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Sports Car & Road Racing News
9/4/2008 — Karting star and now recent Formula Ford winner Chris Keller claimed two victories this past weekend at the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Formula Ford event held at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kansas. 
(Topeka, )
9/3/2008 — The Acura American Le Mans Series sports car program recorded many firsts Saturday in the Detroit Sports Car Challenge, the ninth round of the 11-race ALMS series, on the streets of Belle Isle.
(Detroit, )
9/1/2008 — New Jersey proved to be anything but the "Garden State" for Southard Motorsports. Sunday's Supercar Life 250 - debut event for the just completed New Jersey Motorsports Park - was an exasperating experiment in track development for the team and its drivers Shane Lewis (Jupiter, Fla.) and Bill Lester (Atlanta).
(Millville, )
9/1/2008 — Team Mopar Driver Earns Hard Charger, Holeshot Awards in SPEED GT Belle Isle Feature DETROIT, September 1, 2008 - Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) got the Motor City's motor running on all ten cylinders today with an inspired race in front of the "Viper Nation".
9/1/2008 — Driver Bill Auberlen made a thrilling late-race pass on the final lap to help the Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team finish third in today's inaugural Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Supercar Life 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
(Millville, )
9/1/2008 — In the first Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series race of his career, rookie Bryan Silas combined with Bryan Sellers to lead a three-car entry from TRG with a 14th-place run in the No. 40 Carlsen Porsche/TRG Porsche 997 at New Jersey Motorsports Park's Thunderbolt Raceway.
(Millville, )
9/1/2008 — Randy Pobst jumped his #1 K-PAX/3R Racing Porsche 911 GT3 from the pole and led every lap on his way to the win in Round 8 of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championships on the Belle Isle street track in Detroit Michigan.
(Detroit, )
9/1/2008 — Farnbacher Loles Racing earned a top-five GT finish in the inaugural Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Thunderbolt Raceway in Millville, N.J., on Sunday.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — Andy Lally and Tim George Jr. co-drove the No. 67 Johnnie-O Clothing/Sirius Satellite Radio Porsche GT3 to TRG's first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 of the season with an outstanding effort in the Supercar Life 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park's Thunderbolt Raceway.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., collected his 24th career pole today at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix for this afternoon’s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship Round Eight race.
(Detroit, )
8/31/2008 — GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing led a 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race for a record 11th time this season but a block by one competitor while leading and a questionable bump-and-run by another while battling for the win late in the race resulted in a fifth-place finish for Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Pontiac Riley in Sunday's inaugural Supercar Life 250 on the new Thunderbolt Raceway at the debuting New Jersey Motorsports Park.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — Farnbacher Loles Racing earned a top-five GT finish in the inaugural Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Thunderbolt Raceway in Millville, N.J., on Sunday.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — Oswaldo Negri held off Max Angelelli by .459 seconds Sunday to win the first professional feature race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, the Supercar Life 250, while Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas clinched the Daytona Prototype team championship with a ninth-place finish in a backup car.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — The challenging track conditions at New Jersey Motorsports Park had its effect on the results of the two-car Krohn Racing final results in Millville, New Jersey for the penultimate race of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — The SunTrust Pontiac Daytona Prototype (DP) of Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante finished second today in the Grand-Am Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Supercar Life 250 run at New Jersey Motorsports Park today.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — Craig Stanton passed Billy Johnson on the final of 72 laps of the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Grand Sport (GS) race Sunday at New Jersey Motorsports Park - just a lap after drifting off the track to give Johnson the lead - giving himself and Jon Miller the KONI New Jersey 250 victory and putting both drivers in strong contention for the championship with two races remaining. It was BGB Motorsports' third victory of 2008 and first career for Miller.
(Millville, )
8/31/2008 — He may not have been driving Detroit muscle, but Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., drove his Porsche to the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED GT Championship Round Eight win at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.
(Detroit, )
8/31/2008 — Patrón Highcroft Racing continued its run of podium finishes to secure second overall and in the LMP2 class at round nine, the Detroit Sportscar Challenge presented by Bosch at Belle Isle, on Saturday, August 30.
(Detroit, )
8/31/2008 — Tafel Racing entered today's Detroit Sports Car Challenge with high expectations for both its No. 71 Tafel/Bell Micro Racing Ferrari F430 GTC and No. 73 Tafel Racing Ferrari F430 GTC.
8/31/2008 — It’s a brand new track, but it was still a familiar result as the first visit for the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup to the newly constructed New Jersey Motorsports Park saw Andrew Caddell qualify the StableOne Racing Ford Mustang FR500S on pole for Sunday’s 45-minute race for round six of the 2008 championship.
(Millville, )
8/30/2008 — When the 2008 KONI Challenge schedule was released, everyone took one look at the August 30 date and knew that it would be the wild card in the championship chase.
(Millville, )
8/30/2008 — Kris Wilson and Andrew Carbonell won their first career Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series pole positions Saturday morning at New Jersey Motorsports Park and will lead their respective Grand Sport (GS) and Street Tuner (ST) classes to the green flag of the 250-mile (112-lap) or two-and-a-half hour race, which begins at 8:53 a.m. Sunday.
(Millville, )
8/30/2008 — AIM Autosport arrived in Millville, New Jersey ready to attack the brand new Thunderbolt circuit at New Jersey Motorsport Park (NJMP) for the penultimate round of the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.
