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Craig Stanton Back On Top of Grand-Am Cup Victory Podium

Craig Stanton Back On Top of Grand-Am Cup Victory Podium

Craig Stanton Back On Top of Grand-Am Cup Victory Podium ALTON, Vir., October 2, 2004 - Craig Stanton returned to his dominating ways in Grand-Am Cup competition with a win at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) today. The Long Beach, Calif.-resident joined with multi-series teammate David Murry (Cumming, Ga.) to cont ... Continue reading

Nissan Wins Record 86th National Championship Title at 2004 SCCA Runoffs

Nissan Wins Record 86th National Championship Title at 2004 SCCA Runoffs

LEXINGTON, Ohio--Sept. 29, 2004--Nissan added one more championship title--its 86th--at the 2004 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Championship Runoffs Presented by Kohler, maintaining its position as the holder of more National Championship victories than any other manufacturer. Mark Dennis, driving his No. 8 ... Continue reading

Autosport Development Qualifying Report

Autosport Development Qualifying Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO Qualifies 20th at Road Atlanta Braselton, Ga. – Sept. 23, 2004 Overcoming issues with a slipping clutch, the GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO qualified 20th for the round 9 SPEED World Challenge GT series at Road Atl ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Cup Point Leader Craig Stanton Excited About Battle

Grand-Am Cup Point Leader Craig Stanton Excited About Battle

Grand-Am Cup Point Leader Craig Stanton Excited About Battle HOMESTEAD, Fla., September 17, 2004 - When Craig Stanton last left Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) he did so with a sweep of the two Grand American Road Racing Association races held here. He drove to victory in both the SGS class of the Rolex Sports Car Serie ... Continue reading

Ringers Gloves Weekend Motorsports Channel Wrap-Up

Ringers Gloves Weekend Motorsports Channel Wrap-Up

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 Newman in Chase; Frank Wins 100 Indianapolis – (September 14, 2004) While the National Hot Rod As ... Continue reading

Corvette Driver Ruhlman Takes Third in 2004 Trans-Am Drivers' Championship, Gets Seventh Straight Top Five Finish at Laguna Seca

Corvette Driver Ruhlman Takes Third in 2004 Trans-Am Drivers' Championship, Gets Seventh Straight Top Five Finish at Laguna Seca

FOR IMMMEDIATE RELEASE Corvette Driver Ruhlman Takes Third in 2004 Trans-Am Drivers' Championship, Gets Seventh Straight Top Five Finish at Laguna Seca MONTEREY, Calif. (Sept. 11, 2004) ­ Top Corvette driver Randy Ruhlman took third in the 2004 Trans-Am Series Drivers¹ Championship after a hotly contested battle at t ... Continue reading

The Lotus Experience

The Lotus Experience

By Carey Russ (c) 2004 I think it started when I made an offhand and disparaging comment about Lotus longevity to a friend who has a Lotus Europa. For those of you unfamiliar with the marque, Lotus is a small British manufacturer of sports and racing cars. Founded by Colin Chapman in 1952, its first few years were spen ... Continue reading

2004 Road America Report

2004 Road America Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley 248.227.0110 johnt@c2group.com GMAC/Trenton Forging #5 GTO Finishes 13th at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisc. – August 21, 2004 After qualifying 19th, the #5 GMAC / Trenton Forging GTO finished 13th in today’s SPEED World Challenge GT race at Road America in Elkhar ... Continue reading

Hearn Motorsports Confidence High Entering Road America

Hearn Motorsports Confidence High Entering Road America

Hearn Motorsports Confidence High Entering Road America ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., August 17, 2004 - Hearn Motorsports is feeling the confidence of racing at tracks that feel like home. And, coming off a career best finish of third at the most recent round of Mosport International Raceway, the confidence within the team is a ... Continue reading

CruiseCam(R) to Offer Video Solutions for Motorsports Applications

CruiseCam(R) to Offer Video Solutions for Motorsports Applications

TROY, Mich., Aug. 3 -- CruiseCam International, Inc., the market leader in Mobile Integrated Video Recording Technology has announced an initiative to develop a seat mounted camera and recording system for motorsports applications. D. Scott Watkins, CEO and President of CruiseCam stated, "Our patent portfolio encompass ... Continue reading

AMERICAN GT CHALLENGE SERIES ANNOUNCES IGT CATEGORY CONSIDERATION

AMERICAN GT CHALLENGE SERIES ANNOUNCES IGT CATEGORY CONSIDERATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Todd Benne toddbenne@americangt.com 636.262.1723 AMERICAN GT CHALLENGE SERIES ANNOUNCES IGT CATEGORY CONSIDERATION Wilton, CT- Today with support from marketing partners, including the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the American GT Road Racing Association, LLC announced the formation o ... Continue reading

Champ Cars to Road America, Lance Armstrong Foundatio Fundraiser

Champ Cars to Road America, Lance Armstrong Foundatio Fundraiser

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email /f ... Continue reading

Wayne's Wacky Weekend Motor Sport Wrap Up

Wayne's Wacky Weekend Motor Sport Wrap Up

Hey there! Do you know the answer to the question, "Who won the 2004 German Grand Prix and set the all time "Wins in a season" record?" NASCAR looks like it's ready to purchase acreage on Staten Island to build a track in New York City (For those who don't know, Staten Island is one of NY's five boroughs). For their sa ... 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

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