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NASCAR: Earnhardt Jr. Cleared to Race at Talladega

NASCAR: Earnhardt Jr. Cleared to Race at Talladega

CHARLOTTE, N.C. September 24, 2003; Jenna Fryer writing for the AP reported that Dale Earnhardt (news - web sites) Jr. was cleared by NASCAR (news - web sites) on Wednesday to race this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, where he is seeking a record fifth consecutive victory. Earnhardt sustained a minor concussion and ... Continue reading

NHRA Pre Race: The Professor finds the Silver Lining in Recent Rain Clouds

NHRA Pre Race: The Professor finds the Silver Lining in Recent Rain Clouds

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net The Professor finds the Silver Lining in Recent Rain Clouds GM Performance Parts Grand Am driver recalls emergency repairs effected during last year's rain delay in Memphis SUGAR HILL, GA., September 17, 2003 - The primary story surr ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Mont-Tremblant preview

Terry Borcheller - Mont-Tremblant preview

target 50 Terry Borcheller of Phoenix will be looking for his 50th professional race win this weekend in a double-header at le Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Québec. Borcheller and Forest Barber of Fort Worth, Tex., will start with the Sept. 20 Grand-Am Cup race on the 2.65-mile road course, driving the No. 54 Bell Motorsp ... Continue reading

Benson On Dover, Hurricane

Benson On Dover, Hurricane

Dover Is Eye of Hurricane The last time Nascar Winston Cup Series visited Dover, Del. rain had altered racing during 8 of the 14 Nascar weekends that had been run in 2003. This weekend it appears not only rain, but Hurricane Isabel will dominate the pre-race discussion. The powerful hurricane is predicted to land near ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX Factsheet, Salem (9-13-03)

ARCA RE/MAX Factsheet, Salem (9-13-03)

SALEM FACTSHEET PLUS....... RACE: Eddie Gilstrap Motors Fall Classic 200 by Advance Auto Parts, 9-13-03 TRACK: Salem Speedway, .555-mile paved oval LOCATION: Salem, Indiana DISTANCE: 200 laps, 111 miles SANCTION: ARCA SERIES: Event #19 of the 2003 ARCA RE/MAX Series PROMOTER: Owen & Beverly Thompson (812) 883-6504; PR ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG: 4 M3s in top 10 in Laguna Speed GT qualifying

BMW Team PTG: 4 M3s in top 10 in Laguna Speed GT qualifying

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship - Round 8 Qualifying Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, Calif. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003 Race Date: Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 Laguna Seca Qualifying: Four BMW M3s in top 10; Miller to start fifth in first Speed GT race Today's 20-m ... Continue reading

Hearn Puts Chevy on Pole in Chicago IRL

Hearn Puts Chevy on Pole in Chicago IRL

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing Hearn Puts Chevy on Chicagoland Pole JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 6, 2003 - Richie Hearn's patience was rewarded in qualifying for Sunday's IRL Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. The last driver on the q ... Continue reading

NHRA Saturday: WJ Will Start 12th at the U.S. Nationals

NHRA Saturday: WJ Will Start 12th at the U.S. Nationals

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Final Qualifying Results WJ Will Start 12th at the U.S. Nationals Event: 49th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals Location: Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, IN Day/Date: Saturday September 6, 2003 On the strength of a 6.825-second, 20 ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Bookends the Podium in the MotoRock Mile High 100 Trans-Am Race at Denver

Rocketsports Bookends the Podium in the MotoRock Mile High 100 Trans-Am Race at Denver

CONTACT: Harry Warren, (517) 927-3613 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ROCKETSPORTS BOOKENDS THE PODIUM IN THE MOTOROCK MILE HIGH 100 TRANS-AM RACE IN DENVER DENVER ­ Rocketsports Racing continued its tradition of excellence with another pair of podium finishes at the MotoRock Mile High 100 during the Centrix Financial Grand Pri ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors and Lancer Evolution in Reach of First SCCA ProRally Championship

Mitsubishi Motors and Lancer Evolution in Reach of First SCCA ProRally Championship

CYPRESS, Calif., Aug. 21, 2003; After a punishing season navigating desert trails and logging roads at heart-pounding speeds, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA), has a national championship in its sights -- the 2003 SCCA ProRally Championship.With a podium finish early Sunday, August 24, at the Ojibwe Forests ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX starting grid, Nashville

ARCA RE/MAX starting grid, Nashville

Kimmel 5 for 6 in Old Milwaukee poles at Nashville; Passmore follows with career-best outside pole NASHVILLE TN (8-8-03) Four-time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion and current point leader Frank Kimmel, in the Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford, won the Old Milwaukee pole for Saturday's Waste Management 200 Friday afternoon at Na ... Continue reading

NHRA Pre race: Warren Johnson Ready to Uncork a Vintage Performance in Sonoma

NHRA Pre race: Warren Johnson Ready to Uncork a Vintage Performance in Sonoma

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Warren Johnson Ready to Uncork a Vintage Performance in Sonoma GM Performance Parts team aims to return to their winning ways in the Napa Valley SUGAR HILL, GA., July 31, 2003 - Warren Johnson has a record at Infineon Raceway that is ... Continue reading

NEWS FROM DON SCHUMACHER RACING: Cannon to Crew Chief, Shuler to Head Mechanic

NEWS FROM DON SCHUMACHER RACING: Cannon to Crew Chief, Shuler to Head Mechanic

NEWS FROM DON SCHUMACHER RACING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus 203-438-0501, cell 203-243-2438 Cannon to Crew Chief, Shuler to Head Mechanic KENT, Wash. (July 27, 2003) - Oakley's Mad Scientist, Jim Jannard, today announced that Scotty Cannon, driver of the Oakley-sponsored Funny Car for Don Schumacher Rac ... Continue reading

ARCA RE/MAX Starting Grid, Pocono

ARCA RE/MAX Starting Grid, Pocono

Busch wins Old Milwaukee Pole at Pocono; breaks Mears' track record LONG POND PA (7-24-03) Kyle Busch became the first ARCA RE/MAX Series driver in history to officially break the 170 mph barrier at Pocono Raceway. Busch, in the Hendrick Motorsports Ditech.com Chevrolet, set a new one lap track record Thursday in Old M ... Continue reading

Bazemore Cuts Points Deficit at Denver

Bazemore Cuts Points Deficit at Denver

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 13 of 23 MOPAR MILE-HIGH NHRA NATIONALS Bandimere Speedway Denver, Colorado Race Date: July 18-20, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501, cell 203-243-2438 BAZEMORE SLICES HIS FUNNY CAR POINTS DEFICIT DENVER, Colo. (July 20, 2003) - Whit Bazemore benefited ... Continue reading

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