News By Topic: Touring Car Racing

BFGoodrich Tires Celebrates 50th Race as Spec Tire of Trans-Am Series

Apr 12, 2002

LONG BEACH, Calif., April 11 -- BFGoodrich® Tires celebrates its 50th race as the Official Spec Tire of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup this weekend at the season-opening Johnson Controls 100 at the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix. BFGoodrich® Tires is in its fifth year as the spec tire to the series ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Becomes Contingency Sponsor of 2002 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup

Apr 4, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: T.E. McHale (727) 533-0503 CHEVROLET BECOMES CONTINGENCY SPONSOR OF 2002 TRANS-AM SERIES FOR THE BFGOODRICH TIRES CUP CLEARWATER, Fla. (April 4, 2002) - General Motors and the Trans-Am Series have reached an agreement that makes GM's Chevrolet Division a contingency sponsor at all 12 even ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Renews its Sponsorship With Rocketsports Racing

Apr 3, 2002

PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 2 -- Johnson Controls has renewed its primary sponsorship with Lansing, Michigan-based Rocketsports Racing for the 2002 Trans-Am Series season. The announcement was made today by team owner/driver Paul Gentilozzi and Bob Ellis, vice president of marketing and communications for Johnson Controls. ... Continue reading

Rolex Series' First Female Victor Hopes to Repeat at United Auto 200

Apr 3, 2002

PHOENIX (April 2, 2002) -- Kim Hiskey, of Bellevue, Wash., inked her name in the record books last year during the Rolex Sports Car Series race at Phoenix International Raceway when she became the series' first female driver to capture a win. Despite the pouring rain, which brought out the red flag for knee-deep puddle ... Continue reading

IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY WELCOMES LOS ANGELES KART CLUB - MARCH 31

Mar 27, 2002

IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY WELCOMES LOS ANGELES KART CLUB FOR 2002 … NINE-RACE SEASON WILL RUN MARCH - NOVEMBER Irwindale, Calif. - - (February 28,2002) The very active Los Angeles Kart Club will bring its own style of action-packed family Kart racing to Irwindale Speedway for the 2002 season with a nine-race series of m ... Continue reading

Doran Lista Remains Perfect With Inaugural Grand American 400 Win

Mar 25, 2002

Doran Lista Remains Perfect With Inaugural Grand American 400 Win FONTANA, Calif. (March 24, 2002) -- Belgian Didier Theys and Swiss Fredy Lienhard Jr., teamed up to earn Doran Lista Racing its third-straight win at the Grand American 400 on California Speedway's new road course. The victory gave the team and its #27 L ... Continue reading

Law Finishes Second Despite Problems

Mar 24, 2002

Law Finishes Second Despite Problems FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FONTANA, Calif. (March 23, 2002) - After the first 50 laps of the Grand American 400 at California Speedway, Rolex Series driver Darren Law looked to be on his way to not only winning the SRP II class, but finishing in the top three overall. The #07 Momentum Mo ... Continue reading

Zip Racing Earns Podium Finish at Fontana

Mar 24, 2002

Zip Racing Earns Podium Finish at Fontana FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FONTANA, Calif. (March 23, 2002) - Saturday's Grand American 400 turned out better than the Zip Racing team thought it would. Despite getting a cut tire and some handling issues, the Zip team turned in their first podium finish of the 2002 season. The #34 ... Continue reading

G&W Motorsports Leads 54-Car Field On California's New Road Course

Mar 22, 2002

G&W Motorsports Leads 54-Car Field On California's New Road Course FONTANA, Calif. (March 21, 2002) -- The Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series took to California Speedway today for its first practice session on the new 2.8-mile, 21-turn road course. At the front of the 54-car field was the #81 G&W Motorsports Porsche GT3 ... Continue reading

Results - SCCA ProRally - Intl Cherokee Trails Rally

Mar 18, 2002

The press release text included below is also available in a formatted Word97-Word2000 document. If you would prefer to receive our press releases in that format, please send your request to: sccaprorally@aol.com. For immediate release 17 March 2002 2002 SCCA® ProRallysm Championship - Round 2 - Cherokee Trail Indepen ... Continue reading

Lazzaro Ready for Another Doubleheader Weekend in Fontana

Mar 15, 2002

Lazzaro Ready for Another Doubleheader Weekend in Fontana FONTANA, Calif. (March 14, 2002) -- Two weeks ago Anthony Lazzaro was the busiest man in motorsports. While at Homestead-Miami Speedway, he not only raced in the Indy Racing League Grand Prix of Miami, but also slid behind the wheel of a SportsRacing Prototype I ... Continue reading

JONES CAPTURES FIRST CAREER POLE AT SEBRING

Mar 15, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JONES CAPTURES FIRST CAREER POLE AT SEBRING SEBRING, FLA. (March 14, 2002) –Jeffrey Jones, of Sarasota, Fla., captured the pole for Friday’s Round Two race of the 2002 Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship season at Sebring International Raceway. Completing the top-three was Bryan Selle ... Continue reading

Sebring - MSB Team Qualifying

Mar 15, 2002

2002 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway qualifying, March 14 quick finish The No. 33 Ferrari 360 Modena GT will start 10th on the GT grid for Saturday's 12 Hours of Sebring race. The MSB Motorsport team's qualifying run was delayed by an electrical problem, but Ralf Kelleners of Germany came up to speed ... Continue reading

Johnson Again Teams with Graham Nash Racing

Mar 15, 2002

Johnson Again Teams with Graham Nash Racing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEBRING, Fla. (March 14, 2002) - Saleen factory driver, Ron Johnson will once again be behind the wheel of the #83 Graham Nash Racing Saleen S7R. Johnson drove with GNR during the Rolex in January and he will be competing in this weekend's 50th Mobil 1 1 ... Continue reading

Guy Smith Will Start Sebring From 12th Slot

Mar 14, 2002

GUY SMITH STARTS 9TH AT SEBRING Briton Guy Smith will start the 12 Hours of Sebring on Saturday (March 16th) from 12th place on the grid but remains confident of a strong finish in the race. The 27 year-old from Hull, partnered in this event by team owner Jim Matthews and Belgian Marc Goossens, was delighted with the p ... Continue reading