Northern Light IRL: Jeff Ward rolls to Miami Pole
Apr 8, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 8, 2001 MIAMI - Jeff Ward, driving in only his second race for a new team co-owned by Jim Rathmann Jr. and John Mecom III, stormed to his second career MBNA Pole on Saturday for the Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami presented by 123.com Americatel. The Cali ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami Starting Lineup
Apr 8, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 8, 2001 HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Qualifying Saturday for Sunday's Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami Indy Racing Northern Light Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with starting position, car number in parenthesis, driver, chassis-engine and qualifying speed ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Ray eyes Miami pole after pacing practice
Apr 7, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 7, 2001 MIAMI -- Greg Ray showed the way Friday in practice for the Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami presented by 123.com Americatel at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a top speed of 198.166 mph. If he captures the MBNA Pole Saturday in his No. 2 Johns Manvi ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Cheever makes steady progress in Friday practice
Apr 7, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 7, 2001 Homestead, FL - #51 Excite@Home driver Eddie Cheever Jr. made steady progress during the first day of practice for the second round of the 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series championship, the Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami. Cheever, who captu ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami Kicks Off With Practice
Apr 7, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 7, 2001 Homestead, Fla. -- The Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami kicked off today with practice on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway. Excite@Home driver Eddie Cheever Jr. topped the Infiniti pair, scoring the tenth fastest lap overall in the two practic ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Hemelgarn Racing fields three entries for 85th Indy 500
Apr 7, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 7, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series entrant champion Hemelgarn Racing filed three entries April 6 for the 85th Indianapolis 500, with defending Northern Light Cup champion Buddy Lazier and Stan Wattles named as drivers of ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Heritage Motorsports files entry for 85th Indianapolis 500
Apr 6, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 6, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Heritage Motorsports, a new team with historic ties to the Indianapolis 500, filed an entry April 5 for the 85th edition of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. 1997 Indianapolis 500 Bank One Rookie of the Year Jeff Ward was named a ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Three teams file single entries for 85th Indianapolis 500
Apr 5, 2001
April 5, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Panther Racing, Indy Regency Racing and Cahill Racing each filed single entries April 4 for the 85th Indianapolis 500. Current Indy Racing Northern Light Series points leader Sam Hornish Jr. was named as the driver for Panther's entry, and rookie Cory Witherill will drive the Indy Regency e ... Continue reading
INDY 500 victory celebration to follow race May 27
Apr 5, 2001
April 5, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS -The Indianapolis 500 Victory Celebration will take place the evening of Race Day, Sunday, May 27. The event honoring the 33 starting drivers of the 85th Indianapolis 500, and particularly the 2001 champion of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, will again take place at the historic Indiana Roo ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Infiniit Grand Prix of Miami Preview
Apr 4, 2001
April 4, 2001 EVENT HAPPENINGS MIAMI, Tuesday, April 3, 2001 - Event happenings leading up to and during the Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami presented by 123.com Americatel on April 6-8 at Homestead-Miami Speedway: SCHEDULE: The Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami presented by 123.com Americatel starts at 2 p.m. (EDT) April 8. M ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Dick Simon Racing files two entries for 85th Indy 500
Apr 4, 2001
April 4, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, - Dick Simon Racing filed two entries April 3 for the 85th Indianapolis 500, with veteran Stephan Gregoire named as the driver for one entry. No driver was named for the second Simon entry. The 85th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 27. Entries must be postmarked by April 11. All drivers ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Buzz Bits - Notes on Buzz Calkins and Bradley Motorsports
Apr 4, 2001
April 4, 2001 to the point Buzz Calkins currently sits ninth in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series points championship. With a season-opening top-ten in the Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) Bradley Motorsports is making a serious run at the Northern Light Cup in 2001. The #12 Bra ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing League announces 2003 engine specs
Apr 4, 2001
April 4, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Engine specifications that maintain the Indy Racing League’s founding principle of providing owners, drivers and manufacturers the opportunity to race in a cost-controlled environment that breeds close competition were publicly announced today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by Lea ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Toyota to enter 2003 Indy 500, Indy Racing League
Apr 4, 2001
April 4, 2001 TORRANCE, Calif. - Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. will supply racing engines for Indy Racing League (IRL) competition with its sights set on entering the 2003 Indianapolis 500 in May, 2003, it was announced today. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., which last year became the first to win a Championship Auto Racing T ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Conner's death marks end of an era
Mar 31, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 31, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - An auto-racing era came to an end March 29. George Connor, at 94 the last surviving pre-World War II Indianapolis 500-Mile Race driver, died March 29 in his hometown of Hesperia, Calif. Connor’s death comes only 31 days af ... Continue reading
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