Dec. 19, 2006 Winner of 2006 Fan Focus Model Search Announced SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge ®, Toyo Tires®, Modified Magazine and ModelsDesired.com have narrowed the field down from more than 550 hopeful applicants to one lucky woman. The winner of a one-year modeling contract with Toyo Tires and the newest member of Team Toyo is Jessica Barrett, of Buena Park, Calif.   Continued...

Dec. 14, 2006 Wildberger Named SCCA Pro Racing President SCCA Pro Racing's Board of Directors announced that it has hired Bob Wildberger to be its next President.   Continued...

Dec. 5, 2006 Vote for SPEED GT Long Beach Finish In SPEED Performance Awards Log onto SPEEDtv.com and vote for Ron Fellows' pass on Michael McCann in the final lap of the SPEED GT race at Long Beach as the "Best Finish” for the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards.   Continued...

Nov. 30, 2006 SPEED GT Champ Aschenbach Tests Forsythe Champ Car Reigning SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT Champion Lawson Aschenbach was invited to test a Champ Car this week with the Forsythe team at MSR Houston.   Continued...

Nov. 10, 2006 Miller Motorsports Park Named "Motorsports Facility of the Year" at International Gathering Miller Motorsports Park was named “Motorsports Facility of the Year” this week by the Professional Motorsport World Expo at a gala event held in Cologne, Germany.   Continued...

Nov. 8, 2006 Initial 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge Schedule Released SCCA Pro Racing has announced six of the 11 venues that will compose the 2007 SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championship season, with the remaining dates to be released shortly.   Continued...

Nov. 6, 2006 SPEED World Challenge Banquet Honors Best of 2006 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge teams, staff, friends and family gathered at the Monterey Marriot on Oct. 22 to celebrate the accomplishments of their peers following the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.   Continued...

Oct. 27, 2006 SPEED Touring Car Driver DeCastro, Family Perish In Plane Crash SCCA Pro Racing SPEED Touring Car driver Lucho DeCastro (44), his wife and two children were killed in a private plane crash Wednesday in northwestern Arizona, the Associated Press reported Thursday.   Continued...

Oct. 22, 2006 Pobst Wins Closest Race in SPEED GT History, Aschenbach and Porsche Take 2006 Championships Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., drag-raced Ricardo Imery, of Caracas, Venezuela, down the front stretch of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to win the 2006 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT finale by 0.0310-second, the closest finish in SPEED GT history. The victory also earned Porsche the SPEED GT Manufacturers' Championship Presented by RACER Magazine. Rookie Lawson Aschenbach, of Gaithersburg, Md., crossed the line in ninth to win the SPEED GT Drivers" Championship.   Continued...

Oct. 22, 2006 Curran Tastes Victory, Kleinubing Wins SPEED Touring Car Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass., scored a dominant victory in the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, part of the Monterey Sports Car Championships, while his teammate, Pierre Kleinubing, of Coconut Creek, Fla., earned his fourth Drivers' Championship.   Continued...

Oct. 21, 2006 Reese Scores Second SPEED GT Pole of Season At Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Leighton Reese, of Minnetonka, Minn., captured his second SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT pole of the season today at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and will lead the field for Sunday's season finale, part of the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., will complete the front row.   Continued...

Oct. 21, 2006 Curran Scores Second-Consecutive SPEED Touring Car Pole at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Fresh off his first-career pole at Road Atlanta in September, Eric Curran, of East Hampton, Mass., earned his second-consecutive pole of the season for the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED Touring Car Finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, part of the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., will start second, followed by Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md.   Continued...

Oct. 20, 2006 Angelelli Remains Fastest in SPEED GT Practice at Laguna Seca The morning practice time of Max Angelelli, of Monte Carlo, Monaco, could not be topped in afternoon SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT practice at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, part of the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., and Johnny O'Connell, of Flowery Branch, Ga., completed the top three.   Continued...

Oct. 20, 2006 Altenburg's Morning Time Stands To Lead SPEED Touring Car Practice At Laguna Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, Md., led practice Friday for the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Car season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Altenburg"s morning session time topped all, including Mazda teammate Randy Pobst in second and third place Eric Curran.   Continued...

Oct. 20, 2006 Angelelli Tops Laguna Seca Morning Practice Max Angelelli, of Monte Carlo, Monaco, led the SPEED GT morning practice session at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, part of the Monterey Sports Car Championships. Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., completed the top three.   Continued...