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Friday, November 20, 2009
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Sports Car & Road Racing News
11/20/2009 The list of “major” events on the Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour will grow from two to three in 2010, with the July 3 – 4 event in Peru, Ind., now assigned the title of Northern States Championship.
11/19/2009 WC Vision and SCCA Pro Racing have added two doubleheader events to the 2010 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge schedule.
11/19/2009 Three double-header race meetings as part of 11-race championship.
11/18/2009 The 2009 SCCA National Championship Runoffs DVD set presented by Toyo Tires is now available for purchase.
11/17/2009 Sports Car Club of America, Inc. announced the results for the five Areas holding elections. Four new members will join the SCCA Board of Directors in 2010, while one incumbent will rejoin for his second term.
11/17/2009 Tires are a pivotal component for any successful auto racing team - just ask Team Falken Tire motorsport supervisor Kevin Jones, tire engineer Yoshi Yasuda, team manager Rod Everett and driver Bryan Sellers.
11/16/2009 With one goal in mind, Kevin Harvick started the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) from the second position and after leading the most laps of the night, defended his 2008 victory by taking the No. 4 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Longhorn Chevrolet to victory lane. (Avondale, )
11/13/2009 The SCCA SPEED World Challenge will once again bring its signature brand of wheel-to-wheel sports car racing to the historic 1.97-mile street course at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 16-18, 2010. (Long Beach, )
11/13/2009 The SCCA SPEED World Challenge will once again bring its signature brand of wheel-to-wheel sports car racing to the historic 1.97-mile street course at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 16-18, 2010. (Long Beach, )
11/12/2009 Megenbier to compete in the Bio-Clean Natural Gas powered Volkswagen Scirocco Cup next season.
11/11/2009 Sports Car Club of America is currently seeking nominations for the second annual “Worker of the Year” award to be presented at the 2010 SCCA National Convention in Las Vegas.
11/11/2009 The KERS-Zytek Automotive powertrain used in both the American Le Mans Series and Formula One was named the Powertrain Innovation of the Year at the Professional Motorsport World Expo in Cologne, Germany.
11/10/2009 Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced the Jetta TDI Cup "Street" Edition will be available in dealer showrooms January 2010.
11/6/2009 GoRacingTV.com and RaceFanRadio.com will join forces to stream a live webcast from trackside at the SCCA Atlanta Region American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) event at Road Atlanta this weekend, November 6-8 2009. (Braselton, )
11/4/2009 On Saturday, Nov. 7, at 9 a.m. (ET), race fans will have their first opportunity to purchase tickets for Daytona International Speedway’s racing doubleheader on July 3, 2010 – the 52nd annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and the Rolex Series 250 Grand-Am sports car race. (Daytona Beach, )
11/4/2009 Jack Roush is highly recognized for generating horsepower and performance out of engines. Roush also has a long and successful motorsports history with the first of his numerous championships coming in drag racing.
11/3/2009 Building off the positive momentum established during a landmark 2009 season, WC Vision and SCCA Pro Racing have announced five of the nine events that will make up the 2010 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT and Touring Car Championships.
11/2/2009 Errol Tucker of GoRacingTV.com and Charlie Brown of RaceFanRadio.com, announced that the two 'new media' companies will join forces to stream a live webcast from trackside at the 'SCCA Atlanta Region--The American Road Race of Champions' (ARRC) event at Road Atlanta next weekend, November 6-8 2009. (Braselton, )
10/29/2009 The progression of the Robertson Racing GT2 program has been fantastic to witness in the American Le Mans Series.
10/29/2009 Sports car fans have come to expect some of the most exciting racing of the Grand-Am Rolex and KONI Challenge Series seasons to take place at Watkins Glen International and 2010 should be no exception. (Watkins Glen, )
10/28/2009 The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and P-UNO Motorsports TV today announced the SPEED Channel Latin America broadcast schedule for the 2009 races.
10/23/2009 Heralded as the biggest prize in British motorsports, the Rolex 24 At Daytona Driver Challenge presented by Sunoco, will return in 2010, when competitors in four British racing series will vie for a coveted driver's seat in the 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
10/23/2009 As the American Le Mans Series' longest running privateer team, it is only fitting that Intersport Racing would step up and purchase the first-ever American Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC) chassis.
10/21/2009 One week after presenting the championship trophies for the recently completed 2009 GRAND-AM Road Racing season, the sanctioning body announced a pair of test sessions in advance of the 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona, set for Jan. 30-31 at Daytona International Speedway. (Daytona Beach, )
10/21/2009 With the end of the 2009 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships Presented by Toyo Tires comes the announcement of the inaugural World Challenge Fantasy League Presented by Bondurant winner.
