March 2007 Archive

Round and Round: SPEED GT Cars Get First Taste of Charlotte’s High Banks

March 19, 2007

CONCORD, N.C. (March 19, 2007) – SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship drivers got their first taste of oval racing Monday with a test on the Lowe’s Motor ...

Mazda Announces Next Component of Motorsports Ladder

March 19, 2007

SEBRING, Fla. (March 19, 2007) - Following its 2006 season reward for an SCCA Club Racing Champion to move up to the SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 ...

Curran Grabs First SPEED GT Win at a Soggy Sebring

March 16, 2007

SEBRING, Fla. (March 16, 2007) – Eric Curran of East Hampton, Mass., mastered tricky track conditions to win his first SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT race at Sebring ...

Altenburg Triumphant In SPEED Touring Car At Sebring

March 16, 2007

SEBRING, Fla. (March 16, 2007) – After going three seasons without a win, Jeff Altenburg of Ellicott City, Md. grabbed his third-career win at Sebring International Raceway. Randy Pobst, of ...

Altenburg Claims First SPEED Touring Car Pole of 2007

March 15, 2007

SEBRING, Fla. (March 15, 2007) – Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., will start from the pole for Round One of the 2007 SCCA SPEED Touring Car Championship at Sebring ...

Curran Recovers From Fire to Pace SPEED GT Practice

March 14, 2007

SEBRING, Fla. (March 14, 2007) – After missing the morning practice session due to a fire in Tuesday’s test session, Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass., climbed to the top ...

Crescentini Quickest SPEED Touring Car in Sebring Practice

March 14, 2007

SEBRING, Fla. (March, 14, 2007) – In his debut with STaSIS Motorsport, Dino Crescentini, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., topped SPEED Touring Car practice at Sebring International Raceway, part of the ...

NASCAR Champ Jimmie Johnson to Drive Cadillac in Charlotte SPEED GT Race

March 8, 2007

DETROIT (March 8, 2007) – Reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will drive Team Cadillac's No. 16 CTS-V in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT race at Lowe's Motor ...