Two Lucky Fans Win Autographed Checkered Flags

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 11, 2002) -- Grand American Road Racing Association has awarded two lucky fans autographed Union 76 checkered flags. Becky Bloodsworth, of Red Lion, Pa., and eight-year-old Natalie Burns, of Memphis, Mich., were selected as recipients of the flags autographed by the winners of the Rolex Sports Car Series 6 Hours of The Glen and Grand-Am Cup Twin 250s at The Glen. 

Bloodsworth and Burns were two of the hundreds of fans that entered a random drawing to win the autographed Union 76 flags while they were in attendance at the Sports Car Grand Prix weekend at Watkins Glen International. Grand American Road Racing will give fans the opportunity to register to win autograph Union 76 checkered flags at selected races throughout the remainder of the season. 

Bloodsworth will receive a Union 76 checkered flag featuring the signatures of the 6 Hours of The Glen winners. Among the drivers who autographed the flag in The Glen's Victory Circle are two-time driver champion James Weaver and 2002 Rolex 24 At Daytona SRPII winners Terry Borcheller, Anthony Lazzaro and Ralf Kelleners. 

The Union 76 checkered flag awarded to Burns is autographed by winners of both Grand-Am Cup Twin 250s at Watkins Glen International, including current GS I points leaders David Empringham and Scott Maxwell. 

The next opportunity for race fans to register for a chance to win a Union 76 checkered flag autographed by the race winners will be at Virginia International Raceway on Labor Day weekend, when the Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series take to the historic road course for its first professional sports car race since its reopening in 2000. 

The Rolex Sports Car Series will travel next to Watkins Glen International for the Bully Hill Vineyards 250, part of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sirius Satellite at The Glen weekend, Aug. 8-11. Tickets are currently on sale for the event and may be purchased online at www.theglen.com or by calling The Glen's ticket office at 607-535-2481. More information on the Rolex Sports Car Series can be found online at www.grand-am.com.