CART: Scott Dixon Qualifying Notes, Texas Motor Speedway
Apr 29, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 29, 2001 SCOTT DIXON - # 18 POWERWARE PANASONIC PACWEST TOYOTA Position: 20th Time: 23.319s Speed: 228.792 "We had a pretty average run", said Dixon. "I was the first car out there after Oriol Servia's car dropped oil on turns one and two. Because of t ... Continue reading
CART: Gugelmin okay after Texas wall collision; Status for raceday undetermined
Apr 29, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 29, 2001 (Fort Worth, TX) - Mauricio Gugelmin, driver of the #17 Nextel PacWest Toyota, returned to the track Saturday after being involved in a major accident during practice Friday at the Texas Motor Speedway in preparation for round three of the CAR ... Continue reading
CART: Brack Quickest on opening day of practice at Texas
Apr 28, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 28, 2001 FORT WORTH - Kenny Brack of Team Rahal put his experience at Texas Motor Speedway to good use Friday when he topped the speed chart on the opening day of practice for Sunday's Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer (3 p.m. ET, live, ESPN) ... Continue reading
CART: John Stark joins CART Sports Entertainment
Apr 27, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 27, 2001 DETROIT - Veteran television producer/director Charlie Stark, who has won five Emmy Awards during a distinguished television broadcast career, has joined Championship Auto Racing Teams as the open-wheel racing sanctioning organization continue ... Continue reading
CART: FedEx continues support for autograph sessions through free autograph books
Apr 27, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 27, 2001 DETROIT - The popular Fan Appreciation activities held at every FedEx Championship Series event will be enhanced once again in 2001, as FedEx Racing has produced autograph booklets featuring all Champ Car drivers. Continuing a program that was ... Continue reading
CART reports first quarter 2001 results
Apr 26, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 26, 2001 DETROIT (April 26, 2001) - Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. today announced revenues, expenses, net income and earnings per share for the first quarter ended March 31, 2001. The number of events held in a particular quarter will affect the ... Continue reading
INDY 500: IMS Working with Indiana Cities to Promote '500' Spirit
Apr 26, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 26, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is taking its campaign to promote Indianapolis 500 spirit within Indiana to the streets - literally - by working directly with local communities across the state as the month of May approaches. Th ... Continue reading
TACH SPECIAL: Audi Driver Michele Alboreto Killed in Testing Accident
Apr 26, 2001
by David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 26, 2001 Audi driver Michele Alboreto was fatally injured Wednesday while testing the new Audi R8 at the Eurospeedway Lausitz circuit in Dresdner, Germany. Alboreto was testing the Audi for the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans. Eyewitnesses to the cra ... Continue reading
Sarah Fisher's First Job Out of High School Is to Win the Indianapolis 500
Apr 25, 2001
For Immediate Release Sarah Fisher's First Job Out of High School Is to Win the Indianapolis 500 HARRISBURG, N.C., Tuesday, April 24, 2001 -- While most of her classmates are still trying to figure out what to do with their life, Sarah Fisher's main goal -- in her first job out of high school -- is to win the Indianapo ... Continue reading
Atlanta Motor Speedway Part of the Indianapolis 500?
Apr 25, 2001
For Immediate Release Atlanta Motor Speedway Part of the Indianapolis 500? HAMPTON, Ga., Tuesday, April 24, 2001 - Strange as it sounds, many of the drivers in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series consider Saturday night's running of the Atlanta 500 Classic as part of the Indianapolis 500. The April 28 race at Atlanta ... Continue reading
INDY LIGHTS: Dayton Indy Lights Oval Action Begins Saturday In Texas
Apr 25, 2001
April 25, 2001 DETROIT - Dayton Indy Lights Championship points leaders Derek Higgins (Mexpro/StarlightDiamonds.com/PrecioBase.com Lola) and Townsend Bell (DirecPC Lola) will lead a field of championship-winning talent to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend where CART's "Official Development Series" will run its first ov ... Continue reading
CART: Junqueira and Minassian ready for old-fashioned Texas shootout
Apr 25, 2001
April 25, 2001 Fort Worth, Texas -- Target Chip Ganassi Racing rookie drivers Bruno Junqueira and Nicolas Minassian will search deep in the heart of Texas for their first Champ Car checkered flag Sunday at the inaugural Firestone Firehawk 600 in Fort Worth. Texas Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile oval, with its high-banked cor ... Continue reading
CART: Oval campaign starts with inaugural race at Texas Motor Speedway
Apr 25, 2001
April 25, 2001 DETROIT - The FedEx Championship Series kicks off its first of four consecutive oval events in grand fashion this weekend with Championship Auto Racing Teams' inaugural foray to the spectacular Texas Motor Speedway for the Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer (3 p.m. ET Sunday, live, ESPN). CART's ... Continue reading
INDY LIGHTS: Dorricott Racing makes first visit to Texas Motor Speedway
Apr 25, 2001
April 25, 2001 FT. WORTH, Texas - Dorricott Racing is on course for the 2001 Dayton Indy Lights Championship but a new challenge is facing it and other contenders in the 2001 Dayton Indy Lights Championship - Texas Motor Speedway. The 67-lap/100.50-mile Indy Lights race around Texas Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile high-speed ... Continue reading
CART: Michael Andretti prepared for first race in Texas
Apr 25, 2001
April 25, 2001 Indianapolis, IN-Michael Andretti and the crew at Team Motorola are ready for their inaugural visit to the high-banked oval at Texas Motor Speedway. On Friday, April 27 when practice begins, it will be Andretti's first time driving on the famed oval in preparation for the Firestone Firehawk 600K to be he ... Continue reading
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