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ALEXANDER ROSSI STELLAR AT ROAD AMERICA WITH TWO WINS AND TWO POLES
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, August 11, 2008  Alexander Rossi added two more Formula BMW Americas wins and a top-ten finish this weekend at Road America to increase his overall lead in the Championship to 32 points over 2nd place Ricardo Favoretto. Winning five of the last seven races, Rossi now tops the record books with nine career Formula BMW Americas victories.
08.12.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI AND ROAD AMERICA: A WINNING COMBINATION
Nevada City, California, August 5, 2008  Alexander Rossi driving for championship winning team Eurointernational begins the second half of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas season at Road America as current points leader with a 19 point advantage over Ricardo Favoretto. Road America is North Americas fastest permanent road racing circuit and will host rounds #10, 11 & 12 of the Formula BMW Americas championship on August 7-10, located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Rossi knows each one of Road Americas 14 turns that roll through 4.4 miles of Wisconsin hills. The second of his three 2007 Formula BMW USA series wins came here just one year ago and the previous year win in Skip Barber National Championship.
08.05.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI WAS FAST IN FORMULA BMW EUROPE SERIES AT HOCKENHEIM
Nevada City, California, July 21, 2008  Two days after winning Round 9 of the Formula BMW Americas Championship at Lime Rock Park on July 12th, points leader Alexander Rossi received a surprise invitation from Eurointernational team owner Antonio Ferrari to compete in Rounds 7 and 8 of Formula BMW Europe. Some 48 hours later the 16-year old Californian was at Hockenheimring and racing in support of the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2008.
07.21.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI ADDS ANOTHER VICTORY AT LIME ROCK PARK TO HOLD LEAD IN DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Lakeville, Conn, July 12, 2008  With a flag-to-flag win from the pole in Round 9 of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas Championship today at Lime Rock Park, in Lakeville, Conn., Alexander Rossi, scored his fourth win of the season and continues to lead the Drivers Championship. This victory, the seventh of his Formula BMW career, ties him with 2007 Formula BMW USA Champion Daniel Morad for most series wins.
07.13.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI READY FOR LIME ROCK PARK 'ENDURANCE RACES'
Nevada City, Calif., July 8, 2008  With six races of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas schedule now completed, Alexander Rossi leads the Driver Championship by 24 points. To date, the 16-year old Californian has scored three wins, three poles, four fastest race laps, two podiums and, heading to Rounds 7, 8 and 9 at Lime Rock Park on July 11-12, is on a three-race win streak.
07.09.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI TAKES OVERALL POINT LEAD WITH TWO WINS AT MID-OHIO
Lexington, Ohio, June 22, 2008  No competitor saw the front of Alexander Rossis No. 16 FB02 as the 16-year old Californian was absolutely the fastest Formula BMW Americas driver of the Round 5 and 6 Mid-Ohio weekend. Rossi led every practice session, scored both poles, led every lap on his way to both victories, set the fastest lap in both races and won by the largest margin of victory 14.123 seconds in Formula BMW history. The result? A commanding 24-point lead in the Overall 2008 standings. Rossi also became this weekend at Mid Ohio the second all-time Formula BMW Americas winnner with six for his career.
06.23.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI FOCUSED LEADING INTO MID-OHIO
Nevada City, Calif., June 18, 2008  Alexander Rossi heads to this weekends 2008 Formula BMW Americas Championship races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with the momentum of three consecutive podium finishes, including the Round 4 victory in Montreal, Canada on June 8th. Now standing second in Overall points, only seven markers behind the leader, Rossi is looking to extend his streak at Rounds 5 and 6 on June 20th  22th.
06.18.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI WINS ROUND 4 IN FRONT OF CANADIAN GRAND PRIX CROWD
Montreal, Quebec, June 9, 2008  Alexander Rossi grabs win number one of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas season today at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in front of the Canadian Grand Prix crowd. Starting from the outside of the front row, he took the lead on the second lap of the 14-lap contest to win by 5.110 seconds. Holding off hard charges and contact from both Ricardo Favoretto and Maxime Pelletier, yesterdays win was the fourth of his Formula BMW career.
