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Saturday, March 3, 2001

NASCAR BGN: Sam's Town 300 Race Results, Las Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Sam's Town 300 Race Results, Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS: Following are the race results for the Sam's Town 300 NASCAR Busch Grand National race held Saturday. Results include finishing position, (starting position), driver, car model, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won: 1. (2) Todd Bodine, Monte Carlo, 200, $94,450. 2. (3) Greg Biffle, Taurus, 200, ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: BMW Williams F1 Team Australia qualifying

FORMULA ONE: BMW Williams F1 Team Australia qualifying

Australian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 3rd March 2001 Weather: Sunny and dry. Average air temperature 23°C. Average track temperature 29°C Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya will start from 5th and 11th positions respectively for the first race of the 2001 season. Ralf Schumacher Position: 5th Chassis: FW22 03 Fastes ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: Frentzen leads Honda quartet in Melbourne

FORMULA ONE: Frentzen leads Honda quartet in Melbourne

HONDA HEADING IN RIGHT DIRECTION Frentzen leads Honda quartet in Melbourne Heinz-Harald Frenzen took his Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda onto the second row of the grid for tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix in the midst of the pace-setting Ferraris and McLarens, heading his three Honda-powered adversaries - Jordan Honda's ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Las Vegas 400 Starting Lineup

NASCAR WCUP: Las Vegas 400 Starting Lineup

LAS VEGAS: Following are the qualifying results for the Las Vegas 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race to be held Sunday. Results include starting position, (car number), driver, car model, and qualifying speed: 1. (88) Dale Jarrett, Taurus, 172.106 2. (10) Johnny Benson, Grand Prix, 171.728 3. (25) Jerry Nadeau, Monte Carlo, 1 ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Busch Grand National Qualifying, Las Vegas

NASCAR BGN: Busch Grand National Qualifying, Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS: Following are the qualifying results for the NASCAR Busch Grand National race to be held Saturday. Results include starting position, (car number), driver, car model, and qualifying speed: 1. (17) Matt Kenseth, Monte Carlo, 169.385 2. (00) Todd Bodine, Monte Carlo, 168.487 3. (60) Greg Biffle, Taurus, 168.44 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chevy Driver Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas Qualifying

NASCAR WCUP: Chevy Driver Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas Qualifying

Jerry Nadeau, No. 25UAW-Delphi Chevrolet Monte Carlo (qualified 3rd): “I’m pretty excited. We came out here and tested with thisUAW-Delphi Monte Carlo. The guys did asuper job. I really wasn’t lookingforward to coming back out here and qualifying. ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX: David Keith on the move with Team CLR

ARCA RE/MAX: David Keith on the move with Team CLR

TOLEDO, OHIO--Three-time ARCA RE/MAX Series winner David Keith is on the move again. From the Michael Kranefuss Ford in '99 to the Sadler Racing shop in '00, the Mooresville, North Carolina driver now finds himself at the helm of Ted Campbell's #57 CLR Ford team beginning with the ARCA EasyCare 100 at Lowe's Motor Spee ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Schmidt, Treadway charge forward; Hamilton to drive

Northern Light IRL: Schmidt, Treadway charge forward; Hamilton to drive

Indianapolis, IN: Sam Schmidt Motorsports will become a technical and marketing partner with Treadway Racing for the 2001 Indy Racing League season. Treadway Racing driver Davey Hamilton will pilot the #99 Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone entry for Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Larry Nash will manage the on-track program. "S ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Martinsville Speedway Expands Ticket Office Hours

NASCAR: Martinsville Speedway Expands Ticket Office Hours

MARTINSVILLE, VA– As the Virginia 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race draws closer, Martinsville Speedway’s ticket office has plans to extend its hours. Beginning Monday, March 12, Martinsville Speedway’s ticket office will now be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office also will be open ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Hamilton, Schmidt form Vegas connection for new team

