NASCAR WCUP: Gordon looks to break record at Sears Point
Jun 23, 2001
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
NASCAR WCUP: Texaco Havoline 28 Team Going for Two-In-A-Row
Jun 23, 2001
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
Jun 23, 2001
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
MISC: Dodge Develops Speed-to-Market Skills On Race Tracks Around the World
Jun 23, 2001
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
ARCA RE/MAX: Race Results, Memphis Motorsports Park
Jun 23, 2001
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
ARCA RE/MAX: Kimmel to Run His 200th Race and Raise Money for JDRF
Jun 22, 2001
June 23, 2001 Frank Kimmel could hardly believe his eyes when he looked at the 2001 ARCA RE/MAX schedule and discovered that his 200th race would be in Memphis. After all, Kimmel is a huge Elvis fan. "It's hard to believe that this is my 200th career start in ARCA. It seems like only yesterday that I was starting my fi ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Jeff Gordon Interview: Winning at Sears Point
Jun 22, 2001
June 22, 2001 Friday morning comments from Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet Monte Carlo driver and series point-leader who has won the last three consecutive NASCAR Winston Cup races at Sears Point Raceway: (Who do you think is your biggest threat right now?) "I still think it's so early that right now the biggest ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Trans-Am Drivers Play Prominent Role In NASCAR Race At Sears Point
Jun 22, 2001
June 22, 2001 Miami - Defending BFGoodrich Tires Cup Champion Brian Simo leads a pack of eight former and current Trans-Am Series drivers into this weekend’s NASCAR Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Simo will be joined by former Trans-Am Series champions Dorsey Schroeder, Scott Pruett a ... Continue reading
ARCA RE/MAX starting grid, Memphis
Jun 22, 2001
CARELLI TAKES MEMPHIS ARCA POLE MILLINGTON TENN, 6-21-01 - The last time Rick Carelli raced at Memphis Motorsports Park, the Arvada, Colorado driver was whisked away to a Memphis hospital where he would stay for ten days in the intensive care unit fighting for his life. More than two years later, the driver of the RE/M ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Kenseth gets top ten finish at Pocono
Jun 19, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 19, 2001 LONG POND, Pa. - Matt Kenseth and the No. 17 DEWALT Power Tools team charged to a sixth place finish at Pocono Raceway. The finish was the team's third top 10 of the 2001 season. Kenseth was disappointed with the 31st place qualifying effort fo ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Stewart Soldiers to Seventh at Pocono
Jun 19, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 19, 2001 LONG POND, Pa., - Five hundred mile races at Pocono Raceway tend to make for long days, and Sunday's Pocono 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series event was no different. When it was all said and done, Tony Stewart finished seventh, solidifying his fift ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Earnhardt Jr. Strong Early, Falls Late at Pocono
Jun 19, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 19, 2001 Ricky Rudd grabbed his first Winston Cup victory since September of 1998 as he led the final 24 laps of the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. Rudd finished ahead of point leader Jeff Gordon and his Robert Yates Racing teammate Dale Jarrett at the f ... Continue reading
ARCA RE/MAX: Former driver Bill Green dies
Jun 19, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 19, 2001 Condolences are extended to the family of Kentuckian and former ARCA driver Bill Green, who died Tuesday, June 12. He was 56. Green was the 1977 ARCA RE/MAX Series Rookie of the Year and father of current series driver Willie Green. The elder G ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Burton returns to Sears Point in hopes of getting back to winning form
Jun 19, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 19, 2001 "Road Courses are great races for the drivers, but what about the fans? There are a couple of areas that they can see, but for the most part they only see a small portion of the race. I donâ™t know how you can make a road course so the ... Continue reading
ASA: Sauter Storms to Fourth Win in Last Five Races
Jun 19, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 19, 2001 ODESSA, Mo. – Lightening-quick Johnny Sauter proved once again that he is indeed the hottest driver on the American Speed Association ACDelco Series tour, picking up his third consecutive win and fourth in the last five races in the 2001 ... Continue reading
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