Seasoned Pro Patrick Lemarie in Driver's Seat for PK Racing
Jan 29, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29 -- Patrick Lemarie, a Formula One test driver who has competed in racing series throughout the world during his 15-year career, was named today as the driver for PK Racing, the new Champ Car World Series team owned by Craig Pollock and Kevin Kalkhoven. The official test driver for F1's British Ame ... Continue reading
Former Formula One Principal Craig Pollock Joins Champ Car World Series with Formation of PK Racing
Jan 16, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15, 2003; Well-versed in what it takes to win in the major leagues of open-wheel auto racing, former British American Racing team principal Craig Pollock and high-tech industry giant Kevin Kalkhoven have set their sights on the 2003 Champ Car World Series with today's announcement of the formation of ... Continue reading
Former Formula One Principal Craig Pollock Joins Champ Car World Series with Formation of PK Racing
Jan 16, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15, 2003; Well-versed in what it takes to win in the major leagues of open-wheel auto racing, former British American Racing team principal Craig Pollock and high-tech industry giant Kevin Kalkhoven have set their sights on the 2003 Champ Car World Series with today's announcement of the formation of ... Continue reading
IMG and Elevation Motorsports Announce Agreement
Dec 23, 2002
CLEVELAND Dec. 23, 2002; IMG has reached an agreement to sell most of its North and South American motorsports business to Elevation Motorsports. Elevation is owned by Denny Young and Steve Lindecke - both currently senior executives at IMG who oversee the motorsports division. IMG will have a financial stake in this n ... Continue reading
David Clare to Join Championship Auto Racing Teams in Newly-Created Role of Chief Operating Officer
Dec 19, 2002
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18, 2002; Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. announced today that David Clare will be joining the company in the newly-created position of Chief Operating Officer when it reopens for business following its traditional holiday break on Monday, January 6. Clare, 47, will report to CART President and ... Continue reading
Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies
Dec 6, 2002
NEW YORK Decembwer 6, 2002; Tara Burghart writing for The AP reported that Roone Arledge, the groundbreaking ABC television executive whose legacy includes everything from ``Monday Night Football'' and ``Nightline'' to the slow-motion instant replay, has died at the age of 71. Arledge died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Ke ... Continue reading
CAPE and CART Partner to Evaluate Race Car Driver Safety
Dec 5, 2002
Unique barrier crash test on racecar impacts chassis design in 2005. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5 -- Recently at the annual SAE Motorsports Engineering Conference 2002 Show, IMMI, a leading developer of occupant restraint systems, announced it has conducted a rare crash test of a CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) racecar. ... Continue reading
Fox/Sports Service: Launching On DirecTV, Time Warner
Dec 4, 2002
ANAHEIM, Calif. December 4, 2002 Dow Jones reported that Fox Entertainment Group Inc. unit Fox Cable Networks Group plans to launch a new 24-hour sports digital programming service in the summer of 2003. In a press release Wednesday, the unit said DirecTV Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. , and AOL Time Warner I ... Continue reading
Dec 1, 2002
LONDON - The AP reported that CART dropped the Rockingham 500 from next season's calendar on Monday, leaving the troubled open-wheel series without any races in Europe in 2003. CART, however, hopes to announce shortly that it will hold at least two races in Europe next year. The Rockingham 500, run the last two seasons ... Continue reading
Live Webcast of Championship Auto Racing Teams Awards Banquet
Nov 22, 2002
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Nov. 21, 2002-- Destiny Media Technologies (OTCBB:DSNY) (Berlin:DME;935 410) announces the 2002 awards banquet for Championship Auto Racing Teams will be held in Miami, Fl. on Friday, November 22 and is due to be broadcast live on CART.com using Clipstream Live(TM) technology. CART.com will ... Continue reading
New Best Friends- Ford And Bridgestone Join To Sponsor CART
Nov 22, 2002
DEARBORN, Mich. November 22, 2002; Bill Koenig writing for Bloomberg reported that Ford Motor Co. and Bridgestone Corp., the automaker and tire producer that clashed over which was to blame for 271 highway deaths, are co-sponsoring a racing series. Ford will say today that it's underwriting Championship Auto Racing Tea ... Continue reading
#10 Kanaan CART Mexico City Sunday Race Notes/Quotes
Nov 17, 2002
Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Kanaan Closes the Season With an Eighth Place at Mexico City MEXICO CITY (Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002) -- Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola overcame a dramatic mid-race pit fire to finish eighth in ... Continue reading
#10 Kanaan CART Mexico City Friday Provisional Qualifying
Nov 16, 2002
Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Kanaan Fifth on Provisional Grid for Sunday's Gran Premio Telmex/Gigante MEXICO CITY (Friday, Nov. 15, 2002) -- Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola are fifth on the provisional grid for Sunday' ... Continue reading
CART: Gran Premio Telmex/Gigante Pre-Race Notes/Quotes
Nov 14, 2002
Tony Kanaan - #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola November 15-17, 2002 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez - Mexico City - 2.747-Mile Road Course Round 19 of 19 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series Tony Kanaan wraps up his fifth CART FedEx Championship Series season and his third with Mo Nunn Racing at this ... Continue reading
#10 Kanaan CART Fontana Sunday Race Notes/Quotes
Nov 3, 2002
Contact: Laz Denes, 256-657-6190 ldenes@monunnracing.com www.monunnracing.com media information Polesitter Kanaan Finishes Fourth in The 500 at California Speedway FONTANA, Calif. (Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002) -- Polesitter Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola finished fourth in today's 500-mile ... Continue reading
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