April 30, 2008 8:18 PM
Ferraris Take Over Sonoma Road Course during Ferrari Challenge Weekend, May 2-4
SONOMA, Calif. (April 30, 2008)
The North American Ferrari Challenge Series makes its way to the West Coast for its third race of the 2008 season, May 2-4, at Infineon Raceway. Weekend festivities will include racing in the 430 Challenge class and the Shell Historic division.
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April 26, 2008 4:28 PM
13, A LUCKY NUMBER?
Peugeot Sport
MONZA race 1 – THP SPIDER CUP
26 April 2008
The work undertaken by Peugeot Sport throughout the winter on the Spider THP cars has paid off. The cars are not only quicker by two seconds per lap, but they are also even more fun to drive. In total, 13 cars lined up on the grid for the first race of the season at Monza. The reigning champion Dino Lunardi won the race in front of Julien Beltoise and Englishman Simon Moulton.
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April 24, 2008 8:46 PM
Ferrari Challenge Returns to Sonoma, May 2-4
The North American Ferrari Challenge Series returns to Infineon Raceway for the fourth time in five years, with racing action in the F430 Challenge and the Ferrari Historic Challenge divisions.
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April 23, 2008 8:58 PM
Team JEGS hosts fellow racers, friends at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
LEXINGTON, Ohio (April 23)
Team JEGS racers Jeg and Troy Coughlin hosted Top Fuel racers Cory McClenathan and J.R. Todd Monday at their annual JEGS outing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
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April 19, 2008 3:13 PM
PEDREGON LEADS THREE DRAG RACERS IN TOP 10 AT TOYOTA GPLB PRO/CELEBRITY RACE WITH FIFTH PLACE FINISH
Bazemore finishes sixth; Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Marty Nothstein eighth
LONG BEACH
Two-time and defending NHRA POWERade Series Funny Car world champion Tony Pedregon finished fifth in the Pro/Celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Saturday.
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AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES ANNOUNCES LONG BEACH EXTENSION THROUGH 2013
The American Le Mans Series and the Grand Prix of Long Beach announced a five-year extension Friday.
The American Le Mans Series and the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach today announced an extension to keep the world's premier sports car series racing at one of the world's most iconic street circuits. The Series competes this weekend in the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach for the second consecutive season. The extension will allow southern California fans to enjoy the cars and stars of the American Le Mans Series through 2013.
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April 16, 2008 9:01 PM
NHRA’S STRAIGHT-LINERS TO GIVE TURNING A TRY AT GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH PRO/CELEBRITY RACE
Tony Pedregon, Whit Bazemore and Marty Nothstein will all compete in popular race
GLENDORA, Calif. (April 16, 2008)
Two-time NHRA POWERade Series world champion Tony Pedregon will give turning a try as he joins some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment at the annual Pro/Celebrity race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 19 at 11:40 a.m.
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March 29, 2008 8:28 AM
Jacques Villeneuve signs up with Speedcar Series
Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will race with Speedcar in the last two rounds of the Series' inaugural season. He will take to the grid for the upcoming race at the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 4-6 followed by the final round in Dubai a week later on April 11-12.
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March 23, 2008 4:51 PM
Alzen takes his second
Speedcar Series
Sepang, Sunday 23rd March 2008
Uwe Alzen scored his second Speedcar victory in the Sunday morning race at Sepang, having already won the second 'reverse grid' event at Sentul. The German touring car veteran chased early leader David Terrien, and eventually found his way past.
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March 22, 2008 6:43 AM
The Jean and Johnny Show
Speedcar Series
Sepang, Saturday 22nd March 2008
Jean Alesi won a spectacular Speedcar race at Sepang on Saturday morning as the championship supported a Grand Prix for the first time. Many big names from the F1 world paid close attention to the action as Alesi won a race-long battle with his old friend and sometime Sauber team mate Johnny Hebert, finally getting the better of the Englishman on the last lap.
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March 20, 2008 9:29 PM
Lehto and Lee join Speedcar Series in Malaysia
On the eve of Speedcar Series featuring as the support race at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, JJ Lehto and Marchy Lee are the Series' latest additions taking the wheel of the 620 bhp monster stockcars.
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Most diverse challenge yet awaits crews in South America
Subaru World Rally Team
Rally Argentina preview
Rally Argentina, 28-30 March 2008
After the first long haul event of the season three weeks ago, crews will once again head west, this time to South America and the gravel routes of Rally Argentina. The second in a back-to-back trio of long haul events, Argentina faces competitors with stages of a completely different character on each day.
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March 19, 2008 8:59 PM
Pontiac Grand-Am Contingency Program Set To Support GT Racers
New Contingency Program Reaffirms Commitment to Road Racing
Detroit, Mich., March 19, 2008
Pontiac announced today that starting with the GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami on March 29 the brand will offer contingency support to teams campaigning the Pontiac GXP.R in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Rolex GT class.
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March 6, 2008 8:11 PM
EXCITEMENT BUILDS AS FORD RACING DELIVERS FIRST BATCH OF FR500S RACE CARS TO MUSTANG CHALLENGE COMPETITORS
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (March 5, 2008)
The inaugural Ford Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup racing series held its first official event this past weekend with 19 entrants taking delivery of their new Mustang FR500S race cars in a special program at Miller Motorsports Park.
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March 5, 2008 10:17 PM
Christian Danner races Speedcar at Malaysian Grand Prix
Speedcar Series heads to the Sepang International Circuit as the support race to the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix on March 21-23. Appropriately, former F1 driver Christian Danner will be behind the wheel of the ACI Legends Car at the race weekend.
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February 16, 2008 6:45 AM
Alesi finds his form in Sentul
Jean Alesi charged to his maiden Speedcar Series victory at Sentul, Indonesia today.
The former grand prix winner only qualified eighth, but he stormed through the pack to hit front before half distance. Once in front he controlled the race and maintained a safe gap back to Mattias Lauda in second.
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New team joins Speedcar Series
Molitor Racing Systems (MRS) is the latest team to join the Speedcar ranks. The new entry was announced on the advent of Speedcar Series race in Indonesia this weekend.
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