ALMS: Michelin Seeking Milestone At Mazda Raceway
Aug 31, 2001
August 31, 2001 * Thirteen Cars To Ride On Michelin Tires - Michelin tires will be fitted on a variety of Audis, BMWs, Cadillacs, Panozs and Porsches at Mazda Raceway for round seven of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). In fact, the Michelin line-up will be the same as it has been at the two most recent ALMS races at ... Continue reading
FORMULA 1: M. Schumacher takes aim at history in Belgium
Aug 31, 2001
August 31, 2001 FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - A win in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sept. 2 would add yet another impressive statistic to the legend of Michael Schumacher. Two weeks ago, Schumacher clinched his fourth FIA Formula One World Championship with a victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix. That was his 51st Grand Prix vi ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Gronholm Wins 51st Neste Rally Finland
Aug 27, 2001
August 27, 2001 Marcus Grönholm has scored his second home victory on the Rally Finland, the ninth round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship. The Peugeot driver took over the lead yesterday morning and never surrendered it thereafter, despite challenges from team-mate Harri Rovanperä and Richard Burns. Burns ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford leads world standings after McRae podium
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 Ford Martini moved back to the head of the FIA World Rally Championship after both Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya netted points-scoring finishes in the Rally Finland today. McRae's blistering charge over the final speed test earned him third while the ever-consiste ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi dominates Mid Ohio Trans Am
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio -- Paul Gentilozzi, of Lansing, Mich., captured his fourth SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup race win in dominating fashion at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, part of the ALMS/Trans-Am/NeOhio National Weekend. Rookie Justin Bell, of London, England, was second, ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW Moves Atop ALMS Standings With 1-2 at Mid-Ohio
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio. (August 25, 2001) - The fourth win in a row for BMW in round six of the 2001 American Le Mans Series in the ALMS Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio name today vaulted BMW into a 16-point lead in the GT manufacturer's championship and put Jorg Müller and JJ Lehto atop the driver's championship stan ... Continue reading
ALMS: Lewis overcomes for fourth at Mid Ohio
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 LEXINGTON, OH, Saturday, August 25, 2001- The first American Le Mans Series (ALMS) visit to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was every bit as dramatic for Shane Lewis as he had hoped. However, it was due to a spectacular accident rather than a return to Mid-Ohio’s victory podium that induced the drama. ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Faultless Ford duo eye points finish in Finland
Aug 26, 2001
August 26, 2001 Ford Martini drivers Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya produced faultless displays during today's second leg of the Rally Finland to move into strong points-scoring positions at the top of the leaderboard. Driving Ford Focus RS World Rally Cars, McRae climbed to fourt ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Past success encourages Lewis at Mid Ohio
Aug 25, 2001
August 25, 2001 LEXINGTON, OH, Friday, August 24, 2001- Shane Lewis returns to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend for the Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series (ALMS) event. The Jupiter, Florida driver comes into the 2 hour and 45-minute Saturday event intent on returning to the victory podium in his ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi tops close field in Trans-Am qualifying at Mid Ohio
Aug 25, 2001
August 25, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio -- Paul Gentilozzi, of Lansing, Mich., captured his sixth pole of the 2001 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup season, and will start first for Saturday's Round Nine race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., and Tony Ave, of Hurley, ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: 51st Neste Rally Finland end of leg 1 report
Aug 25, 2001
August 25, 2001 Peugeot drivers Marcus Grönholm and Harri Rovanperä have been fighting off a stiff challenge from Briton Richard Burns on the opening day of the ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Rally Finland. Clear blue skies and dry conditions made the super-fast stages near the university town o ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: 51st Neste Rally Finland Preview
Aug 24, 2001
August 24, 2001 FIA World Rally Championship leader Tommi Mäkinen is one of several contenders for victory on the Rally Finland, the ninth round of this year's series which starts tomorrow morning. The local driver is a five-time winner of the event, which is based on fast, wide gravel roads near the university town o ... Continue reading
BMW Team PTG - Mid-Ohio ALMS test session
Aug 24, 2001
August 24, 2001 Team PTG has visited the 2.25-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course once before with great success. In 1998, Bill Auberlen qualified the No. 10 Team PTG M3 on the GT3 class pole and with co-driver Boris Said lead every lap to win the third round of the United States Road Racing Championship race seri ... Continue reading
MISC: Morton Drives Legendary 1971 BRE Datsun 510 To Class Victory at Monterey Historics
Aug 23, 2001
August 23, 2001 GARDENA, Calif. - Thirty years after his first Trans-Am victory at Laguna Seca, with the No. 46 Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) Datsun 510, John Morton returned to once again give racing fans a fantastic show with the legendary Nissan. Driving with the same passion and flair as the early 70s, Morton won ... Continue reading
SCCA to move headquarters to Kansas
Aug 23, 2001
August 23, 2001 TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Sports Car Club of America, Inc. announced today that its national headquarters would move to Topeka, Kansas in November of 2002. The 60,000-member club, known as the largest and most diverse active motorsports organization in North America, makes the move to Topeka after calling the ... Continue reading
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