Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Rounds three and four of the 2007-2008 Southern Series were on the 12-hour course at Sebring International Raceway. There were two Sportsman groups, one Championship group, and the third-ever Skip Barber MX-5 Cup group (the first was at Road Atlanta in November; the second was at MRLS in early December). Saturday’s races were of the always
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Joel Miller, the 2007 champion of the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda, will take his title bonus — a paid season of 2008 Star Mazda — to the championship winning team of JDC MotorSports. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Reigning Star Mazda champions JDC MotorSports, which took series rookie Dane Cameron to the 2007 driver’s title, signed
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 The Skip Barber Racing and Driving Schools — and its prestigious Race Series (shown) — will continue their visible presence at Lime Rock Park for many years to come. LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Lime Rock Park and the Skip Barber Racing School today announced the signing of a new agreement which extends and expands their relationship through
Thursday, December 06, 2007 At last year’s Shoot-out, judge Jim Pace updates the car-assignment board before one of the sessions. LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Skip Barber Racing today announced the names of the 12 karters who, based on their accomplishments, assessed potential and other attributes, have won scholarship invitations to the 11th annual Skip Barber Karting Shoot-out, January 31 – February
Thursday, December 06, 2007 ORLANDO, Fla. – The Skip Barber Racing School announced the formation of an all-new regional race series using a fleet of identically prepared Mazda MX-5 Miatas, one of the most popular sports cars used in amateur and professional road racing today. The Mazda MX-5s to be used in the Skip Barber Mazda MX-5 Cup Regional Race
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 Rounds three and four of the 2007-2008 Western Series were at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca the first weekend of December. There were two Sportsman groups, one Championship group, and the second-ever Skip Barber MX-5 Cup group, hot on the heels of its debut at Road Alanta mid-November. The weather was sunny, dry and cool. Four drivers
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Joe Lee Middlebrooks and Cliff Brown put on a great show in the two inaugural Skip Barber MX-5 races. Middlebrooks won the first race while Skip Barber F2000 Race Series regular John Potter took R2. Photo by Sidell Tilghman Results, time sheets and qualifying are here Here’s the page to find the complete 2007-2008 Southern and
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 A quick FYI for Western & Southern Series competitors: We’ve had to change tracks and in one case, the date, for the season finales for both championships. For the Western Series, the finale will be at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (replacing Miller Motorsports Park). The date remains the same, April 4-6. For the Southern Series, both
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 When the leaves hit the ground in the Midwest and East, that’s the signal for Skip Barber’s cars and crew to head to Florida and Georgia! Every year, we conduct all of our Schools and many Race Series events between November and April at three famous tracks in sunny Florida, one in Atlanta and of course,
Thursday, October 25, 2007 Skip Barber instructor Gerardo Bonilla, the 2007 IMSA Lites L1 champion. MONTEREY, Calif. – Skip Barber instructor Gerardo Bonilla won the 2007 IMSA Lites sports car prototype championship with a P2 and a win at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca October 20-21. That makes two championships in the past three years for Bonilla –instructor, coach and driver
Thursday, October 18, 2007 The 50-driver group shot from last year’s Skip Barber Karting Scholarship Shoot-out. LAKEVILLE, Conn. – The date and venue for the 11th annual Skip Barber Karting Scholarship Shoot-out, the largest and single most important event for karters transitioning to race cars, has been set: Thursday, January 31 through Sunday, February 3, 2008, at Sebring International Raceway.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Story photos begin below… The Eastern Series season finale at Lime Rock Park featured two first time winners – Justin Piscitell and Evan Kalogiannis — as well as a successful ‘‘comeback’’ by Louis Albornoz. The weather cleared up beautifully in time for the races and after five groups completed their races Saturday afternoon, we crowned the