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Orbit Racing - Sebring race 12h

Orbit Racing - Sebring race 12h

2003 12 Hours of Sebring - race 12h top-10 Orbit Racing scored a top-10 GT finish in the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, despite mechanical problems that plagued the team during the last few hours of the race. Mike Fitzgerald, Jay Policastro and Joe Policastro drove the No. 42 Classic Industries Porsche to ninth in class, ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Sebring race 1

Orbit Racing - Sebring race 1

early out A powerful run in the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring came to an abrupt halt when an engine problem took the No. 43 YES Network Porsche out of the race. The Orbit Racing car qualified second in the GT class, but was forced to start at the back of the grid because of a ride-height issue discovered in post-qualifyi ... Continue reading

Orbit Racing - Sebring qualifying change

Orbit Racing - Sebring qualifying change

2003 12 Hours of Sebring - Thursday 2 The No. 43 YES Network Porsche of Orbit Racing will start from the back of the grid for the 12 Hours of Sebring, after the car's qualifying time was disallowed in post-qualifying technical inspection. Marc Lieb had qualified the car second in the GT class. Orbit Racing technical di ... Continue reading

Auberlen on Touring WC pole in BMW

Auberlen on Touring WC pole in BMW

BMW of North America, LLC World Challenge Update Notes and Quotes SPEED Touring World Challenge Round 1 Qualifying Sebring International Raceway Thursday, March 13, 2003 Race Date: Friday, March 14, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb, 215-295-3115 BMW LEADS SPEED WORLD CHALLENGE TOURING FIELD AT SEBRING; AUBERLEN ON POLE WITH NEW ... Continue reading

BARBER SWEEPS POLES AT SEBRING

BARBER SWEEPS POLES AT SEBRING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BARBER SWEEPS POLES AT SEBRING SEBRING, FLA. (March 13, 2003) –Westley Barber, of Saffron Walden, England, captured the pole for Round Two of the 2003 Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship at Sebring international Raceway. Completing the top-three is Charlie Kimball, of Camarillo, Calif., and ... Continue reading

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Qualifying 2 Results from Sebring

Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship Qualifying 2 Results from Sebring

SEBRING, FLA. - Qualifying times for Friday's 14 lap, 51.800-mile Round One race at Sebring International Raceway, with practice position, driver, hometown, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour. 1. (3),Westley Barber(R), Saffron Walden, England, F2A, Van Diemen Ford, 2:04.028, 107.395. 2. ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG practice-SPEED WC

BMW Team PTG practice-SPEED WC

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SPEED GT World Challenge Round 1 Practice Sebring International Raceway Wednesday, March 12, 2003 Race Date: Friday, March 14, 2003 Contact: Bill Cobb, 215-295-3115 All Three M3s Back On Track Today¹s final, late-day, official practice saw all three BMW Team PTG M3s on track as repairs to ... Continue reading

MAZDASPEED Stacks Field for 2003 Speed World Challenge

MAZDASPEED Stacks Field for 2003 Speed World Challenge

- MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development Chases Manufacturer's Cup With High Aspirations - IRVINE, Calif., March 12 -- MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development, Mazda's motorsports division, has high expectations for World Challenge this year, vying for the Manufacturer's Cup that barely eluded them last year. MAZDASPEED expects ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG Testing Notes No. 2-SPEED WC

BMW Team PTG Testing Notes No. 2-SPEED WC

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SPEED GT World Challenge Round 1 Testing Day Sebring International Raceway Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Race Date: Friday, March 14, 2003 STRANGE MORNING TURNS INTO A GOOD DAY FOR BMW TEAM PTG After a layoff of one year, the first day back to the track for BMW Team PTG ended more positively tha ... Continue reading

BMW Team PTG Testing Notes No. 1-SPEED WC

BMW Team PTG Testing Notes No. 1-SPEED WC

BMW Team PTG Notes and Quotes SPEED GT World Challenge Round 1 Testing Day Sebring International Raceway Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Race Date: Friday, March 14, 2003 THEY SAY BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THREES... If bad things do actually come in threes then BMW Team PTG will have a much better week for the remainder of the SCCA ... Continue reading

MSD Named "Official Ignition System" of the Trans-Am Series

MSD Named "Official Ignition System" of the Trans-Am Series

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 517-927-3614 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2003 MSD NAMED ³OFFICIAL IGNITION SYSTEM² OF THE TRANS-AM SERIES ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ‹ MSD Ignition has been named the ³Official Ignition System² of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup. As part of the a ... Continue reading

Trans-Am Series Returns to the Streets of St. Petersburg

Trans-Am Series Returns to the Streets of St. Petersburg

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 517-927-3614 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2003 TRANS-AM SERIES RETURNS TO THE STREETS TO ST. PETERSBURG ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ‹ The thundering roar of V-8 racing engines will reverberate off Tampa Bay for the first time in five years as the Trans-Am Series for th ... Continue reading

TRANS-AM SERIES ANNOUNCES NEW RULES

TRANS-AM SERIES ANNOUNCES NEW RULES

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 517-927-3614 (cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2003 TRANS-AM SERIES ANNOUNCES NEW RULES LANSING, Mich. ‹ The Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup has instituted several significant rule changes for the 2003 season. The 2003 rules give multi-valve engines a mu ... Continue reading

Trans-Am Completes Staff Appointments

Trans-Am Completes Staff Appointments

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2003 TRANS-AM SERIES COMPLETES STAFF APPOINTMENTS LANSING, Mich. ‹ The Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Executive Director John Clagett announced five racing professionals, with several decades of experience among them, have joi ... Continue reading

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