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Ruhlman Continues Streak, Finishes Second at Road America Trans-Am

Ruhlman Continues Streak, Finishes Second at Road America Trans-Am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ruhlman Continues Streak, Finishes Second at Road America Trans-Am Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (August 7, 2004) --Starting from the pole, top Corvette driver Randy Ruhlman dominated the first 18 laps of the 25 lap Trans-Am race at Road America in his Preformed Line Products/Coyote Closure Chevrolet Corvet ... Continue reading

Hearn Motorsports Makes Milestone at Portland

Hearn Motorsports Makes Milestone at Portland

Hearn Motorsports Makes Milestone at Portland PORTLAND, Ore., July 31, 2004 - Hearn Motorsports hit a major milestone at Portland International Raceway (PIR). The Star Mazda North American Championship team of open wheel racing standout Richie Hearn, in only its fourth race, added a second car to the Las Vegas-based ra ... Continue reading

Motorock Trans-Am Advance Materials for 35th Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivires

Motorock Trans-Am Advance Materials for 35th Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivires

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, Ph: 704-348-9400, Cell: 704-589-2100 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FELLOWS AND KENDALL TO LEAD BATTLE OF THE TRANS-AM TITANS AT TROIS-RIVIÈRES TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec (July 26, 2004) ‹ The Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières has long been a part of the Motorock Trans-Am Series legend. On Sunday, Aug. ... Continue reading

Hayner SPEED World Challenge GT Portland Wrap-Up

Hayner SPEED World Challenge GT Portland Wrap-Up

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com Knocking On The Door of the Top-10, Hayner Finishes 11th GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO Best Finish of the Season Portland, Ore. – July 25, 2004 Stu Hayner finished 11th place with his #5 GMAC Commercial Finance/Trenton Forging GTO at Portlan ... Continue reading

AGT AWARDS PRIZES FOR LIME ROCK EVENT

AGT AWARDS PRIZES FOR LIME ROCK EVENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE Contact: Todd Benne toddbenne@americangt.com 636-262-1723 AGT AWARDS PRIZES FOR LIME ROCK EVENT Wilton, CT- The American GT Challenge series distributed the prize fund and awards to teams earned during the July Fourth event held at Lime Rock Park. The monies dispensed were larger in sum than the pr ... Continue reading

Cytosport To Sponsor Denver Trans-Am Race with Featured Guest and NFL Star Bill Romanowski

Cytosport To Sponsor Denver Trans-Am Race with Featured Guest and NFL Star Bill Romanowski

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, Ph: 704-348-9400, Cell: 704-589-2100 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CYTOSPORT TO SPONSOR DENVER TRANS-AM RACE WITH FEATURED GUEST AND NFL STAR BILL ROMANOWSKI INDIANAPOLIS (July 23, 2004) ‹ CytoSport will sponsor the Motorock Trans-Am Series race at the Centrix Grand Prix of Denver. The event, sc ... Continue reading

Advanced Powertrain Fine Tunes Tiger Racing Mustang

Advanced Powertrain Fine Tunes Tiger Racing Mustang

By: Lynn Waldsmith | Ford Communications Network Tiger Racing's driver Carol Hollfelder hits the race track in her Ford Mustang with an advanced electro-hydraulic actuated transmission from the Aston Martin Vanquish in the SCCA Speed World Challenge GT Championship. DEARBORN, Mich., July 19, 2004 -- It is not surprisin ... Continue reading

TeamRTR Nissan Sentra Records Third Consecutive Podium Finish in SCCA SPEED World Challenge Series

TeamRTR Nissan Sentra Records Third Consecutive Podium Finish in SCCA SPEED World Challenge Series

SONOMA, Calif.--July 20, 2004--Peter Cunningham, driving his NISMO/TeamRTR Nissan Sentra SE-R, recorded another strong third place finish on Saturday, July 17, in Round Four of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge, part of the Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma. It was Cunningham's third consecutive third place finish this season ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Portland preview

Terry Borcheller - Portland preview

back on track Terry Borcheller is happy to have an American Le Mans Series race at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway on July 25, just one week after a major mechanical failure took him out of the series race in Sonoma, Calif. Borcheller, of Gainesville, Ga., and Johnny Mowlem of London, England, will continue their ... Continue reading

TEAM VIPER, ARCHER GRAB PODIUM FINISH AT INFINEON RACEWAY

TEAM VIPER, ARCHER GRAB PODIUM FINISH AT INFINEON RACEWAY

NEWS RELEASE JULY 19, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACT: Misha Geisert 317-432-4110 Cellular MoparPR@aol.com TEAM VIPER, ARCHER GRAB PODIUM FINISH AT INFINEON RACEWAY Sonoma, Cal. - Team Viper earned their first Speed GT Series podium finish last weekend at Infineon Raceway. Tommy Archer impressively ... Continue reading

DRIVE! Media Announces Partnership With TEN Magazines

DRIVE! Media Announces Partnership With TEN Magazines

DRIVE! Will Feature its Event Listings to TEN Magazines' Network of 2 Million Car and Truck Enthusiasts CORONA and CONCORD, Calif., July 19 -- TEN Magazines, home of the largest online network of car and truck enthusiasts and publisher of four truck enthusiast magazines, today announced an agreement with DRIVE! Media, ... Continue reading

BAM! - Infineon (Sears Point) race

BAM! - Infineon (Sears Point) race

An electrical problem zapped BAM! (British American Motorsport) out of the American Le Mans Series race at Infineon (Sears Point) Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Leo Hindery, Jr. started the No. 43 YES Network Porsche 911 GT3 RSR sixth on the GT grid, but the car stopped on track after just 30 minutes of the two-hour 45-minu ... Continue reading

Infineon Wrap-Up: Hayner Makes The Best of A Tough Situation

Infineon Wrap-Up: Hayner Makes The Best of A Tough Situation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com Hayner Makes The Best of A Tough Situation GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO Finishes 18th Sonoma, Calif. – July 17, 2004 Starting at the back of the field after officials disallowed the qualifying time of the GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO, Stu Ha ... Continue reading

Petersen/ White Lightning Shows Strength On And Off Infineon Raceway

Petersen/ White Lightning Shows Strength On And Off Infineon Raceway

Petersen/ White Lightning Shows Strength On and Off Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif., July 18, 2004 - The No. 31 Westward Ho Casino/ MMPIE/ PAWS/ Michelin Porsche 911 GT3 RSR again showed strength finishing tenth in GT class at Infineon Raceway. The tenth-place finish was not indicative of the team's performance in toda ... Continue reading

Earnhardt Burned in Wreck at ALMS Warmup

Earnhardt Burned in Wreck at ALMS Warmup

Sonoma CA July 18, 2004: Mike Harris writing for the AP reported that a fun weekend of racing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. turned frightening Sunday when a wreck during a warmup for an American Le Mans Series race turned his car into a fireball, leaving him hospitalized with burns on his face and legs. Earnhardt's injuries w ... Continue reading

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