Are Happy Days Here Again?
February 9, 2005
The Champ Car World Series released details about their 2005 television schedule. It’s good……no, not good….really good.
Breakout Year For PKV?
February 8, 2005
Clearly there is excitement building at PKV Racing for the upcoming 2005 season. The team will field two former Champ Car champions with the addition of Cristiano da Matta to the team. Not only that, but Jim McGee is managing the team. Could this be the “breakout year” for PKV?
Hendrick Names Howes, Duchardt new VPs
February 8, 2005
Hendrick Motorsports general manager Marshall Carlson today announced that competition director Ken Howes and longtime General Motors executive Doug Duchardt have been named vice presidents over the organization’s racing operations.
Daytona 500 Purse Exceeds $17 Million
February 7, 2005
The 47th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 20, NASCAR’s biggest and most prestigious event of the year, will carry the biggest purse in the history of stock car racing at more than $17 million.
Annual Ricky Craven Snowmobile Ride a Success
February 7, 2005
The eighth annual Ricky Craven Snowmobile Ride for Charity raised $185,225 last weekend which put the overall, eight-year total over the $1 million mark. As an added highlight, Maine’s Governor John E. Baldacci joined the group of over 400 riders on the 60-mile course through the Moosehead Lake region of Greenville, Maine.
Jeff Gordon New TAG Heuer Ambassador
February 7, 2005
TAG Heuer, the LVMH (Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton) prestigious watchmaking company, announces NASCAR icon Jeff Gordon as its new brand ambassador with an active role in new product development, advertising, public relations and visual marketing. Gordon will be portrayed by world-renowned fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier in the TAG Heuer “What Are You Made Of?” advertising campaign. He joins the ranks of other TAG Heuer brand ambassadors, including film superstar Uma Thurman, golfing champion Tiger Woods, Wimbledon tennis champion Maria Sharapova, and Formula 1 race car driver Juan-Pablo Montoya.
SunTrust Racing Wins 2005 Daytona 24
February 6, 2005
Last year Wayne Taylor’s SunTrust racing was a brand new team. This year they came back with a new car, new engine and a new driver lineup and won one of the most gruelling events in motorsports - the Rolex Daytona 24 hour Race.
Champ Car Stars Run into Early Troubles in Rolex 24 at Daytona
February 6, 2005
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The day started in a bad way and never got any better for Sebastien Bourdais, Paul Tracy and Cristiano da Matta at the Daytona International Speedway as the three most recent champions of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford settled in for 24 hours of racing in the country’s most prestigious endurance event.
The 4 Car Diaries
February 5, 2005
Long time friend of FastMachines.com Bill King is writing a weekend diary of the goings on in the Boss Snowplow No. 4 Pontiac Crawford team on their quest to win the Rolex 24. For all you NASCAR fans out there, this is the car whose driver lineup will include 2004 Nextel Cup runner-up Jimmie Johnson.
Pruett Takes Second Consecutive Rolex 24 Pole
February 5, 2005
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Picking up right were he left off last year, Scott Pruett put his Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley on the pole for the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona.