Chili Pepper St. Petersburg Race Report

  	
St. Petersburg, Fla. Jim Osborn, driver of the Thompson Children’s 
Hospital/Remote Area Medical/Trenton Forging #24 BMW 325ci Touring Car 
finished 9th in Sunday’s Round 2 of the SPEED World Challenge Touring 
Car series race St. Petersburg, Florida. This was Osborn’s first top 10 
finish since the debut of the Chili Pepper Racing #24 car in 2002.

“The Chili Pepper crew did a great job of prepping the car,” Osborn 
continued. “Mid-race I had a nice run with Altenburg before he got by 
me. Then late in the race I was getting a lot of pressure from one of 
the RealTime Racing Acuras. Having a well setup car gives you 
confidence to push it a little harder. I was banging the rev-limiter on 
that long front stretch trying to hold him off. Today was a lot of 
fun.”

“We have been very close to a top-10 finish several times but have 
fallen short for various reasons,” said Osborn. “We knew it was just a 
matter of time. We are so happy it could be at the St. Petersburg 
course.”

The 1.8 mile street course with its unforgiving concrete barriers, left 
little room for mistakes. The course took its toll on a number of 
competitors. However, the #24 BMW came away undamaged and ready for 
Round 3 at Road Atlanta April 15-17th.

Remote Area Medical is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps 
dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, eye care, 
veterinary services and educational assistance to people in remote 
areas of the United States and the World. The need to get medical care 
to people in inaccessible regions was one which founder Stan Brock knew 
all too well while living 15 years with the Wapishana Indians in the 
Amazon rain forest. His deep desire to find a way to take health care 
to people who had none was the seed of R.A.M. Since 1985, R.A.M. and 
21,688 volunteers have provided free health care to 245,255 patients, 
59,859 animals. In those 20 years, they have provided over $20 million 
in health care. Find out more at www.ramusa.org

T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital is part of the Erlanger Health system 
and is a level-one trauma center. Located in the Tennessee Valley of 
Chattanooga, Tenn. T.C. Thompson does not only serve the Tennessee area 
but also those living in North Alabama, East Tennessee, North Georgia 
and Western North Carolina. The hospital serves as a teaching facility 
for the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. To find out more 
visit www.erlanger.org

Trenton Forging Company from Trenton Michigan is a leading producer of 
custom impression die forgings to a wide variety of industries. They 
have a strong reputation as a supplier of choice to many Tier 1 and 
Tier 2 automotive/light truck suppliers. Trenton produces multiple 
cavity die forgings to meet customers exacting specifications and 
offers a wide range of high quality custom forging products with 
exceptional customer service. For more information about Trenton 
Forging, visit www.trentonforging.com

To find out more information about Chili Pepper Racing or their “Racing 
For The
Health Of It” partners visit their website at www.chilipepperracing.org