By Administrator on August 31, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of Motorsport.com
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 24, 2010) — Last Saturday at Road America, Ashley Freiberg stood before a packed media center to participate in a prestigious presentation — the announcement of the 2010 Team USA Scholarship nominees.
Freiberg, the 18-year-old driver from Homer Glen, Ill., became only the second woman ever nominated for a chance to race in the world-renowned Formula Ford events in England in October and November. Danica Patrick was the first woman racer nominated for the scholarship award in the early 2000s.
Eight drivers were nominated to compete for the United States in several important races later this year. Former Team USA Scholarship winners included the likes of former CART champion Jimmy Vasser, 2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice, IndyCar Series and CART race winner Bryan Herta, NASCAR star A.J. Allmendinger and former Indy Lights titleholder J.R. Hildebrand.
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By Administrator on August 7, 20101 Comment
Amanda Hennessy claimed the win at this year’s 32nd Corvette Euro Grand Prix at Bresse, France. Piloting a C5 GT Corvette Amanda brought the car to victory lane after a fierce battle. “What a great race, “ stated Amanda. “ Getting in front of that ZR1 driven by an highly experienced racer was a big challenge. Thanks to the Dubler Racing team for putting together a great car. I was very impressed with Corvette’s abilities.” Amanda qualified second, and took the lead on the last lap, which she held to the finish.
Amanda became the first woman in the 32 year history of the event to win the overall position. In addition to the Grand Prix event, Amanda took third in the first class race, and another victory in the second class race. “ The first victory in the class event was an excellent, but to see the crowd almost jumping over the wall when I won the Grand Prix…..the best feeling ever!”
By Administrator on August 4, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of LizHalliday.com
Liz Halliday enjoyed her first ever outing at the annual Silverstone Classic last weekend, where she competed with two historic Alfa Romeos to celebrate the iconic Italian manufacturer’s 100th anniversary.
The California-born dual-sportswoman raced a rare Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca in the prestigious Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy and Italian Historic Car Cup and an Alfa Romeo GTA in the Under-2 Litre Touring Car (U2TC) event.
The cars, both run by preparation experts John Danby Racing, ran without problems in all three races and Halliday, who last raced an historic car more than ten years ago, thoroughly enjoyed her return to the discipline. Read More
By Administrator on August 3, 20101 Comment
Savannah Rickli, a 16 year old high school senior from Littleton, Colorado, made history on Sunday June 27th, 2010 when she became the youngest finisher in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb during the 88th running of the event. The PPIHC is the second oldest race in the United States; only the Indy 500 has run more races. Rickli was also awarded the honor of being named Rookie of the Race, a tremendous achievement.
Savannah relied on Rebecca Greek as co-driver in their 2003 Mini Cooper S, powered by Mini of Loveland, fabricated and engineered by Built-By-Bones, with race preparation and race support by SCR Performance. The finishing time of 13:58 was good enough for 3rd in the Time Attack 2Wheel Drive class.
Savannah and Rebecca were fortunate to encounter favorable conditions on their run up one of Colorado’s most scenic peaks, and were the crowd favorites, with the cheering often overcoming the exhaust tone of the Mini Cooper S. Savannah has been attending as a child of loyal hill climb workers, parents Neil and Carol, for the last 12 years. She worked in race control in 2008 and 2009. Read More
By Administrator on July 29, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of LynStJames.com
The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup series has so far been the most exciting season since its inaugural year in 2008 and with both rookies and veterans in the mix of the championship chase it has been dubbed the most competitive season thus far.
19 year old Jamaican karter, Justine Jackson was chosen as one of the series’ 25 drivers and was awarded the Project Podium Scholarship to compete in the 2010 season. With no experience in racing cars Justine had a huge learning curve ahead of her as she went into Round 1 at the VIRginia International Raceway finishing 21st in race 1 and 19th in race 2 having been tapped in turn 1 and spun around losing 23 sec and but able to make up the lost time to the back markers. A great learning weekend for Justine having been 14s of the pace in Practice 1 and ended the weekend 2.5s off the fastest lap of the race! In race 2! Read More
By Administrator on July 28, 2010Add Comments
27 June 2010 | Worcestershire driver Cassey Watson reached the heights of sixth in the Trofeo
Abarth 500 GB driver championship, but slipped back three places less than 24 hours later after
her Asetto Corse race car developed a fault to cut short her track-time at Silverstone.
Watson, who’s still yet to turn 19, qualified on the fourth row on the grid at the historic
Northamptonshire bridge grand prix circuit on Saturday (race 9). Yet despite her position, the
Thames driver did well to overcome some initial technical difficulties to claw back three places to
finish fifth, and keep Mardi Gras driver Paul Smith at bay in the leaderboard.
However, Sunday’s race (race 10) proved to be less fruitful for Watson, who was forced to retire
midway through the race after her driver flange failed, coupled with a loss of brakes – the result of
which saw Watson slip back three places in the driver championship.
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By Administrator on July 27, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of PittsburghLive.com
Donna Mae Mims poses in 1966 beside one of the MGB cars she raced. Click for more images.
Alfa Romeos, Bugattis and other members of the sportscar alphabet are the heart of Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, but this year’s event also is focused on what has been called a “racing triangle.”
The classic cars set the tone for the Grand Prix, but this year’s celebration also focuses on the memory of Donna Mae Mims, a legendary driver who pulled on the brake for the final time in October 2009; her favorite car, the Corvette; and the modified muscle cars of Yenko Racing.
Those three elements tie together in a bit of Western Pennsylvania sports car lore, says Dan DelBianco, president of the Grand Prix, which is sponsored by Shop’n Save.
The crusty blonde everyone refers to simply as Donna Mae was drawn into racing through her love of Corvettes and became the first woman to win the Sports Car Club of America racing championship in 1963.
She bought that car at the Yenko dealership in Canonsburg, which will be celebrated by a Yenko Sports Car Reunion that will bring together some of the remanufactured vehicles put together by car dealer and auto modifier Don Yenko.
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By Administrator on July 21, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of TheAutoChannel.com
MILLVILLE, July 20, 2010: Ashley Freiberg made some more racing history Sunday in the Skip Barber competition at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Freiberg (pronounced FRY-BERG) became the first female driver to win a BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Series powered by Mazda main event with an exciting victory on the 2.17-mile Thunderbolt circuit during the Grand-Am weekend at the southern New Jersey racing facility.
The 18-year-old driver from Homer Glen, Ill., earlier in the year made Barber Series history when she was the first women to capture a series championship, winning the Southern Regional title this winter.
Freiberg had been close to taking her first Barber national race win this year when she took second at Virginia International Raceway in May. But a female had yet to win a Barber national event until Sunday. Read More
By Administrator on July 10, 2010Add Comments
Courtsey of AndoverAdvertiser.co.uk
Andover girl motor racer Dawn Boyd was back on track at Castle Combe recently but this time it was for a Golf Gti Championship round.
Her car “Max” was all spruced up after the incidents at Brands Hatch and with a smart new bumper and headlights it was back to business.
The recent race action at Combe had really helped for experience and Dawn was quickly on the pace in qualifying and was placed third in class on the grid for her only race of the day. With a time of 1.24.778 she was only 0.93 of a second behind the leader and only 0.32 behind second place.
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