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Powell Enters VIR Weekend With Narrow Points Lead

Powell Enters VIR Weekend With Narrow Points Lead

EDITORS NOTE: Results and photos from this weekend will be available on the Grand American media-specific website at www.grand-am.com/media. Additional information may be requested from: Grand American Road Racing Association Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182; email: CHyde@grand-am.com ************************************** ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Practice Notes from Mid-Ohio

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Practice Notes from Mid-Ohio

Practice Notes at Mid-Ohio - The first practice session was run under cloudy skies in warm temperatures, on a clean track. - No. 34 Wilkins spins on course and becomes high-sided on a curb, resulting in a black-flag. - No. 24 McIntosh has entered the pits dragging something. ... Continue reading

A LAP OF MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE WITH AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES DRIVER DAVID BRABHAM

A LAP OF MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE WITH AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES DRIVER DAVID BRABHAM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Reece White, (614) 793-4620, rwhite@midohio.com Andy Hall, (317) 581-0281, andyhall58@hotmail.com A LAP OF MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE WITH AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES DRIVER DAVID BRABHAM DUBLIN, Ohio (June 25, 2002) - The American Le Mans Series makes its return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ... Continue reading

Law Earns Another Podium Finish at Six Hours of The Glen

Law Earns Another Podium Finish at Six Hours of The Glen

Law Earns Another Podium Finish at Six Hours of The Glen ELMIRA, New York (June 23, 2002) - Sunday's 6 Hours of The Glen race went better than expected for Rolex Sports Car Series driver Darren Law in one aspect and not-quite-as-planned in another. Law picked up right where he left off in the GT class at Watkin's Glen ... Continue reading

Villaconn Captures One-Two Finish at Second-Straight Race

Villaconn Captures One-Two Finish at Second-Straight Race

EDITORS NOTE: Photos and race agate from today's races are available on the Grand American media-specific website at www.grand-am.com/media. Additional information may be requested from: Grand American Road Racing Association Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182; email: CHyde@grand-am.com ************************************** ... Continue reading

Doncaster Wins Grand Sport 250 in Thrille

Doncaster Wins Grand Sport 250 in Thrille

EDITORS NOTE: Photos and race agate from today's races are available on the Grand American media-specific website at www.grand-am.com/media. Additional information may be requested from: Grand American Road Racing Association Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182; email: CHyde@grand-am.com ************************************** ... Continue reading

Law, Hamblin Capture Poles for Twin 250s

Law, Hamblin Capture Poles for Twin 250s

EDITORS NOTE: Photos from today's qualifying are available on the Grand American media-specific website at www.grand-am.com/media. Additional information may be requested from: Grand American Road Racing Association Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182; email: CHyde@grand-am.com ************************************************ ... Continue reading

Rolex Series, Grand-Am Cup Drivers Kickoff Racing Weekend with 2 Hours of Go-Kart Racing

Rolex Series, Grand-Am Cup Drivers Kickoff Racing Weekend with 2 Hours of Go-Kart Racing

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Rolex Series, Grand-Am Cup Drivers Kickoff Racing Weekend with 2 Hours of Go-Kart Racing What: Watkins Glen International will kickoff the Sports Car Grand Prix weekend of racing with the 2 Hours of Go-Kart Racing, featuring drivers from the Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Ser ... Continue reading

Alex Job racers win at Le Mans

Alex Job racers win at Le Mans

Alex Job Racing drivers finished first and second in the GT class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this past weekend. Lucas Luhr took the GT pole position in The Racer's Group Porsche and went on to win the class with his Alex Job teammate Timo Bernhard and team owner Kevin Buckler. Jörg Bergmeister and Sascha Maassen drove ... Continue reading

Chevy Indy V8's Four-Valve Advantage

Chevy Indy V8's Four-Valve Advantage

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 Chevy Indy V8 Insights: The Four-Valve Advantage COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 13, 2002 -- Just as athletes work out at the Olympic Training Center in the thin air of the Rocky Mountains to improve their on-track performance, Che ... Continue reading

Earnhardt and Seven Other Inductees Honored at 14th Annual Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Earnhardt and Seven Other Inductees Honored at 14th Annual Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

NOVI, Mich., June 13 -- As Teresa Earnhardt went on stage to accept her late husband's "Horsepower" statuette for his induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, she spontaneously walked to Dale's famous number three car, which was center stage, and kissed it. She then turned to the audience and asked them, ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Cup Team Grooming Engineers of Tomorrow

Grand-Am Cup Team Grooming Engineers of Tomorrow

Grand-Am Cup Team Grooming Engineers of Tomorrow DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 7, 2002) - In addition to providing a place for drivers to develop into the stars of tomorrow, the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series is also grooming some of the engineering leaders of the future. SpeedSource, the 2001 Grand-Am Cup Grand Sport II ... Continue reading

Brumos Racing Holds First Daytona Prototype Driver Fitting

Brumos Racing Holds First Daytona Prototype Driver Fitting

Brumos Racing Holds First Daytona Prototype Driver Fitting DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 3, 2002) -- Brumos Racing made history last January when it became the first team to announce plans to contest a Daytona Prototype in the 2003 Rolex Sports Car Series season. The renowned race team took the next step when drivers Hurle ... Continue reading

Picchio Becomes First Approved European Daytona Prototype Constructor

Picchio Becomes First Approved European Daytona Prototype Constructor

Picchio Becomes First Approved European Daytona Prototype Constructor Two Championship Drivers Already Slated to Race in Picchio DP2 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 29, 2002) -- Grand American Road Racing Association announced today that Daytona Prototype chassis and bodywork designs submitted by Picchio SpA have been approve ... Continue reading

Said Extends Championship Lead by Collecting Second Consecutive Trans-Am Series Victory at Lime Rock

Said Extends Championship Lead by Collecting Second Consecutive Trans-Am Series Victory at Lime Rock

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: T.E. McHale (727) 533-0503 SAID EXTENDS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD BY COLLECTING SECOND CONSECUTIVE TRANS-AM SERIES VICTORY AT LIME ROCK LIME ROCK, Conn. (May 27, 2002) - Boris Said of ACS Express Racing extended his lead in the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup championship Monday by c ... Continue reading

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