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GM Racing Selects TRG To Run Pontiac GTO.Rs

GM Racing Selects TRG To Run Pontiac GTO.Rs

graphics at http://theracersgroup.com/team/photos/2005/daytona_media/gto.htm <BLOCKED::http://theracersgroup.com/team/photos/2005/daytona_media/g to.htm> ### GM Racing Selects Team To Run Pontiac GTO.Rs Successful TRG team will campaign two production-based race cars MONTEREY, Calif. - Pontiac has chosen TRG, a success ... Continue reading

Craig Stanton Gets Championship Boost Entering Laguna Seca

Craig Stanton Gets Championship Boost Entering Laguna Seca

Craig Stanton Gets Championship Boost Entering Laguna Seca LONG BEACH, Calif., April 26, 2005 - Craig Stanton's 2005 championship hopes have been rekindled. Entering Sunday's Road & Track 250 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Long Beach, California-resident has been moved into sec ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Laguna Seca preview

Terry Borcheller - Laguna Seca preview

California-bound Terry Borcheller will ease a Daytona Prototype race car around one of his favorite race tracks for the first time this week. The Gainesville, Ga., driver will compete in the first Rolex Sports Car Series race at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, Calif. The twisting 2.238-mile road course will be a chall ... Continue reading

Aasco Motorsports Ready to Ride Wave of Debut Performance to Laguna Seca Crest

Aasco Motorsports Ready to Ride Wave of Debut Performance to Laguna Seca Crest

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Panoz Esperante GTLM Scores First AMLS Class Victory and Sets Two New Track Records

Panoz Esperante GTLM Scores First AMLS Class Victory and Sets Two New Track Records

HOSCHTON, Ga.--April 19, 2005--The Panoz Motorsports Esperante GTLM Factory Race Team made history on April 17, 2005, by capturing their first class victory and setting two records during the American Le Mans Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta. An Esperante battled through a field of 911's, including a wheel-to-wheel ... Continue reading

Bill Auberlen - another GT2 record

Bill Auberlen - another GT2 record

Bill Auberlen enjoyed another record-setting race weekend, this time with a powerful GT2 performance in the American Le Mans Series event at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. Auberlen, of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Robin Liddell of Edinburgh, Scotland, were on form all week, pacing the No. 50 Panoz Esperante GTLM to the h ... Continue reading

Autosport Development Road Atlanta Race Report

Autosport Development Road Atlanta Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com GMAC / Trenton Forging #5 GTO Road Atlanta Final Race Report Good day for Hayner ends in 11th place. Braselton, Ga. &#8211; April 17, 2005 The #5 GMAC Commercial Finance / Trenton Forging GTO, driven by Stu Hayner, finished in 11th place after s ... Continue reading

MAZDASPEED Motorsports' Road Atlanta Weekend Racing Results

MAZDASPEED Motorsports' Road Atlanta Weekend Racing Results

- Return of the rotary engine to American Le Mans competition highlights weekend - IRVINE, Calif., April 17 -- MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development today kicked off its return to top-level professional sportscar racing with a second place finish in the LMP-2 class at the Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta, at the famed ... Continue reading

Petersen/ White Lightning Podiums At Road Atlanta

Petersen/ White Lightning Podiums At Road Atlanta

Petersen/ White Lightning Podiums At Road Atlanta BRASELTON, Ga., April 17, 2005 &#8211; Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing earned their 12th career podium finish in American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT2 class competition at today&#8217;s Grand Prix of Atlanta. The third-place finish keeps the GT2 class points l ... Continue reading

Dyson Takes Pole for Grand Prix of Atlanta

Dyson Takes Pole for Grand Prix of Atlanta

BRASELTON, Ga. April 16, 2005;The AP reported that James Weaver took the pole for the Grand Prix of Atlanta, completing a lap in 1 minute, 11.241 seconds in the No. 16 Dyson Racing Lola EX257 AER. It was Weaver's 12th career American Le Mans Series pole and his second straight at Road Atlanta. He posted the fastest lap ... Continue reading

Petersen/ White Lightning Shows Strength On and Off Track at Road Atlanta

Petersen/ White Lightning Shows Strength On and Off Track at Road Atlanta

Petersen/ White Lightning Shows Strength On and Off Track at Road Atlanta BRASELTON, Ga., April 16, 2005 &#8211; Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing continued to show its strength early in 2005 here today at the Grand Prix of Atlanta. The 2005 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring GT2 class winning team dominated th ... Continue reading

Autosport Development Atlanta Pre Race Report

Autosport Development Atlanta Pre Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com GMAC / Trenton Forging #5 GTO Road Atlanta Pre-Race Report Autosport Development Team Anxious To Hit The Track Detroit &#8211; April 12, 2005 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Series is back in action as part of the Sportsbook.com Grand Prix ... Continue reading

Chili Pepper St. Petersburg Race Report

Chili Pepper St. Petersburg Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Amy Jo Young Jim Osborn Has SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Series Career High Finish at St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. Jim Osborn, driver of the Thompson Children&#8217;s Hospital/Remote Area Medical/Trenton Forging #24 BMW 325ci Touring Car finished 9th in Sunday&#8217;s Round 2 ... Continue reading

Two Vintage Chrysler Vehicles to Race in Italy's Historic Mille Miglia

Two Vintage Chrysler Vehicles to Race in Italy's Historic Mille Miglia

- Chrysler Group Marketing Chief Joe Eberhardt to drive a 1951 Chrysler Carrera Panamericana car - Chrysler Group International Sales and Marketing Director Thomas Hausch to drive a 1930 Chrysler 77 roadster - Participation in historic race recalls the brand's Mille Miglia heritage - The Chrysler brand relieves a racin ... Continue reading

MAZDASPEED Motorsports Weekend Results: Two Races Run, Two Races Won

MAZDASPEED Motorsports Weekend Results: Two Races Run, Two Races Won

Tremblay/Haskell RX-8 Wins Grand Am Cup; Pobst MAZDA6 Wins Speed World Challenge IRVINE, Calif., April 4 -- It was a great weekend at the track for MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development as SpeedSource and Tri-Point Motorsports recorded victories for Mazda in the two professional production-based racing series in which the ... Continue reading

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