SCCA: McClure donates 'racing for the rainbow' raffle winnings to charity
Jun 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Phil McClure, of Floris, Iowa, was drawn as the winner of Racing for the Rainbow's charity raffle this week. Racing for the Rainbow is the We Make A Difference Foundation's first charitable drive. The Cleveland-based We Make A Difference Foundation, an official charity of the SCCA Pro Rac ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Acropolis win brings treble for Ford and McRae
Jun 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 Ford Martini drivers Colin McRae and Nicky Grist today won the Acropolis Rally after a day of incredible drama in the mountains of central Greece. It was a third consecutive victory for the British pair and their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car, and not only moved them into the lead of the FIA World Rally C ... Continue reading
ALMS: Michelin Wins Fourth Consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans
Jun 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 * Michelin and Audi Still Reign at Le Mans - With rain falling from almost the start resulting in continuously changing track conditions, Michelin and Audi repeated their 2000 winning performance at Le Mans earlier today. Drivers Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro scored the win ahead of teamm ... Continue reading
SCCA: Cunningham battles back to win Detroit Speedvision GT
Jun 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 DETROIT -- Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., battled back after falling to third early to earn his third SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT race of the season at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. Johannes van Overbeek, of Danville, Calif., and Jeff McMillin, of Erie, Pa., complet ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi Dominates Motor City 100 Presented By Johnson Controls
Jun 17, 2001
June 17, 2001 Detroit -- Paul Gentilozzi (#3 Johnson Controls HomeLink XKR) dominated the field this afternoon to score his second consecutive win this season in the Motor City 100 presented by Johnson Controls. For Gentilozzi, the win is his third in the past four years on the Belle Isle Raceway. Gentilozzi, who start ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: 48th Acropolis Rally, End of Leg 2 Recap
Jun 17, 2001
June 17, 2001 Three of the world's top rally drivers are locked in battle for the lead of the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Acropolis Rally, which continued in Greece today. Colin McRae has held on to the lead he established yesterday, but both Carlos Sainz and Richard Burns narrowed the Scot's ... Continue reading
SCCA: Cunningham takes third straight pole to lead field at Detroit race
Jun 17, 2001
June 17, 2001 DETROIT -- Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., earned his third-consecutive Superchips Pole, and will start first in Sunday's SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Round Five race, part of the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. Michael Galati, of N. Olmstead, Ohio, will start second, with ... Continue reading
The Callahan Report: Racing and Father's Day; Remembering the Bond
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 NEW ORLEANS: I was five years old when my father introduced me to motorsports. Dad thought it was a normal family outing to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was his way of spending some quality time with his wife and kids. Little did he know that he was fueling his son with a passion that would last a ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: McRae and Sainz put Ford in control in Greece
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 Ford Martini drivers Colin McRae and Nicky Grist and team-mates Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya held the top two places after an intriguing opening leg of the Acropolis Rally in Greece today. The British pair, driving a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car, headed their Spanish colleagues by 21.1sec after a tough day ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Paul Gentilozzi Picks Up Pole At Detroit
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 Detroit -- Paul Gentilozzi, who suffered signifcant damage this morning in a practice session crash, picked up his third consecutive pole of the season to claim the Motorcity True Performance Pole Award in Fast Five Qualifying this afternoon. Tommy Archer (#36 Motorcity True Performance Dodge Viper) quali ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Jaguar announces Trans Am Series sponsorship
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 DETROIT – Jaguar today announced that it will provide a contingency sponsorship for the Trans-Am Series. In conjunction with the Panoz/Sanchez Group, the announcement was made at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. This is the first time Jaguar has taken a sponsorship role in the series in ... Continue reading
Jun 16, 2001
June 15, 2001 AUTO CENTRAL & COSTA MESA, CA - June 15, 2001 - AllRace Magazine and The Auto Channel have agreed to the formation of an exclusive marketing and promotional alliance. AllRace (http://www.allracemagazine.com) is delivered weekly via the Internet and provides weekly news and op-ed coverage on domestic and i ... Continue reading
Jun 15, 2001
June 15, 2001 FAIRFIELD, N.J. —The U.S. F2000 National Championship Presented by Speedvision is saddened to announce the death of its road course starter, Jean-Guy Courcelles. Mr. Courcelles passed away early Sunday morning in Montreal, Que., Can. Mr. Courcelles, who had been suffering from cancer, was 61. Mr. Co ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Niccolodi Dominant at Gilles Villeneuve
Jun 15, 2001
June 15, 2001 GILLES VILLENEUVE, Que. -- As soon as Ferrari of Beverly Hills driver Lucio Niccolodi crossed the start line during Sunday's Ferrari Challenge race on Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, he had won the race. Niccolodi led flag to flag to claim his third win of the season, cruising to the checkered flag ... Continue reading
Jun 15, 2001
June 15, 2001 PTG M3 GTR Testing is On Track and On Course BMW Team PTG successfully completed a three-day test of its new 4.0-liter V8-powered BMW M3 GTR at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla., this week. In very hot and humid conditions the testing team of PTG and BMW Motorsport engineers and technicians r ... Continue reading
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