TRG - Mont-Tremblant test

five for five

 

TRG set the fastest GT time during Rolex Sports Car Series testing Thursday
on le Circuit Mont-Tremblant. Andy Lally cruised the high-speed 2.65-mile
road course in one minute 41.306 seconds in the No. 65 Auto Gallery/TRG
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. He and his driving partner Marc Bunting are both
fans of the Québec track.

 

"We're thrilled. I love this place, Marc loves this place. We were hoping we
would come out of the box and be quick here. Lars [Giersing, race engineer]
put a great setup on the car and, as usual, these guys have been hustling
their butts off," Lally said. "We tried five different things today and all
five of them made us quicker. It's rare that that happens, but it just
clicked and we put a real good lap together. We need this, we need to go
faster to charge for the championship, and we've done that today."

 

lithium power


Marc Bullock is driving the No. 63 Porsche with Dave Master and Andy
Brumbaugh. His company, Somers Lithium, is a sponsor on the car, with Master
Asset Management. Bullock noted the synergy between lithium and motorsport.

 

"There are more lithium button batteries in automobiles than people know and
the memory boards for the computers onboard have small button batteries
installed. The lithium battery is also now coming into the fuel-cell
business, so our button batteries are becoming larger to get a hybrid type
of fuel cell," he said. "Lithium is the lightest metal known to man so it's
wonderful because it takes weight off the car. They're perfecting a
lithium-phosphate ion cell and therefore it has no flammability, so that's a
fantastic deal in a car. In addition, lithium has a strength of three or
four times nickel cadmium."

 

patience

 

Marc Bunting uses several techniques to win on track, including lessons he
learned in the business world. He says patience is a key tool in both
business and in his quest for a second-consecutive Rolex Series
championship.

 

"Rather than making rash or quick decisions, I try to sit back and look at
the overall picture. That certainly plays a part in our strategy of trying
to be there at the end. In the critical moments, you have to make a
split-second decision whether to make a pass or not. It helps to pull back
for a millisecond, look at the overall picture and realize what our real
goal is."

 

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Sylvia Proudfoot
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