Jim Osborn Autosport Development Cleveland Post Race Report

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T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital / Remote Area Medical #7 GTO  
Cleveland Post Race Report

Osborn Finishes 20th in First World Challenge GT Start



Cleveland – June 26, 2005  Starting 22nd in his first ever World  
Challenge GT race, Jim Osborn drove the #7 Remote Area Medical GTO to  
a 20th place finish in Sunday’s SPEED World Challenge race at the  
Grand Prix of Cleveland at Burke Lakefront Airport, June 23-36.
“That was just awesome,” laughed Osborn after the race. “The car is  
just amazing. We had a problem with first gear when we went through  
the turn one mess at the start, but once I got it freed up, we were  
off and running.”


“Later on, I started to get pretty comfortable,” Osborn continued.  
“When we got into traffic on the restart, I felt very confident  
moving the car around. I found myself in the mix with Tom Oates and  
Mike Davis and had no problem getting the car to go where I needed to  
be. And, the power is definitely there.”


“We said our goal was go out and get some laps under our belt,”  
Osborn said. “We did that… we did that well. The Chili Pepper racing  
guys did a great job with prepping for the race and Autosport  
Development’s guys made it happen. Best of all, I brought it back  
whole! Let’s get to Limerock!”


Osborn’s #24 Chili Pepper Racing BMW qualified 13th for Saturday’s  
Touring Car race and finished 25th. Osborn retired late in the race  
with mechanical difficulties.


The Cleveland Grand Prix schedule called for the SPEED Touring Car  
race to run on Saturday at 5:45pm and the GT race to run Sunday at  
4pm. The Touring Car race aired Sunday at 4pm and the GT race ran one- 
hour tape delay at 5pm, on SPEED.


Autosport Development competes as part of the SPEED World Challenge  
GT Series. All events are nationally televised on SPEED channel  
(formerly Speedvision). In 2005 the SPEED World Challenge Series  
schedule will include street races in Denver and St. Petersburg, and  
make the traditional stops around the country at great tracks like  
Sebring, Road Atlanta, Lime Rock Park, Infineon, Mosport, Cleveland,  
Portland, Road America, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca.

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, TN. 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.


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 Autosport Development visit  
www.GoAutosport.com

For more information about Trenton Forging, visit www.trentonforging.com

For more information about SCCA SPEED World Challenge, visit  
www.world-challenge.com

For more information about Chili Pepper Racing, visit  
www.chilipepperracing.org