Mobonic drives Long Beach Grand Prix
#3
04-15-2010, 01:51 PM
That pic looks like the view from a dash mounted camera of a Long Beach police car. They must have chased you down... j/k
Seriously, how did you get to take your car out on the LB track?
Was that your car I saw at Fontana this past weekend (Festival of Speed)?
Seriously, how did you get to take your car out on the LB track?
Was that your car I saw at Fontana this past weekend (Festival of Speed)?
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04-15-2010, 05:14 PM
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Running three cars is a big task for the GMG Racing team, but the team will bring two more to the party at this weekend's Toyo Tires World Challenge at Long Beach presented by Bondurant. GMG Racing will field five cars that will compete on the streets of Long Beach, the third round of the 2010 World Challenge season.
Defending race winner James Sofronas enters the race as the point's leader in the #14 GMG Porsche WC-GT3 Cup. Joing him will be teammate Dino Crescentini, winner of the last round at St. Petersburg in the #4 GMG / Stoptech Porsche WC-GT3 Cup, and William Ziegler, the 2009 World Challenge Rookie of the Year, in the #05 GMG / Swisher Porsche WC-GT3 Cup.
"I am really excited to not only enter the Long Beach Grand Prix as the World Challenge points leader, but to race with such a strong team in our home race," said Sofronas. "This is the largest team that we have ever brought to a World Challenge event, and we have a great chance to have another GMG Racing Porsche in the winners circle on Sunday afternoon."
Competing in their first World Challenge race will be Brent Holden and Gary Tolar. Holden, a veteran of IMSA's Patron GT3 Challenge, will be piloting the #24 GMG Porsche WC-GT3 in the GT class, while Gary Tolar will round out the five car team when he competes in the GTS class in the #86 GMG / Tolar Manufacturing Porsche 996 GS.
"We certainly have our work cut out for us at this year's LBGP as the competition is going to be fierce," said Fabryce Kutyba, vice president of Global Motorsports Group. "Everyone has stepped up their game in 2010. A full field with three classes of cars all racing together will require speed and consistency to finish at the top. The guys on the team have been working extremely hard between St. Petersburg and Long Beach to make the cars perfect. I am hopeful that our combination of GMG World Challenge suspension components, Stoptech Brakes and the reliability of the WC-GT3 Cup cars will once again be the package to beat."
GMG Racing will also field a car in Saturday's American Le Mans Series race, the #32 GMG / Spectra Resources Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, for Sofronas and teammate Bret Curtis.
The World Challenge race will run at 4:14pm on Sunday afternoon, and will be broadcast on VERSUS May 1 from 4:30pm-6:00pm.
About Global Motorsports Group
Headquartered in Orange County, California, GMG is one of the country's premier performance shops for European cars. In addition to being a top racing team that competes in Speed World Challenge, American Le Mans and Patron GT3 Challenge, GMG also supports its customer base at local club races and track events across N. America. To learn more about GMG and its line of performance parts and service for Porsches as well as other European cars, visit gmgracing.com.
About Swisher International
Swisher International produces mass-market large cigars, such as Swisher Sweets, King Edward, and Optimo; premium cigars such as Dominican Hallmark and Casino Gold; and little cigars (cigarillos), which also use the Swisher Sweets and King Edward brand names. It also makes smokeless tobacco products. Its moist and dry snuff offerings include the Silver Creek, Redwood, and Kayak brands; loose-leaf chewing tobacco sells under the Mail Pouch, Lancaster, and Chattanooga Chew names. For more information, visit swisher.com.
About StopTech
Stoptech is the ultra performance division of Centric Parts, a leading innovator of world class brake components and systems for production-based racing cars and high performance vehicles on the street and track. For more information, visit stoptech.com.
Defending race winner James Sofronas enters the race as the point's leader in the #14 GMG Porsche WC-GT3 Cup. Joing him will be teammate Dino Crescentini, winner of the last round at St. Petersburg in the #4 GMG / Stoptech Porsche WC-GT3 Cup, and William Ziegler, the 2009 World Challenge Rookie of the Year, in the #05 GMG / Swisher Porsche WC-GT3 Cup.
"I am really excited to not only enter the Long Beach Grand Prix as the World Challenge points leader, but to race with such a strong team in our home race," said Sofronas. "This is the largest team that we have ever brought to a World Challenge event, and we have a great chance to have another GMG Racing Porsche in the winners circle on Sunday afternoon."
