The Highs and Lows of Thunderhill
The Star Formula Mazda World Speed team finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at the Thunderhill Park Saturday and Sunday for a double-header weekend in Willows, California, part of the Formula Star Mazda Series Best Western Championship weekend. The highlights of the weekend...
Grant Ryley Claims Victory at Buttonwillow Raceway Park
The World Speed team celebrated a victorious weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway Park during the Star Mazda Series Best Western Championship, where driver Grant Ryley was on pole and captured the checkered flag, while setting a track record for fastest lap. “I knew this...
“Speedy Pete” Gets Second Top Ten Finish of Season.
“Speedy Pete” Mercier, made a strong comeback today on the streets of Long Beach for Round three of the Toyota Atlantic Championship series, part of the Grand Prix of Long Beach CART FedEx Championship weekend. After a disappointing qualifying session this morning,...
World Speed Hits the Street of Long Beach
Palm Springs, Calif. (April 7, 2000) – Round three of the Toyota Atlantic Championship series will hit the streets of Long Beach, California this weekend, April 14-15, part of the Long Beach Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach CART FedEx Championship weekend, where World...
World Speed places three in top five at Charlotte.
The Formula Star Mazda World Speed team, Chantz Wade, Grant Ryley and Scott Bradley finished 3rd, 4th, and 5th at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Star Mazda Series Best Western Championship in conjunction with PSCR’s Grand Prix of...
Rookie Mercier finishes in the top ten at Homestead
World Speed Motorsports celebrates a 7th place win today at Homestead Speedway, when the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship series, Round 2 of the double-header weekend, was underway on the 1.4 – mile modified oval in Homestead, Florida. After a disappointing,...
Tap From Behind Finishes Mercier’s First Race
Today’s 50-lap race on the 1.4 - mile modified oval at Homestead Speedway in Homestead, Florida, did not turn out the way rookie Pete Mercier and World Speed Motorsports had envisioned. The track went green today at 4:45 p.m. Eastern, when the CART Toyota Atlantic...
Figge sweeps Buttonwillow weekend for Charlotte warmup.
World Speed driver Alex Figge dominated the Cal Club Double Regional race weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, capturing first place overall in both races, as he finished his preparations for the Star Mazda Best Western Championship opener at Lowes Motor Speedway in...
Testing proves “Speedy Pete” is ready for the 2000 season
Pete Mercier, newly appointed driver of the Northwest SpeedWerx #14 Swift 008.a, rounded the 1-mile oval at Phoenix International Raceway at top speed during last week’s testing session. A rookie driver to the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship series, Mercier was...
Walker Racing and World Speed Motorsports join forces
Derrick Walker and Chuck West, owners of Walker Racing and World Speed Motorsports, respectively, today announced the formation of a Walker Racing "junior" entry for the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship series. While the driver will be announced at the Grand Prix of...
World Speed Motorsports readies arsenal for attack on 2000 Star Formula Mazda Championship
With a stellar driver line-up, the finest engineering staff, and a talented management and technical team, World Speed Motorsports is determined to take the 2000 Star Formula Mazda Championship series by storm. And if that isn’t enough, the team has another ace up its...
World Speed Motorsports signs Pete Mercier for 2000 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship season
Palm Springs, Calif. - Chuck West, owner of World Speed Motorsports, today announced that Pete Mercier has signed to drive for the team in the 2000 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship series. Mercier, 25, will drive the #14 Swift 008.a in his first season of Atlantic...
World Speed Secures a Pair of Podiums in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV. -- World Speed front-runners Jeff Bucknum and Grant Ryley captured a pair of podiums in the 1999 Star Formula Mazda season finale in Las Vegas this weekend. The result marked the ninth podium of the year for Bucknum, including two wins, which culminated...
Local favorite Jeff Bucknum brings Winning Heritage to Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV. --- While he shares a winning heritage with his legendary father, Jeff Bucknum is quickly making a name for himself as one of professional racing's most promising rising stars. As the son of late Formula One, Indy Car, Trans-Am and sports car legend...
Bucknam “Peaks” in Fourth Position
FOUNTAIN, COLORADO (June 30, 1999) --- Jeff Bucknum, lead driver for the World Speed Motorsports Star Formula Mazda Pro Series team, captured the fourth position at Pikes Peak International Raceway last weekend, after qualifying eighth. The 50-lap/50-mile race was...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
World Speed and Rondet Head to Milwaukee Mile
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA (June 1, 1999) – "I am on the verge of a podium finish and I am ready for Milwaukee," said Rondet as World Speed Motorsports wrapped things up at Gateway International Raceway in Illinois and hit the road for the Milwaukee Mile. Rondet, who...
Top Five Finish at Gateway for Rondet and World Speed
Madison, IL (May 29, 1999) --- Nicolas Rondet, in only his second race event on an oval, captured the fifth position in today's 50-lap Kool/Toyota Atlantic race at Gateway International Raceway, part of the Motorola 300 CART FedEx Championship weekend. This is...
Rondet and World Speed Secure Third Row Spot at Gateway
Madison, IL (May 28, 1999) --- Nicolas Rondet, in only his second race event on an oval, captured the sixth starting spot for tomorrow's 50-lap Kool/Toyota Atlantic race at Gateway International Raceway, part of the Motorola 300 CART FedEx Championship weekend. "We...
