Sunday, August 24, 2003

Official Results for the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Round No. 8 at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. ‹ Official Results for the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Round No. 8 at Road America (showing finishing position, starting position in parenthesis, driver, car, laps completed and reason out, if any): 1. (2) Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 25, Running. 2. ... Continue reading

Pruett Wins Road America, Nets Jaguar Manufacturers' Crown

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 24, 2003 PRUETT WINS ROAD AMERICA, NETS JAGUAR MANUFACTURERS¹ CROWN ELKHART LAKE, Wis. ‹ Scott Pruett continued his dominating run toward his third Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup championship, re ... Continue reading

Revolution Motorsports Road America wrap-up

Revolution Motorsports Frustrated by Bad Luck at Road America Hayner finishes fifth… Sak retires with clutch failure Elkhart Lake, Wis. – Aug 24, 2003 – Despite an amazing team effort, Revolution Motorsports’ drivers, Stu Hayner [#2 GMAC Commercial Finance/ Trenton Forging Corvette] and Bobby Sak [#10 Revolutio ... Continue reading

Barron-Takagi Nazareth Saturday Qualifying

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Barron in Fifth Row for Nazareth 225, Takagi in 10th Row NAZARETH, Pa. (Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003) - Alex Barron, subbing for the fifth race in a row for the injured Felipe Giaffone in the #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Toyota-p ... Continue reading

BMW WilliamsF1 Team-Hungarian GP-Race

Hungarian Grand Prix - RACE 24th August 2003 Weather: Sunny, dry, air 28-29°C, track 46-47°C Budapest (HUN). A challenging Hungarian Grand Prix for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team : after a difficult start for both the drivers, Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher managed to recover and finished third and fourth respective ... Continue reading

Saab To Hatch New Concept At Frankfurt

At a special event on Monday, 8-September - in conjunction with next month's Frankfurt Motor Show - Saab will unveil a new 'Sport-Hatch' concept car that challenges the distinction between traditional hatchback and wagon bodystyles. Saab continues its recent product offensive with the Saab 9-3 Sport-Hatch Concept - a s ... Continue reading

GMC Announces 2004 Canyon Pricing

BURLINGTON, Vt.- General Motors' Pontiac-GMC division today announced introductory pricing for the 2004 GMC Canyon. The all-new midsize pickup goes on sale this fall. Canyon's Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) begins at $16,530 for the SL two-wheel-drive Regular Cab, or $18,875 for the SL two-wheel-drive Exten ... Continue reading

All-New 2004 Chevrolet Colorado Pricing Announced

BURLINGTON, Vt. - The all-new 2004 Colorado pickup, which arrives in Chevrolet dealerships in November, will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $16,200 for the base two-wheel-drive Regular Cab (includes a dealer freight charge of $635), announced Chevrolet General Manager Brent Dewar at a national m ... Continue reading

2004 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx Pricing Announced - $22,225

BURLINGTON, Vt. - The all-new 2004 Malibu Maxx, which arrives in Chevrolet dealerships in December, will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $22,225 (includes a dealer freight charge of $625), announced Chevrolet General Manager Brent Dewar at a national media program here today. "Building on the str ... Continue reading

ACDelco, Kurt Johnson, KISS And Cavalier Form Hot Rod Supergroup

Grand Blanc, Mich. - The crashing thunder of rock power chords and deep bass crescendos of 1,300 horsepower combined to create a medley of high-performance music together at the official unveiling of Kurt Johnson's ACDelco NHRA Pro Stock Cavalier Z24 on August 14. Featuring artwork by renowned motorsports artist Sam Ba ... Continue reading

Twenty-Two-Year-Old Buys First Buick Rainier

DETROIT - With the official advertising launch still a month away, the first 2004 Buick Rainier was sold yesterday, Aug. 19. After researching the Rainier through GM's BuyPower site, Phillips B. Hildner III took delivery of a silver Rainier on Tuesday morning from Martin Buick in Fenton, Mich. A Fenton resident, Hildne ... Continue reading

