SCCA: McClure donates 'racing for the rainbow' raffle winnings to charity
Jun 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Phil McClure, of Floris, Iowa, was drawn as the winner of Racing for the Rainbow's charity raffle this week. Racing for the Rainbow is the We Make A Difference Foundation's first charitable drive. The Cleveland-based We Make A Difference Foundation, an official charity of the SCCA Pro Rac ... Continue reading
SCCA: Cunningham battles back to win Detroit Speedvision GT
Jun 18, 2001
June 18, 2001 DETROIT -- Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., battled back after falling to third early to earn his third SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT race of the season at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. Johannes van Overbeek, of Danville, Calif., and Jeff McMillin, of Erie, Pa., complet ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Gentilozzi Dominates Motor City 100 Presented By Johnson Controls
Jun 17, 2001
June 17, 2001 Detroit -- Paul Gentilozzi (#3 Johnson Controls HomeLink XKR) dominated the field this afternoon to score his second consecutive win this season in the Motor City 100 presented by Johnson Controls. For Gentilozzi, the win is his third in the past four years on the Belle Isle Raceway. Gentilozzi, who start ... Continue reading
SCCA: Cunningham takes third straight pole to lead field at Detroit race
Jun 17, 2001
June 17, 2001 DETROIT -- Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., earned his third-consecutive Superchips Pole, and will start first in Sunday's SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Round Five race, part of the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. Michael Galati, of N. Olmstead, Ohio, will start second, with ... Continue reading
The Callahan Report: Racing and Father's Day; Remembering the Bond
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 NEW ORLEANS: I was five years old when my father introduced me to motorsports. Dad thought it was a normal family outing to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was his way of spending some quality time with his wife and kids. Little did he know that he was fueling his son with a passion that would last a ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Paul Gentilozzi Picks Up Pole At Detroit
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 Detroit -- Paul Gentilozzi, who suffered signifcant damage this morning in a practice session crash, picked up his third consecutive pole of the season to claim the Motorcity True Performance Pole Award in Fast Five Qualifying this afternoon. Tommy Archer (#36 Motorcity True Performance Dodge Viper) quali ... Continue reading
TRANS AM: Jaguar announces Trans Am Series sponsorship
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 DETROIT – Jaguar today announced that it will provide a contingency sponsorship for the Trans-Am Series. In conjunction with the Panoz/Sanchez Group, the announcement was made at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit. This is the first time Jaguar has taken a sponsorship role in the series in ... Continue reading
Jun 16, 2001
June 15, 2001 AUTO CENTRAL & COSTA MESA, CA - June 15, 2001 - AllRace Magazine and The Auto Channel have agreed to the formation of an exclusive marketing and promotional alliance. AllRace (http://www.allracemagazine.com) is delivered weekly via the Internet and provides weekly news and op-ed coverage on domestic and i ... Continue reading
Jun 15, 2001
June 15, 2001 PTG M3 GTR Testing is On Track and On Course BMW Team PTG successfully completed a three-day test of its new 4.0-liter V8-powered BMW M3 GTR at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla., this week. In very hot and humid conditions the testing team of PTG and BMW Motorsport engineers and technicians r ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Banana Joe's Takes Victory at U.S. Road Racing Classic
Jun 11, 2001
June 11, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio -- Banana Joe's-sponsored Intersport Racing captured its second victory of the season on its home track at the ConAgra Foods U.S. Road Racing Classic today. Intersport garages its pair of SportsRacing Prototypes in Dublin, Ohio, only 60 miles from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The stands ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Powell Motorsports Earns Second-Straight Victory
Jun 11, 2001
June 11, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio -- Doug Goad, of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Devon Powell, of Port Perry, Ont., captured their second-straight Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series victory today at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the Sunoco/Encompass-sponsored #11 Corvette of Powell Motorsports. The win was the third one o ... Continue reading
SCCA: Stilwell makes it five straight at Mid Ohio
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio-Warren Stilwell, of Hartville, Ohio, did it again Saturday during Round Three of the SCCA Pro Racing Pro Spec Racer series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Keith Scharf, of St. Louis, Mo., and Jim Goughary Jr. of, Palm Beach Garde ... Continue reading
GRAND AM: Five Track Records Shattered in Qualifying U.S. Road Racing Classic
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 LEXINGTON, Ohio -- James Weaver, of England, captured his fifth X-1R pole of the season during qualifying for the ConAgra Foods U.S. Road Racing Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course today. Weaver captured the first of five new track records se ... Continue reading
SCCA: Autopsy reports heart attack claimed Ridge
Jun 5, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 5, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-An autopsy done on Ralph W. Ridge III, of Grosse Ile, Mich., has revealed that the Formula Vee driver died of a heart attack, which in turn caused his incident, May 26, during the SCCA Club Racing double regional at Grattan Race ... Continue reading
SCCA: Ridge involved in fatal accident
May 30, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel May 31, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Ralph W. Ridge III, of Grosse Ile, Mich., was fatally injured May 26th during an SCCA Club Racing Double Regional event at Grattan Raceway, near Grand Rapids, Mich. Ridge, 54, was involved in a single-car accident coming out of ... Continue reading
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