Panoz Esperante GTLM Scores First AMLS Class Victory and Sets Two New Track Records
Apr 19, 2005
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
Autosport Development Road Atlanta Race Report
Apr 18, 2005
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. – 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
Apr 18, 2005
- 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
Dyson Takes Pole for Grand Prix of Atlanta
Apr 17, 2005
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
New Porsche Prototype Racing Program Announced for North America
Apr 15, 2005
Penske Motorsports to Partner in Campaigning New Factory-Built Porsche Racecar ATLANTA, April 15 -- In response to increasing customer demand and to raise the excitement level in American sports cars racing, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), and Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA), today revealed they will e ... Continue reading
Autosport Development Atlanta Pre Race Report
Apr 13, 2005
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 – 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
Apr 6, 2005
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’s Hospital/Remote Area Medical/Trenton Forging #24 BMW 325ci Touring Car finished 9th in Sunday’s Round 2 ... Continue reading
Two Vintage Chrysler Vehicles to Race in Italy's Historic Mille Miglia
Apr 4, 2005
- 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
Californian Craig Stanton Podiums At Home Track, Third Top-Four of Season
Apr 4, 2005
Californian Craig Stanton Podiums At Home Track, Third Top-Four of Season FONTANA, Calif., April 3, 2005 - Craig Stanton continued his top-four finish streak at today's Grand American 400 at California Speedway with a third-place in GT class. The third-round of the 2005 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series marked his ... Continue reading
2005 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series-Aasco Motorsports debuts 2005 Season with Top-Four
Apr 4, 2005
Aasco Motorsports Debuts 2005 Season with Top-Four FONTANA, Calif., April 3, 2005 - Aasco Motorsports made an impressive 2005 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series debut here at California Speedway today. The Dennis Aase-owned operation, from nearby Anaheim, qualified the No. 26 New Century Mortgage Porsche 911 GT3 Cu ... Continue reading
BP-FORD FINDS CONSISTENCY AMID NEW ZEALAND'S GRAVEL
Apr 4, 2005
Rally New Zealand (7 - 10 April) offers BP-Ford World Rally Team's drivers a taste of consistency for the first time this season after a highly varied start to the campaign. It is the second consecutive gravel round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the surface on which the bulk of the 16-event series is fought out ... Continue reading
Apr 3, 2005
photos at HYPERLINK "http://theracersgroup.com/team/photos/2005/hi_res_media.htm" http://theracer sgroup.com/team/photos/2005/hi_res_media.htm repeat podium TRG drivers Marc Bunting and Andy Lally strengthened their lead in Rolex Sports Car Series GT championship standings with their second-consecutive podium of the se ... Continue reading
Shane Lewis Leads At California Speedway
Apr 3, 2005
Shane Lewis Leads At California Speedway FONTANA, Calif., April 3, 2005 - Shane Lewis spent his first laps at the top of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype (DP) field in today's Grand American 400 from California Speedway. He did so in dramatic and convincing style. The California-native and J ... Continue reading
Apr 3, 2005
photos at HYPERLINK "BLOCKED::http://theracersgroup.com/team/photos/2005/hi_res_media. htm"http:/ /theracersgroup.com/team/photos/2005/hi_res_media.htm ### GT qualifying car position driver 64 6 Brad Coleman 65 7 Marc Bunting The TRG crew made a setup change to the No. 64 Team16 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, and gave Brad C ... Continue reading
Apr 2, 2005
Fontana times TRG driver Andy Lally posted the fourth-fastest GT time in Friday practice for the Rolex Sports Car Series race at California Speedway. Lally was quick early in the day, lapping the 2.88-mile infield road course in one minute 43.297 seconds in the No. 65 Auto Gallery/TRG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. He and hi ... Continue reading
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