Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype and GT Class campaigns as well as Riley Tech Camaros in Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Mooresville, NC (4 March 2010)—Riley Technologies (a division of SEA STAR GROUP, INC. Stock Symbol SGQZ) got a fast start to the 2010 racing season, and will look to keep that momentum going again this weekend.
After continuing its long history of success at Daytona International Speedway with both the overall victory and a GT Class win in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, Riley Technologies will focus on the sprint format that will be featured the next four Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 events, starting with this weekends Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead Miami Speedway.
Riley Tech has captured the GRAND-AM Daytona Prototype Manufacturer Championship for the last six years running, and will look to extend that streak in 2010. Riley Tech supports the firms customer base at every GRAND-AM event with full spares and parts supply, support engineers, and field technicians to keep the cars at speed and on the track.
Leading the charge at Homestead will be the Rolex 24-winning No. 9 Action Express Racing Porsche V8-Riley Daytona Prototype of Joao Barbosa and Terry Borcheller, who enter the weekend with the championship lead. The field will also see the competition intensify after Starworks Motorsport’s announcement of a second entry starting with the Grand Prix of Miami. The team has high hopes for the weekend, and knowing that the BMW-Riley combination was the winning choice at the race in 2007 will only intensify that enthusiasm.
In addition, the goals are no less ambitious in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT Class, which sees both the Mazda RX-8 and the Turner Motorsport BMW M6 utilizing the Riley GT platform. A full bevy of the Mazda machines, built by the Rolex 24-winning Speedsource organization, will target a return to the winners circle as Turner looks to build on a strong debut Rolex outing at Daytona.
The Grand Prix of Miami weekend will also feature the Miami 200 for round two of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge championship. The Riley Technologies Chevrolet Camaro GS.R scored fifth at Daytona with Stevenson Motorsports, a strong showing in just the second race start for the all new machine. The Continental Tire race has once again attracted a stout field of over 70 cars between the GS and ST classes.
“This is going to be a busy weekend for us, but everyone is looking forward to getting back to the track and hopefully having a strong weekend,” said Riley Technologies VP Bill Riley. “The way the schedule is laid out, with practice and qualifying on Friday and then the two races on Saturday, this is a pretty intense schedule. But we are as always fully ready to support all of our customers, and hopefully this will be another winning weekend.”
Riley Technologies has an extended legacy of success, developing competitive on-track products for the Rolex Sports Car Series, the American LeMans Series, the USAC Gold Crown Series, and the Japanese GT Championship Series.
For more information or questions, please contact: Bill Riley, (704) 663-6319 *302
Riley Technologies Teams and Drivers:
GRAND AM CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE, Grand Prix of Miami/Miami 200:
No. 05 Momentum Race Group Jeff Altenburg, Ellicott City, Md., Camaro GS.R
No. 06 Momentum Race Group David Orr, Jordon Musser, College Station, Texas Camaro GS.R
No. 6 Stevenson Motorsports Matt Bell, Los Altos, Calif. Jeff Bucknum, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Camaro GS.R
No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Al Carter, Greenville, Del. Hugh Plumb, Chadds Ford, Pa. Camaro GS.R
No. 62 Mitchum Motorsports Joey Atterbury, Seattle, Wash., Delvin Cates, Broad Run, Va. Camaro GS.R
Riley Technologies Teams and Drivers-GRAND AM ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES:
No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
Scott Pruett, Auburn, Calif., Memo Rojas, Mexico City, Mexico
BMW / Riley Telmex, Target
No. 6 Michael Shank Racing
Brian Frisselle, Aspen. Colo.,Michael Valiante, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Ford / Riley "The Pit Stop" on Norris Lake
No. 7 Starworks Motorsport
Ian James, Paradise Valley, AZ, Bill Lester, Atlanta, Ga.
BMW / Riley
No. 8 Starworks Motorsport
Ryan Dalziel, Orlando Fla,. Mike Forest, Edmonton, Canada
BMW / Riley
No. 9 Action Express Racing
Joao Barbosa, Porto, Portugal, Terry Borcheller, Vero Beach, Fla.
Porsche / Riley
No. 55 Crown Royal/NPN Racing
Christophe Bouchut, Paris, France, Scott Tucker, Leawood, Kan.
BMW / Riley
No. 59 Brumos Racing
David Donohue, Malvern, Pa., Darren Law, Phoenix, Ariz.
Porsche / Riley Brumos.com
No. 60 Michael Shank Racing
Ozz Negri, Miami, Fla., John Pew, North Palm Beach, Fla.
Ford / Riley Crown Royal XR
No. 95 Crown Royal/NPN Racing
Christophe Bouchut, Paris, France, Scott Tucker, Leawood, Kan.
BMW / Riley
No. 99 GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing
Jon Fogarty, Bend, Ore., Alex Gurney, Irvine, Calif.
Chevrolet / Riley GAINSCO Auto Insurance
GT:
No. 30 Racers Edge Motorsports
Todd Lamb, Atlanta, Ga., Jordan Taylor, Apopka, Fla.
Mazda RX-8 Cobalt Friction, IDEMITSU, Mazda
No. 40 Dempsey Racing
Patrick Dempsey, Beverly Hills, Calif., Joe Foster, Atlanta, Ga.
Mazda RX-8 Mazda
No. 41 Dempsey Racing/Team Seattle
James Gue, Alpharetta, Ga., Leh Keen, Charleston, S.C.
Mazda RX-8 Global Diving
No. 42 Team Sahlen
Will Nonnamaker, North Canton, Ohio, Joe Sahlen, Elma, N.Y.
Mazda RX-8 Theracesite.com
No. 43 Team Sahlen
Joe Nonnamaker, North Canton, Ohio, Will Nonnamaker, North Canton, Ohio
Mazda RX-8 Theracesite.com
No. 68 SpeedSource/Newman Wachs Racing
Adam Christodoulou, Birmingham, UK John Edwards, Cincinnati, OH
No. 69 SpeedSource
Emil Assentato, Locust Valley, N.Y., Jeff Segal, Miami, Fla.
Mazda RX-8 FXDD, Mazda
No. 70 SpeedSource
Jonathan Bomarito, Monterey, Calif., Sylvain Tremblay, Sunrise, Fla.
Mazda RX-8 Castol Syntec, Mazda
No. 94 Turner Motorsport
Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, Calif., Paul Dalla Lana, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joey Hand, Sacramento, Calif.
BMW M6
For additional information:
www.rileytech.com
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