News By Topic: Touring Car Racing

SCCA: Pfeffer Takes First Speedvision Touring Car Win At Texas

Mar 5, 2001

FORT WORTH, Texas - Steve Pfeffer, of Scottsdale, Ariz., took his first-career SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car win, leading the final 24 laps of the 26-lap opening race on the Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas, at Texas Motor Speedway. Superchips Polesitter Neal Sapp, of Ellicott City, Md., fin ... Continue reading

Porsche 911 GT3 RS Captures Pole at Leather Center GP of Texas

Mar 4, 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 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS CAPTURES GT POLE AT LEATHER CENTER GRAND PRIX OF TEXAS; DAMP TRACK FOR QUALIFYING SHOULD BE DRY FOR THE SUNDAY’S RACE -Luhr, Pobst outrun BMWs to t ... Continue reading

SCCA: Cunningham takes Texas Superchips Speedvision GT Pole in NSX

Mar 4, 2001

FORT WORTH, Texas - Peter Cunningham, of W. Bend, Wis., captured the Superchips Pole for Sunday's SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship Round One race, part of the Leather Centers Grand Prix of Texas weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Defending race champion Mike Fitzgerald, of Phoenix, Ariz., was s ... Continue reading

SCCA: Sapp earns Superchips Pole for Texas Speedvision Touring Car

Mar 4, 2001

FORT WORTH, Texas - Neal Sapp, of Ellicott City, Md., topped a thrilling SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Touring Car Championship qualifying session to take the Leather Centers Grand Prix of Texas Superchips pole for Sunday's season opener. Defending series Champion Pierre Kleinubing, of Brazil, was second, ... Continue reading

ALMS: PTG BMW M3s Qualify Fifth and Eighth on Texas GT Grid

Mar 4, 2001

In a 20-minute session, marked by damp and drying track conditions, BMW Team PTG qualified fifth and eighth for Sunday's 2-hour-and-45-minute Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas. In a tough GT class, that saw the top 10 cars separated by only 3.2 seconds, Bill Auberlen qualified fifth fastest in the number 10 BMW M3 wit ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: TAP Rallye De Portugal Preview

Mar 3, 2001

CHARACTER OF THE EVENT Round three of 14 in the FIA World Rally Championship, Round two of six in the FIA Teams' Cup. After two highly specialised events this year, this event is widely regarded as the first representative round of the World Championship. Held on gravel roads in Portugal, ranging from rocky sections in ... Continue reading

TRANS AM: Dana Brewer signs with Victoria Motorsports for 2001

Mar 3, 2001

FAR HILLS, New Jersey--Bringing yet another new name to the Trans-Am series, Victoria Motorsports announced today that Dana Brewer, 43, of San Diego, CA, has signed on to contest the 2001 Trans-Am Series. Brewer will compete alongside previously announced G. J. Mennen, and Frank Cioppettini. "We really enjoy bringing n ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Ford aims to show true grit on Portuguese gravel

Mar 3, 2001

The Ford Martini team will warm to the gravel roads of the Rally of Portugal (8 - 11 March) as the FIA World Rally Championship comes in from the cold after last month's only true winter rally of the season in Sweden. The teams now switch away from snow and ice to the loose surface roads which comprise the bulk of the ... Continue reading

SCCA: Notes from Thursday's Practice Sessions

Mar 2, 2001

- Memo Rojas, No. 15, who posted the quickest time of the day in the morning session, was quickest during the official winter test held January 26, 2001 here at Homestead-Miami Speedway. - Afternoon times were significantly slower then the morning session. The reason given was that the rubber from the Grand-Am cars had ... Continue reading

TRANS AM: Dan Miller to compete for Trans Am 'Rookie of the Year' title

Mar 2, 2001

Rosamond, Calif. – Trans-Am newcomer, Dan Miller, will run for the “Rookie of the Year” title in the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup. Miller will contest the season in a Jaguar XKR prepared and campaigned by TDM Motorsports, formerly Drissi Motorsports. Miller, who has participated in sev ... Continue reading

SCCA Club Racing Announces Spec Racer Ford Contingency

Mar 1, 2001

March 1, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-The Sports Car Club of America, Inc. and Yokohama Tire Corporation have announced a $50,000 contingency program for the SCCA® Spec Racer® Ford class during the 2001 SCCA Club Racing National season. The program features a $200 payout for each win in the 70 SCCA National races. The top 1 ... Continue reading

ALMS: Michelin Quick Facts - Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas

Feb 27, 2001

* Top Teams Ride On Michelin Tires In Texas - The top prototype teams will be riding on Michelin tires at the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) 2000 season opener, the Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas at the Texas Motor Speedway on March 4. They include: the factory-supported efforts from Audi and Panoz as well as the C ... Continue reading

ALMS: BMW Team PTG M3s Look For a 'W' in Texas

Feb 25, 2001

FT. WORTH, Texas -- BMW Team PTG comes prepared -- prepared to win -- when it brings two of its GT-class 2001 BMW M3s to Texas Motor Speedway for the March 4 running of the Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas and the start of the 2001 American Le Mans Series. With six years of GT competition experience behind it, Team P ... Continue reading

TRANS AM: G. J. Mennen signs with Victoria Motorsports

Feb 24, 2001

FAR HILLS, New Jersey--G. J. Mennen, runner-up in Rookie of The Year standings in 1999 and a third-year Trans-Am competitor in 2001, will be the driver of the #6 Motor Check/Onkyo America Chevrolet Camaro to be fielded by Victoria Motorsports it was announced today. "Frank (Cioppettini) was nice enough to give me a cou ... Continue reading

ALMS: Two BMW M3 Teams to Compete in 2001

Feb 24, 2001

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.-- BMW Team PTG returns for its seventh season in GT competition in the 2001 American LeMans Series with two 2001 BMW M3s and a stellar lineup of returning drivers: Hans Stuck, Boris Said, Bill Auberlen and Niclas Jonsson. Also competing in the GT class, for the first time, is BMW Motorsport, with d ... Continue reading