FORMULA ONE: M. Schumacher zeroes in on Prost's record at Silverstone
Jul 13, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 SILVERSTONE, Great Britain - Fifty years after Frolian Gonzalez won the first-ever Grand Prix for the Ferrari Formula One team when he drove to victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Michael Schumacher has a chance to add to the marq ... Continue reading
ALMS: Dick Barbour Racing Lineup Changes For Sears Point
Jul 13, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 Braselton, Ga. -- For the July 22 X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma at California's Sears Point Raceway, Dick Barbour Racing has entered only one of its two Reynard 01Q prototype racing sportscars along with the team's #15 Porsche 911 GT-3R. At Le ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Series Comes to Sears Point Raceway for First Time in Six Years
Jul 13, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - The popular Trans-Am Series for the BF Goodrich Tires Cup, America's oldest road racing series, will make its first appearance in six years at Sears Point Raceway with the running of the Wine Country 100 on Saturday, July 21. T ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: British three-peat would help Coulthard's title chances
Jul 12, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 12, 2001 SILVERSTONE, Great Britain - David Coulthard hopes that recent history will repeat itself July 15 at the British Grand Prix. Coulthard won the British Grand Prix in 1999 and 2000, and a win in this year's event in his West McLaren-Mercedes woul ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: Silly Season Starts In F1
Jul 11, 2001
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Silly season. That time of the year that fans, pundits and other followers of the world-wide circus known as the Formula One World Championship for Makes begin the annual speculation game of who is going where next year has started ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: Schumacher Looking To Make History At Silverstone
Jul 11, 2001
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 For Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher this weekend at Silverstone could be a historic one. With a victory the German ace will tie Alain Prost for the top spot of fifty-one career victories in Grand Prix racing which is an incredible ... Continue reading
ALMS: American Le Mans Series heads to Sears Point
Jul 11, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 The X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma American Le Mans Series Fact Sheet WHAT: Now in its third year, the American Le Mans Series will make the third stop of its nine-race series at Sears Point Raceway, July 20-22, for The X-Factor Grand Prix of So ... Continue reading
SCCA: Speedvision World Challenge set for second half of season
Jul 11, 2001
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Championships return to action July 20-22 at the Sears Point Raceway XFactor Grand Prix of Sonoma Weekend. Offering the fiercest production-based car racing in Nort ... Continue reading
PRO SPEC RACER: Scharf holds off Rehkemper to win round five at Chicago
Jul 9, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 9, 2001 CICERO, Ill. -- Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., held off Chicago native Steve Rehkemper to win Round Five of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at Chicago Motor Speedway. Jeff Tillman, of Lake Ozark, Mo., completed the top-three. Pilotin ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Powell Corvette Earns Fourth-Consecutive Victory
Jul 1, 2001
July 1, 2001 ALTON, Va. -- Powell Motorsports appears as if it cannot be stopped. The team picked up its fourth-consecutive victory at the Virginia Festival of Speed in the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series three-hour endurance race. Drivers Devon Powell, of Port Perry, Ont., and Doug Goad, of Farmington Hills, Mich., p ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Tommy Bahama/Tom Gloy Racing entry finishes 6th at Cleveland
Jul 1, 2001
July 1, 2001 CLEVELAND -- The 2001 BFGoodrich Trans-Am Series continued today, in the fifth of eleven races, at Clevelandâ™s temporary racetrack at the Burke Lakefront Airport. Tom Gloy Racing fielded two entries in the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Trans-Am Series. The 2000 Trans-Am Champion, Brian Simo, finished sixt ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi Picks Up Third Consecutive Victory At Cleveland
Jul 1, 2001
July 1, 2001 Cleveland - Paul Gentilozzi (#3 Johnson Controls HomeLink Jaguar XKR) scored his third consecutive victory of the season this afternoon in the Trans-Am Series 100 presented by Simple Green. With the win, Gentilozzi moved past Bob Tullius into third on the All-Time victory list with 22 career wins. The race ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford bid to extend victory run in German debut
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 Motorsport fans in Germany will have their first opportunity to see a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car in competitive action when works drivers François Delecour and Daniel Grataloup tackle the Rallye Deutschland (6 - 8 July) in the car that has dominated the FIA World Rally Championship in recent weeks. Th ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi Grabs Fourth Consecutive Pole Of Season At Cleveland
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 Cleveland -- Paul Gentilozzi (#3 Johnson Controls HomeLink Jaguar XKR) picked up his fourth consecutive pole of the 2001 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup season to win the Motorcity True Performance Pole Award this afternoon during Fast Five Qualifying. In addition, Gentilozzi picked up an add ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Provisional Qualifying Results, Cleveland
Jun 30, 2001
June 30, 2001 Cleveland, Ohio -- The provisional qualifying positions for Saturday's 47-lap, 100 mile Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Round Number 5, at Burke Lakefront Airport, with starting position, driver, hometown and fast lap with speed. 1. Paul Gentilozzi, Lansing, Mich., 1:13.397, 103.296. 2. Brian ... Continue reading
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