News for March 7th 2010

Krohn Racing race report

Round 2 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway didn’t produce the strong results for which the Krohn Racing team had hoped. The No. 75 Krohn Racing Ford Proto-Auto Lola finished 13th overall on the 2.3-mile South Florida superspeedway. Tracy W. Krohn, car owner/driver, qualified the car 15th and drove 99 laps before turning over the 530-horsepower Prototype car to teammate Nic Jonsson. Nic took it to the checkered flag, where the Krohn team finished 13th, seven laps down from the winners.

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Edited: March 7th, 2010

Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge will be April 10 at Barber Motorsports Park

Jack Roush Jr. left Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday night displeased with losing his first GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge pole position.

But Saturday, he left the track in a completely different mood, as he and Billy Johnson won their second Grand Sport (GS) race together, the two-and-a-half hour, 91-lap Homestead 200, in the No. 61 ROUSH Performance Products Ford Mustang GT. For Johnson, it was his second consecutive victory at the 2.3-mile, 11-turn road course, in a car that advanced 33 positions from start to finish.

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Edited: March 7th, 2010

Former F1 driver shifts into IndyCar Series

Takuma Sato’s first official testing session on the IndyCar Series had its pluses and minuses.

The 33-year-old ‘rookie” from Japan fared quite well on the track at Alabama’s Barber Motorsports Park last week, even posting the sixth-fastest lap. But as a lover of sampling local cuisine, Sato — known as Taku — couldn’t find anything but fast food near his hotel in suburban Birmingham.

IRL driver Takuma Sato sits in his car during testing at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Ala.
No barbecue, grits or fried chicken.

That’s no trivial matter for the ex-Formula One driver. (more…)

Edited: March 7th, 2010

GRAND-AM: Owning The Story

As most auto manufacturers have continued to cut and carve away at their motorsports budgets since the global economy fell in its ear in 2008, one marque – one of the smallest on the international stage – has not only held its ground, they’ve dug in and have kept their auto racing programs going at full force.

Robert Davis and his wife Bonnie pose with Mazda ladder graduates Graham Rahal, Rafa Matos and Robbie Pecorari. The roster of current and former drivers to launch their careers through Mazda is in the hundreds.

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Edited: March 7th, 2010