GRAND AM: Law Confident about Repeat Performance at Road America
Jun 29, 2001
June 29, 2001 PHOENIX, Arizona - Darren Law has a perfect track record at Road America, and he plans on keeping it that way. Law and the G&W Motorsports team started and finished first in the Grand American Road Racing GT class last year at Elkhart Lake. Law is looking forward to turning in another first place finish w ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Lexus IS 300 Looks for A Podium at V.I.R.
Jun 29, 2001
June 29, 2001 Event: Virginia "Festival of Speed" Grand-Am Cup Race Location: Virginia International Raceway - Alton, Virginia Dates: Qualifying - Saturday, June 30 (11-11:45 a.m. ET) Race - Saturday, June 30 (5-8 p.m. ET) Cars: No. 0 Lexus IS 300 (Sports Touring Class) * Terry Borcheller, Phoenix, Ariz. * Chuck Goldsb ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Race Preview
Jun 27, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 27, 2001 First Trans-Am Series Race Winner Hans Stuck Last Trans-Am Series Race Winner Paul Gentilozzi, 2000 Number of Apearance by Trans-Am Series 10 (1988-1991, 1994-1998, 2000) Narrowest Margin of Victory 0.193 seconds, Bill Saunders over Brian Simo, ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Lexus IS 300 earns first pole position at Mosport
Jun 26, 2001
June 26, 2001 MOSPORT, Ontario, Canada - The Lexus IS 300 earned its first pole position today in the compact sports sedan's fourth-ever race at the Grand-Am Cup event at Mosport. The No. 0 Team Lexus IS 300, driven by team owner/driver Chuck Goldsborough and Terry Borcheller, set a Grand-Am Cup Sports Touring (ST) cla ... Continue reading
SCCA: Supercharged Acura NSX has boost cut
Jun 23, 2001
June 23, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -In the first of what may be several forthcoming competition adjustments in the Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship, SCCA Pro Racing has cut the maximum boost pressure on the supercharged Acura NSX. Campaigned only by RealTime Racing in 2001 thus far, the blown NSX is now restrict ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Trans-Am Drivers Play Prominent Role In NASCAR Race At Sears Point
Jun 22, 2001
June 22, 2001 Miami - Defending BFGoodrich Tires Cup Champion Brian Simo leads a pack of eight former and current Trans-Am Series drivers into this weekend’s NASCAR Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Simo will be joined by former Trans-Am Series champions Dorsey Schroeder, Scott Pruett a ... Continue reading
Jun 18, 2001
FOR RELEASE: June 18, 2001 LE MANS - Corvette Racing scored an historic double victory in the GTS-class in the 69th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The 1-2 follows up on a podium finish at the Corvette C5-R's first Le Mans attempt last year. General Motors' second brand present at Le Mans - Cadillac, running in the LM ... Continue reading
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
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