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Masters National Championship: Willcox Wins One, and So Does Mayes

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Sebring International Raceway was the setting for the 2005 opener of the Skip Barber Master’s National Championship. The over-40-but-fast crowd got down and dirty and then some under clear blue skies and the perfect temperatures of wintertime Florida.Special note: The c...

Jeff Gordon, 1990 Three-Day Grad, Grabs His Third Daytona 500

Monday, February 21, 2005 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Ask Barry Waddell, lead instructor at the Road America SBRS three-day in 1990 that 19-year-old Jeff Gordon enrolled in, if he saw the huge talent that was ready to blossom. Well, in that school's "dirt," Waddell wrote: ''Get this guy into our...

2005 Daytona 500 Grid: 30 Percent Are SBRS Guys

Friday, February 18, 2005 Of the 43 starters for Sunday's season-opening Daytona 500 Presented by Skip Barber Racing, 13 (30%) are Skippy grads. I've taken the liberty of "asterisk-ing" those guys… Enjoy the race! Daytona 500 starting lineup: 1) Dale Jarrett, No. 88 UPS Ford, 47.793sec/188...

Edwards Warrants Two-Page Spread in Autosport

Monday, February 14, 2005 ... F1 someday? The February 10 issue of Autosport features a story (screenshot below) on John Edwards, a standard bearer for the proven system that all of us -- especially you, the racer -- are proud to be part of. Below the screenshot is the text of the article (much than...

$100,000 Award Set for 2005 Champion

Friday, February 11, 2005 LAKEVILLE, Conn. - Skip Barber Racing will again award the champion of its Skip Barber National Championship Presented by RACER a cash prize of $100,000, a dollar amount designed to significantly assist the driver on his/her next career step, as 2004 Skip Barber National ch...