Archive for June 22nd, 2006

Q: You’ve been involved in auto racing for more than a decade and now own two Champ Car races. What’s driving that involvement?
A: I started a business for my dad in the early 1970s. He sent me to Indianapolis to start an equipment company. The first May I was there I was driving by the [...]

Auto Club Dragway at California Speedway is officially reopened for competition. California Speedway President Gillian Zucker, Automobile Club of Southern California President and CEO Tom McKernan and NHRA President Tom Compton participated in the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday morning.
“We are thrilled to be reopening Auto Club Dragway at California Speedway,” said California Speedway President [...]

Joined in Magazine by NBC’s Brian Williams and Ricky Bobby, star of Talladega Nights.
June 21, 2006 (New York, New York) - As NASCAR approaches the midpoint of its 2006 Nextel Cup season, TV Guide magazine roars into newsstands with the annual mid-season special issue, featuring Dale Earnhardt Jr., (June 26 issue, on sale June 22). [...]

Bill Elliott on standby if Riggs cannot race in Sonoma.
While on vacation with his family in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Evernham Motorsports driver Scott Riggs on Monday injured both feet while unloading his jet ski in an oyster bed.
The wounds required 12 stitches in the ball of left foot and eight stitches in the right big [...]

It was in Munich on June 22nd 2005, a year ago to the day, that BMW announced its acquisition of a majority stake in the Sauber Formula One team. So what better time for BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen to give us a mid-term report on the new outfit’s progress.
Hand on heart: how often have [...]

Speed Channel will provide complete coverage of the United States Grand Prix Formula One race, qualifying and practice sessions June 30-July 2 from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Live Race Day coverage from the 13-tum, 2.605-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course begins on Speed with pre-race coverage at 12:30 p.m. (ET) Sunday, July 2. The seventh running [...]