IROC: True Value IROC News from Talladega
Apr 20, 2001
April 20, 2001 Talladega, AL - The True Value IROC series continued with practice sessions this morning with series drivers Eddie Cheever Jr. of the Indy Racing Northern Light Series and Cart FedEx Championship series driver Kenny Brack. Cheever Jr. and Brack were joined by series test drivers Dick Trickle and Jim Saut ... Continue reading
NASCAR HISTORY: Dodge Return To Talladega Triggers Flashbacks to 1969
Apr 19, 2001
April 19, 2001 Talladega, Ala. - The Dodge return to Talladega Superspeedway this week is sure to trigger flashbacks to 1969 and the early 1970s when a Dodge unlike any before it arrived on the scene to turn heads, win races and produce headaches among competitors and sanctioning officials. The car was the Dodge Charge ... Continue reading
RACING HISTORY: The great cars of racing: Ford Mustang
Apr 18, 2001
April 18, 2001 DEARBORN, Mich. - If ever there was a car that appeared in the right place at the right time, Mustang was it. The Mustang was born 37 years ago today in 1964 ... and it was born to race. In the early sixties, Ford and the other American automakers were "officially" out of racing. Racing was - and still i ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green realizes risk associated with racing at Talladega
Apr 18, 2001
April 18, 2001 Jeff Green On Talladega: Jeff Green, 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Champion and driver of the No. 10 Nestlé Nesquik Ford Taurus, knows there are risks involved when racing at superspeedways like Talladega. "There is definitely a risk to superspeedway racing," said Green. "When you start stacking people up si ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Keller looks to Talladega with confidence
Apr 18, 2001
April 18, 2001 Back to the Superspeedway... Keller hopes he turned his superspeedway luck around this season at Daytona International Speedway. Keller finished seventh in the first race of the season and picked up his first top-10 finish at a superspeedway. Couple his top 10 at Daytona with his second-place finish last ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Greg Biffle finds early succes in the Busch Series
Apr 18, 2001
April 18, 2001 Greg Biffle took the checkered flag for the first time in his Busch Series career, capturing Saturday's Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Biffle won in just his eighth race, and closed the gap to points leader Kevin Harvick in the championship race as he led 133 of the 225 laps around the concrete ov ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Fedewa counts four fenders as a good day at Talladega
Apr 17, 2001
April 17, 2001 "Talladega is another one of those places where if it's the end of the race and a team has all four fenders on the car and is on the lead lap, it's been a good day. We haven't had much luck since the first restrictor-plate race of the season. Maybe the second one will help us turn our luck around and get ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Shane Hall Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 SHANE HALL-63-Lance Snacks Ford Taurus - WHAT HAPPENED? "We had a good run on the 66 off of Turn 4 and coming down the front straightaway I jumped down the outside of him, went into Turn 1 and gave him plenty of room, but he couldn't keep his car down in his lane or something and got into the left rear o ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Elton Sawyer Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 ELTON SAWYER-98-Starter/Hot Tamales Ford Taurus - "We had a really good race car. It was pretty good on short runs, but when we ran, it got tighter and tighter. The guys did a great job, we had great pit stops. I got into the fence there behind the 60 car and knocked the toe out with about 30 laps to go, ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Kevin Lepage Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 KEVIN LEPAGE-71-State Fair Brand Corn Dogs Ford Taurus - "I'm pretty happy with the overall finish, but I'm disappointed on why we finished 15th. We had a miscue in the pits, at one point we had two rears tires swapped and had to come into the pits under green and that cost us. But, the guys never gave u ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Jason Keller Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 JASON KELLER-57-Albertsons Ford Taurus - "It was just a great day for us, Albertsons, Ford and everybody involved. I knew we had a good car after Happy Hour and made a point of being patient and that put us up there. The guys had great pit stops and great strategy all day long. It's just a real great day ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 JEFF GREEN-10-Nestle Nesquik Ford Taurus - YOU FACED SOME ADVERSITY TODAY AND MANAGED TO FINISH IN THE TOP 10. "I've been running Roush motors for two-and-a-half years and hadn't had a problem until today. We broke a valve spring, I guess, or something in the carburetor and just had a miss. We were runni ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Greg Biffle Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 GREG BIFFLE PRESS CONFERENCE "It was a great day for the Grainger Ford. Right off the green flag we were really good, just a little bit loose until the tires warmed up and then a little tight. I think a lot of guys were fighting that today, but overall, it was great run for us. We had good pit stops, whi ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Steadman Marlin Post Race Quotes, Pepsi 300
Apr 15, 2001
April 15, 2001 STEADMAN MARLIN-95-Sadler Racing Ford Taurus - "We had some bad luck. The air gun jammed up on us, that happens, but the car was fine, it just had a little bit of push." HOW WAS TURN 2? "It's been slick the whole time, but I think the more you ran on it, it got itself worked in. It wasn't intended to be ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Pepsi 300 Race Results, Nashville
Apr 14, 2001
April 14, 2001 NASHVILLE, TN: Following are the race results for the Cracker Barrel 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race held Sunday. Results include finishing position, (starting position), driver, car model, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won: 1. (4) Greg Biffle, Taurus, running, $59,620. 2. (12) Jason Keller, ... Continue reading
The Auto Channel content library (since 1996) has grown to become the world’s most extensive and complete interactive archive of automotive centric news, articles, reviews and intense event coverage, presented to viewers as Text, Video and Images.
