News By Topic: Sports Car Club of America

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SCCA: Sofronas, Culver in TC Kline Racing M3S

Feb 24, 2001

TC Kline Racing has named Michael Culver and James Sofronas drivers of the team's No. 12 and 21 BMW M3s for the 2001 SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision GT Championship. Sofronas joins the team after running sporadic World Challenge races since 1994, earning five top-10 finishes in 19 starts through the end of the 2000 season. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Realtime Racing Reveals 2001 Plans

Feb 20, 2001

RealTime Racing has announced its 2001 SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge GT and Touring Car plans. Some new faces and the return of the Acura NSX are on tap for the team which has won six Drivers' Championships in the last six years, including five of the last six in Touring Car. Defending his 2000 Speedvisio ... Continue reading