TRG and TRG East - revised Homestead qualifying

corrected No. 65 qualifying driver; additional information in Andy Lally
quote
 
GT qualifying

 

car          position           driver

 

61           1                      Bryan Sellers

64           4                      Colin Braun

65           7                      Marc Bunting

 

rookie pole

 

Rookie team TRG East and driver Bryan Sellers grabbed the GT pole position
for Saturday's Rolex Sports Car Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The
race is the second for the new Florida team (after scoring a class podium
finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona) and the first sports-car race for
Sellers, who lapped the 2.3-mile infield road course in one minute 21.283
seconds in the No. 61 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car he shares with Ryan Dalziel.

 

Sellers, who excelled in Toyota Atlantic racing in 2003 and 2004, said
passing in sports-car racing is quite different from open-wheel passing.
"It's definitely a fine art. There are some laps where I get passed by a
Daytona Prototype car and lose three seconds, and at the very same spot the
next lap, I get passed by a DP car and only lose a second. It's just purely
by how early the car gets by and how I deal with it," he said. "There's
definitely a technique to traffic – what that is, I'm not yet 100 per cent
sure, but I' ve got a whole race to figure it out."

 

slow beat

 

Andy Lally, who drives the No. 65 Auto Gallery/TRG Porsche with Marc
Bunting, matches his training regime to endurance racing. His focus is on
cardiovascular workouts that keep his heart rate elevated.

 

"I do a ton of cardio – mountain biking, jogging, 10K runs, kayaking – to
keep my heart rate up. Then when I''m in the car, my heart rate's lower, my
body's used to it, it's not a shock," he said. "I'm physically active enough
that I don't have to have a huge gym routine. I think that focusing on being
able to think straight in high heat and high heart rate is most important. I
haven't experienced muscle fatigue in these cars."

 

Team16 in New York

by Team16

 

Fresh off their Top 10 finish (7th) in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, Team16
drivers Brad Coleman and Colin Braun were invited on a media tour in New
York City. In addition to live appearances on ESPN's Cold Pizza and Fox &
Friends, the boys were interviewed by MTV executives, shot videos at many of
The Big Apple's famous sites, and encountered a bus load of screaming
British teenage girls. "Spending three days in New York City was awesome,"
Brad Coleman said.  "I had a great time and the atmosphere in the city is
unlike any other place I have ever been. I hope we get to come back soon."
In addition to touring the city, Brad and Colin got a first hand view of
what it takes to put on a live television show. "I was surprised at how
large the Cold Pizza set was and how many cameras, lights, and people were
on the set," said Colin Braun. "It is definitely larger than it looks on
television. Brad and I had a great time on both shows and hopefully they
won’t be our last!"