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Terry Borcheller - Podium and Potential

Terry Borcheller - Podium and Potential

Terry Borcheller started the 2003 race season with a podium and potential. The Phoenix driver competed in the Grand-Am Cup season-opener and in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, first race in the 2003 Rolex Sports Car Series, both on the 3.65-mile Daytona International Speedway road course in Daytona Beach, Fla. Cup podium Borc ... Continue reading

Trans-Am Confirms 11 Races for 2003

Trans-Am Confirms 11 Races for 2003

CONTACT: Justin Anderson, 704-348-9400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2003 TRANS-AM SERIES CONFIRMS 11 RACES FOR 2003 LANSING, Mich. ‹ The Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup has confirmed an 11-race schedule for the 2003 season. Negotiations are ongoing for a 12th race, which will be announced at a l ... Continue reading

Final News and Notes - SCCA ProRally - Sno*Drift 2003

Final News and Notes - SCCA ProRally - Sno*Drift 2003

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, or if you wish to opt out of these distributions, please send your request to: sccaprorally@aol.com. For immediate release 21 December 2002 FINAL NEWS: SCCA ... Continue reading

Dominating Debut: Mitsubishi Motor Sports Rally Team Wins SCCA ProRally Season Opener

Dominating Debut: Mitsubishi Motor Sports Rally Team Wins SCCA ProRally Season Opener

CYPRESS, Calif., Jan. 26 -- Team Mitsubishi Motor Sports America approached their 2003 debut at the Sno*Drift SCCA ProRally event in the northern reaches of Michigan's lower peninsula with a conservative gameplan: Use only enough power and extend the team's pair of brand new all-wheel-drive Lancer Evolutions only so fa ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - SnoDrift Day One News & Results

SCCA ProRally - SnoDrift Day One News & Results

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, or if you wish to opt out of these distributions, please send your request to: sccaprorally@aol.com. For immediate release 24 January 2003 SCCA® ProRallysm ... Continue reading

SCCA to Sanction Pikes Peak Hillclimb

SCCA to Sanction Pikes Peak Hillclimb

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, or if you wish to opt out of these distributions, please send your request to: sccaprorally@aol.com. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sports Car Club of AmericaÃ&#8217 ... Continue reading

Grand-Am GTS Series Champion Chris Bingham Joins NASCAR

Grand-Am GTS Series Champion Chris Bingham Joins NASCAR

Daytona Beach, FL, December 23, 2002: Christmas has come early for Grand-Am GTS Series Champion Chris Bingham. Bingham and Jay Robinson Racing join forces for the 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National season. Bingham, in Daytona testing for the upcoming ARCA 200, has signed to drive the Jay Robinson No. 49 NASCAR BGN Ford f ... Continue reading

Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies

Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies

NEW YORK Decembwer 6, 2002; Tara Burghart writing for The AP reported that Roone Arledge, the groundbreaking ABC television executive whose legacy includes everything from ``Monday Night Football'' and ``Nightline'' to the slow-motion instant replay, has died at the age of 71. Arledge died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Ke ... Continue reading

Rand Racing - Season Summary

Rand Racing - Season Summary

2 and 10 Rand Racing capped a dream season in 2002 with two championships in the Rolex Sports Car Series SRPII class. Terry Borcheller won the class driver title and paced the rookie team to its first team championship. Rand Racing completed a perfect class record of 10 wins, 10 pole positions and 10 fastest laps in as ... Continue reading

Law Has Busy, Victorious Weekend at Daytona Finale

Law Has Busy, Victorious Weekend at Daytona Finale

Law Has Busy, Victorious Weekend at Daytona Finale DAYTONA BEACH, FL (November 18, 2002) - Darren Law was by far the busiest driver on the track at the Dark Dog Grand American Finale at Daytona International Speedway. At some point throughout the weekend, the 2001 GT Champion competed in all four cars fielded by G&W Mo ... Continue reading

SHANE LEWIS WINS DAYTONA GRAND-AM FINALE

SHANE LEWIS WINS DAYTONA GRAND-AM FINALE

SHANE LEWIS www.shanelewis.com SHANE LEWIS WINS DAYTONA FINALE -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sunday, November 10, 2002 - Shane Lewis drove to his second Grand-Am Cup victory of the season in the series’ season-finale at Daytona International Speedway (DIS). The Jupiter, Florida resident, driving th ... Continue reading

Brian and Celeste Simo Announce the Birth of their Son Slater

Brian and Celeste Simo Announce the Birth of their Son Slater

Nov. 8. Slater is the couple's third child, following daughters Savannah and Sawyer. Brian Simo is the 2000 Trans-Am Series champion. He has also posted strong rookie performances in NASCAR Winston Cup Series road races, led NASCAR Busch Series races and posted class victories in sports-car racing. ... Continue reading

Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona International Speedway Qualifying

Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona International Speedway Qualifying

Daytona International Speedway qualifying, Nov. 9, 2002 pole 10 Rand Racing will start from the SRPII pole position for Sunday's Rolex Sports Car Series race , after collecting its 10th class pole of the season. Ralf Kelleners covered the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course in one minute 47.260 seconds ... Continue reading

Picchio D2 Unveiled in Daytona

Picchio D2 Unveiled in Daytona

Picchio D2 Unveiled in Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (November 6, 2002) - The only European-manufactured Daytona Prototype was unveiled tonight at Daytona USA as G&W Motorsports team managers Price and Carissa Cobb pulled the silver cover off of the new Picchio Daytona Prototype. G&W Motorsports, USI Insurance and Picchi ... Continue reading

Rand Racing - Daytona advance

Rand Racing - Daytona advance

final strategy Rand Racing enters the final race of the Rolex Sports Car Series season looking for two championships - in its rookie season! The Nov. 10 race is scheduled for three hours on the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course in Daytona Beach, Fla., but the team will be focused on the first two min ... Continue reading

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