News By Topic: Touring Car Racing

Porsche Motorsports@PETIT LE MANS

Oct 6, 2001

For Immediate Release Contact: Bob Carlson (770) 290-3676 Andy Schupack (401) 739-5677 Cell at the track (917) 864-8767 MENZEL PUTS ALEX JOB RACING MCKENNA PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS FOURTH ON PETIT LE MANS GRID AT ROAD ATLANTA; BMWs TAKE FIRST THREE POSITIONS -In a qualifying session which featured both wet and dry conditions ... Continue reading

SCCA ProRally - Day One results and News - Prescott Forest

Oct 6, 2001

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 05 October, 2001 SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #9 - Prescott Forest Leg One Res ... Continue reading

ALMS: Park Place Racing/Fordahl Motorsports Completes Team for Petit Le Mans

Sep 28, 2001

September 28, 2001 BELLEVUE, Wash – Park Place Racing/Fordahl Motorsports announced today that Englishman Oliver Gavin will be the third driver in the Park Place Racing/Fordahl Motorsports/Yokohama/Gatorz/TransGroup-sponsored Saleen S7 for the Audi Petit Le Mans in early October. Gavin will join Park Place driver ... Continue reading

SCCA: Musical Corvette Seats For Road Atlanta Season Finale

Sep 28, 2001

September 28, 2001 CENTENNIAL, Colo. *Normally, a series' silly season effects the following year, but SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship Rookie of the Year hopeful Bobby Sak, Grand-Am SRII point leader Andy Lally and seven-time race winner "Wild" Bill Cooper have engaged in a game of musical C ... Continue reading

ALMS: Lewis back in Callaway C12-R for Petit LeMans

Sep 26, 2001

September 26, 2001 JUPITER, Fla. -Shane Lewis will return to the cockpit of the Callaway C12-R at the October 6 Petit Le Mans season finale race of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The 10 hour or 1,000 mile Petit Le Mans event held at Road Atlanta will re-unit Lewis with Aspen Knolls Racing, owned by Bob Mazzuoccola ... Continue reading

SCCA: Toyota powered racers win three championships at Valvoline Runoffs

Sep 25, 2001

September 25, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio - Pete Peterson, Duane Davis and Larry Connor each left the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Complex this weekend with the title of "National Champion" after winning their respective classes at the 2001 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Valvoline Runoffs, Sept. 21-23. Considered the "Olympics" of ... Continue reading

SCCA: 2001 Valvoline Runoffs conclude at Mid Ohio

Sep 24, 2001

September 23, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio (September 23, 2001) - The final eight shootouts took place in front of another enormous crowd today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 38th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Valvoline Runoffs. The culminating day of the 24 SCCA National Championship events featured a rac ... Continue reading

SCCA: Nissan Captures 81st SCCA National Championship at Valvoline Runoffs

Sep 24, 2001

September 23, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sept. 23, 2001) -- Nissan won its 81st Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Championship at the Valvoline Runoffs this weekend, and maintained its status as the auto manufacturer with the most national titles in the 38-year history of the event. Jeff Winter, of Arvada, Colo., e ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Ford powers clear in title race as McRae grabs lead

Sep 23, 2001

September 23, 2001 Ford Martini moved into a clear lead in the FIA World Rally Championship after Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya finished second and fourth respectively on the Rally New Zealand today. McRae's podium finish at the wheel of a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car moved him ... Continue reading

SCCA: First eight champions crowned at SCCA Valvoline Runoffs

Sep 23, 2001

September 23, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio - The first eight of 24 shootouts took place today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 38th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Valvoline Runoffs. The weather played a major role in the eight SCCA National Championship races, as the skies couldn't decide whether to rain or s ... Continue reading

SCCA: Supreme racing, weather for day two at Valvoline Runoffs

Sep 23, 2001

September 23, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio - Day two concluded today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 38th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Valvoline Runoffs. Unlike the previous day, skies were clear for all eight SCCA National Championship races. The racing was fierce and the thousands of spectators that pour ... Continue reading

SCCA: 24 polesitters poised to go green at Valvoline Runoffs

Sep 22, 2001

September 22, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio - Final rounds of qualifying were completed today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 38th running of the Sports Car Club of America's Valvoline Runoffs, under the serene backdrop of the rolling hills that North-Central Ohio provides. For the third and final time this week, drivers ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Propecia Rally New Zealand Preview

Sep 21, 2001

September 21, 2001 The world's top rally stars will fight for victory on some of the finest roads in the world on the tenth round of this year's FIA World Rally Championship, the Propecia Rally New Zealand, which starts in earnest tomorrow morning. The country's smooth, flowing gravel stages are regarded by many of the ... Continue reading

SCCA Valvoline Runoffs in full swing

Sep 19, 2001

September 19, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio - The Sports Car Club of America returns to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, in Lexington, Ohio, this week for the 38th running of the Valvoline Runoffs- amateur road racing's largest and most celebrated event. By days-end Sunday, 24 National Champions will be crowned as second place goes ... Continue reading

SCCA Club Racing Valvoline Runoffs to start as scheduled

Sep 13, 2001

September 13, 2001 CENTIENNIAL, Colo. (September 12, 2001)* The Sports Car Club of America, Inc. and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course have issued a joint statement regarding the Valvoline Runoffs, which is scheduled to begin Monday, September 17: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and the Sports Car Club of America extend our sincer ... Continue reading