ALMS: BMW Team PTG Wins in Portland
Aug 6, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 6, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. -- BMW Team PTG drivers Hans Stuck and Boris Said won the GT class of the fourth round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Portland today, completing 121 laps around the 1.944-mile Portland International Raceway. S ... Continue reading
ALMS: Double Distance Michelins Help Panoz End Audi Win Streak at 14
Aug 6, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 6, 2001 (Portland) Taking advantage of the pit stop time saved by running their Michelin tires a double distance, David Brabham and Jan Magnussen teamed to drive their year old #50 Panoz LMP1 Roadster S from the pole position to take the victory at to ... Continue reading
SCCA: Galati quietly dominates Portland Speedvision GT
Aug 6, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 6, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. -- The advantage of an inherently quiet car under strict sound restrictions helped Michael Galati, of N. Olmstead, Ohio, dominate round seven of the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT race at Portland International R ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Archer wins pole for Tommy Bahama 125 Portland Trans Am
Aug 4, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel August 4, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. – Tommy Archer (#36 Motor City True Performance Dodge Viper) earned his first pole of the 2001 Trans-Am season at the Tommy Bahama 125 qualifying this afternoon at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Ore. Archer le ... Continue reading
Day One Results & News - SCCA ProRally - Maine Forest
Jul 28, 2001
The press release text included below is also available in a formatted Word97-Word2000 document. If you would prefer to receive our press releases in that format, please send your request to: kspitzner@scca.org. For immediate release 27 July 2001 SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #6 - Maine ForestLeg One Results, Key ... Continue reading
SCCA: Van Overbeek takes first win in four years at Sears Point
Jul 23, 2001
July 23, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - Johannes van Overbeek, from nearby Danville, Calif., earned his first SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT win in four years, taking Round Six at the Sears Point Raceway X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma Weekend. Jeff McMillin, of Erie, Pa., and Phil McClure, of Floris, Iowa, comple ... Continue reading
SCCA: Sapp Edges Pfeffer at Sears Point in Closest Finish Ever
Jul 22, 2001
July 22, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. (July 21, 2001)- Neal Sapp, of Ellicott City, Md., led for only a couple of feet, but they were the most important couple of feet of Sears Point Raceway pavement, taking the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car portion of the X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma in the closest f ... Continue reading
SCCA: Racing heightens awareness and reunites daughter with father
Jul 21, 2001
July 21, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo-Tori Wollingur was reunited with her father yesterday, less than a month after her picture was displayed on the dashboard of the No. 08 Grand Sport Racing Corvette C5 driven by Don Sak in the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship. The race, held at Detroit, June 17, a ... Continue reading
SCCA: Stilwell goes flag to flag at the Glen
Jul 15, 2001
July 15, 2001 WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (July 15, 2001) Warren Stilwell, of Hartville, Ohio, led all 15 laps Sunday to win Round Six of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at Watkins Glen International. Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., and Steve Rehkemper, of Chicago, Ill., completed the top-three. The excitement starte ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Series Comes to Sears Point Raceway for First Time in Six Years
Jul 13, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 SONOMA, Calif. - The popular Trans-Am Series for the BF Goodrich Tires Cup, America's oldest road racing series, will make its first appearance in six years at Sears Point Raceway with the running of the Wine Country 100 on Saturday, July 21. T ... Continue reading
SCCA: Speedvision World Challenge set for second half of season
Jul 11, 2001
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Championships return to action July 20-22 at the Sears Point Raceway XFactor Grand Prix of Sonoma Weekend. Offering the fiercest production-based car racing in Nort ... Continue reading
LAPOINT CAPTURES POLE FOR ROUND NINE AT ROAD AMERICA
Jul 6, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAPOINT CAPTURES POLE FOR ROUND NINE AT ROAD AMERICA ELKHART LAKE, WIS. (July 6, 2001) –Jason LaPoint, of Woodburn, Ore., captured the pole for Sunday morning’s Round Nine of the U.S. F2000 National Championship Presented by Speedvision at Road America. Completing the top-three was Ton ... Continue reading
U.S. F2000 Wednesday Test Day Notes from Road America
Jul 6, 2001
Wednesday Test Day Notes from Road America - No. 59 Green missed the morning session as the team repaired damaged suffered at a seperate event just prior to the test day. - No. 6 Kasemets broke in new pistons early in the morning session. - No. ... Continue reading
Jul 6, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. F2000 National Championship Round Nine & Ten Road America Green Flags: Sunday, July 8, 2001, 9:00 a.m. (ET) Sunday, July 8, 2001, 5:20 p.m. (ET) Circuit: 4.048-mile road course Television: The Road America U.S. F2000 races will be televised on tape-delayed basis on the Speedvis ... Continue reading
Jul 6, 2001
Road America 500 News & Notes ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (July 5, 2001) -- The seventh event of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series season got underway today at Road America with teams testing for this weekend's Road America 500 presented by the Chicago Tribune. Official practice sessions will begin on Friday, with qual ... Continue reading
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