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Saturday, June 23, 2001

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon looks to break record at Sears Point

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon looks to break record at Sears Point

June 23, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - A fourth consecutive win in this Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Sears Point Raceway would leave Jeff Gordon standing alone -- in the record books. Gordon, driver of the DuPont Chevrolet, is currently tied with Richard Petty, Bobby Allison and Rusty Wallace for the most all-time road cour ... Continue reading

CART: Memo Gidley to replace Minassian in Portland

CART: Memo Gidley to replace Minassian in Portland

June 23, 2001 PORTLAND, OR. -- Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced today that Memo Gidley will replace Nicolas Minassian in the cockpit of the No. 12 Target Toyota/Lola this weekend at the Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200 in Portland, Ore. Gidley has appeared in 22 CART FedEx Series events over the past two years with his ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Texaco Havoline 28 Team Going for Two-In-A-Row

NASCAR WCUP: Texaco Havoline 28 Team Going for Two-In-A-Row

June 23, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - Could NASCAR Winston Cup have a new and exciting contest for the championship on its hands? Two drivers have battled for the win the past two races: Ricky Rudd, driver of the No. 28 Texaco/Havoline Ford who is currently third in points, and Jeff Gordon, the current NASCAR Winston Cup Seri ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Elliott Sadler and Pat Tryson look Forward to Sears Point

NASCAR WCUP: Elliott Sadler and Pat Tryson look Forward to Sears Point

June 23, 2001 Wood Brothers Racing is making the cross-country trip to Sears Point, California, for next Sunday's 350k road race. Elliott Sadler-21-Motorcraft Taurus-is looking forward to the first of two road races on the schedule. He says that he views himself as a patient driver-and that that's important on road cou ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Drivers Give Seal of Approval to Kansas Speedway

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Drivers Give Seal of Approval to Kansas Speedway

June 23, 2001 KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Even though they never turned a lap at Kansas Speedway today due to rain, Indy Racing drivers Robbie Buhl, Eddie Cheever Jr., Felipe Giaffone and Sam Hornish Jr. can't wait to race on the new track next month. The Indy Racing Northern Light Series will race for the first time on the ne ... Continue reading

NHRA: Scelzi ready to blaze 300 mph trail through St. Louis

NHRA: Scelzi ready to blaze 300 mph trail through St. Louis

June 23, 2001 MADISON, Ill. - The Arch in St. Louis is widely recognized as the 'Gateway to the West'. Gary Scelzi, who has been mired in a season-long slump, is hoping to make an upcoming visit to the famed Missouri tourist attraction his gateway to a fourth Winston championship. In the four years that the NHRA has fe ... Continue reading

NHRA: Winston Championship Alarm Sounding Loud at Halfway Point

NHRA: Winston Championship Alarm Sounding Loud at Halfway Point

June 23, 2001 MADISON, Ill. - The chase for 2001 Winston championships will take on a new perspective as the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series reaches the official halfway point of the season at state-of-the-art Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis. Points races are intense in every professional category, with to ... Continue reading

MISC: Dodge Develops Speed-to-Market Skills On Race Tracks Around the World

MISC: Dodge Develops Speed-to-Market Skills On Race Tracks Around the World

June 23, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - Dodge and Mopar are doing battle this month in some of the most challenging events in the world, from the road course at Sonoma to the short track at Memphis, and from less than five seconds on a quarter-mile drag strip to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In all that competition, Dodge and Mopar ... Continue reading

NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 23; Jack Chrisman

NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 23; Jack Chrisman

June 23, 2001 When Jack Chrisman passed away in 1989, the drag racing world lost one of its biggest stars and greatest pioneers. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Chrisman was probably the premier gas dragster racer in the country, or certainly one of the best. In 1961, he won the inaugural NHRA Winternationals and th ... Continue reading

INDY LIGHTS: Townsend Bell Leads Dayton Indy Lights Championship Back To Portland

INDY LIGHTS: Townsend Bell Leads Dayton Indy Lights Championship Back To Portland

June 23, 2001 DETROIT - Following his victory on The Milwaukee Mile three weeks ago that was one of the most dominating race wins in the 16-year history of the series, championship points leader Townsend Bell (DirecPC Lola) returns to the site of his first pole and podium finish this weekend for Round 5 of the Dayton I ... Continue reading

SCCA: Supercharged Acura NSX has boost cut

SCCA: Supercharged Acura NSX has boost cut

June 23, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -In the first of what may be several forthcoming competition adjustments in the Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship, SCCA Pro Racing has cut the maximum boost pressure on the supercharged Acura NSX. Campaigned only by RealTime Racing in 2001 thus far, the blown NSX is now restrict ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX: Race Results, Memphis Motorsports Park

ARCA RE/MAX: Race Results, Memphis Motorsports Park

June 23, 2001 2001 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #11 Memphis Motorsports Park, Millington TN, 6-22-01 Official Results, ARCA RE/MAX 150 FIN STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS 1 4 79 Billy Bigley/Naples FL Spears Manufacturing Pontiac 200 Running 2 1 05 Rick Carelli/Arvada CO RE/MAX International Chevrolet 200 Ru ... Continue reading

CART: Castoneves tests fastest at Portland

CART: Castoneves tests fastest at Portland

June 23, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. - Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves of Marlboro Team Penske, who was dominant in winning from the pole last weekend at Detroit, continued without missing a beat Friday when he paced the testing for Sunday's Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco at Portland Inter ... Continue reading

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