News By Topic: Professional SportsCar Racing

Fire and Rain Can't Keep Doug Smith from Capturing Two Mid-Ohio Top-10s

Aug 30, 2005

Fire and Rain Can't Keep Doug Smith from Capturing Two Mid-Ohio Top-10s Announces Piloti Racing Shoes as Marketing Partner LEXINGTON, Oh., August 29, 2005 - Doug Smith can now sing the James Taylor lyric; "I've seen fire and I've seen rain" with full understanding following this weekend's Formula Ford Zetec Cooper Tire ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Mid-Ohio race

Aug 28, 2005

up front Terry Borcheller returned to familiar territory during the Aug. 27 Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The Gainesville, Ga., driver came from behind to lead the 44-car field – a position he frequently enjoyed en route to six professional racing championships. Un ... Continue reading

ROCKETSPORTS WINS SIXTH CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROOKIE KLAUS GRAF AND HANDS JAGUAR FIFTH MANUFACTURER'S TITLE

Aug 28, 2005

MEDIA CONTACT: Bruce Lyon brucel@rocketsportsracing.com (517) 337-2600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONTREAL, Quebec (August 27, 2005) After winning his fourth Trans-Am event of 2005, leading the charge for Jaguar’s fifth manufacturer’s title and earning the honor of Rookie-of-the-Year, Rocketsports Racing driver ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Mid-Ohio preview

Aug 26, 2005

Mid-Ohio Fitness – both mechanical and physical – will be a key element of Terry Borcheller's strategy for the Aug. 27 Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The Gainesville, Ga., driver knows the challenges of the technical 2.258-mile road course and the usual August ... Continue reading

First SCCA Time Trials National Event to Close Second Creek Raceway

Aug 25, 2005

For Immediate Release First SCCA Time Trials National Event to Close Second Creek Raceway TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 24, 2005) - Even though the program has been in existence for only a short while, Sports Car Club of America Club Racing officials have announced that the Time Trials program is going back to its roots for the " ... Continue reading

Hearn Motorsports Leaves Road America Frustrated, Eager for Next Star Mazda Event

Aug 23, 2005

Hearn Motorsports Leaves Road America Frustrated, Eager for Next Star Mazda Event ELKHART LAKE, Wis., August 22, 2005 - Hearn Motorsports had hoped to turn its luck around at Road America. However, at the end of the ninth race in the 2005 Star Mazda Series North American Championship presented by Goodyear, the second-y ... Continue reading

JAGUAR WINS 2005 TRANS-AM MANUFACTURER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Aug 22, 2005

MEDIA CONTACT: Bruce Lyon brucel@rocketsportsracing.com (517) 337-2600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (August 21, 2005) With one race remaining in the 2005 Trans-Am season, Jaguar secured their fifth manufacturer’s Championship this afternoon when Klaus Graf won the Rumble at the Road Trans-Am event. Th ... Continue reading

SCCA Club Racers Still Trying To Qualify For Runoffs on Season's Final Weekend

Aug 20, 2005

For Immediate Release SCCA Club Racers Still Trying To Qualify For Runoffs on Season's Final Weekend TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 19, 2005) - It didn't seem all that long ago that SCCA Club Racers at GingerMan Raceway were digging their way out of snow banks last April in one of the 2005 season's first Club Racing National event ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Road America preview

Aug 18, 2005

Road America Terry Borcheller has been a class race leader at Road America. He achieved that in 2001 in a Saleen S7R. Now he wants a podium finish at the same track in a 2005 Saleen. Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., will have his chance during an American Le Mans Series race on Aug. 21, sharing driving duty with Johnny ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Denver Race Report

Aug 15, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com HUNTER-REAY SIXTH IN DENVER AS GLOCK MISSES A PODIUM FINISH WITH NINE LAPS TO GO DENVER, Col. (August 14, 2005) – Mixed emotions filled the Rocketsports Racing pits today as Ryan Hunter-Reay m ... Continue reading

Henzler Leads Porsche Podium Sweep in Denver SPEED GT

Aug 15, 2005

For Immediate Release Henzler Leads Porsche Podium Sweep In Denver SCCA SPEED GT DENVER (Aug. 14, 2005) - German Wolf Henzler darted from the pole position in his No. 66 Applied Materials/Farnbacher Loles Porsche 911 Cup to open a large margin early during Sunday afternoon's SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Rou ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Watkins Glen race

Aug 15, 2005

Terry Borcheller returned to the track where he has won the most sports-car races (seven), but he wasn't able to add to the tally on Aug. 12. Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., and Ralf Kelleners of Dusseldorf, Germany, teamed in the No. 54 Bell Motorsports/Feeds the Need Pontiac-powered Doran JE4 for the second of three ... Continue reading

Denver University Student Enjoying Magical Rookie SCCA SPEED Touring Car Season

Aug 11, 2005

For Immediate Release Denver University Student Enjoying Magical SCCA SPEED Touring Car Rookie Season It is Wednesday, just about 72 hours before Saturday's Round Nine SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car race in Denver, part of the CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by PacifiCare. It is 72 hours before ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Watkins Glen preview

Aug 9, 2005

Rolex and NASCAR Terry Borcheller is hoping to meet some new fans as the Rolex Sports Car Series and NASCAR Nextel Cup join forces for a power-packed race weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., and Ralf Kelleners of Dusseldorf, Germany, will drive the No. 54 Bell Motorsports/Feed ... Continue reading

LOCAL DRIVER BOCKMAN NIPS HALL FOR SUNDAY MIATA CUP WIN AT PORTLAND

Jul 31, 2005

PORTLAND, Ore. (July 31, 2005) – Portland’s Gary Bockman shadowed polesitter Justin Hall, of Davis, Calif., for the majority of the SCCA Pro Racing Mazdaspeed Miata Cup Presented by Hankook race today at Portland International Raceway, and made his move coming out of the final corner to take his first-caree ... Continue reading