Pioneering ABC TV Executive Arledge Dies
Dec 6, 2002
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
Fox/Sports Service: Launching On DirecTV, Time Warner
Dec 4, 2002
ANAHEIM, Calif. December 4, 2002 Dow Jones reported that Fox Entertainment Group Inc. unit Fox Cable Networks Group plans to launch a new 24-hour sports digital programming service in the summer of 2003. In a press release Wednesday, the unit said DirecTV Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. , and AOL Time Warner I ... Continue reading
Nov 21, 2002
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
SCCA Inc. is moving - Office closure/new phone numbers
Nov 12, 2002
The Sports Car Club of America, Inc. and SCCA Pro Racing Ltd. offices will be moving and closed from Wednesday, November 13 until Monday, November 18 to relocate from Centennial, Colo. to Topeka, Kan. During this time, e-mail (scca.org) and telephone/voicemail service will be down and inaccessible to staff. Our new add ... Continue reading
SHANE LEWIS WINS DAYTONA GRAND-AM FINALE
Nov 11, 2002
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
Nov 10, 2002
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
Nov 10, 2002
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
Nov 7, 2002
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
Nov 5, 2002
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
SCCA Performance Rally Dept Relocation News
Nov 1, 2002
For Immediate Release 1 November 2002 SCCA Performance Rally Department Topeka Relocation Information Bulletin #: PRCB 110102 To: All Competitors From: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA Performance Rally Department Director cc: SCCA Performance Rally Board SCCA ProRally Manufacturers Council SCCA Media Subject: SCCA National Office ... Continue reading
Hyundai Motorsports Signs Partnership for Daytona Finale
Nov 1, 2002
Montréal, Québec October 31, 2002; Key Motorsport/Hyundai Motorsports and KC HiLiTES, are proud to announce their partnership for the upcoming Grand American race, featuring the Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series on Florida's famous Daytona Speedway, November 8-10. KC HiLites Sales Coordinat ... Continue reading
ONGAIS TO RUN GRAND AMERICAN FINALE
Oct 31, 2002
[ 10/30/2002 ] Daytona Beach, Fla. — Veteran race car driver Danny Ongais will race in the Grand American Finale at Daytona International Speedway, Nov. 8-10. Ongais will partner with drivers Dale Pelfrey and Patrice Roussel in the Sezio Florida Race Team No. 87 Ford-powered Norma in the three-hour race that will ... Continue reading
RACEf/x System Brings Real-Time Race Data to Telecasts
Oct 14, 2002
Asset Caption: LynuxWorks' LynxOS real-time software powers the Sportvision RaceF/X solution, seen here as shown during a live broadcast of a NASCAR race. The LynxOS' embedded operating system allows telemetry data from the race car to be delivered and processed in real-time, resulting in a constantly-updated display o ... Continue reading
Oct 7, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: T.E. McHale (727) 533-0503 SAID WINS THIRD TRANS-AM RACE IN A ROW AT MIAMI; CAN CLINCH SERIES TITLE AT ROAD ATLANTA NEXT WEEKEND MIAMI (October 6, 2002) - Boris Said and Stu Hayner are friends, so when Hayner's car suffered a mechanical failure while in the lead on the first turn of the f ... Continue reading
Trans-Am Court Rules on Tom Gloy Racing Appeal
Oct 5, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: T.E. McHale (727) 533-0503 TRANS-AM COURT RULES ON TOM GLOY RACING APPEAL MIAMI, Fla. (October 5, 2002) - A Trans-Am Series Appeals Court has upheld the series' right to penalize Tom Gloy Racing while reducing the severity of sanctions issued against the team for a rules infraction which ... Continue reading
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