Rondet ready for season-opening hometown race
PALM DESERT, CALIF. (April 7, 1999) Nicolas Rondet is preparing for a number of firsts for next weekends Kool/Toyota Atlantic Championship race, part of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach CART FedEx Championship, April 16 18. Not only does Long Beach mark the first...
Bucknum leads World Speed podium effort at Sebring
SONOMA, CALIF. (March 25, 1999) --- Jeff Bucknum, in his second year of Star Formula Mazda competition, led the World Speed Motorsports team to a second-place finish in the season-opening Star Formula Mazda Pro Series Speedvision Challenge race at Sebring...
Ryley leads World Speed Contingent in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona (January 22) - Grant Ryley, new recruit for the World Speed Motorsports Formula Mazda team, kicked-off the new year by leading the World Speed team to two back-to-back second place finishes in last weekend’s SCCA Double National at Phoenix...
Ryley joins WSM for 1999 Pro Mazda Championship
Chuck West, owner of World Speed Motorsports, today announced that Grant Ryley will drive for the team in the 1999 Star Formula Mazda Pro Series. Ryley will join with 1998 series standout Jeff Bucknum, behind the wheel of the car previously raced by 1998 Star Mazda...
World Speed Motorsports moves to Palm Springs
Chuck West, owner of World Speed Motorsports, announced that the team will relocate to a new, custom-built facility in Palm Desert, California. Located in a professional industrial park near Palm Springs (about 90 miles east of Los Angeles), the World Speed facility...
World Speed Motorsports Signs Nicolas Rondet to 1999 Atlantic Season
Chuck West, owner of World Speed Motorsports, today confirmed the signing of Nicolas Rondet as the first of an expected two-car World Speed effort to campaign the 1999 Kool/Toyota Atlantic Championship. Rondet, 28, contested the final two Atlantic events for World...
Bucknum and Miller Dominate the Field at Phoenix International Raceway
The World Speed Motorsports Team TotalTel pair of Jeff Bucknum and Mike Miller literally dusted the competition with a one-two finish in this weekend's final round of the 1998 Star Mazda Pro Series at Phoenix International Raceway, in the Arizona desert. Bucknum, who...
Early Team History Overview
World Speed Motorsports was started in 1991 well before the Internet cataloged every race result, and event. Here are some team highlights and history from the early years. In WSM's developmental years, founder Chuck West won multiple open wheel races and...