10/21/2009 Bryce Miller had an interesting ride en route to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Homestead, )
10/20/2009 WC Vision is pleased to announce a new partnership between the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships presented by Toyo Tires and Raceway Media’s RacingJunk.com, the largest online motorsports marketplace.
10/20/2009 The SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Toyo Tires Road Atlanta Grand Prix Presented by Dish Network, Round Nine of the 2009 season, will air Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. (EDT) on SPEED.
10/19/2009 The Sports Car Club of America Board of Directors made several noteworthy changes to the Club Racing program at its Oct. 16-18 meeting.
10/19/2009 Sports Car Club of America’s Board of Directors voted on rule changes to eliminate set participation levels and regulations that, in the past, have prohibited certain National-level classes from competing at the National Championship Runoffs.
10/16/2009 The North Carolina Region Sports Car Club of America brings over 320 cars and drivers to the Goblins Go regional races, featuring the Production Car Fest 2009, October 24th and 25th. (Danville, )
10/16/2009 Ten races, spanning across the U.S. and Canada, will make up the 2010 Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge schedule, which Grand-Am Road Racing announced today.
10/16/2009 Following the conclusion of the 2009 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships Presented by Toyo Tires, competitors, staff, family and friends gathered at the Embassy Suites in Seaside, Calif., to hand out the year-end hardware.
10/15/2009 The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and P-UNO Motorsports TV today announced the signing of a contract with SPEED Channel Latin America to broadcast seven races of the 2009 STAR Mazda Series Presented by Goodyear championship.
10/15/2009 Grand-Am Road Racing announced today its 2010 schedule for the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16, featuring 12 Daytona Prototype and GT class combined-races in a dozen family-friendly weekends of world famous sports car racing.
10/13/2009 Organizers for the SCCA Pro Racing Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series have determined that one of the best places to find qualified candidates for their program will be at the largest exposition dedicated to all things karting, PKE2010.
10/11/2009 Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., led Sunday’s Applied Computer Solutions Monterey Sports Car Championships Presented by Bondurant from start-to-finish and captured his fifth SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Presented by Toyo Tires Championship. (Salinas, )
10/11/2009 James Sofronas, of Newport Beach, Calif., captured his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship Presented by Toyo Tires win of the season, taking the checkered flag at the Applied Computer Solutions Monterey Sports Car Championship Presented by Bondurant. (Salinas, )
10/5/2009 SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Championship leader Todd Lamb, of Atlanta, Ga., topped practice for the 2009 season finale at VIRginia International Raceway. (Danville, )
10/5/2009 San Carlo Honda Gresini riders Alex de Angelis and Toni Elias were back on board their Honda RC212V machines today as the MotoGP World Championship resumed following a month break at the Estoril circuit in Portugal. (Estoril, )
10/4/2009 Lyonel Kent, of Powell, Tenn., survived a wild race at VIRginia International Raceway to win Round 10 of the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup, part of the Bosch Engineering Oktoberfest Weekend. (Danville, )
10/4/2009 After broadcasting the entire 2009 SCCA National Championship Runoffs live, SpeedCastTV has now posted nine races from the event to its web site for on-demand viewing.
10/4/2009 A tightly fought Grand Prix of Portugal saw Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa take his eighth podium finish of the season and record the fastest lap of the race at Estoril today. (Estoril, )
10/4/2009 Former Virginia resident Marc Miller, who now resides in Holland, Mich., claimed his very first SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup pole position today at VIRginia International Raceway in preparation for the series 2009 season finale. (Danville, )
10/3/2009 Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport (GS) point leader Ken Wilden will start on the pole for the final race of the season, the Bosch Engineering Octoberfest at VIRginia International Raceway. (Danville, )
10/3/2009 Todd Lamb, of Atlanta, Ga., took his eighth-consecutive race win and strengthened his lead in the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Championship in the first half of a doubleheader weekend at VIRginia International Raceway. (Danville, )
10/3/2009 Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport (GS) point leader Ken Wilden will start on the pole for the final race of the season, the Bosch Engineering Octoberfest at Virginia International Raceway. (Danville, )
10/3/2009 Qualifying for the Grand Prix of Portugal took place at Estoril today with Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso securing fourth and eighth places on the grid in the hour-long session. (Estoril, )
10/3/2009 Todd Lamb, of Atlanta, Ga., collected his seventh-career SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup pole in preparation for Saturday’s Round Nine race at VIRginia International Raceway. (Danville, )
10/3/2009 Following the announcement on Thursday that Ben Spies will move to MotoGP in 2010, Yamaha Motor Company now announces that it will enter the Texan as a wild card into the season-ending Grand Prix of Valencia. (Estoril, )