GM RACING NASCAR BULLET POINTS--BRISTOL

Contact: Ron Lemasters Jr. GM Racing Communications r.lemasters@att.net (704) 792-1801 phone (704) 236-9831 cell For more information: media.gm.com GM RACING WINSTON CUP BULLET POINTS-BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY; AUGUST 23, 2003 Race: Sharpie 500 Distance: 500 Laps Date: Saturday, August 23, 2003 Television: TNT (live cover ... Continue reading

Greg Pickett's Qualifying Time Excluded

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 23, 2003 GREG PICKETT¹S QUALIFYING TIME EXCLUDED ELKHART LAKE, Wis. ‹ Greg Pickett, who timed 10th on Saturday for Sunday¹s Trans-Am 100, Round 8 of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup championsh ... Continue reading

It's Miller Time during Road America Trials

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 23, 2003 IT¹S MILLER TIME DURING ROAD AMERICA TRIALS ELKHART LAKE, Wis. ‹ Johnny Miller kept the championship chase in sight, and won the pole Saturday for Sunday¹s Trans-Am 100, Round 8 of the 2003 Trans-Am ... Continue reading

Official Qualifying Results for Sunday=?ISO-8859-1?B?uQ==?=s Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, Round 8

Road America ­ Official Qualifying Results for Sunday¹s Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup, Round 8 (showing driver, car, fast time, lap of fast time and speed): 1. Johnny Miller, Jaguar XKR, 02:08.143, 6, 113.723. 2. Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 02:08.485, 7, 113.420. 3. ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Road America qualifying

personal best Orbit Racing will start from third and 14th on the GT grid for Sunday's American Le Mans Series race at Road America. Marc Lieb qualified third in class in two minutes 9.764 seconds on the 4.048-mile road course, more than three seconds faster than the previous record of 2:12.862. He and Peter Baron share ... Continue reading

REVISED Qualifying: Ruhlman to start in Fifth at Road America

Randy Ruhlman will be starting for tomorrow's Trans-Am race in fifth place. A post qualifying technical inspection found the third place Jaguar of Jorge Diaz to be illegally low in ride height. He was moved to the rear of the field and all others moved up, putting Ruhlman on the inside of the third row. Revised story f ... Continue reading

Revolution Motorsports Qualifying Report

Revolution Motorsports Dominates Corvette Class at Road America Hayner and Sak sweep the second row… best in class Elkhart Lake, Wis. – Aug 23, 2003 – Once again, doing their best to upset the Jaguar parade, Revolution Motorsports’ drivers, Stu Hayner [#2 GMAC Commercial Finance/ Trenton Forging Corvette] and B ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Driver Notes and Quotes

ROCKETSPORTS RACING DRIVER NOTES AND QUOTES TRANS-AM SERIES FOR THE BFGOODRICH TIRES CUP SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD­ POST-QUALIFYING JOHNNY MILLER, DRIVER OF THE NO. 64 EATON CUTLER-HAMMER JAGUAR XKR, QUALIFIED ON THE POLE WITH A TIME OF 2:08:143 FOR TOMORROW¹S TRANS-AM RACEŠHIS SECOND POLE THIS SEASONŠSECOND POLE AT RO ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Sweeps Front Row in Trans-Am Qualifying at Road America

CONTACT: Harry Warren, (517) 927-3613 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ROCKETSPORTS SWEEPS FRONT ROW IN TRANS-AM QUALIFYING AT ROAD AMERICA ELKHART LAKE, Wis. ­ Rocketsports Racing swept the front row in qualifying for Round 8 of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup at Road America today for tomorrow¹s race. Johnny ... Continue reading

RUHLMAN SIXTH FOR THE START OF TOMORROW=?ISO-8859-1?B?uQ==?=S ROAD AMERICA 100 TRANS-AM RACE

RUHLMAN SIXTH FOR THE START OF TOMORROW¹S ROAD AMERICA 100 TRANS-AM RACE Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (Aug 23) ­ Randy Ruhlman is poised to repeat his last race podium finish by qualifying sixth for tomorrow¹s Trans-Am race for the BFGoodrich Tires® Cup. Ruhlman, who finished third at the Trois-Rivieres Trans-Am race on Aug ... Continue reading

