Saturday, July 19, 2008

It takes someone special to win drag racing's biggest event

DELAWARE, Ohio -- The upcoming 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals present a very special opportunity for a select field of JEGS ProMod Challenge competitors. The event, the longest running and most prestigious in all drag racing, can make a racer's season, or career for that matter, and the list of former champions r ... Continue reading

AGR QUOTES - MID-OHIO

Danica Patrick, #7 Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone "The Motorola car was a little too nervous for my style of driving today, but we are working through the issues. Hopefully we will be able to find a better set up before qualifying tomorrow. My crew is working hard to get the car where it needs to be." Tony Kanaan, #1 ... Continue reading

Foster Claims Second Grand-Am KONI Challenge Grand Sport Pole of 2008

Atlanta native Joe Foster will sit on the front row for his home Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Grand Sport (GS) race Saturday at Barber Motorsports Park after posting a competitive time at the beginning of Friday's qualifying session. Foster set a lap of 1:38.294 (84.237 mph) on his first lap, and held onto the fast t ... Continue reading

Herr Fastest In Afternoon SPEED TC Practice At Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., set the fastest SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car practice time of the weekend Friday afternoon at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Jason Saini, of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Montreal’s Kuno Wittmer completed the top three. Driving the No. 97 Mazdaspeed/Tindo ... Continue reading

Archer Tops SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., set the fastest SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT practice time for the Mid-Ohio SPEED GT presented by Remington. Ritch Marziale, of Tempe, Ariz., was second on the day followed by Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass. Archer used the final seconds of the afte ... Continue reading

RETURNING IN STYLE: DE FERRAN ON MID-OHIO POLE

Gil de Ferran returned to Mid-Ohio with his first pole position in the American Le Mans Series and his first at the circuit since 2001. Gil de Ferran won his third straight pole position at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday...seven years since his last. The storybook debut season for De Ferran Motorsports continued ... Continue reading

Extra quick Seattle field includes reigning world champ Coughlin

SEATTLE - Reigning Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. ran considerably quicker and faster than the one-year-old track records at Pacific Raceways during Friday's first two rounds of professional qualifying for the Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals. Unfortunately so did everyone else, and the driver of the JEGS ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Trim Masters Inc. Leads Seat Quality Rankings for a Sixth Consecutive Year

Difficulties with Seat Controls Account for Majority of Reported Problems WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., July 16 -- Trim Masters Inc., a joint venture between Johnson Controls Inc. and Toyota Boshoku Corp., ranks highest in overall automotive seat quality for a sixth consecutive year, according to the J.D. Power and Associa ... Continue reading