SCCA: Cunningham becomes all time win leader with victory at Sebring
Mar 18, 2001
March 18, 2001 SEBRING, Fla. - Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., won his World Challenge record 20th career race after a thrilling pass of then leader Michael Galati with two laps remaining in Round Two of the Speedvision GT Championship. Johannes van Overbeek, of Danville, Calif., finished third. Driving the No. 42 ... Continue reading
Porsche Racing Star Bob Wollek Dies in Traffic Accident
Mar 17, 2001
Note: Andy Schupack at Sebring has high resolution images of Wollek, including two head shots, a photo with Porsche Motorsports North America President Alwin Springer, and a victory circle shot from Portland last year with Sascha Maassen. Please e-mail Andy at andrew_schupack@compuservee.com, or call him at the track a ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Dale Earnhardt Tribute Scheduled At National Corvette Museum
Mar 17, 2001
Dale Earnhardt Tribute Scheduled At National Corvette Museum The National Corvette Museum has announced plans to host a tribute event, "Celebrating the Life of Dale Earnhardt", at the Museum's outdoor amphitheater at 6:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday April 18th, 2001. The outdoor event offered free to the public, will include ... Continue reading
FIA RALLY: Ford anticipates Spanish calm after the storm
Mar 17, 2001
March 17, 2001 Just 12 days after the finish, the Ford Martini World Rally Team switches from the mudbath that was the Rally of Portugal to the Catalunya Rally, hoping the bad weather which blitzed the Atlantic coast does not cross the Iberian peninsula to the Spanish Mediterranean for the first all-asphalt event of th ... Continue reading
SCCA: Kleinubing nips Turner for Speedvision Touring Car Sebring win
Mar 17, 2001
March 17, 2001 SEBRING, Fla. - Brazil's Pierre Kleinubing held off a challenging Will Turner in the closing moments of Friday's SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Round Two race, part of the Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring Weekend, to take his 11th career win. Point leader Steve Pfeffer, of Scottsdale ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Trans-Am Series Announces 2001 Contingency Program
Mar 17, 2001
March 17, 2001 Miami - The Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup and the Panoz\Sanchez Group today announced that it has secured contingency sponsorship agreements with 17 companies for the 2001 season. The total postings will be nearly $1 million and will represent the largest contingency program in the Series& ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Boris Said Wins Trans-Am Series 100 At Sebring
Mar 17, 2001
March 17, 2001 Sebring, Fla. -- Boris Said (#11 Applied Computer Solutions Ford Mustang Cobra) led 26 of 27 laps and won the Trans-Am Series 100 in round one of the BFGoodrich Tires Cup this afternoon at Sebring International Raceway. Said, who won the pole in record time yesterday, picked up his third Series’ wi ... Continue reading
SCCA: Kleinubing Earns Sebring Speedvision Touring Car Pole
Mar 16, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 16, 2001 SEBRING, Fla.- Pierre Kleinubing, of Erexim, Brazil, headed up the SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Championship qualifying session to take the Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring Weekend Superchips Pole for Friday's seco ... Continue reading
SCCA: Van Overbeek gives Porsche Speedvision GT Superchips pole
Mar 16, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 16, 2001 SEBRING, Fla. - Johannes van Overbeek, of Danville, Calif., earned his third-career SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Superchips pole, and first since 1997 in preparation for Friday's Round Two race, part of the Exxon Superflo 12 ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Boris Said Grabs Pole In Trans-Am Series Season Opener
Mar 16, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 16, 2001 Sebring, Fla. - Boris Said posted a fast lap of 2:03.885 (107.591 mph) in the #33 Applied Computer Solutions Ford Mustang this morning to take the pole in the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup Fast Five Qualifying at Sebring Interna ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW M3s Third, Fourth and Sixth After First Qualifying at Sebring
Mar 16, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 16, 2001 After two days of testing, today's qualifying round for the 49th annual 12 Hours at Sebring finds the BMW M3s third, fourth and sixth on the provisional GT grid. Bill Auberlen put the No. 10 PTG M3 third on the grid with a time of 2.08:392. Bo ... Continue reading
ALMS: Porsche Motorsports from Sebring
Mar 15, 2001
For Immediate Release Contact: Bob Carlson (770) 290-3676 Andy Schupack (401) 739-5677 cell at the track (917) 864-8767 Fred Hammond (201) 750-3533 ALEX JOB RACING MCKENNA PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS RACERS RETAIN TOP TWO POSITIONS ON SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING GRID; BMW V-8 NOW THIRD -The Alex Job Racing McKenna Porsche 911 ... Continue reading
Law Gets Rolling in 2001 American Le Mans Season
Mar 15, 2001
Law Gets Rolling in 2001 American Le Mans Season FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2001 (Sebring, FL) - Darren Law will be driving in his first American Le Mans race of the 2001 season this weekend at the Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring. Law will be aboard the #98 Kelley Moss Racing Porsche GT3R, along with fellow GT driver ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Manufacturing Delays Postpone Delivery To Said and Davis
Mar 15, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 15, 2001 Sebring, FL (March 15, 2001) – The much anticipated debut of the Panoz Esperante for ACS Express Racing Team has been postponed due to manufacturing delays at the development plant of Elan Motorsports. Due to the delay, the team will fie ... Continue reading
ALMS: BMW M3 GTR Debuts at Sebring
Mar 15, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 15, 2001 SEBRING, Fla. (March 15, 2001) -- BMW comes to the 2001 Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring on March 17 -- the second race of the 2001 American Le Mans Series -- ready to continue its historic winning tradition at Sebring International Raceway ... Continue reading
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