Northern Light IRL: Hamilton and McGehee undergo surgury for leg injuries
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas, Sunday, June 10, 2001 - Indy Racing Northern Light Series drivers Davey Hamilton and Robby McGehee underwent surgery early Sunday morning for lower leg injuries suffered in the Casino Magic 500 on Saturday night at Texas Moto ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Greg Ray happy with performance, not the finish at Texas
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 GREG RAY (#2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "I was pretty happy with the car. We weren't very good in practice or qualifying, but we made huge improvements for the race. We had great stops all night, it was just one of th ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Pole sitter Dismore has engine probems during Casino Magic 500
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 MARK DISMORE (#28 Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "After our first pit stop, the car started to get loose. During our second pit we made some wing and tire pressure adjustments, which seemed to ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Cheever dominates early, Suffers flat tire, then accident at Texas
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 EDDIE CHEEVER JR. (#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti Dallara/Firestone): "The Infiniti engine was awesome today. If we hadn't had a tire puncture, we would have walked away with it. Even going a lap down, we came back strong. I thought we could ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Scott Sharp Interview: Winning at Texas Motor Speedway
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 GARY GUEHLER: Well, we've got the winner of Casino Magic 500, Scott Sharp, and car owner Tom Kelley for the second year. Just some really quick statistics, just remind everybody, it's Scott sixth career victory and that brings the tie to the en ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic Race Results, Texas Motor Speedway
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas - Results Saturday from the Casino Magic 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series event at Texas Motor Speedway, with finishing position, starting position (in parentheses), driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, reason out (if ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Frontrunner Cheever Challenges For Texas Win; Foiled By Accident
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 Fort Worth, Texas -- It was a double case of bad luck for Infiniti driver Eddie Cheever Jr. at the Casino Magic 500 at Texas Motor Speedway June 9. Leading for 64 laps--and clearly one of the fastest cars on track--Cheever appeared to be on his ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Sharp bounces back with victory at Texas
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas - Just 13 days after spinning out of the Indianapolis 500 while leading on the first lap, Scott Sharp found the best way to forget that disappointing day. Winning. Sharp, from Carmel, Ind., won the Casino Magic 500 on Saturday ... Continue reading
IROC/IRL: Unser second, Cheever fourth in Michigan True Value IROC race
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 10, 2001 BROOKLYN, Mich., - Drivers with Indy Racing League ties, past and present, dominated the True Value IROC race today at Michigan International Speedway. 1996-97 Indy Racing champion Tony Stewart won the race, followed in second by current Indy R ... Continue reading
IROC: Tony Stewart captures first True Value IROC victory at Michigan
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 Brooklyn, MI., June 9- NASCAR Winston Cup driver Tony Stewart, driving the Evan's Orange Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, won his first True Value IROC race today at Michigan International Speedway in race three of the four race series. Indy Racing No ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic 500 Race Results, Texas Motor Speedway
Jun 10, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 FT WORTH, TX: Following are the race results for the Casino Magic 500 IRL race held Saturday night. Results include finishing position, starting position, driver, chassis-engine and laps completed: 1. 2. Scott Sharp, Dallara Oldsmobile, 200 2. 4 ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Infiniti powered Cheever fastest in practice at Texas
Jun 9, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 Fort Worth, TX - Eddie Cheever Jr. posted the fastest lap of the weekend during Friday practice for Saturday's fifth round of Indy Racing Northern Light Series competition, the Casino Magic 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Cheever toured the 1.5-mil ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic 500 Practice Notes and Quotes
Jun 9, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 GREG RAY (#2 Johns Manville/Menards Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "I think we've made some improvements, but there are still a lot of things we need to change. We're OK on speed, but we're not really happy with the car. We've got a lot more cha ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic 500 Starting Lineup, Texas Motor Speedway
Jun 9, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 9, 2001 FT WORTH, TX: Following are the qualifying results for the Casino Magic 500 Indy Car race to be held Saturday night. Results include starting position, car number, driver, chassis-engine, and qualifying speed: 1. 28. Mark Dismore, Dallara Oldsmo ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Cheever Indy Racing and Excite@Home Dissolve Partnership
Jun 8, 2001
June 8, 2001 Indianapolis, IN - As of June 1, 2001, Excite@Home and Cheever Indy Racing have amicably ended their partnership. Excite@Home will no longer sponsor Cheever Indy Racing's #51 Infiniti-powered race car in the 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series. The car will now be entered as the #51 Cheever Indy Racing ... Continue reading
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