INDY 500: F1 engine builder Dudot joins Infiniti as Indy Racing manager
May 26, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 26, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan North America, Inc., announced that Bernard Dudot, one of the most successful technical directors in the past decade of Formula One engine development, will join Infiniti Motorsports as Indy ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Who's In and Who's Out at the Lime Rock Grand Prix
May 26, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 26, 2001 LIME ROCK, Conn -- All the teams in the Rolex Sports Car Series were faced with the challenge of setting up their cars in less than a week for this weekend's sprint races at the Lime Rock Grand Prix after last weekend's six-hour endurance race a ... Continue reading
SCCA: Fitzgerald, Kleinubing fastest in Lime Rock Park practice
May 26, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 26, 2001 LAKEVILLE, Conn. - Mike Fitzgerald, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Brazilian Pierre Kleinubing topped the practice sheets today in preparation for this weekend's SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT and Touring Car Championship races at Lime R ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Schumacher Captures X-1R Pole at Lime Rock Grand Prix
May 26, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 26, 2001 LAKEVILLE, Conn -- Larry Schumacher (Cincinnati, Ohio) captured his first X-1R Pole of the season today at Lime Rock Park during qualifying for Saturday's Lime Rock Grand Prix. The Schumacher Racing Porsche GT1 bested outside pole-sitter Chris B ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: Monaco poses ultimate challenge for F1 drivers
May 25, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 25, 2001 MONACO - Like the Indianapolis 500, the Monaco Grand Prix is seeped in history, tradition, fame, legend, ambiance and prestige. Both races traditionally take place in late May, and both will be run this year on May 27. This year marks the 85th r ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Rolex Series Sees Fourth Winner in Four Races
May 25, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 25, 2001 WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- The Rolex Sports Car Series saw its fourth team and car drive into Victory Lane in as many races at the Six Hours of The Glen last weekend. The Doran Lista Racing Judd-powered Ferrari, driven by Didier Theys (Phoenix, Ariz. ... Continue reading
SCCA: Don and Bobby Sak team up at Pikes Peak
May 25, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 25, 2001 SAK ATTACK: For the first time since the van Overbeeks at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 1997, a father-son team will compete in the Speedvision World Challenge, with Don Sak joining son Bobby in the Grand Sport Racing Corvette C5s. Don Sak ... Continue reading
SCCA: SuperCharged NSX get heavier after Mosport
May 25, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 25, 2001 A May 23 Tech Bulletin issued by Speedvision World Challenge Technical Director Gary Perry included a competition adjustment to the supercharged Acura NSX, adding an additional 100 lbs. of ballast to the car which swept the Mosport weekend. This ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: 1995 Indy Champ Villeneuve ready to return to winning ways
May 23, 2001
May 23, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - After winning races and championships around the world, Jacques Villeneuve is accustomed to finishing first. It may come as a surprise, then, that the Canadian ace was ecstatic to finish third in the Spanish Grand Prix on April 29 earlier this year. But that all change ... Continue reading
May 22, 2001
May 22, 2001 BOWMANVILLE, ONT. – Twenty-five year old rookie Trans-Am Series Driver Gary Longo, of Chicago, Ill., was seriously injured in an accident Sunday at Mosport International Raceway while competing in the 125 mile Trans-Am event. Longo was airlifted to the Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Scie ... Continue reading
SCCA: Cunningham Dominates Mosport Speedvision GT
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 CANADA (May 20, 2001)- Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., led flag-to-flag for his second-consecutive SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship race win, taking the Mosport International Raceway Victoria Day weekend event-the 100th in World Challenge history. Mike Fitzgerald, of Phoenix, ... Continue reading
SCCA: Kleinubing makes epic comeback to take Mosport Touring Car win
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 CANADA (May 19, 2001) - Polesitter Pierre Kleinubing came back from an off at the start to win his second-straight SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Championship Race at Mosport International Raceway, part of the Victoria Day Weekend. Teammate Hugh Plumb, of Chadds Ford, Pa., and Don ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi Picks Up Victory At Trans-Am Series 125
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 Bowmanville, Ontario -- Paul Gentilozzi (#3 Johnson Controls HomeLink Jaguar XKR) passed Tommy Archer (#36 Motorcity True Performance Cinjo Racing Banner Engineering Dodge Viper) midway through lap 44 and held on for victory this afternoon at the Trans-Am Series 125 at Mosport International Raceway. The ra ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Powell, Goad Capture Second Victory of the Season at The Glen
May 21, 2001
May 21, 2001 Watkins Glen, N.Y. (May 20, 2001) - It was a sprint to the finish at the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series three-hour race at Watkins Glen International today, as Doug Goad (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Stu Haynor (Yorba Linda, Calif.) came out of a caution to the green and white flag waving together. Goad' ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Ferrari Returns to Glory with Six Hours of The Glen Victory
May 20, 2001
May 20, 2001 WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (May 19, 2001) -- The Ferrari chassis returned to its glory days in Victory Lane at the Six Hours of The Glen tonight. The #27 Doran Lista Racing Judd-powered Ferrari outlasted the #16 Dyson Racing Team Ford-powered Riley & Scott to capture the overall victory at Watkins Glen Internation ... Continue reading
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