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  • RACE FORMAT SET FOR SPEED TOURING CAR INVITATIONAL AT ROAD ATLANTA; RICHEST PURSE IN SERIES HISTORY
    Created: Friday, March 26, 2004
    TOPEKA, Fla. (March 26, 2004) ? SCCA Pro Racing announced today the race format and purse structure for the SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Invitational, as part of a new tuner-focused weekend called Drift Atlanta® April 23-25 at Road Atlanta. Headlining the Drift Atlanta weekend, the SPEED Touring Car series will feature two non-points races. The first race, a qualifying sprint, will determine the running order for the Sunday?s Sport Compact GP. The qualifying race is set for set for 3:45 p.m. Saturday, April 24 and the race winner will receive $1,000 from series sponsor Air Force Reserve....
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  • TEAM PTG ANNOUNCES A FOUR-CAR FORMULA BMW USA PROGRAM
    Created: Thursday, March 25, 2004
    Winchester, Va. (March 26, 2004)  ? Tom Milner, owner of Prototype Technology Group, announced today a four-car program for the inaugural 2004 Formula BMW USA Championship. Based in Winchester, Va. the team boasts two of the six 2004 Formula BMW USA scholarship winners, Milner?s 18-year old son, Tom Milner, of Leesburg, Va. and Billy Johnson, 17, of San Clemente, Calif. Tom Sutherland, 15, of Los Gatos, Calif. will drive a third BMW FB2. Team PTG is in the process of finalizing a fourth driver. Formula BMW USA was something of great interest in our house after the announcement at the USGP last September,? said Milner. ?My son Tom began racing karts in 1999 and had gone to two racing schools last year. His birthday present this year was the trip to Valencia for the licensing  and  scholarship  program  in  January.  I  was  delighted  he  had  been  awarded  a scholarship so it appears we have a driver in the fam...
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  • THE NEW BMW 1 SERIES
    Created: Wednesday, March 24, 2004
    Sheer Driving pleasure now also to be found in the compact class: (The BMW 1 Series 5-door hatchback model will not be offered in the US. The availability and introduction timing of future 1 Series variants in the US has not been determined.) Munich. In the autumn of 2004 BMW will unveil for the very first time a compact class automobile - the BMW 1 Series with five doors and a length of 4.23 metres, making this new model series precisely 24 centimetres shorter than a 3 Series saloon. The typical BMW drive concept, powerful engines, high-grade equipment and the experience of sheer driving fun offer a new and unique alternative in this particular market segment....
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  • FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 - MONZA
    Created: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
    Three National BMW Teams Line Up for Season Opener in Monza Munich, March 24, 2004 ... It has been a busy winter of testing for the three national BMW teams competing in the ten rounds of the FIA European Touring Car Championship, which gets underway again this weekend at Monza, Italy.As far as the teams are concerned it is a repeat of 2003 with BMW Team Deutschland, BMW Team Great Britain and BMW Team Italy-Spain. Four of the five drivers are the same with Jörg Müller in Car No 42 and Dirk Müller in Car No 43 for Deutschland, Andy Priaulx in Car No 11 for Great Britain and Antonio Garcia in Car No 5 but one of the most exciting additions to the whole championship is Alessandro Zanardi in Car No 4 for the Italy-Spain team....
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  • Bimmerworld World Challenge - Sebring Race Notes
    Created: Monday, March 22, 2004
    Radford, VA ? The Sebring race weekend was much less successful than expected for the Bimmerworld World Challenge team.  Plagued by supplier problems, the team arrived at the track with three cars still without engine wiring harnesses.  The crew functioned flawlessly and with help from Sunbelt Performance Engines, had three complete cars by the time of the race on Friday.  Unfortunately, the needed testing and setup and testing time was forfeited.  Two cars were finished in time to qualify for the race and in the hands of rookie Seth Thomas and James Clay, the cars were placed in the 23rd and 24th positions on the grid.  Due to a wing measurement change with fuel load, the #38 car driven by Seth Thomas was moved to the back of the field for the race start.  Matt Richmond in the #37 car started at the back of the grid on Friday with no qualifying time....
