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GT Driver Spotlight on Doug Goad

GT Driver Spotlight on Doug Goad

Driver Spotlight on Doug Goad DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 24, 2001) - The 2001 season for Doug Goad can be best described in his own words - "It's definitely been a season never to forget." He started it off at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in a race car that hardly had any bodywork left on it by the end of the famous enduranc ... Continue reading

Sears Point Ready to Begin Construction of Tunnels, Hillside Terrace Seats

Sears Point Ready to Begin Construction of Tunnels, Hillside Terrace Seats

JPEG IMAGE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Contact: John Cardinale Sears Point Raceway (707) 938-8448 X107 Crews Ready to Begin Construction of Underground Tunnels, Hillside Terrace Seats SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Preliminary work is just about complete on several key areas of the $50 million Modernization Plan as co ... Continue reading

Race Rock Las Vegas Collection To Be Auctioned-One Race Themed Restaraunt Too Many?

Race Rock Las Vegas Collection To Be Auctioned-One Race Themed Restaraunt Too Many?

Car Enthusiasts From Around the World Compete for First Opportunity to Bid On Cars and Racing Memorabilia From Las Vegas' Race Rock Restaurant SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 23 -- Barrett-Jackson Auction Company has signed a deal to auction the world's greatest automotive memorabilia collection from the motorsports themed Rac ... Continue reading

Law Finishes Strong for Porsche in 2001

Law Finishes Strong for Porsche in 2001

Law Finishes Strong for Porsche in 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHOENIX, Arizona (October 22, 2001) - In 2001, Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series driver, Darren Law proved that he is among the best of Porsche drivers. For the second consecutive year, Law will finish in the top ten in the prestigious Porsche Cup, whic ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - Day One News and Results - Lake Superior

SCCA ProRally - Day One News and Results - Lake Superior

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 19 October, 2001 SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #10 - Lake Superior Leg One Resu ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - Final Results - Lake Superior

SCCA ProRally - Final Results - Lake Superior

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 20 October, 2001 SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #10 - Lake Superior Final Result ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - Start Order & Late News - Lake Superior

SCCA ProRally - Start Order & Late News - Lake Superior

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 18 OCTOBER, 2001 START ORDER & LATE BREAKING NEWS SCCA ProRally Championship Round # ... Continue reading

Grand-Am Adds VIR to 2002 Race Schedule

Grand-Am Adds VIR to 2002 Race Schedule

Grand-Am Adds VIR to 2002 Race Schedule DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 10, 2001) - A remarkable history of sports car racing will have a new chapter written when the Grand American Road Racing Association brings national championship racing back to Virginia International Raceway on Labor Day weekend (August 30 - Sept. 2) ... Continue reading

Driver Spotlight on Rolex Sports Car Series GT class Darren Law

Driver Spotlight on Rolex Sports Car Series GT class Darren Law

Driver Spotlight on Darren Law DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 9, 2001) -- Darren Law is only one race away from capturing his second-straight driver championship in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class. He needs only one lap under green-flag conditions at the Grand-Am Finale at Daytona International Speedway, Nov. 3, to cli ... Continue reading

ALMS 2001 season a BMW Motorsport perspective

ALMS 2001 season a BMW Motorsport perspective

Victory and titles for BMW in the American Le Mans Series final 7. October 2001 ALMS final - Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, 6 October 2001 Munich. Victory in the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta crowns an exciting season in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for GT manufacturer champion BMW. On Saturday, Hans-Joachim ... Continue reading

Porsche Motorsports @PETIT LE MANS

Porsche Motorsports @PETIT LE MANS

For Immediate Release Contact: Bob Carlson (770) 290-3676 Andy Schupack (401) 739-5677 Cell at the track (917) 864-8767 TEN OF 12 PORSCHES ENTERED FINISH TOUGH 10 HOURS OF PETIT LE MANS; ALEX JOB RACING MCKENNA PORSCHES BATTLE BMW V8s TO THE END -Despite .5 - 1.5 second lap differences and a 30 hp. handicap, the 12 Por ... Continue reading

McKENNA PORSCHE FINISH OUT AMERICAN Le MANS SERIES SEASON

McKENNA PORSCHE FINISH OUT AMERICAN Le MANS SERIES SEASON

October 6, 2001 - After a grueling 1000 mile event on the Road Atlanta racetrack, the Alex Job Racing, McKenna Porsche team wheeled one of their two McKenna-sponsored Porsches to a third place finish. They finished behind two of the specialized BMW GT3R V8 race cars, and ahead of one other. Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luh ... Continue reading

ROOKIE BELL WINS TRANS-AM HOUSTON RACE; GENTILOZZI WINS 2001 CHAMPIONSHIP

ROOKIE BELL WINS TRANS-AM HOUSTON RACE; GENTILOZZI WINS 2001 CHAMPIONSHIP

For Immediate Release – October 6, 2001 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston Race Story ROOKIE JUSTIN BELL WINS HIS SECOND STRAIGHT TRANS-AM RACE AT TEXACO/HAVOLINE GRAND PRIX OF HOUSTON Paul Gentilozzi Wins Third BFGoodrich Tires Cup Drivers Championship HOUSTON (Oct ... Continue reading

ALMS Petit Le Mans final - BMW Motorsport

ALMS Petit Le Mans final - BMW Motorsport

Race Saturday, final Round 8, American Le Mans Series 6 October 2001, Braselton, Ga. BMW triple championships in ALMS Munich/Braselton. BMW won three American Le Mans Series GT-class championships after collecting its seventh-consecutive Le Mans Series victory at the Petit Le Mans on the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta road cou ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - Final Results - Prescott Forest

SCCA ProRally - Final Results - Prescott Forest

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 06 October, 2001 SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #9 - Prescott Forest Final Resul ... Continue reading

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