Takagi Nazareth Saturday Final Practice Update

Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Takagi Switches to Panoz G Force for Nazareth 225-Miler NAZARETH, Pa. (Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003) - Tora Takagi and the Pioneer/Mo Nunn Racing team withdrew the #12 Pioneer/Mo Nunn Racing Toyota-powered Dallara that earlier to ... Continue reading

Thursday Test session (resent - due to errors)

Revolution Motorsports Test Road America Team readies for the long & winding Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. – Aug 21, 2003 – As the 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Cup prepares for round eight at the historic Road America, most teams arrived early to take advantage of a promoter’s test day. Teams are all ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Results for Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA NORTHEAST DIVISION CECIL COUNTY DRAGWAY FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2003 Jersey Boys DeAngelis and Manzo get delayed Englishtown wins RISING SUN, Md. - In the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event originally scheduled to conclude August 10 a ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Saturday from S.R.C.A. Dragstrip

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - WEST CENTRAL DIVISION S.R.C.A. DRAGSTRIP SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2003 FIELDS SET FOR ELIMINATIONS AT GREAT BEND GREAT BEND, Kan. - In the final rounds of qualifying at S.R.C.A. Dragstrip, Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Jackie Stidham jumped to the top of the field an ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series- SAT Results from Cecil County Dragway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA NORTHEAST DIVISION CECIL COUNTY DRAGWAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2003 Bourke and Manzo Tops at Cecil County Dragway RISING SUN, Md. -In the final rounds of qualifying at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held at Cecil County Dragway, Top Alcohol ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Friday Qualifying Results from Mission Raceway Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION MISSION RACEWAY PARK SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2003 AUSTIN & LAWRENCE ATOP OF FIELDS MISSION, B.C. - Greg Lawrence and Bucky Austin continue to lead their fields in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car as qualifying concluded at the Summe ... Continue reading

Dorricott Racing - Montreal Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James Hyneman jhyneman@compuserve.com DIAZ "SNACK BITTEN" IN RACE AT MONTREAL AFTER STRONG QUALIFYING SESSIONS MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada (Aug 23, 2003) - If Luis Diaz and Dorricott Racing didn't have bad luck, they may not have any luck at all this season. After completing strong back-to-b ... Continue reading

*****Hales Corners Early Results, August 23, 2003*****

(Early results, more complete results to follow.) Carlson Takes UMP Main Franklin, Wis., August 23---Chris Carlson won the UMP late model main event from his 11th starting position Saturday night at the Hales Corners Speedway. Don Scheffler won the sportsmen feature with Jim Zdroik taking the modified main event. Ken F ... Continue reading

GM RACING NOTES & QUOTES--SHARPIE 500 POST-RACE

Contact: Ron Lemasters Jr. GM Racing Communications r.lemasters@att.net (704) 792-1801 phone (704) 236-9831 cell For more information: http://media.gm.com/gmracing GM RACING WINSTON CUP NOTES & QUOTES; SHARPIE 500; BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY; AUG. 23, 2003 MICHAEL WALTRIP, NO. 15 NAPA CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO: NOTE: Waltrip, ... Continue reading

Hector Stratton Takes Valley Win

Hector Stratton Takes Valley Win by Inches By Ed & Betty Biittig August 23, 2003- West Lebanon, NY- It was only inches that gave Hector Stratton of Bennington, VT the win over current point leader Brett Hearn in the 30-lap Modified main event at Lebanon Valley on Saturday night. "I'm glad it was Brett Hearn, said Strat ... Continue reading

BMW Speed Touring Results Road America 8/23

BMW of North America, LLC Speed Touring World Challenge Round 7 Race Results Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003 BMW FINISHERS -- SPEED TOURING WORLD CHALLENGE ROUND 7 - (Courtesy of SCCA Pro Racing) (starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, laps, distance behind winner and reason ou ... Continue reading