Competing in their first World Challenge race will be Brent Holden and Gary Tolar. Holden, a veteran of IMSA's Patron GT3 Challenge, will be piloting the #24 GMG Porsche WC-GT3 in the GT class, while Gary Tolar will round out the five car team when he competes in the GTS class in the #86 GMG / Tolar Manufacturing Porsche 996 GS.
"We certainly have our work cut out for us at this year's LBGP as the competition is going to be fierce," said Fabryce Kutyba, vice president of Global Motorsports Group. "Everyone has stepped up their game in 2010. A full field with three classes of cars all racing together will require speed and consistency to finish at the top. The guys on the team have been working extremely hard between St. Petersburg and Long Beach to make the cars perfect. I am hopeful that our combination of GMG World Challenge suspension components, Stoptech Brakes and the reliability of the WC-GT3 Cup cars will once again be the package to beat."
GMG Racing will also field a car in Saturday's American Le Mans Series race, the #32 GMG / Spectra Resources Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, for Sofronas and teammate Bret Curtis.
The World Challenge race will run at 4:14pm on Sunday afternoon, and will be broadcast on VERSUS May 1 from 4:30pm-6:00pm.
About Global Motorsports Group
Headquartered in Orange County, California, GMG is one of the country's premier performance shops for European cars. In addition to being a top racing team that competes in Speed World Challenge, American Le Mans and Patron GT3 Challenge, GMG also supports its customer base at local club races and track events across N. America. To learn more about GMG and its line of performance parts and service for Porsches as well as other European cars, visit gmgracing.com.
About Swisher International
Swisher International produces mass-market large cigars, such as Swisher Sweets, King Edward, and Optimo; premium cigars such as Dominican Hallmark and Casino Gold; and little cigars (cigarillos), which also use the Swisher Sweets and King Edward brand names. It also makes smokeless tobacco products. Its moist and dry snuff offerings include the Silver Creek, Redwood, and Kayak brands; loose-leaf chewing tobacco sells under the Mail Pouch, Lancaster, and Chattanooga Chew names. For more information, visit swisher.com.
About StopTech
Stoptech is the ultra performance division of Centric Parts, a leading innovator of world class brake components and systems for production-based racing cars and high performance vehicles on the street and track. For more information, visit stoptech.com.
Competing in the world-famous Grand Prix of Long Beach is a highlight of the season for GMG Racing, based in nearby Orange County. With the team based so close to the Grand Prix, a large number of customers, friends, family, and team supporters make their way to the race to visit the team throughout the weekend, and cheer for the team in the weekend-ending World Challenge race.
No doubt the highlight of GMG Racing's appearances on the streets of Long Beach was James Sofronas' victory in the World Challenge race in 2009. This year, GMG Racing's fans will also get to cheer their team on in the American Le Mans Series' Tequila Patron Grand Prix on April 17, as Sofronas will join Bret Curtis in the No.32 GMG / Spectra Resources Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
The two drivers partnered in the season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring, where they enjoyed a strong run in their GMG-prepared Porsche and were battling for a podium position until they were hit by a prototype in the late stages of the race. The contact forced the car behind the wall to repair a broken radiator and effectively took them out of contention, but the team made it to the checkered flag. Their strong form and ultimate bad luck have left team owner Sofronas ready to put on a strong show in front of the team’s home crowd.
"Long Beach is a really great event, and one that has historically been very good for GMG Racing," said Sofronas. "We are really looking forward to getting a result that the team deserves in the ALMS race. The crew worked so hard and so well in Sebring, and to get taken out of it was hard to take. Bret is ready, and I know I am also ready, to get the GMG / Spectra Resources Porsche on the podium."
In contrast to the 12 Hours of Sebring, where the emphasis for the drivers was on making sure the car survived to the end, Long Beach will be a 100 minute sprint race – not unlike the World Challenge race that Sofronas won in 2009.
"The approach for Long Beach is completely different than Sebring," said Sofronas. "Our Porsche, with its Global Motorsports Group parts, will run strong and fast throughout the race so every lap is about getting the most out of the package. In a way, it is more fun because we are driving at ten-tenths every lap. It is also a great race for the fans, with battles all over the track between the GT and Prototype cars."
