SCCA: Van Overbeek takes first win in four years at Sears Point
Jul 23, 2001
July 23, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - Johannes van Overbeek, from nearby Danville, Calif., earned his first SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT win in four years, taking Round Six at the Sears Point Raceway X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma Weekend. Jeff McMillin, of Erie, Pa., and Phil McClure, of Floris, Iowa, comple ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Brian Simo Wins His First Trans-Am Race of 2001 Season
Jul 22, 2001
July 22, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. (July 21, 2001) -- Brian Simo (#88 Tommy Bahama-Qvale Mangusta) earned his first victory of the 2001 Trans-Am season this afternoon at the Wine Country 100 at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Simo, who started on the pole, led the race from flag-to-flag. Paul Gentilozzi (#3 Johnson Con ... Continue reading
SCCA: Sapp Edges Pfeffer at Sears Point in Closest Finish Ever
Jul 22, 2001
July 22, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. (July 21, 2001)- Neal Sapp, of Ellicott City, Md., led for only a couple of feet, but they were the most important couple of feet of Sears Point Raceway pavement, taking the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car portion of the X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma in the closest f ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Delecour takes points finish on Safari Rally debut
Jul 22, 2001
July 22, 2001 François Delecour and Daniel Grataloup overcame gruelling driving conditions and inhospitable weather to finish fourth in Kenya's Safari Rally which ended in Nairobi this evening. The three-day event is regarded as the toughest rally in the world and their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car survived almost 30 ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Sainz holds second for Ford amid Safari carnage
Jul 21, 2001
July 21, 2001 Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya ended a destructive opening leg of Kenya's Safari Rally in second place at the wheel of their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car. The Spanish duo are 1min 32sec behind Tommi Mäkinen, a small margin in Safari Rally terms, after a gruelling day's competition across the vast open plain ... Continue reading
SCCA: Racing heightens awareness and reunites daughter with father
Jul 21, 2001
July 21, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo-Tori Wollingur was reunited with her father yesterday, less than a month after her picture was displayed on the dashboard of the No. 08 Grand Sport Racing Corvette C5 driven by Don Sak in the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship. The race, held at Detroit, June 17, a ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: 49th Safari Rally Kenya Preview
Jul 20, 2001
July 20, 2001 The world's top rally stars face the biggest adventure of the entire World Rally Championship this weekend, as Kenya's vast plains play host to the Safari Rally. The WRC's eighth round starts tomorrow morning, and more than half a dozen drivers will drive over the Nairobi start ramp with realistic hopes o ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW M3 GTR Crosses Golden Gate Bridge
Jul 20, 2001
July 20, 2001 The streets of San Francisco have been the setting for some outstanding drives and drivers -- on television and movies -- but today those streets saw some truly outstanding drivers from the American Le Mans Series cross the Golden Gate Bridge in the "Buckle-Up Drive Across the Golden Gate Bridge." Led by ... Continue reading
SCCA: Stilwell goes flag to flag at the Glen
Jul 15, 2001
July 15, 2001 WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 15, 2001) Warren Stilwell, of Hartville, Ohio, led all 15 laps Sunday to win Round Six of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at Watkins Glen International. Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., and Steve Rehkemper, of Chicago, Ill., completed the top-three. The excitement starte ... Continue reading
Porsche Rennsport Reunion: Ready To Roll Into Lime Rock
Jul 13, 2001
By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 The greatest reunion of Porsche drivers and Porsche machinery is about to take place in Lime Rock Park, CT from July 26th-29th. The "Porsche Rennsport Reunion" is the name of the gathering. The person who has helped to put this festival in ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW Team PTG To Unveil M3 GTRs at Sears Point
Jul 13, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - First on BMW Team PTG's to-do list this month is to introduce another winning thoroughbred at the X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sears Point Raceway, the third round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series, as BMW of North Americ ... 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
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
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