(Millville, )
8/29/2008 — The engine has barely cooled in his No. 99 Kenda/TJM IWM/Coins of America Dodge Viper as Jeff Courtney prepares to hit the track at Belle Isle near Detroit, Michigan this weekend.
8/29/2008 — There’s an electric feeling in the air as Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship moves onto the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.
8/28/2008 — The Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team heads into the penultimate round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season still looking for its first win of the year.
(Millville, )
8/28/2008 — Everything is new this weekend when the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge stages round six of the 2008 championship as part of the first-ever professional race weekend at the freshly-built New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey.
(Millville, )
8/27/2008 — Krohn Racing joins the other Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series’ teams in Millville, New Jersey this week for the penultimate race of the 2008 Grand-Am season, the inaugural Supercar Life 250 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
(Millville, )
8/27/2008 — In the final Tire Rack® SCCA ProSolo regular season event of 2008, Mitch Lewis, of Kennewick, Wash., stormed through a tough Hawk Super Challenge field to claim his first-ever Challenge win.
8/27/2008 — Coming off its best finish of the season at Road America, B-K Motorsports was charged up for Sunday's Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport, the eighth round of the American Le Mans Series.
(Mosport, )
8/27/2008 — The front of any American Le Mans Series grid gets plenty of attention. But the GT2 action has been fast and furious all season.
8/26/2008 — For the first time since the 2008 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway in January, TRG will field three Porsches in Sunday's inaugural KONI Challenge Series race at New Jersey Motorsports Park's Thunderbolt Raceway.
(Millville, )
8/26/2008 — Acura sports car racers David Brabham and Scott Sharp have collected four wins in the last six American Le Mans Series races and they seek another victory when they hit the streets of Belle Isle on August 29-30 in the Detroit Sports Car Challenge.
8/26/2008 — Jeff Courtney, driver of the No. 99 Kenda/TJM IWM/Coins of America Dodge Viper took to Mosport International Raceway near Toronto, Canada this weekend in the 7th race of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Series.
(Mosport, )
8/26/2008 — The SCCA Pro Racing Mosport SPEED World Challenge Races Presented by Toyo Tires will have fans on their feet when they air Wednesday, Aug. 27, on SPEED.
(Mosport, )
8/26/2008 — The second-to-last race of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 will also be the inaugural visit to Thunderbolt Raceway at New Jersey Motorsports Park and TRG will field a GT-class leading four Porsches in Sunday's Supercar Life 250.
(Millville, )
8/26/2008 — Officials and staff at New Jersey Motorsports Park are gearing up for their biggest spectator event to date, featuring the Super Car Life 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
(Millville, )
8/25/2008 — Farnbacher Loles Racing will support five Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars in the inaugural Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Thunderbolt Raceway in Millville, N.J., this weekend.
(Millville, )
8/25/2008 — Last weekend, Ferrari netted two new and important wins in the international Grand Touring arena, coming out on top in the GT2 classes of the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series.
8/25/2008 — While Porsche teams in both the LMP2 class and the GT2 class retained their points lead going into next week’s Detroit Grand Prix, no one was really satisfied with the results of today Grand Prix of Mosport presented by Mobil 1.
(Mosport, )
8/25/2008 — Farnbacher Loles Racing earned its fourth American Le Mans Series GT2 podium on Sunday, after a strong class-leading performance on the challenging 2.459-mile Mosport International Raceway road course in Bowmanville, Ont. The rookie ALMS team's result was bolstered by fast work on track and in pit lane.
(Mosport, )
8/24/2008 — Randy Pobst, from Gainsville,, Georgia, and Michael Galati, from Olmsted, Ohio survived a late race slide through an oil slick to finished their K- PAX/3R Racing Porsche 911 GT3s in second and third positions in Round Seven of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championships Presented by Toyo Tires at Mosport International Raceway.
(Mosport, )
8/24/2008 — The Armed Forces 250 at Infineon Raceway got off to a difficult start for Southard Motorsports.
(Sonoma, )
8/24/2008 — Randy Pobst and Michael Galati survived a late race slide through an oil slick to finished their K-PAX/3R Racing Porsche 911 GT3s in 2nd and 3rd positions in Round 7 of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championships Presented by Toyo Tires here at Mosport Park in Ontario Canada.
(Mosport, )
8/24/2008 — Randy Pobst qualified his #1 K-PAX/3R Racing GT3 in 2nd for Round 7 of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championships Presented by Toyo Tires here at Mosport Park in Ontario Canada.
(Mosport, )
8/24/2008 — The Krohn Racing two-car team captured a fifth and 11th place finish in Saturday’s Armed Forces 250 race at Infineon Raceway Sears Point.
(Sonoma, )
8/24/2008 — The Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team ended a frustrating day with an eight-place finish in today's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Armed Forces 250 at Infineon Raceway.
(Sonoma, )
8/24/2008 — Andretti Green Racing (AGR) announced today that Englishman James Rossiter will make a third start in the team's XM Acura alongside Franck Montagny in next weekend's Detroit Sports Car Challenge American Le Mans Series event at Belle Isle.
8/24/2008 — Johnny O'Connell claimed his second GT1 pole of the season and the fourth of his American Le Mans Series career today in a pitched battle with his Corvette Racing teammate Olivier Beretta in qualifying for Sunday's Grand Prix of Mosport.
(Mosport, )
8/23/2008 — Two Rivers Travis Groelle led wire-to-wire to win the caution plauged, 35 lap Mid Am Sportsman feature at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek Saturday night.
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