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AASCO Porsche Leaves Daytona Testing With Top Speed

AASCO Porsche Leaves Daytona Testing With Top Speed

AASCO Porsche Leaves Daytona Testing With Top Speed DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 4, 2003 - After setting the top speed in the new SGS class for the first two days of open testing for the 42nd Annual Rolex 24 of Daytona (International Speedway), AASCO Motorsports has chosen to forego the final day of testing and return ... Continue reading

AASCO Porsche Fastest In Class of Day One Rolex 24 Testing

AASCO Porsche Fastest In Class of Day One Rolex 24 Testing

AASCO Porsche Fastest In Class of Day One Rolex 24 Testing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 3, 2003 - Dennis Aase's AASCO Motorsports assaulted Daytona International Speedway (DIS) with a three-car attack in the first day of testing for the 42nd Annual Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. The No. 16 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup SGS class ent ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Daytona test Saturday

Orbit Racing - Daytona test Saturday

quick start Orbit Racing started the annual three-day test for the Rolex 24 at Daytona at the top, posting the quickest GT class times in alll three practice sessions on Saturday. Johnny Mowlem of England was quickest in the morning session, covering the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course in one minut ... Continue reading

Cauley Corvette Presented by Highlander

Cauley Corvette Presented by Highlander

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ARIE LUYENDYK JR. TO RUN #9 MULTIMATIC FORD FOCUS DAYTONA PROTOTYPE IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA FOR SPEEDSOURCE

ARIE LUYENDYK JR. TO RUN #9 MULTIMATIC FORD FOCUS DAYTONA PROTOTYPE IN ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA FOR SPEEDSOURCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2, 2004 Contact: Janie Vogel PR/Marketing, Arie Luyendyk Jr. Racing (440) 808-1813, ilikeracing@comcast.net (Scottsdale, AZ) - Arie Luyendyk Jr., Indy Racing League competitor and son of two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, will pilot the #9 Multimatic Ford Focus Daytona Prototype car i ... Continue reading

Wallace, Stewart, Earnhardt Jr. To Race in Rolex 24

Wallace, Stewart, Earnhardt Jr. To Race in Rolex 24

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Orbit Racing - 2004 and Daytona

Orbit Racing - 2004 and Daytona

2004 Orbit Racing will compete in the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2004, fielding the No. 44 Classic Industries Porsche 911 GT3 RS for Joe and Jay Policastro of Latrobe, Pa. The father-son pair drove three successful races in the Rolex Series GT class in 2003. They finished ninth in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, third at Barb ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe: Maurice Leggett Passes...Car Guy Extraordinaire

Letter From Europe: Maurice Leggett Passes...Car Guy Extraordinaire

Letter from Europe By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief November 20, 2003; There are car buffs, auto racing buffs and people who regard 4 wheels simply as ways of getting from A to B. Then there are the ultimate fans. One of these very special people was my greatest mate, Maurice Leggett who passed away earlier today ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - champion!

Terry Borcheller - champion!

the champion! Terry Borcheller finished the 2003 season on top of the podium, with his 52nd professional race win and his sixth professional championship in as many years. Borcheller, of Phoenix, and Forest Barber of Fort Worth, Tex., combined for their sixth Rolex Sports Car Series win of the season in the No. 54 Bell ... Continue reading

2004 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup Series Schedule Released

2004 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup Series Schedule Released

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Terry Borcheller - Daytona preview

Terry Borcheller - Daytona preview

two to go Terry Borcheller hopes to cap the 2003 race season with a championship run this weekend. The Phoenix driver is leading the Rolex Sports Car Series prototype driver standings. He and his co-driver, Forest Barber of Fort Worth, Tex., are third in the Grand-Am Cup GSII title hunt. The season-ending races for bot ... Continue reading

Pruett To Race New Jaguar AJ-V8 Four-Valve Engine in Trans-Am Tour Finale in Puerto Rico

Pruett To Race New Jaguar AJ-V8 Four-Valve Engine in Trans-Am Tour Finale in Puerto Rico

CONTACT: Harry Warren, (517) 927-3613 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRUETT TO RACE NEW JAGUAR AJ-V8 FOUR-VALVE ENGINE IN TRANS-AM TOUR SEASON FINALE IN PUERTO RICO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Scott Pruett, driver of the No. 7 Motorock/Jaguar R Performance XKR, will combine the power and beauty of Jaguar during the Puerto Rico Gran ... Continue reading

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing's Charge for IMSA Cup and Petit Win Cut Short

Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing's Charge for IMSA Cup and Petit Win Cut Short

Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing's Charge for IMSA Cup and Petit Win Cut Short BRASELTON, Ga., October 18, 2003 - Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing entered today's American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Petit Le Mans endurance event here at Road Atlanta racing the No. 35 Risi Competizione Ferrari for a GT ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Petit Le Mans race half-distance

Orbit Racing - Petit Le Mans race half-distance

good start! Orbit Racing had a strong start to the 1000-mile Petit Le Mans. Randy Pobst started the No. 42 Classic Industries Porsche 911 GT3 RS last on the grid, 17th in the GT class, and moved steadily through the field to first in class after 70 minutes. He dropped back to second before handing over to Jay Policastr ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Petit Le Mans preview

Terry Borcheller - Petit Le Mans preview

new home track Terry Borcheller will race at his new home track this week, as he competes in the Petit Le Mans, final race in the 2003 American Le Mans Series. The 1000-mile race will run Oct. 18 on the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta road course in Braselton, Ga. Borcheller and his family will move from Phoenix to Gainesville, ... Continue reading

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