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Petersen/ White Lightning Takes ALMS Mid-Ohio Pole Position

Petersen/ White Lightning Takes ALMS Mid-Ohio Pole Position

Petersen/White Lightning Takes ALMS Mid-Ohio GT2 Pole Position Long Runs to Second Career Pole Position, Second Track Record LEXINGTON, Ohio, May 20, 2006 – Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing won its third career American Le Mans Series (ALMS) pole position here at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course today in dra ... Continue reading

Mid-Ohio Qualifying

Mid-Ohio Qualifying

Team Contact: Jennifer Hart, Flying Lizard Motorsports Tel: 707.935.9600 x 552; Mobile: 415.425.3578, e-mail: jennifer@lizardms.com Flying Lizard Qualifies Third and Sixth at Mid-Ohio May 20, 2006--Lexington, Ohio--In this afternoon's qualifying session for Sunday's American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio race, Flying Liza ... Continue reading

Lou Gigliotti Qualifying Report - Mid-Ohio

Lou Gigliotti Qualifying Report - Mid-Ohio

Lou Gigliotti #28 LG Motorsports, ProLong Tube Header Corvette On The Pole Lexington, Ohio - Lou Gigliotti, driving the #28 LG Motorsports, ProLong Tube Header Corvette C6.R took the top qualifying spot for the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT race taking place at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race will m ... Continue reading

Gigliotti Takes Second SPEED GT Pole of Season At Mid-Ohio

Gigliotti Takes Second SPEED GT Pole of Season At Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Gigliotti Takes Second SPEED GT Pole of Season at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 20, 2006) - Lou Gigliotti, of Dallas, captured his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship pole of 2006, and will lead the 31-car field to the standing start of today's race, presented by Trenton F ... Continue reading

Kleinubing Breaks Streak, Sets SPEED Touring Car Qualifying Record at Mid-Ohio

Kleinubing Breaks Streak, Sets SPEED Touring Car Qualifying Record at Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Kleinubing Breaks Streak, Sets SPEED Touring Car Qualifying Record at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 20, 2006) - After Friday's practice, SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car standout Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., said he wanted to end his pole-less streak, which had grown ... Continue reading

Two Tie, Top Three Within 0.003 After SCCA SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio

Two Tie, Top Three Within 0.003 After SCCA SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio

For Immediate Release Two Tie, Top Three Within 0.003 After SCCA SPEED GT Practice at Mid-Ohio LEXINGTON, Ohio (May 19, 2006) - At Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT drivers Lou Gigliotti, of Dallas, Texas, and Michael Galati, of Olmsted, Ohio, posted an identical fast time of 1:28.396 ... Continue reading

279 Cars Head to Mid-America Races

279 Cars Head to Mid-America Races

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Ackford, (614) 793-4620, rackford AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES TEAMS HEAD TO MID-OHIO FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST SPORTS CAR RACE WEEKENDS IN NORTH AMERICA Dublin, Ohio (May 19, 2006) - With an estimated 279 cars competing this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, in Lexington, Ohio, the ... Continue reading

Guy Cosmo Mid-Ohio Pre Race Report

Guy Cosmo Mid-Ohio Pre Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: johnt@c2group.com Guy Cosmo Heads To Mid-Ohio For Fourth Racing in 13 Days Mansfield, Ohio - Guy Cosmo, driver of the Road & Track, Kumho Tire, B-K Motorsports Mazda LMP2 car will compete in his fourth event in 13 days when he climbs in the cockpit for Thursday's American Le Mans Series p ... Continue reading

LG Motorsports Mid-Ohio Pre Race Report

LG Motorsports Mid-Ohio Pre Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: johnt@c2group.com LG Motorsports ProLong Tube Header Corvettes In Full Force For Mid- Ohio SPEED World Challenge GT Lexington, Ohio – Lou Gigliotti, in the #28 ProLong Tube Headers Corvette, dominated the early laps in round three of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challen ... Continue reading

BimmerWorld Mid-Ohio Pre Race Report

BimmerWorld Mid-Ohio Pre Race Report

For Immediate Release Contact: johnt@c2group.com BimmerWorld Upbeat For Mid Ohio SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Race Mansfield, Ohio - With rain in the forecast, the Bimmerworld team has been busy preparing for Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Round 3 of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car race, May ... Continue reading

Team Saleen/Oreca Win Spa With S7R

Team Saleen/Oreca Win Spa With S7R

Drivers Ortelli & Ayari Capture Podium Win & Fastest Lap Earning Race Victory in GT1 Series Beating Aston Martins, Corvettes, Ferrari & Lamborghini IRVINE, Calif., May 18 -- Championing the Saleen S7R, Team Saleen/Oreca drivers, Stephane Ortelli and Soheil Ayari captured the win in Belgium, at Spa Francorchamps, in the ... Continue reading

Alpine Motorsports Club Opens Throttle for Memberships at Private Road Course Country Club

Alpine Motorsports Club Opens Throttle for Memberships at Private Road Course Country Club

SAYLORSBURG, Pa.--May 10, 2006--The track has been cleared and Alpine Motorsports Club is speeding ahead at full throttle to attract Founding Members for the only private motorsports club on the East Coast where you can drive your car on your personal schedule on its four-mile, European-inspired, Alan Wilson-designed m ... Continue reading

Pontiac Solstice Finishes Third in SCCA National Road Racing Debut

Pontiac Solstice Finishes Third in SCCA National Road Racing Debut

WARREN , Mich. , May 8, 2006 – Pontiac Solstice made a podium debut this past weekend in its first ever Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) race, finishing third in the Showroom Stock B (SSB) class during the New England Region May National at New Hampshire International Speedway on May 6. Newly classed by SCCA in S ... Continue reading

Cheever Racing News: Road & Track 250 Qualifying

Cheever Racing News: Road & Track 250 Qualifying

Monterey, Calif. -- Problems with traction control prevented Cheever Racing from securing a strong starting position for Sunday¹s Road & Track 250, a Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Christian Fittipaldi and the No. 39 Cheever Racing Cro ... Continue reading

Herr Earns Inaugural MX-5 Cup Pole at Laguna

Herr Earns Inaugural MX-5 Cup Pole at Laguna

MONTEREY, Calif. (May 6, 2006) – Even without the help of a teammate’s draft, Chip Herr, of Lititz, Pa., still managed to turn a 1:43.546 (77.808 mph) in his No. 59 Sports Car Revolution/Mazdaspeed Mazda MX-5 and earn the first pole in SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Hankook ... Continue reading

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