SCCA: Leslie takes first pole for Mazda in Speedvision Touring Car
Sep 9, 2001
September 9, 2001 MONTEREY, Calif. -- Scotland's David Leslie earned his first-career SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Superchips Pole, the first pole for Mazda this year, and will lead the 42-car field to the green light for today's Round Eight race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Roger Foo, of ne ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Darren Law Hopes To Be A Force In Grand-Am Finale At Daytona
Sep 7, 2001
September 7, 2001 GT Class Leader Has His Eye On More Points DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Darren Law expects some pretty intense racing when the Grand American Rolex Road Racing Series returns to Daytona International Speedway on Sept. 14-16 for the Grand-Am Finale. The three-hour enduro for the Rolex Sports Car Series will b ... Continue reading
SCCA Pro Racing to sanction Shelby Cobra Challenge
Sep 6, 2001
September 6, 2001 CENTENNIAL, Colo. --SCCA Pro Racing Ltd. and the Newport Beach, Calif.-based Shelby Cobra Challenge have announced a sanctioning agreement beginning with the 2002 season for the upstart Shelby Cobra Challenge Senior Racing Series. Announced this past weekend at the Molson Indy Vancouver event at Conco ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Huffaker Engineering returns to Trans Am
Sep 6, 2001
September 6, 2001 Ross Thompson to Drive at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca SONOMA, Calif. -Huffaker Engineering has announced its return to the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup for Round Ten this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Huffaker is no stranger to the Trans-Am series, having enjoyed great success in ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Scott Pruett to drive with Rocketsports Racing in Laguna Seca Trans Am race
Sep 5, 2001
September 5, 2001 LANSING, MI - Rocketsports Racing will campaign a third entry driven by road racing champion Scott Pruett in the Trans-Am 125 for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Monterey Sports Car Championship Presented by Mazda weekend on September 7-8. Pruett, who won the 24 Hours ... Continue reading
SCCA appoints Palermo manager of Club Racing
Sep 1, 2001
August September 1, 2001 CENTENNIAL, Colo.-The Sports Car Club of America announced today that Jaime Palermo has been promoted to Manager of its Club Racing Department. Palermo started with the United States Road Racing Championship, an SCCA Pro Racing subsidiary, in June 1998. She moved to the Club Racing division a y ... Continue reading
RACING: Longtime Motorsports Writer Bill Lorenzen Passes Away
Aug 24, 2001
August 24, 2001 BENICIA, Calif. - Longtime motorsports journalist Bill Lorenzen died from complications stemming from heart surgery on Aug. 7. He was 69-years-old. Lorenzen was a member of the Motorsports Press Association (MSPA) for more than 20 years and served as vice president of automotive writers. ... Continue reading
SCCA to move headquarters to Kansas
Aug 23, 2001
August 23, 2001 TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Sports Car Club of America, Inc. announced today that its national headquarters would move to Topeka, Kansas in November of 2002. The 60,000-member club, known as the largest and most diverse active motorsports organization in North America, makes the move to Topeka after calling the ... Continue reading
SCCA: Scharf, Black battle draft in inaugural Lunken Runway Enduro
Aug 20, 2001
August 20, 2001 CINCINNATI, Ohio (August 19, 2001)-John Black, of Tahoe City, Calif., ruled the draft and out-dueled Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., to win Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at the first-ever Lunken Runway Enduro on the runways of Cincinnati's Municipal Lunken Airport. Ohio Bucke ... Continue reading
SCCA: Stilwell takes pole at inaugural Lunken Runway Enduro
Aug 19, 2001
August 19, 2001 CINCINNATI, Ohio (-- Native Buckeye Warren Stilwell, of Hartville, Ohio, earned the pole in the final qualifying session for tomorrow's Round Eight SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer race at Cincinnati's Municipal Lunken Airport- the first race ever organized on the historic runways of the airport. John Bla ... Continue reading
SCCA: Charlotte cancelled; Road Atlanta to host season ending double header
Aug 15, 2001
August 15, 2001 CENTENNIAL, Colo. (August 15, 2001)*The SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT and Touring Car Championships will now close their respective 2001 seasons by running a doubleheader weekend on the Audi Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, October 3-7. The announcement comes following the cancellation of ... Continue reading
TRACKS: Sears Point Raceway Unveils Temporary Road Course
Aug 14, 2001
August 14, 2001 SONOMA, Calif.- Sears Point Raceway's road course will have a dramatically different look for the next six months. The traditional 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course will temporarily become a nine-turn, 1.83-mile circuit as construction crews begin work on the lower portion of the track in conjunction with ... Continue reading
Dyson Captures Victory at The Glen
Aug 11, 2001
Dyson Captures Victory at The Glen Petty, Andretti Take GT Class Win WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (August 10, 2001) -- Dyson Racing Team earned its second-straight victory in the Bully Hill Vineyards 250 at Watkins Glen International. The rivalry at The Glen between Dyson and Doran Lista Racing was evident as Dyson's #16 Thetfor ... Continue reading
ALMS: Lewis gets a leg up in Portland
Aug 6, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 6, 2001 PORTLAND- American Le Mans Series (ALMS) competitor Shane Lewis slipped back behind the wheel of the #45 ESP American Viperacing Dodge Viper GTS-R today to finish second in GTS-class at the Portland Grand Prix. Lewis, of Jupiter, Florida, star ... Continue reading
SCCA: Sapp takes second consecutive Speedvision Touring Car at Portland
Aug 6, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 6, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. – Teammates Bill Auberlen and Will Turner each took off-road adventures early in the race, leaving the door open for Neal Sapp, of Ellicott City, Md., to take the win in round seven of the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World ... Continue reading
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