally

AMA introduces Top Gun Competition at Crossroads Rally

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Think you're a good rider? Now you can prove it at the inaugural AMA Crossroads Rally, July 16-19, where the first-ever AMA Top Gun competition will offer a chance to test your low-speed motorcycling skills against other riders from around the country. The AMA Top Gun rider program was created to ... Continue reading

Bell Mobility, Wysdom and F1-Live! Give Racing Fans WAP Access to Formula One Results

Bell Mobility, Wysdom and F1-Live! Give Racing Fans WAP Access to Formula One Results

press The future of motorsports in North America is gaining popularity in the information age. Insead of fans merely having to glue their eyes to the screen or the track, they now have access to in-depth information on all aspects of the event, including driver and team info, lap times, pit times, number of laps and cu ... Continue reading

Joe Isuzu Axiom Makes First Appearance

Joe Isuzu Axiom Makes First Appearance

WHAT: The Joe Isuzu Axiom featured in the "Celebrity Joe" commercial will be on display at the Road Kings Charity Car Show. The Axiom was airbrushed with Joe Isuzu's image for the television spot which aired in April 2001. The Road Kings display more than 500 modified cars, stock and vintage hot rods at the annual even ... Continue reading

Michigan Special Olympics Athlete to Experience Nascar Weekend 'Behind the Scenes' and Serve as Official Starter of Winston Cup Race

Michigan Special Olympics Athlete to Experience Nascar Weekend 'Behind the Scenes' and Serve as Official Starter of Winston Cup Race

At-Track Experience to Support Cingular's Overall Goal Of Raising $40 Million for Special Olympics ATLANTA, June 8 Starting this weekend in Michigan, Cingular Wireless and Special Olympics have teamed up to offer several Special Olympics athletes a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the race track. Cingular is racing tow ... Continue reading

ProcessClaims to Develop Web Services for the Collision Repair Industry Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

ProcessClaims to Develop Web Services for the Collision Repair Industry Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

REDONDO BEACH, Calif.--June 8, 2001-- ProcessClaims, a leading Internet claims solution provider, today announced it will be developing Microsoft .NET based Web services designed to benefit the collision repair industry. ProcessClaims will work with Microsoft Corp. to quickly implement a full suite of Web services for ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Hamilton and McGehee undergo surgury for leg injuries

Northern Light IRL: Hamilton and McGehee undergo surgury for leg injuries

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas, Sunday, June 10, 2001 - Indy Racing Northern Light Series drivers Davey Hamilton and Robby McGehee underwent surgery early Sunday morning for lower leg injuries suffered in the Casino Magic 500 on Saturday night at Texas Moto ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Greg Ray happy with performance, not the finish at Texas

Northern Light IRL: Greg Ray happy with performance, not the finish at Texas

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 GREG RAY (#2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "I was pretty happy with the car. We weren't very good in practice or qualifying, but we made huge improvements for the race. We had great stops all night, it was just one of th ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Pole sitter Dismore has engine probems during Casino Magic 500

Northern Light IRL: Pole sitter Dismore has engine probems during Casino Magic 500

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 MARK DISMORE (#28 Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "After our first pit stop, the car started to get loose. During our second pit we made some wing and tire pressure adjustments, which seemed to ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Cheever dominates early, Suffers flat tire, then accident at Texas

Northern Light IRL: Cheever dominates early, Suffers flat tire, then accident at Texas

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 EDDIE CHEEVER JR. (#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti Dallara/Firestone): "The Infiniti engine was awesome today. If we hadn't had a tire puncture, we would have walked away with it. Even going a lap down, we came back strong. I thought we could ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Scott Sharp Interview: Winning at Texas Motor Speedway

Northern Light IRL: Scott Sharp Interview: Winning at Texas Motor Speedway

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 GARY GUEHLER: Well, we've got the winner of Casino Magic 500, Scott Sharp, and car owner Tom Kelley for the second year. Just some really quick statistics, just remind everybody, it's Scott sixth career victory and that brings the tie to the en ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic Race Results, Texas Motor Speedway

Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic Race Results, Texas Motor Speedway

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas - Results Saturday from the Casino Magic 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series event at Texas Motor Speedway, with finishing position, starting position (in parentheses), driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, reason out (if ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Frontrunner Cheever Challenges For Texas Win; Foiled By Accident

Northern Light IRL: Frontrunner Cheever Challenges For Texas Win; Foiled By Accident

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 Fort Worth, Texas -- It was a double case of bad luck for Infiniti driver Eddie Cheever Jr. at the Casino Magic 500 at Texas Motor Speedway June 9. Leading for 64 laps--and clearly one of the fastest cars on track--Cheever appeared to be on his ... Continue reading

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Race Results, IRP

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Race Results, IRP

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 9, 2001 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park - IndyStar.com "Spring Sprint Special" QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 19, GMS-20.191; 2. Jay Drake, 62, BWB-20.319; ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Sharp bounces back with victory at Texas