Northern Light IRL: Hamilton, Schmidt form Vegas connection for new team

LAS VEGAS- Call it the Las Vegas connection. Owner Sam Schmidt named Indy Racing veteran and fellow Las Vegas resident Davey Hamilton as the driver for Sam Schmidt Motorsports this season in the Northern Light Series on March 2. The team will make its debut at the season-opening Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 on March ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal Preview

FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal Preview

CHARACTER OF THE EVENT Round three of 14 in the FIA World Rally Championship, Round two of six in the FIA Teams' Cup. After two highly specialised events this year, this event is widely regarded as the first representative round of the World Championship. Held on gravel roads in Portugal, ranging from rocky sections in ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 42: David Rampy

NHRA's 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 42: David Rampy

David Rampy is a leader in many of NHRA's statistical categories, including one that you won't find in the NHRA Media Guide: He's the undisputed all-time NHRA leader in humbleness. He's won NHRA season championships in three classes. He's tied for 10th among NHRA's all-time national event winners. He's one of a handful ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chassis Notes, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NASCAR WCUP: Chassis Notes, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

The following are facts and figures regarding the cars Pontiac teams will be running this week during the NASCAR Winston Cup event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 10 Johnny Benson finished sixth here last season for the first of his seven top 10 finishes on the year. Benson, who is coming off an eighth place finish last M ... Continue reading

TRANS AM: Dana Brewer signs with Victoria Motorsports for 2001

TRANS AM: Dana Brewer signs with Victoria Motorsports for 2001

FAR HILLS, New Jersey--Bringing yet another new name to the Trans-Am series, Victoria Motorsports announced today that Dana Brewer, 43, of San Diego, CA, has signed on to contest the 2001 Trans-Am Series. Brewer will compete alongside previously announced G. J. Mennen, and Frank Cioppettini. "We really enjoy bringing n ... Continue reading

CART: Team Motorola: T-7 and Counting Competition Debut Seven Days Away

CART: Team Motorola: T-7 and Counting Competition Debut Seven Days Away

What: Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix Round 1 of 21 of the CART FedEx Championship Series Where: Fundidora Park, 2.1-Mile Permanent Road Course Monterrey, Mexico When: Sunday, March 11, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. CST 4:00 p.m. EST live on ABC Television Indianapolis, IN-In September of 2000 amid the flurry of press announcem ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Teadway/Hubbard wins race to file first for 85th Indy 500

INDY 500: Teadway/Hubbard wins race to file first for 85th Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS- Arie Luyendyk has won the Indianapolis 500 twice, and his Treadway/Hubbard Racing team ensured that he won another race this year: the first entry for the 85th Indianapolis 500. Treadway/Hubbard Racing filed two entries March 1 for the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on May 27 at Indianapolis M ... Continue reading

US F2000: Bell Captures US F2000 Season Opener Pole

US F2000: Bell Captures US F2000 Season Opener Pole

HOMESTEAD, FLA-Doug Bell, of St. Albans, England, captured the pole for Round One of the U.S. F2000 National Championship Presented by Speedvision at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jason LaPoint, of Woodburn, Ore. and Memo Rojas, of Mexico City, Mexico, completed the top. The top American Continental Championship qualifier ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Ford aims to show true grit on Portuguese gravel

FIA RALLY: Ford aims to show true grit on Portuguese gravel

The Ford Martini team will warm to the gravel roads of the Rally of Portugal (8 - 11 March) as the FIA World Rally Championship comes in from the cold after last month's only true winter rally of the season in Sweden. The teams now switch away from snow and ice to the loose surface roads which comprise the bulk of the ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Elliott and Atwood Qualify in Top 20 for UAW DaimlerChrysler 400

NASCAR WCUP: Elliott and Atwood Qualify in Top 20 for UAW DaimlerChrysler 400

LAS VEGAS-Bill Elliott and Casey Atwood put their two Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dealers Intrepid R/Ts solidly into the top half of the starting line up today for Sunday's UAW DaimlerChrysler 400. Elliott, who finished fourth here last year, ran a qualifying lap of 31.617 sec., 170.794 mph putting him 16th on the grid. ... Continue reading

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