News By Topic: Touring Car Racing

SCCA: Pro Spec Racer schedule revised, Cincinnati and Mid Ohio added

Mar 15, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel March 15, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-SCCA Pro Racing Ltd. has finalized two dates on its 2001 Pro Spec Racer schedule. The third stop on the schedule has been confirmed as a return to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 8-9 in a pairing with Grand-Am, while the e ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Rally of Portugal: Makinen Wins

Mar 12, 2001

Tommi Mäkinen celebrated his 100th FIA World Championship rally start in style by winning the third round of this year's series, the Rally of Portugal, which finished near Porto this afternoon. The Finn was made to fight hard for his 22nd victory at this level, though: Carlos Sainz snatched the lead on today's penulti ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal, End of Leg Two

Mar 11, 2001

Appalling weather conditions have again played their part on the second day of the TAP Rally of Portugal, third round of the 2001 FIA World Rally Championship. Several leading stars including Harri Rovanperä, Freddy Loix and Markko Martin have been forced to retire through accidents and mechanical problems. However, f ... Continue reading

TRANS AM: Trans-Am Series Announces Schedule Change For Portland Race

Mar 10, 2001

Miami - The Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup and the Panoz/Sanchez Group today announced that the series’ race in Portland will be held on Saturday, August 4 to take advantage of a live two-hour television opportunity on the Speedvision Network. The Trans-Am Series race will be contested over 125 mile ... Continue reading

FIA: TAP Rallye De Portugal, End of Leg One

Mar 10, 2001

Drivers and organisers have had to battle against the weather on today's first full leg of the third round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the TAP Rally of Portugal. Several weeks of rain had left stages in extremely muddy condition and event chiefs were forced to cancel two repeat runnings of tests in the afterno ... Continue reading

RALLY: End of leg 1 report, Rally of Portugal

Mar 9, 2001

Appalling conditions greeted tonight's opening action in the Rally of Portugal, third round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Incessant rain during the past few weeks has turned the gravel roads which host this third round of the FIA World Rally Championship into a muddy morass. A combination of glutinous mud and ba ... Continue reading

SCCA: San Diego race cancelled from World Challenge schedule

Mar 7, 2001

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-The SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge has trimmed its schedule by one event after the cancellation announcement of the San Deigo Grand Prix. Listed as a TBA since the initial 2001 schedule announcement in September of last year, the event's official cancellation came out of the Trans-Am Serie ... Continue reading

Trans-Am Series Announces BFGoodrich Tires As Associate Sponsor

Mar 7, 2001

Trans-Am Series Announces BFGoodrich Tires As Associate Sponsor $300,000 To Be Distributed In Drivers’ Championship; Will Post $36,000 In Contingencies Miami - The Trans-Am Series and the Panoz/Sanchez Group today announced that it has signed BFGoodrich Tires to a three-year deal to be the spec tire for the Trans ... Continue reading

ALMS: Lewis puts first race laps on Aspen Knolls' New Callaway

Mar 6, 2001

FORT WORTH, Tex., - The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) debut of the new Aspen Knolls/ MCR Racing Callaway C12-R here at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) ended sooner than Shane Lewis and the Aspen Knolls/ MCR team had wished. Lewis, of Jupiter, Fla., pulled the #12 Aspen Knolls/ MCR C12-R off course with a broken right-rear ... Continue reading

ALMS: Reynard 01Q Sportscar Set to Racin in USA and Europe

Mar 6, 2001

The Reynard 01Q sportscar, evolved from the original 2KQ model launched in 1999, is set to race in the American Le Mans Series and the FIA Sportscar Championship and Le Mans 24 Hour race this year, with three top teams fielding cars. The Dick Barbour Racing Team will race at the Donington round of the American Le Mans ... Continue reading

ALMS: BMW Team PTG M3 of Stuck and Said Finish Third In GT

Mar 6, 2001

FT. WORTH, Texas - BMW Team PTG took advantage of caution periods and used excellent pit stop work to finish third in the GT class with the No. 6 BMW M3 of Hans Stuck and Boris Said, covering 107 laps around the 2.324-mile Texas Motor Speedway circuit in the two-hour-and-45-minute Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas. Th ... Continue reading

SCCA: Galati Wins Wild Speedvision GT

Mar 5, 2001

FORT WORTH, Texas - Michael Galati, of N. Olmstead, Ohio, captured a wild SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT win at the Texas Motor Speedway Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas. Superchips polesitter Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., and Randy Pobst, of Melbourne, Fla., completed the top-three. Galati, who ... Continue reading

ALMS: BMW Team PTG M3 of Stuck and Said Finish Third in GT

Mar 5, 2001

Hans Stuck and Boris Said combined for a third place finish at The Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas, covering 107 laps around the 2.324-mile circuit in the two-hour-and-45-minute race. Said started the race eighth in the GT class and handed the #6 M3 to Stuck just over one hour into the race. At the two-hour mark, St ... Continue reading

ALMS: Alex Job Racing Scores GT Win at Leather Center GP of Texas

Mar 5, 2001

FORTH WORTH, Texas-- A brand new Porsche 911 GT3 RS race car fielded by the McKenna Porsche Alex Job Racing Team, of Tavares, Fla, and piloted by German drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr, dominated the GT class by scoring a one-lap, pole-to-flag victory in today’s Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas. For Porsc ... Continue reading

ALMS: Michelin-Audi Scores Season-Opening Victory

Mar 5, 2001

Michelin Quick Facts - Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas Michelin-shod Audi Scores American Le Mans Series Season-Opening Victory * Michelin Records Overall Victory - Michelin cars led every one of the 117 laps today en route to scoring the company's 20th overall ALMS victory. Rinaldo Capello and Tom Kristensen, drivi ... Continue reading