GMG Racing will also take part in Sunday's World Challenge race, with Porsche 911 GT3's entered for regular drivers Sofronas, Dino Crescentini, and William Ziegler, as well as first-time Long Beach competitors Brent Holden and Gary Tolar. Sofronas enters the weekend as the series point’s leader, while Crescentini won the series’ previous race in St. Petersburg.
The American Le Mans race will be shown live on SPEED Channel, at 5:00PM EST on Saturday, April 17.
About Global Motorsports Group
Headquartered in Orange County, California, GMG is one of the country's premier performance shops for European cars. In addition to being a top racing team that competes in Speed World Challenge, American Le Mans and Patron GT3 Challenge, GMG also supports its customer base at local club races and track events across N. America. To learn more about GMG and its line of performance parts and service for Porsches as well as other European cars, visit gmgracing.com.
About Spectra Resources Corporation
SPECTRA Resources Corporation is a general trading company involved in importing, exporting, off-shore country trading, domestic U.S. trading, warehousing, and processing of several different steel products. United Steel Supply is a processor and distributor of steel products dedicated to the metal building industry in the U.S. SPECTRA Resources and United Steel Supply have offices in or near to Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, TX; and has representatives in Louisville, Dallas, Cleveland, Birmingham, AL and Raleigh, NC.
No doubt the highlight of GMG Racing's appearances on the streets of Long Beach was James Sofronas' victory in the World Challenge race in 2009. This year, GMG Racing's fans will also get to cheer their team on in the American Le Mans Series' Tequila Patron Grand Prix on April 17, as Sofronas will join Bret Curtis in the No.32 GMG / Spectra Resources Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
The two drivers partnered in the season-opening 12 Hours of Sebring, where they enjoyed a strong run in their GMG-prepared Porsche and were battling for a podium position until they were hit by a prototype in the late stages of the race. The contact forced the car behind the wall to repair a broken radiator and effectively took them out of contention, but the team made it to the checkered flag. Their strong form and ultimate bad luck have left team owner Sofronas ready to put on a strong show in front of the team’s home crowd.
"Long Beach is a really great event, and one that has historically been very good for GMG Racing," said Sofronas. "We are really looking forward to getting a result that the team deserves in the ALMS race. The crew worked so hard and so well in Sebring, and to get taken out of it was hard to take. Bret is ready, and I know I am also ready, to get the GMG / Spectra Resources Porsche on the podium."
In contrast to the 12 Hours of Sebring, where the emphasis for the drivers was on making sure the car survived to the end, Long Beach will be a 100 minute sprint race – not unlike the World Challenge race that Sofronas won in 2009.
"The approach for Long Beach is completely different than Sebring," said Sofronas. "Our Porsche, with its Global Motorsports Group parts, will run strong and fast throughout the race so every lap is about getting the most out of the package. In a way, it is more fun because we are driving at ten-tenths every lap. It is also a great race for the fans, with battles all over the track between the GT and Prototype cars."
GMG Racing will also take part in Sunday's World Challenge race, with Porsche 911 GT3's entered for regular drivers Sofronas, Dino Crescentini, and William Ziegler, as well as first-time Long Beach competitors Brent Holden and Gary Tolar. Sofronas enters the weekend as the series point’s leader, while Crescentini won the series’ previous race in St. Petersburg.
The American Le Mans race will be shown live on SPEED Channel, at 5:00PM EST on Saturday, April 17.
About Global Motorsports Group
Headquartered in Orange County, California, GMG is one of the country's premier performance shops for European cars. In addition to being a top racing team that competes in Speed World Challenge, American Le Mans and Patron GT3 Challenge, GMG also supports its customer base at local club races and track events across N. America. To learn more about GMG and its line of performance parts and service for Porsches as well as other European cars, visit gmgracing.com.
About Spectra Resources Corporation
SPECTRA Resources Corporation is a general trading company involved in importing, exporting, off-shore country trading, domestic U.S. trading, warehousing, and processing of several different steel products. United Steel Supply is a processor and distributor of steel products dedicated to the metal building industry in the U.S. SPECTRA Resources and United Steel Supply have offices in or near to Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, TX; and has representatives in Louisville, Dallas, Cleveland, Birmingham, AL and Raleigh, NC.
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04-18-2010, 12:11 AM
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Yes that was me at Fontana
How did I get the picture.... ha ha... well hanging out with Patrick Long and Joerg Bermeister has its perks!!!
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How did I get the picture.... ha ha... well hanging out with Patrick Long and Joerg Bermeister has its perks!!!
More videos and pics on RennTrack
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