SunTrust Racing Tops First Day of Food City 250 Practice
April 9, 2004
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 8, 2004) — Max Angelelli turned the fastest lap times during both Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series practice sessions for the Food City 250 at Phoenix International Raceway on Thursday. His quickest time around the 1.51-mile road course came under the lights with a 57.501-second lap at 94.537 mph in the SunTrust Racing No. 10 Pontiac Riley.
More Good News…
April 7, 2004
…for the Ferrari Tifosi. Not much to look forward to for the rest of the F1 competition. More improvements on the way for the Ferrari chasis and engine packages. By Imola (the next scheduled race, April 25) Ferrari will be fielding an even better car for Schumacher and Barrichello to continue their devastating duets this year.
McLaren To Scrap The MP4/19
April 7, 2004
David Coulthard takes the politicaly correct approach for a man without a contract, when it comes to evaluating the McLaren MP4/19. It’s not the Mercedes power plant, though we are short on straight line speed. It’s not the chasis, though the car is twitchy in the middle and exits of corners. Well David, I’d say that’s a round about way of saying the car is a total failure. And ask Kimi what he thinks of this years engine package.
Cup Teams Testing At Martinsville
April 7, 2004
NEXTEL Cup Teams Flock To Martinsville Speedway For Test
MARTINSVILLE, VA.
Ty Norris Moves To Speedway Motorsports
April 6, 2004
Veteran Motorsports Executive Ty Norris Joins Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
CONCORD, N.C. (April 6, 2004) - Ty Norris, 38, a 14-year veteran of the motorsports industry, has joined Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:TRK) as vice president of special projects.
Season Review With Jeff Gordon
April 6, 2004
Q&A’s WITH JEFF GORDON:
He has started from the top five in his last seven races at Martinsville. Four of those seven top-five starts were Bud Poles, including a Bud Pole sweep there in 2003. Gordon has competed in 22 races at Martinsville and has scored five victories and 16 Top-10 finishes, including a sweep there one year ago.
At last week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, Gordon finished third and climbed from 12th to ninth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Top 10. He has scored five top-10 finishes in 2004.
Newman/Haas Returns To Indy
April 6, 2004
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (April 5, 2004) — Newman/Haas Racing announced today that they have filed an entry for the 88th running of the Indianapolis 500 to be held on May 30, 2004. It will be the first time the team has attempted to compete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1995.
Schumacher, Burkart & Anderson Win At SummitRacing.com Nationals
April 4, 2004
LAS VEGAS — Tony Schumacher raced to his third Top Fuel victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Phil Burkart and Greg Anderson also were winners at the $1.8 million race, the fourth of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Texas Post-Race Notes & Quotes
April 4, 2004
Collected quotes from drivers and crew chiefs at the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race.
Sadler Takes Robert Yates Back to Victory Lane
April 4, 2004
In the first Robert Yates Racing victory in over a year, Elliott Sadler edged out rookie Kasey Kahne by .028 second in the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
“It’s M&Ms sweet,” quipped Sadler in Victory Lane after getting out of the car.