Northern Light IRL: Sharp bounces back with victory at Texas

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas - Just 13 days after spinning out of the Indianapolis 500 while leading on the first lap, Scott Sharp found the best way to forget that disappointing day. Winning. Sharp, from Carmel, Ind., won the Casino Magic 500 on Saturday ... Continue reading

NHRA FMDRS Saturday Results from Brainerd

NHRA FMDRS Saturday Results from Brainerd

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION THE COLONEL'S BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MINN. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2001 SHIELDS BUMPS BOWLER, PAYNE STAYS ON TOP BRAINERD, Minn. - Duane Shields used his final qualifying pass to vault him to the top of the Federal-Mogul Dr ... Continue reading

LEE WINS FIRST, BOZZELLI REPEATS AS U.S. 13 DRAGWAY CHAMPION

LEE WINS FIRST, BOZZELLI REPEATS AS U.S. 13 DRAGWAY CHAMPION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES-NORTHEAST DIVISION U.S. 13 DRAGWAY SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2001 LEE WINS FIRST, BOZZELLI REPEATS AS U.S. 13 DRAGWAY CHAMPION DELMAR, Del. - It was a war of attrition in Saturday's Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car eliminatons at the Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Seri ... Continue reading

IROC/IRL: Unser second, Cheever fourth in Michigan True Value IROC race

IROC/IRL: Unser second, Cheever fourth in Michigan True Value IROC race

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 BROOKLYN, Mich., - Drivers with Indy Racing League ties, past and present, dominated the True Value IROC race today at Michigan International Speedway. 1996-97 Indy Racing champion Tony Stewart won the race, followed in second by current Indy R ... Continue reading

SCCA: Stilwell makes it five straight at Mid Ohio

SCCA: Stilwell makes it five straight at Mid Ohio

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio-Warren Stilwell, of Hartville, Ohio, did it again Saturday during Round Three of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., and Jim Goughary Jr. of, Palm Beach Garde ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX: Kerry Earnhardt wins ARCA race at Michigan

ARCA RE/MAX: Kerry Earnhardt wins ARCA race at Michigan

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FIN STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS 1 9 2 Kerry Earnhardt/Mooresville NC Kannapolis Intimidators Chevrolet 100 Running 2 8 19 Ed Berrier/Winston-Salem NC Target Saws & Blades Chevrolet 100Running 3 6 75 Stuart Kirby/Bowling Green ... Continue reading

GRAND AM: Five Track Records Shattered in Qualifying U.S. Road Racing Classic

GRAND AM: Five Track Records Shattered in Qualifying U.S. Road Racing Classic

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio -- James Weaver, of England, captured his fifth X-1R pole of the season during qualifying for the ConAgra Foods U.S. Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course today. Weaver captured the first of five new track records se ... Continue reading

US F2000: Kasemets captures poles at Mid Ohio

US F2000: Kasemets captures poles at Mid Ohio

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 LEXINGTON, OHIO –Tonis Kasemets, of Mundelein, Ill., captured both poles for Saturday’s and Sunday’s Rounds Seven and Eight of the U.S. F2000 National Championship Presented by Speedvision at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Comple ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Hamilton Jr. sitting in for Nemechek at Michigan

NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Hamilton Jr. sitting in for Nemechek at Michigan

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 Bobby Hamilton Jr., No. 33 Oakwood Homes Chevrolet Monte Carlo - (substitute driver for the injured Joe Nemechek will start 19th in Sunday's Kmart 400 for Andy Petree Racing. He has competed in The Winston Open and Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, a ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson ready for better day of racing at Michigan

NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson ready for better day of racing at Michigan

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 JOHNNY BENSON, NO. 10 VALVOLINE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (ON THE FRUSTRATION OF LAST WEEK'S DNF) "Dover was a situation where somebody else's problem became our problem, and it just snowballed from there. But in the same token, we had a good race ca ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Sprague on cruise control, wins his and Chevy's first of 2001

NASCAR Trucks: Sprague on cruise control, wins his and Chevy's first of 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 Cruise control is not an option on Jack Sprague's NetZero Platinum Chevy Silverado racing pickup truck, but you wouldn't know it from his performance tonight in the 167-lap O'Reilly 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Sprague collected Chevrolet's 81st ... Continue reading

IROC: Tony Stewart captures first True Value IROC victory at Michigan

IROC: Tony Stewart captures first True Value IROC victory at Michigan

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 Brooklyn, MI., June 9- NASCAR Winston Cup driver Tony Stewart, driving the Evan's Orange Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, won his first True Value IROC race today at Michigan International Speedway in race three of the four race series. Indy Racing No ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic 500 Race Results, Texas Motor Speedway

Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic 500 Race Results, Texas Motor Speedway

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 FT WORTH, TX: Following are the race results for the Casino Magic 500 IRL race held Saturday night. Results include finishing position, starting position, driver, chassis-engine and laps completed: 1. 2. Scott Sharp, Dallara Oldsmobile, 200 2. 4 ... Continue reading

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