News By Topic: Professional SportsCar Racing

Riverside Motorsports Park Appoints Mike Yurick President & General Manager

Aug 18, 2003

ATWATER, Calif.--Aug. 18, 2003--Riverside Motorsports Park, LLC (RMP) announced today that it has employed Michael Yurick as the motorsports facility's President and General Manager. Yurick's motorsports operational and management expertise spans 35 years, and includes positions as Director of Operations at Indianapoli ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG: Said Scores 4th-place Finish at Road America in Speed GT

Aug 5, 2003

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship - Round 7 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Race Day: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 BMW TEAM PTG RETAINS SPEED GT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD WITH SAID'S FOURTH-PLACE FINISH AT ROAD AMERICA WINCHESTER, Va. (Aug. 5, 2003) - For the first time ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Dominates SCCA ProRally

Aug 4, 2003

New Factory Motor Sports Team Closes in on Several National Championship Titles RUMFORD, Maine, Aug. 4 -- Five national rallies, five consecutive wins. David Higgins and co-driver Daniel Barritt dominated the 80-plus-car field during the 118-mile Maine Forest Sports Car Club of America ProRally here this weekend in the ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG-Road America Fri. Practice Notes

Aug 2, 2003

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship - Round 7 Practice Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Friday, Aug. 1, 2003 Race Date: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 Road America Friday Practice The one-hour session today - one of the Speed GT season's longest practice sessions - a ... Continue reading

Results from First-Round Practice Grand Prix de Trois-Rivires

Aug 1, 2003

Trois-Rivières Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Round 7 Practice 1. Results showing driver, car, fast time, lap of fast time and average speed in miles per hour: 1. Scott Pruett, Jaguar XKR, 1:04.900, 10,84.370. 2. Tomy Drissi, Jaguar XKR, 1:05.047, 10, 84.179. ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG Road America Test Notes

Aug 1, 2003

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship - Round 7 Test Day Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Thursday, July 31, 2003 Race Date: Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 BMW Team PTG Gets to Know Road America Just four days after its historic 1-2-3-4 Speed GT Round-6 sweep at Infine ... Continue reading

Ruhlman set to defend 2nd place finish at Trois Rivieres Trans-Am

Jul 31, 2003

CHEVROLET CORVETTE DRIVER RANDY RUHLMAN SET TO DEFEND PODIUM AT TROIS-RIVIERES TRANS-AM, SIGHTS SET ON WIN Greensboro, NC (July 30) -- The 2002 Trans-Am Series ³Most Improved Driver of the Year² Randy Ruhlman returns this weekend to defend his second place finish at the street course in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada ... Continue reading

Auberlen's BMW Flag-to-Flag in Speed Touring at Infineon

Jul 28, 2003

BMW of North America, LLC Notes and Quotes Speed Touring World Challenge Round 5 Race Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Sunday, July 27, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 AUBERLEN GOES FLAG-TO-FLAG IN SPEED TOURING AT INFINEON; BMW FIRST, FOURTH, SEVENTH AND 10TH Bill Auberlen, driving the No. 93 Turner Motorsport BMW ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Sonoma qualifying

Jul 27, 2003

tricky qualifying Orbit Racing will start Sunday's American Le Mans Series race in Sonoma, Calif., from 13th and 18th on the GT grid. Jay Policastro qualified the No. 42 Classic Industries Porsche 911 GT3 RS he drives with his father, Joe Policastro. His time of one minute, 40.112 seconds on the 2.53-mile Infineon Race ... Continue reading

Auberlen's BMW on Speed Touring Pole at Infineon

Jul 27, 2003

BMW of North America, LLC Notes and Quotes Speed Touring World Challenge Round 5 Qualifying Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Saturday, July 26, 2003 Race Date: Sunday, July 27, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb 215-295-3115 AUBERLEN'S BMW ON SPEED TOURING POLE FOR ROUND 5 AT INFINEON; JONSSON TO START FOURTH Bill Auberlen put his ... Continue reading

Puerto Rico Grand Prix Releases Circuit Map

Jul 25, 2003

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2003 PUERTO RICO GRAND PRIX RELEASES CIRCUIT MAP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ‹ The circuit map for the Puerto Rico Grand Prix, the 2003 season finale for the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup, ha ... Continue reading

LOVELL AND FREEMAN FATALLY INJURED DURING OREGON TRAIL SCCA PRORALLY

Jul 14, 2003

HILLSBORO, Ore. (July 12, 2003) – Subaru Rally Team USA superstars Mark Lovell, 43 , and Roger Freeman, 52, both of England, were fatally injured Saturday during the first special stage of Roger Freeman (left) and Mark Lovell (right) the Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally event. The first car away from the starting line, ... Continue reading

LE MANS WINNING PETERSEN MOTORSPORTS/ WHITE LIGHTNING RACING HONORED BY VEGAS PORSCHE CLUB

Jul 10, 2003

LE MANS WINNING PETERSEN MOTORSPORTS/WHITE LIGHTNING RACING HONORED BY VEGAS PORSCHE CLUB LAS VEGAS, July 9, 2003 - 24 Hour of Le Mans winners Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing will add to its growing list of accolades with a special celebration in the team's honor on Saturday, July 19. The Las Vegas Region o ... Continue reading

Dominant Mitsubishis Take on the Oregon Forest

Jul 10, 2003

Lancer Evolutions and Last Year's Winner Challenge Oregon Trails SCCA ProRally CYPRESS, Calif., July 9 -- Combine this season's foremost car and last year's winning drivers duo and stir in more than 120 miles of twisting, narrow logging roads for this weekend's Oregon Trail round near Hillsboro and you have a recipe fo ... Continue reading

B.A.D. Race League Television Show Hosted by Rapper and Actor Ice-T: Hey it sounds real EDGEY To Us.

Jul 10, 2003

HOLLYWOOD--July 9, 2003-- Pro and Semi-Pro Racers to Compete on Controlled Urban and Suburban "Tracks" "Ali" executive producer Lee Caplin and racing great Jay Penske, with television executive producer Andre Jetmir and advertising executive Peter Stranger, are in licensing talks with several networks for their TV show ... Continue reading