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
GRAND AM: Mike Fitzgerald replaces Timo Bernhard for Mid Ohio
Aug 22, 2001
August 21, 2001 Las Vegas…Reigning Grand Am GTU and Porsche Cup Champion Mike Fitzgerald will join Johnny Mowlem behind the wheel of the Petersen Motorsports/MPIE sponsored GT Porsche at the upcoming Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, August 23-25 in Lexington, Ohio. No newcomer to the Las Vegas based Petersen Motorsports/W ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW Eyes Championship Points at Mid-Ohio
Aug 21, 2001
August 21, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio - With only three days to prepare before practice begins for next Saturday's ALMS Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio -- the sixth round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series -- BMW Team PTG and BMW Motorsport have little time to celebrate their second GT-class sweep of the season yesterday. BMW's vict ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Neste Rally Finland: Introduction
Aug 21, 2001
August 21, 2001 CHARACTER OF THE EVENT The fastest special stage rally in the series, held on wide, hard packed, undulating sandy roads. Categorised by teams as a smooth gravel rally. No fewer than 165 cars will be allowed to start, the final time so many can contest a World championship rally because of impending limi ... Continue reading
SCCA: Scharf, Black battle draft in inaugural Lunken Runway Enduro
Aug 20, 2001
August 20, 2001 CINCINNATI, Ohio (August 19, 2001)-John Black, of Tahoe City, Calif., ruled the draft and out-dueled Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., to win Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at the first-ever Lunken Runway Enduro on the runways of Cincinnati's Municipal Lunken Airport. Ohio Bucke ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW Sweeps Mosport GT Podium
Aug 20, 2001
August 20, 2001 Bowmanville, Ont. (August 20, 2001) -- BMW Team PTG drivers Hans Stuck and Boris Said did everything they could today to put their No. 6 BMW M3 GTR into victory lane for the second race in a row this season at the GT3 Grand Prix of Mosport - the fifth round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series -- but ult ... Continue reading
SCCA: Stilwell takes pole at inaugural Lunken Runway Enduro
Aug 19, 2001
August 19, 2001 CINCINNATI, Ohio (-- Native Buckeye Warren Stilwell, of Hartville, Ohio, earned the pole in the final qualifying session for tomorrow's Round Eight SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer race at Cincinnati's Municipal Lunken Airport- the first race ever organized on the historic runways of the airport. John Bla ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Lewis wins first race of career at Road America
Aug 19, 2001
August 19, 2001 ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Michael Lewis (#12 AmeriSuites Jaguar XKR) won the first Trans-Am race of his career in 62 starts through driving rain, splashing puddles, standing water and foggy windows during the Johnson Controls 100 at Road America. Six different drivers have won a race so far in the 2001 ... Continue reading
ALMS: Shane Lewis goes for second podium finish at Mosport
Aug 18, 2001
August 18, 2001 BOWMANVILLE, Ontario- Following a second-place finish at the most recent round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in Portland, Shane Lewis is ready to extend his streak of podium finishes here at Mosport International Raceway. The Jupiter, Florida-resident slips back behind the wheel of the #45 ESP A ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford trio aims to eclipse the masters of Finland
Aug 18, 2001
August 18, 2001 Ford Martini's three FIA World Rally Championship contenders face potentially their most difficult task of the season when the series arrives in Finland this month. It is the country many regard as the home of rallying and the Rally Finland (24 - 26 August) is one of the year's most spectacular and tech ... Continue reading
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