GRAND AM: Motorsport Technologies Captures First Victory
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 PHOENIX, Ariz. - In a long, hard fought three-hour battle the #15 Porsche TT of Motorsport Technologies finally earned its first victory of the season at the Grand-Am Cup Three-Hour Race at Phoenix International Raceway tonight. Starting on the outside second row, drivers Dino Steiner and Ian James relie ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Weaver Captures Third-Straight Pole, Field Earns First-Ever Front Row Start
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 PHOENIX, Ariz. - James Weaver continued to dominate the field during qualifying for the Sun Automotive 200, breaking the track record by nearly 1.5 seconds to capture his third-straight pole today. Weaver clocked a record-breaking 52.747-second lap at 103.747 mph in the Dyson Racing Team's #16 Ford Riley ... Continue reading
SCCA: Moen Captures Pole, Breaks Track Record At Phoenix
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 PHOENIX, Ariz. - Barney Moen, of Hesperia, Calif., broke the track record in the final session of qualifying for Saturday's season-opening Pro Spec Racer race at Phoenix International Raceway. Lee Fleming, of Lakeforest, Calif. and Paul Marino of Canoga Park, Calif. rounded out the top three. ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Hiskey Proves Women Know How To Drive Too
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 When Kim Hiskey slides behind the wheel of the #15 Porsche GT3 RS this weekend, she will be a one of a kind at this year's Sun Automotive 200. Hiskey is the only woman competing in this weekend's Rolex Sports Car Series race. Now 36 years old, Hiskey got a late start in racing starting only three years a ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Dyson Fastest in Sun Automotive 200 Practice
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Dyson Racing Team continued its stronghold on the field today during the first three practice sessions for this Saturday's Sun Automotive 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Drivers James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger piloted the #16 Ford Riley & Scott around the 1.51-mile road cours ... Continue reading
PSR Phoenix Provisional Qualifying
Apr 20, 2001
April 20, 2001 PHOENIX, Ariz.. - Barney Moen, of Hesperia, Calif., had the fast lap for the first session of qualifying for Saturday's season-opening Pro Spec Racer race at Phoenix International Raceway. Steve Ott, of Brighton, Colo. and Lee Fleming, of Lakeforest, Calif. rounded out the top three. Under cloudy conditi ... Continue reading
Apr 20, 2001
April 20, 2001 Goodyear, AZ- Practice times for the 30-lap, 45.45-mile Pro Spec Racer event at Phoenix International Raceway, with practice position, car number, driver, hometown, car, time and speed in miles-per-hour. 1 (48), Steve Ott, Spec Racer, 1:09.772, 78.168. 2 (2), Lee Fleming, Lakeforest, Calif., Spec Racer, ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW Team PTG continues countdown to Sears Point
Apr 19, 2001
April 19, 2001 Four weeks after a strong fourth-place GT class finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring, BMW Team PTG and BMW of North America continue the countdown to the next American Le Mans Series race on July 22 at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., and the debut of the V8-powered Team PTG BMW M3 GTR. So, are the PT ... Continue reading
RALLY: Ford Focus to star in Rally of Germany
Apr 18, 2001
April 18, 2001 FORD FOCUS TO STAR IN RALLY OF GERMANY BERLIN - Ford announced today (Tuesday) that it will be entering two Ford Focus RS WRC rally cars on the ADAC Rallye Deutschland in July. Ford's French ace Francois Delecour will pilot his regular 'RS' branded car while Austrian star Raimund Baumschlager will drive ... Continue reading
SCCA: Archer returns to Speedvision GT in Corvette
Apr 18, 2001
April 18, 2001 HITCHCOCK-Grand Sport Racing and Bobby Archer Motorsports have announced that 1999 SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Champion Bobby Archer will drive the No. 08 Grand Sport Racing/KB Enterprises Chevrolet Corvette C5 at Mosport International Raceway, May 20. While the Archer name is synonymo ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW M3 GTR shows its pace at Donnington Park
Apr 16, 2001
April 16, 2001 Munich/Donington. BMW Motorsport's new BMW M3 GTRs showed impressive pace in the European round of the American Le Mans Series at Donington Park in England (track length 4.020km), but both cars struck trouble and retired before the chequered flag. The race started in fine style with Fredrik Ekblom (S) in ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: First victory for the BMW Williams F1 Team since the partnership began
Apr 16, 2001
April 16, 2001 Ralf Schumacher wins the San Marino GP in Imola, his first Grand Prix win in the seventieth F1 race of the German driver's career. The last victory for WilliamsF1 was three years and seven months ago (28.09.1997, Jacques Villeneuve, Nurburgring) and this is the marque's 104th Grand Prix success. And the ... Continue reading
FORMULA 3: American takes 3rd place after claiming pole position
Apr 16, 2001
April 16, 2001 Norfolk, England. --American star Paul Edwards claimed his first ever British Formula 3 pole position yesterday at Snetterton circuit in England, and followed the performance with his first ever British Formula 3 podium position today. Edwards, driving a Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda for Alan Docking Racing, ... Continue reading
FORMUL A ONE: Ralf Schumacher Earns First Grand Prix Win
Apr 16, 2001
April 16, 2001 IMOLA, Italy - Ralf Schumacher won his first Grand Prix after leading the San Marino Grand Prix from start to finish in his Williams-BMW. His victory, which came in his 70th Formula One start, set a number of firsts for the record books. "The last three laps were pretty long," Schumacher said. "I knew th ... Continue reading
Formula One: San Marino Grand Prix Race Results
Apr 15, 2001
April 13, 2001 1. Ralf Schumacher, Germany, Williams-BMW 2. David Coulthard, Britain, McLaren-Mercedes 3. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Ferrari 4. Mika Hakkinen, Finland, McLaren-Mercedes 5. ... Continue reading
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