CART: Vasser looks to finish Texas Two Step for Toyota
Apr 25, 2001
April 25, 2001 After winning last season's Texaco Grand Prix of Houston, Jimmy Vasser will be looking to complete his version of the Texas Two-Step in CART's next trip to the Lone Star State with the Firestone Texas 600, April 29. Vasser drove a Target Chip Ganassi Toyota to victory at Houston. This year he's campaigni ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Collective Soul, Practice, Pit Contest Headline Coors Carb Day
Apr 24, 2001
April 24, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Coors Carb Day on May 24 will feature a full day of incredible entertainment for Indianapolis 500 fans, with final practice for the race's elite 33-car field, the Coors Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge and a free concert by the hit rock music group Collective Soul. The final, two-hour practice ... Continue reading
Mears Goes Through Atlanta Following Family Footsteps to Indianapolis 500
Apr 24, 2001
For Immediate Release Mears Goes Through Atlanta Motor Speedway Following Family Footsteps to Indianapolis 500 ATLANTA, Monday, April 23, 2001 - With Mears as his last name, one would expect that Casey would have grown up in the garages of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After all, his uncle, Rick Mears is a four-time win ... Continue reading
CART reorganizes racing operations
Apr 24, 2001
April 24, 2001 DETROIT - Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. today announced a reorganization and initial restructuring of the open-wheel sanctioning body's Racing Division, resulting in the elimination of the positions of President of Racing Hal Whiteford and Vice President of Logistics Dennis Swan. The announcement ... Continue reading
CART: PacWest Driver Scott Dixon Gains Oval Experience
Apr 24, 2001
April 24, 2001 (Nazareth, PA) - PacWest Racing driver Scott Dixon headed to Pennsylvania for a CART rookie test on Saturday, April 21. Joining Dixon were rookie drivers Bruno Junqueira, Nicolas Minassian and Tora Takagi - all preparing for Round 4 of the CART FedEx Series at Nazareth Speedway on May 6, 2001. Dixon, dri ... Continue reading
IROC: Bobby Labonte repeats at Talladega in IROC Series
Apr 23, 2001
April 23, 2001 Talladega, AL., April 21-Repeating his finish last year, NASCAR Winston Cup Series veteran Bobby Labonte, driving the white True Value IROC Pontiac Firebird, won his second True Value IROC Talladega race by .2097 seconds in the second round of the 25th True Value IROC series at Talladega Superspeedway. V ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Penske Team Stages First 2001 Private Test at Speedway
Apr 23, 2001
April 23, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Penske Racing returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday, staging its first spring private test for drivers Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran in preparation for the 85th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27. On pit lane with the drivers and three Marlboro Team Penske Dallara ... Continue reading
CART: MTV, HBO, Speedvision, ESPN TV Programs take behind the scenes look
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 DETROIT - It's going to be difficult to watch television over the next week and not come in contact with the presence of Championship Auto Racing Teams and the Warner Brothers film Driven, which debuts nationally on April 27 and was shot in conjunction with many of the races on the 2000 CART FedEx Champi ... Continue reading
IROC: Eddie Cheever, Scott Goodyear ready for Talladega high banks
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 Talladega, AL - 1998 Indianapolis 500 Champion Eddie Cheever Jr. and his Cheever Indy Racing teammate Scott Goodyear will battle NASCAR stars and fellow open-wheel standouts at the second round of 2001 True Value IROC Series competition at Talladega Superspeedway on April 21. Cheever, who captured his fi ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Indianapolis Star sponsoring opening day at the Speedway
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Star, Indiana's largest daily newspaper, is the title sponsor of the opening day of Indianapolis 500 practice on Sunday, May 6. Practice starts at 1 p.m. (EST) and concludes for the day at 6 p.m. Children age 12 and younger will be admitted to the Speedway grounds free of ... Continue reading
CART: Activities for CART based driven film shift into high gear
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 LOS ANGELES - Much like the excitement that builds toward the climax of a CART FedEx Championship Series race weekend, activity around the April 27 release of the motion picture Driven is speeding to its zenith. Both film and race fans are anxiously awaiting Friday's public opening of the high-action dra ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Ray hits 223.7, Luyendyk 222.5 at Speedway in private testing
Apr 21, 2001
April 21, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Greg Ray, winner of the coveted Indianapolis 500 Pole Award in 2000, turned an unofficial late-afternoon lap of 223.7 mph at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as private testing continued Thursday. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk reached 222.5 in the morning. Jeff Ward, the 19 ... Continue reading
US F2000 Alumni Enter Indy 500
Apr 20, 2001
April 20, 2001 FAIRFIELD, N.J. —This coming May, the U.S. F2000 National Championship Presented by Speedvision will once again be well represented at “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”, the Indianapolis 500. With official entry into the 85th running of the Indy 500 now closed, five former U.S. F2000 d ... Continue reading
IROC: True Value IROC News from Talladega
Apr 20, 2001
April 20, 2001 Talladega, AL - The True Value IROC series continued with practice sessions this morning with series drivers Eddie Cheever Jr. of the Indy Racing Northern Light Series and Cart FedEx Championship series driver Kenny Brack. Cheever Jr. and Brack were joined by series test drivers Dick Trickle and Jim Saut ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Indianapolis 500 leads US sporting events in economic impact
Apr 19, 2001
April 19, 2001 CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- This weekend, Jimmy Spencer returns to the #1 Yellow Racing Pontiac driver's seat for the Subway 300 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series event at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Spencer is no stranger to the 2.66-mile oval, having won the 1994 DieHard 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race w ... Continue reading
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