News By Topic: Race Car Drivers

Bazemore makes progress, roots for teammates as Funny Car season winds down

Oct 19, 2005

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES No. 21 of 23 ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev. Race Dates: Oct. 21-23, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BAZEMORE MAKES PROGRESS, ROOTS ... Continue reading

Gary Scelzi: It's a two-race war and it starts in Vegas

Oct 19, 2005

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES No. 21 of 23 ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev. Race Dates: Oct. 21-23, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net GARY SCELZI: IT'S A TWO-RACE W ... Continue reading

Busy Vegas week takes mind off tense title chase for Capps

Oct 19, 2005

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES No. 21 of 23 ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev. Race Dates: Oct. 21-23, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BUSY VEGAS WEEK TAKES MIND OFF ... Continue reading

China Long March Classic Car Rally 2006 - 24th September - 22nd October 2006

Oct 18, 2005

Long March Classic Car Rally Header* * * Press Release* *China Long March Classic Car Rally 2006* *Beijing, October 18th, 2005 - *On September 24^th 2006 the most ambitious classic car rally event of the year will be flagged off from Rui Jin in Southern China's Jiangxi province. The first ever China Long March Classic ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Australia Preview

Oct 18, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com Rocketsports Racing Australia Notes and Quotes: ROCKETSPORTS RACING HEADS DOWN UNDER WITH NEW DRIVER MCDOWELL AND LOOKS TO CLINCH ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR TITLE WITH GLOCK East Lansing, Mich. (October XX, ... Continue reading

SCOTT LOOKS TO DEFEND USAC CAROLINA/VIRGINIA FOCUS CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY AT SHENANDOAH

Oct 18, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2005 Contact: MICHAEL HARKER/DICK JORDAN 05-321 SCOTT LOOKS TO DEFEND USAC CAROLINA/VIRGINIA FOCUS CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY AT SHENANDOAH INDIANAPOLIS – The stage is set for reigning USAC Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus Midget Car Series champion Chase Scott of Concord, N.C. to success ... Continue reading

NATIONAL SPRINT POINT RACE HEADS WEST "RICH VOGLER CLASSIC" IS DARLAND'S 1ST AT WINCHESTER

Oct 18, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-320 The battle for the 2005 Valvoline USAC National Sprint Car Championship heads west for back-to-back tripleheader weekends at Perris, Calif. and Phoenix, Ariz. The "Budweiser Oval Nationals" are slated at the Perris Auto Speedway Nov. 3-5 ... Continue reading

FLOCK'S LEAD DOWN TO 31 AS RODELA TAKES VENTURA WESTERN MIDGETS AT TUCSON

Oct 18, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-319 OCTOBER 29 Robby Flock of Murrieta, Calif. saw his series point lead sliced to just 31 points Saturday night at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway but he'll have an opportunity to increase it Oct. 29 when the series returns to USA Race Park in Tucs ... Continue reading

FINAL TUNEUP FOR PERRIS "NATIONALS" THIS SATURDAY

Oct 18, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2005 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 05-318 This Saturday night's race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway will serve as a final tuneup for Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series participants prior to the Nov. 3-5 "Budweiser Oval Nationals" at the 1/2-mile dirt track. Damion Gardner ... Continue reading

Petersen/ White Lightning Celebrated as ALMS GT2 Champions

Oct 17, 2005

Petersen/ White Lightning Celebrated as ALMS GT2 Champions MONTEREY, Calif., Oct. 16, 2005 – Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing were celebrated as the GT2 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Champions tonight here in Monterey, Calif. The American Le Mans Series’ Night of Champions Banquet was the site ... Continue reading

Rookie Angelone Wins SPEED Touring Car Finale at Laguna, Cunningham, Acura Win Championships

Oct 17, 2005

For Immediate Release Rookie Angelone Wins SPEED Touring Car Finale at Laguna, Cunningham, Acura Win Championships MONTEREY, Calif. (Oct. 16, 2005) - Rookie driver John Angelone, of Bridgewater, N.J., earned the first SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car victory of his career Sunday at the Monterey Sports ... Continue reading

Red Bull Racing Rocks Shanghai

Oct 17, 2005

SHANGHAI, China, October 16 -- - The Longest Season in the History of Formula 1 Came to a Close in Shanghai, China on Sunday Evening as the Red Bull Racing Team Hosted a Full-on End of Season Party It took 200 people, working round the clock for four days to build a temporary bamboo village as the party venue on the ba ... Continue reading

Sascha Maassen - Laguna Seca victory

Oct 17, 2005

Sascha Maassen enjoyed a near-perfect race weekend, as he led the charge in the American Le Mans Series debut of the new Penske Porsche RS Spyder. Maassen, of Raeren, Belgium, took the LMP2 class pole position with a record lap time of one minute 15.606 seconds on the 2.238-mile Laguna Seca Raceway road course in Monte ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Texas Motorplex

Oct 17, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION TEXAS MOTORPLEX, ENNIS, TEXAS Sunday, October 16, 2005 Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956 TORRENCE PUTS ANOTHER NOTCH IN HIS TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER BELT WITH A WIN AT THE TEXAS MOTORPLEX ENNIS, Texas - In the NHRA South Central Divisi ... Continue reading

MAZDASPEED Motorsports: 2005 Racing Season Wrapup

Oct 16, 2005

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 16 -- With victories in every one of the professional series in which Mazda competes -- Grand Am Cup Street Touring, American Le Mans Series LMP-2, Sports Car Club of America SPEED World Challenge Touring Class and the National Hot Rod Association PRO FWD -- the 2005 season was a very good year for ... Continue reading