06.09.2008
Alexander Rossi Confident and Ready for Canadian Grand Prix
Nevada City, Calif., June 1, 2008  With the momentum from his personal triumphs at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway on May 18th, 16-year old Alexander Rossi is feeling very confident as he prepares for this weekends Round 3 and 4 Formula BMW Americas races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, in Montreal, Canada.
06.01.2008
Formula for Success
MONTEREY, CA - Without a single car in his rearview mirror, Alexander Rossi was right where he wanted to be in the season-opening Formula BMW race at Laguna Seca Saturday. Having already turned the fastest qualifying lap ever recorded by a Formula BMW car at Laguna Seca, Rossi owned not only the new mark but also the pole position for the season's first race. The 16-year-old Nevada City native, starting his second season in the series, sped off from the start and gradually built a 10-second lead over the entire field.
05.20.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AT LAGUNA SECA
Laguna Seca, Calif., May, 18 2008 - Alexander Rossi's 2008 Formula BMW Americas season began with a bittersweet weekend at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway that saw him finish second in today's Round 2 race after an engine failure in Round 1 cost him the win yesterday.
05.19.2008
HITTING THE BOOKS TO TOPPING THE CHARTS
Nevada City, Calif., May, 12 2008  Acing all pre-season tests, including five college exams, 16-year old Alexander Rossi, of Nevada City, Calif., is ready for the 2008 Formula BMW Americas season to begin this weekend at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway.
05.13.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI BUSY FOR SPONSORS BEFORE FINAL TEST
Nevada City, Calif., May, 6 2008  Only days after besting the Formula BMW Americas field in testing at Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah, 16-year old Alexander Rossi was hard at work for his sponsors.
05.06.2008
Ready to Roll
By Brian Hamilton Alexander Rossi's rookie season of Formula BMW Americas racing is now in the rearview mirror. But considering the kind of success the 16-year-old Nevada City native found last year, he knows he's staring ahead at some high expectations for the 2008 campaign.
05.01.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI VERY QUICK AT MILLER TEST
Tooele, Utah Apr. 27, 2008  Alexander Rossi, 16, of Nevada City, Calif., continued to pace the Formula BMW Americas field at this weekends Official Test at Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah. Rossi, driving his No. 16 Eurointernational FB02, turned a lap of 1:29.066 minutes around the 2.42-mile, 15-turn East Course to set the quickest time of the two-day event and broke both the qualifying and race records set last season.
04.28.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI SUPPORTS BMW SALON SHOWS; TEAM ROSSI ULTIMATE RACE WEEKEND WINNER NAMED APRIL 30
Nevada City, Calif., Apr. 22, 2008  Formula BMW Americas driver Alexander Rossi, 16, of Nevada City, Calif., has begun a unique program to increase excitement at California BMW centers. One of this countrys rising young open-wheel racing stars, Rossi will be making appearances in support of BMW Product Launch and Salon shows.
04.24.2008
Rossi Top's The Time Sheets at First Official 2008 Formula BMW Americas Test
Danville, Virginia, April 6, 2008  For first official 2008 season test with Euro International, veteran driver Alexander Rossi tops the time sheets for both combined days for first official 2008 Formula BMW Americas test at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).
04.06.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI TEAMS WITH EUROINTERNATIONAL FOR 2008 FORMULA BMW AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP
Indianapolis, Indiana, Feb. 26, 2008 - Alexander Rossi announced today that he will drive for Eurointernational in the 2008 Formula BMW Americas Championship, pairing the series top-returning American driver with the most successful team in series history.
02.25.2008
ALEXANDER ROSSI INVITED TO LAS VEGAS FOR BMW / INTEL FORMULA ONE PIT LANE PARK AT CONSUMER ELECTRONIC SHOW
Las Vegas, Nevada (January 10, 2008)  In preparation for 2008 Formula BMW of Americas and part of off season promotion and PR, Team Rossi Motorsports and Alexander Rossi were invited to prestigious BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park to kick off the up and coming season and connect with fans and industry partners.
01.10.2008
National Breast Cancer Foundation