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  • MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS
    Created: Sunday, March 21, 2004
    Sepang (MAL). Encouragingly the BMW WilliamsF1 Team achieved their first podium finish for the season with Juan Pablo Montoya finishing second at the Malaysian Grand Prix, behind Michael Schumacher's Ferrari. Less luck for Ralf Schumacher, who retired on lap 28 due to an engine failure - the first such failure in 17 races.Juan Pablo Montoya: 2nd Chassis: FW26 05 Best time: 1:34.223 min (lap 28, lap record)I had a good first few laps and I managed to get in front of Rubens. Then I had quite a smooth race. Towards the end I was trying to catch Michael because I felt my car was just getting better and better. Unfortunately, after my third and last stop I exited the pit lane behind Rubens. I tried to pass him but then I preferred to back off as I did not want to compromise a good second position. I realised at this point that the most important thing was taking home some valuable points for the team and for myself....
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  • SOFRONAS BACK WITH TECMARK FOR 2004 TOURING CAR CAMPAIGN
    Created: Monday, March 15, 2004
    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (March 15, 2004) -- James F. Sofronas, President of Global Motorsports Group ( www.gmgracing.com ), has signed on to drive for Tecmark Autosport in the 2004 SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car Championship.  After competing in five races for Tecmark in 2003, James plans to run the entire 2004 season gunning for the SPEED Touring Car Championship in an E46 325ci built by Tecmark Autosport.   "I can't tell you how excited I am to drive for Walter and Tecmark again in 2004," Sofronas said. "This is by far one of the best team/car combinations I have driven for in my career and I can't wait until the first race at Sebring". ...
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  • MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX PREVIEW
    Created: Thursday, March 11, 2004
    Following mixed fortunes for the team at the season opener in Melbourne last weekend, the BMW WilliamsF1 Team is now looking ahead to the second round of the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship during which they hope to achieve a more rewarding result at Malaysia's Sepang circuit on Sunday March 21st. Located south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's cosmopolitan capital, the Sepang circuit is a state of the art, purpose-built facility, one which guarantees drama both on and off the track. Each 5.543-kilometer lap of the 56 lap race is complex to the extreme. A low grip but smooth track, Sepang demands high downforce in the set-up. With speeds reaching 200mph on the two fastest straights and falling to as low as 50mph through the tight, twisting corners, Sepang is a technically challenging circuit for both man and machine. However, with overtaking opportunities at an optimum for a Formula One track, next weekend's race will provide a perfect stage for the drivers and a thrilling spectacl...
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  • Eric curran and VAC Motorsports Unite with Chili Pepper Racing
    Created: Monday, March 08, 2004
    Ooltwah, TN. (February 22, 2004) ? Chili Pepper Racing, LLC ( www.chilipepperracing.org ) is pleased to announce partnership with VAC Motorsports ( www.vacmotorsports.com ). Eric Curran ( www.ericcurran.com ) will be piloting the #25 VAC Motorsports/ Chili Pepper Racing/ Remote Area Medical BMW 325i in the Speed World Challenge Touring Car Series. Chili Pepper Racing Team owner and driver, Jim Osborn, reports, "Chili Pepper Racing is proud to partner with VAC Motorsports and Eric Curran. VAC Motorsports and Curran will be a powerful combination in winning the Speed World Challenge Touring Championship.?...
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  • Australian Grand Prix - RACE 7th March 2004
    Created: Sunday, March 07, 2004
    Weather: dry, overcast, air temperature 18-19°C track temperature 23-25°C Melbourne (AUS). Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya finished 5th and 6th respectively in the season opening Australian GP, in Melbourne. After the first race the BMW WilliamsF1 Team is second in the Constructors Championship with 9 points behind the race winning Ferrari team....
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  • BMW WilliamsF1 Team Ventures East
    Created: Thursday, March 04, 2004
    Oxford, March 5, 2004. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team today confirmed a major marketing and promotional partnership agreement with the Shanghai International Circuit (SIC) and the region's leading television network, CCTV ahead of the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on September 26, 2004. The partnership agreement includes on-car branding benefits for SIC & CCTV which will be visible on the FW26 race cars from the start of the 2004 Formula One season, which commences this weekend in Australia.This highly visible presence for SIC/CCTV with one of the leading Formula One teams in the 2004 Championship will assist with the promotion of the first ever Grand Prix on Chinese soil....
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