News By Topic: Championship Auto Racing Teams

CART: Junqueira and Gidley seek elusive first win of the year at Mid Ohio

Aug 9, 2001

August 9, 2001 Lexington, Ohio - Team Target heads east this weekend to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a track where the team has enjoyed great success over the past few years. Since 1996, the 2.258-mile permanent road course has hosted three Team Target victories. The most memorable win came in 1996, when the team to ... Continue reading

POINTS BATTLE SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR GOING INTO THE MILLER LITE 20 0 AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE

Aug 8, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Donnie Clark, (614) 793-4620, dclark@midohio.com Seth Everitt, (614) 793-4607, severitt@midohio.com POINTS BATTLE SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR GOING INTO THE MILLER LITE 200 AT MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE DUBLIN, Ohio (August 7, 2001) - When the competitive CART FedEx Championship Series returns ... Continue reading

IROC: Bobby Labonte sweeps IROC at Indy, Series title

Aug 4, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 4, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001 - Bobby Labonte won the IROC at Indy race and the True Value IROC series championship the hard way Aug. 4 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Defending NASCAR Winston Cup champion Labonte won the 40-lap race af ... Continue reading

CART: European races to air in Italy on Italia 1 National Network

Aug 4, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 4, 2001 DETROIT - Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc., and ESPN International, its worldwide television rights holder and partner, have completed an agreement with leading Italian television group Mediaset for the airing of CART's two European races ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Bradley Motorsports Adds Richie Hearn

Aug 3, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 3, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, August 2, 2001 - Bradley Motorsports announced today that Richie Hearn has joined the 1996 Indy Racing co-championship team. Though future plans are not definite at this time, Hearn will take his first test laps with th ... Continue reading

IROC: Labonte puts Burton on Pole for IROC at Indy

Aug 3, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 3, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Points leader Bobby Labonte had a chance Aug. 2 to move himself from last to first in the starting field for the True Value International Race of Champions season finale Aug. 4 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Actually, two c ... Continue reading

IROC: True Value IROC Teams Gear Up for Indy Finale

Aug 1, 2001

August 1, 2001 Indianapolis, Indiana - The True Value IROC series began final preparations for this Saturday's 2001, 25th anniversary, championship finale to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. True Value IROC President, Jay Signore said, "Our primary goal on the first day is to shake down all 17 of the Pontiac ... Continue reading

IROC: Open Wheel Drivers Look to End IROC Title Drought at Indy

Aug 1, 2001

August 1, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - The last time it happened, in 1988, Ronald Reagan was still President of the United States. The Internet was a small computer network used by the military, educators and scientists. Now-faded or defunct musical acts such as INXS, Steve Winwood, Guns 'N Roses and Rick Astley topped the Bill ... Continue reading

CART tests scheduled for Germany and England

Jul 31, 2001

July 31, 2001 DETROIT - Championship Auto Racing Teams, in conjunction with Dale Coyne Racing and Firestone, will conduct special one-day tests at England's Rockingham Motor Speedway on Tuesday and Germany's Eurospeedway next Monday in preparation for inaugural FedEx Championship Series events scheduled in September at ... Continue reading

CART: Dixon, Gidley earn top five finishes for Toyota in Chicago

Jul 30, 2001

July 30, 2001 - Scott Dixon went from 19th to fourth today to earn his fourth top-five finish of the season. It marks Dixon's third straight top-four finish on a short oval after a first at Nazareth and a third at Milwaukee. He also extended his lead in the Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year award standings to 42 points ov ... Continue reading

CART: Brack claims third win of season while padding points lead

Jul 30, 2001

July 30, 2001 CICERO, Ill. - Kenny Brack of Team Rahal became the first three-time winner of the FedEx Championship Series season and added substantially to his championship points lead Sunday when he drove to victory in the Target Grand Prix Presented by Energizer at Chicago Motor Speedway. Brack (Shell Ford Lola) gar ... Continue reading

CART: Race Results, Target Grand Prix, Chicago

Jul 29, 2001

July 30, 2001 CICERO, Ill. -- Results from Sunday's Target Grand Prix Presented by Energizer FedEx Championship Series race at Chicago Motor Speedway, with starting position in parentheses, driver, type of car, laps completed and reason out, if any: 1. (8) Kenny Brack, Ford Lola, 225. 2. (9) Patrick Carpentier, Ford Re ... Continue reading

CART and US Department of Transportation launch traffic and safety campaign

Jul 29, 2001

July 29, 2001 CHICAGO -- Building on their successful three-year partnership, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. (CART) announced today their new campaign, Safety - the Ultimate Rush, a new effort to drive home lifesaving traffic and vehicle safety information to race f ... Continue reading

CART: Gidley posts career best qualifying performance to lead Toyota effort

Jul 29, 2001

July 29, 2001 GIDLEY QUALIFIES FOURTH TO LEAD TOYOTA AT CHICAGO - Memo Gidley (Target Toyota) registered a career-best fourth-place qualifying effort to lead Toyota for Sunday's Target Grand Prix Presented by Energizer. Gidley's previous career-best start was a fifth earlier this season at Cleveland. Saturday's result ... Continue reading

CART: Michael Andretti picks up performance in qualifying at Chicago

Jul 29, 2001

July 29, 2001 Michael Andretti, No. 39 Motorola/Honda-Reynard "This is the best it's been this weekend. We made improvements in qualifying; in fact, we picked up two and a half tenths of a second, which is a pretty big jump so I think we are going in the right direction. I'm sure we'll do some more fine-tuning in the m ... Continue reading