News By Topic: Sports Car Club of America

Hiskey Okay After Accident in Afternoon Practice

Mar 1, 2002

Hiskey Okay After Accident in Afternoon Practice HOMESTEAD, Fla. (February 28, 2002) - Rolex Sports Car Series driver Kim Hiskey escaped injury after hitting the wall in the Thursday afternoon practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway. After the rear of the #35 Porsche GT3-R got loose between Turn 3 and 4, Hiskey lost contr ... Continue reading

DAYTONA ADDED TO 2002 PRO SPEC RACER SCHEDULE

Mar 1, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAYTONA ADDED TO 2002 PRO SPEC RACER SCHEDULE For more information contact: Kelby Krauss, SCCA Pro Racing, (303) 694-7223 CENTENNIAL, Colo. (February 28, 2002)-SCCA Pro Racing(r) announced today that it has added Daytona International Speedway to its 2002 Pro Spec Racer schedule. Round Eight is sl ... Continue reading

20002 FORMULA FORD 2000 ZETEC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Mar 1, 2002

20002 FORMULA FORD 2000 ZETEC CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE Rounds 1-2 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring March 14-15 Sebring International Raceway, 3.7-mile road course Sebring, Fla. with American Le Mans Series Rounds 3-4 Victoria Day Trans-Am Weekend May 18-19 Mosport International Raceway, 2.459-mile road course Bowmanville, Ont. ... Continue reading

Lally added to lineup

Feb 28, 2002

For Immediate Release: 2/27/02 G&W Motorsports held a driver audition and test session of the #07 Momentum Motorcars BMW-powered Picchio prototype sponsored by USI and the Valley Group last week. On-site at Virginia International Raceway, the team's testing time came to an abrupt end when an early morning accident on T ... Continue reading

Racing Champions(TM) Awarded Licenses in Multiple Toy Categories by Dr. Seuss

Feb 26, 2002

GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Feb. 26 -- Racing Champions announced today that it has entered into a multiple-year licensing agreement with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to produce a wide variety of toys based on characters from such world-famous Dr. Seuss books such as The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who!, Green Eggs and Ham, and How ... Continue reading

Inaugural California Road Race Offers Teams A Place In The History Books

Feb 22, 2002

Inaugural California Road Race Offers Teams A Place In The History Books DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 21, 2002) -- The newly constructed road course at California Speedway will be christened by the Rolex Sports Car Series on March 23 with the inaugural running of the Grand American 400. The event will give sports car ... Continue reading

Daytona Prototypes Transition Defined

Feb 20, 2002

Daytona Prototypes Transition Defined DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 19, 2002) - Grand American Road Racing Association announced today how the transition will go from this year's current SportsRacing Prototype and SportsRacing Prototype II classes to the new Daytona Prototypes championship formula that will begin in th ... Continue reading

Action Performance Companies Move to New York Stock Exchange

Feb 11, 2002

PHOENIX--Feb. 11, 2002--Action Performance Companies, Inc. , the leader in the design, marketing, promotion, and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise, today announced it will transfer its stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) effective February 20, 2002, and will trade under its new ticker sym ... Continue reading

General Motors Showcases Global Ecotec 2.2-Liter Engine In Compact Drag Racing Series For 2002

Feb 7, 2002

FOR RELEASE: January 29, 2002 General Motors Showcases Global Ecotec 2.2-Liter Engine In Compact Drag Racing Series For 2002 Front-wheel-drive drag cars offer excitement, performance in a four-cylinder package DETROIT- Traditional drag racers may smile when they see General Motors' latest drag racing entries - front-wh ... Continue reading

Grand American Road Racing Announces Ford As Sponsor

Feb 4, 2002

Grand American Announces 2002 Sponsors DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 1, 2002) -- The Grand American Road Racing Association released its 2002 sponsor lineup in a press conference announcing its newest sponsor - Ford - as its official pace car and vehicle. Four additional new sponsors were named, including Goodyear Tire ... Continue reading

Cadillac Signs JJ Lehto and Confirms Christophe Tinseau for Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans

Jan 25, 2002

FOR RELEASE: January 24, 2002 Cadillac Signs JJ Lehto and Confirms Christophe Tinseau for Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans DETROIT, January 23, 2001 - Team Cadillac announced today that Finnish driver JJ Lehto and Frenchman Christophe Tinseau will join the team at this year's classic endurance races in Sebring, Le Ma ... Continue reading

Trans-Am Series Adds McHale as Vice President of Media Relations

Jan 24, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: T.E. McHale (727) 533-0503 TRANS-AM SERIES ADDS McHALE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDIA RELATIONS CLEARWATER, Fla. (January 22, 2001) - T.E. McHale, who possesses nearly 25 years of experience working in and with the media, has joined the Trans-Am Series as Vice President of Media Relations. Th ... Continue reading

SpeedSource Announces Seven Car Campaign On Grand-Am Cup

Jan 23, 2002

SpeedSource, the most successful team in the 2001 Grand-Am Cup season, has announced a seven car effort in three different classes in the 2002 Grand-Am Cup season. Grand Sports I (GSI): In Grand Sports I, SpeedSource will field two Porsches in an effort to claim the Driver's and Team Championship as well as help Porsch ... Continue reading

Rolex 24 At Daytona News & Notes

Jan 23, 2002

Rolex 24 At Daytona News & Notes DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 22, 2002) -- With the 40th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona only a week away, teams are making final preparations to run in the classic twice-around-the clock race at Daytona International Speedway, Jan. 2-3. Several teams have finalized their driver l ... Continue reading

WILKINS SHINES IN FLORIDA

Jan 23, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WILKINS SHINES IN FLORIDA WOODBRIDGE, ONT., CAN. (January 22, 2002) –As part of its pre-season testing program for the 2002 Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship season, the AIM Autosport F2000 team entered Toronto native Mark Wilkins in two SCCA “Winter National” club race events ... Continue reading