Pole and Podium at Sears Point

Pole and Podium at Sears Point

Palm Springs, Calif. -- Jeff Bucknum, driving for World Speed Motorsports, moved one step closer to the Star Mazda Series West Division championship by capturing his first pole position for 1999, then following-up to finish second at Sears Point International Raceway...

Bucknum and World Speed Win at Irwindale Speedway

Bucknum and World Speed Win at Irwindale Speedway

Palm Springs, Calif. (July 19, 1999) --- Jeff Bucknum, driving for World Speed Motorsports, captured his second career Star Mazda Series - West victory and first for 1999 at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California this weekend. "I feel like we're back where we...

Rondet and World Speed Fast at Road America

Rondet and World Speed Fast at Road America

ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN (July 11, 1999) --- Nicolas Rondet ran with the top of the pack and was on the verge of capturing his first career podium finish in today's Kool/Toyota Atlantic Championship race at the famed 4.048 - mile Road America road course in Elkhart...

World Speed Shoots for Another Record at Road America

World Speed Shoots for Another Record at Road America

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA (July 5, 1999) – For Chuck West, Team Owner of World Speed Motorsports, Road America brings back fond memories, when just a couple of years ago West was behind the wheel making history on the famed 4.048-mile road course. West walked away with...

Bucknum on the Podium at Willow Springs

Bucknum on the Podium at Willow Springs

Jeff Bucknum, in his second year of Star Formula Mazda competition, captured his second podium in three races for World Speed Motorsports in Round Three of the 1999 Star Formula Mazda Pro Series West season at Willow Springs Raceway yesterday. Bucknum, who qualified...

World Speed Motorsports with Formula One at Montreal

World Speed Motorsports with Formula One at Montreal

CANADIAN CHALLENGE PART 1 Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 11, 1999) - Nicolas Rondet, in his first appearance at the famed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the FIA Formula One Canadian Grand Prix weekend, is having a bittersweet return to road courses following three...

The Stars Were Out in Phoenix

The Stars Were Out in Phoenix

PHOENIX, ARIZONA (June 8, 1999) --- The World Speed Star Formula Mazda pair of stars - Jeff Bucknum and Grant Ryley - had their share of ups and downs during last weekend's round of the Star Formula Mazda series at Phoenix International Raceway. Ryley was on pole for...

Top 5 Finish, and Leading the Rookie Points after Milwaukee

Top 5 Finish, and Leading the Rookie Points after Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 5, 1999) --- Nicolas Rondet nearly captured his first career podium finish in today's Kool/Toyota Atlantic Championship race at the "dairy state's" famed Milwaukee Mile. By virtue of his fourth place finish, Rondet moves into the lead in the...

Qualifying at the top of the pack in Milwaukee

Qualifying at the top of the pack in Milwaukee

Nicolas Rondet captured the 5th starting spot for tomorrow's 60-lap/60-mile Kool/Toyota Atlantic race at the Milwaukee Mile, part of the Miller Lite 225 CART FedEx Championship weekend. "Fifth is a good place to start. I think tomorrow is going to be a long race...