Max Papis Joins Cadillac Racing Team, Returns To SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT
Jan 4, 2005
DETROIT - Cadillac announced today that 2004 Grand American Daytona Prototype champion Max Papis is joining its CTS-V race team on a full time basis. Cadillac will return to the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series for the 2005 racing season. Papis will drive the #16 CTS-V, and returning driver Andy Pilgrim will again ... Continue reading
Legendary Driver Milt Minter Passed Away
Jan 2, 2005
The Historic Motorsprts Assosiation reported that driver Milt Minter passed away on December 23. As many of you know, he fought a gallant battle with cancer for the last couple of years and unfortunately the cancer won out. Oh, the racing stories he is telling to all his old friends and racing buddies up in the sky. We ... Continue reading
new superteam, champion, Indy 500 winner
Dec 30, 2004
DP superteam Krohn Racing and The Racer's Group (TRG) will join forces to enter two Daytona Prototype cars in the 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series, under the combined management of team owners Tracy Krohn of Houston, Texas, and Kevin Buckler of Sonoma, Calif. The DP team will operate from the Krohn Racing / TRG race shops ... Continue reading
TRG - six-car Daytona GT entry
Dec 28, 2004
six-car fleet The Racer's Group (TRG) will field six Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars in the 2005 Rolex 24 At Daytona. The fleet will be driven by a talented international group. TRG team owner Kevin Buckler of Sonoma, Calif., will join 2004 Rolex Sports Car Series SGS champions Marc Bunting of Monkton, Md., and Andy Lally of ... Continue reading
Richie Hearn Podiums In First Endurance Event
Dec 23, 2004
Richie Hearn Podiums In First Endurance Event LAS VEGAS, Nev., December 23, 2004 - Richie Hearn is an experienced and successful race driver. He has dominated karting in California, won the 1995 Toyota Atlantics' championship and the 1996 Las Vegas 500 IndyCar Series race. But, this four-time Indianapolis 500 starter m ... Continue reading
2004 - The Year of Teamwork for Petersen/ White Lightning
Dec 21, 2004
2004 - The Year of Teamwork for Petersen/ White Lightning LAS VEGAS, Nev., December 21, 2004 – The fading French sun cast an orange glow onto the small group surrounding the brightly-colored machine. Few in the clutch of airport employees and curious bystanders that gathered to watch the shakedown run of the Gran ... Continue reading
Acura TL Finishes First in Class, Third Overall at 25 Hours of Thunderhill
Dec 13, 2004
TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 13 -- A nearly stock Acura TL built and driven by engineers from Honda R&D Americas accomplished the seemingly impossible by winning its class and finishing third overall at the "25 Hours of Thunderhill" race at Thunderhill Park Raceway in Willows, California. Team Honda Research, composed of mem ... Continue reading
TRG - Team16 youngest Daytona 24 entry
Dec 6, 2004
TEAM16 The Racer's Group (TRG) is ready to set a record at the 2005 Rolex 24 at Daytona - the team will introduce the youngest driver lineup in the 43-year history of the event. Brad Coleman of Houston, Colin Braun of Ovalo, Texas, and Adrian Carrio of Monument, Colo., all age 16, will drive the No. 16 Team16 Porsche 9 ... Continue reading
AARWBA Announces 50th Anniversary All America Team
Nov 28, 2004
http://beta.motorsportsforum.com/ris01/aarwba50.ht m The American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association is the oldest and largest organization of its kind. Founded in 1955 in Indianapolis, AARWBA has reached the stature of the football and baseball press associations. Because so many support the aims and progr ... Continue reading
NASCAR - A New National Pastime: 5 Tips to Help You Enjoy Racing with Your Kids
Nov 15, 2004
LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 15 -- NASCAR auto racing has become one of America's favorite spectator sports. But do you know what to pack to keep your young fans safe and entertained for a few hundred laps? "NASCAR provides an excellent family activity," says Craig Elliott, racing enthusiast and author of Racer Buddies: Ope ... Continue reading
Lexus Powers Papis/Pruett to Victory and 2004 Rolex Title
Nov 4, 2004
FONTANA, Calif., Nov. 3 -- Needing a victory to clinch the Rolex Series title, Lexus-powered drivers Max Papis and Scott Pruett led 81 of 89 laps on the way to a dominating victory in the Lexus Grand American 400K to win the 2004 Grand American Rolex Series championship at the California Speedway on October 31. The Com ... Continue reading
Ringers Gloves Weekend Wrap-Up
Nov 1, 2004
Press Information: For Immediate Release Contact information Mindy Stephens Ringers Gloves Public Relations/Marketing 317.227.1044 _RingersIndy@aol.com_ (mailto:RingersIndy@aol.com) RINGERS GLOVES WEEKEND WRAP-UP Anderson Records 14th Win of 2004 Indianapolis â“ (October 31, 2004) The American Speed Associatio ... Continue reading
Hyundai fined 1 million dollars
Oct 14, 2004
LONDON, Oct. 13, 2004; (Xinhuanet) -- South Korean carmaker Hyundai has been fined 1 million US dollars by motor sport's world governing body FIA after missing four rounds of last year's world rally championship, according to a Reuters report. The report said that Hyundai Motor Company had appeared at a meeting of the ... Continue reading
Oct 7, 2004
Stuart Will Preview Its 2005 'SHOW: The Renewable Hydrogen Roadshow' During C5's Massive Public Display of 'Clean' Vehicles at the Event Stuart CEO Jon Slangerup and Singer-Songwriter/Activist Tracy Lyons Will Be Featured in the Speakers Program at C5's 'Meet The Members' Evening Reception Following the Public Display ... Continue reading
Beretta Shoots for Cadillac Victory at Laguna Seca
Oct 7, 2004
Le Mans Champion Will Pilot Third CTS-V In Final SPEED GT Race DETROIT - The General Motors' Cadillac CTS-V racing team will field a third car for Round 10 of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on October 17. GM Racing driver Olivier Beretta, winner of the GTS class for Corvette in the 2004 ... Continue reading
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