IROC: True Value IROC Teams Gear Up for Indy Finale
Aug 1, 2001
August 1, 2001 Indianapolis, Indiana - The True Value IROC series began final preparations for this Saturday's 2001, 25th anniversary, championship finale to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. True Value IROC President, Jay Signore said, "Our primary goal on the first day is to shake down all 17 of the Pontiac ... Continue reading
IROC: Open Wheel Drivers Look to End IROC Title Drought at Indy
Aug 1, 2001
August 1, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - The last time it happened, in 1988, Ronald Reagan was still President of the United States. The Internet was a small computer network used by the military, educators and scientists. Now-faded or defunct musical acts such as INXS, Steve Winwood, Guns 'N Roses and Rick Astley topped the Bill ... Continue reading
IROC: Indy Legend Unser to Replace Goodyear in IROC at Indy
Jul 28, 2001
July 28, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Two-time IROC champion Al Unser Jr. again will substitute for fellow Indy Racing Northern Light Series competitor Scott Goodyear in the final round of IROC XXV at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Goodyear still is recovering from a lower-back fracture suffered in May during a crash in the I ... Continue reading
IROC: Brack is on a mission; The 2001 True Value IROC Championship
Jul 13, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 Tinton Falls, NJ - Just ask the current CART points leader, Kenny Brack what he thinks about self-doubt and he'll tell you it is a self-imposed obstacle to be traversed. He believes wholeheartedly that nothing is impossible if you try hard enou ... Continue reading
The Callahan Report: Racing and Father's Day; Remembering the Bond
Jun 16, 2001
June 16, 2001 NEW ORLEANS: I was five years old when my father introduced me to motorsports. Dad thought it was a normal family outing to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was his way of spending some quality time with his wife and kids. Little did he know that he was fueling his son with a passion that would last a ... Continue reading
Jun 16, 2001
June 15, 2001 AUTO CENTRAL & COSTA MESA, CA - June 15, 2001 - AllRace Magazine and The Auto Channel have agreed to the formation of an exclusive marketing and promotional alliance. AllRace (http://www.allracemagazine.com) is delivered weekly via the Internet and provides weekly news and op-ed coverage on domestic and i ... 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
IROC: Open Wheel Drivers Turning Laps at Michigan
Jun 8, 2001
June 2, 2001 BROOKLYN, MI - Indy Racing Northern Light Series competitors Eddie Cheever, Jr., Mark Dismore, and 2000 champion Buddy Lazier were joined by CART FedEx Championship Series points leader Kenny Brack at Michigan International Speedway in preparation for this Saturday's True Value IROC race-three. The rains s ... Continue reading
IRL/IROC: Unser to replace injured Goodyear in True Value IROC round
Jun 5, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel June 5, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - Al Unser Jr., a full-time driver in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series and two-time True Value International Race of Champions (IROC) series champion, will substitute for the injured Scott Goodyear in the True Value IROC race J ... Continue reading
IROC: Unser Jr. to sub for Scott Goodyear in True Value IROC Series
Jun 1, 2001
June 1, 2001 TINTON FALLS, NJ - Two-time True Value IROC champion and fellow Indy Racing Northern Light series driver, Al Unser, Jr., will substitute for the injured Scott Goodyear in the June 9 True Value IROC race at Michigan International Speedway. Goodyear fractured his lower back in an accident during the Indianap ... 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
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
IROC: True Value IROC News from Talladega
Apr 17, 2001
April 17, 2001 Talladega, AL - The True Value IROC team concluded their first day of testing Monday at Talladega Superspeedway in preparation for round two of the 2001, 25th anniversary season. Veteran test drivers Dave Marcis, Dick Trickle, Jim Sauter and Andy Hillenburg were on hand to put the Pontiac Firebirds throu ... Continue reading
IROC: True Value IROC to run 'One Shy' in tribute to Earnhardt
Apr 9, 2001
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel April 8, 2001 Tinton Falls, NJ - True Value IROC officials announced today they will run an 11-car field for the remaining three races of the 2001 True Value IROC schedule. In tribute to four-time True Value IROC champion Dale Earnhardt, the 12th car will re ... Continue reading
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