Jim Osborn Lime Rock Park Qualifying Report

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Remote Area Medical #7 GTO Lime Rock Qualifying Report

Osborn Qualifies 19th for World Challenge New England GT Grand Prix


Lakeville, Conn. – July 1, 2005  In only his second World Challenge  
GT race, Jim Osborn drove the #7 Remote Area Medical GTO to a 19th  
place starting spot for Saturday’s SPEED World Challenge GT race at  
Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut.
“This just keeps getting better,” said a smiling Osborn. “I’m just  
going to take it one step at a time and make our way up-to-speed,  
but, man this is fun! These cars just perform with such authority…  
it’s easy to see how all that power can go to your head."


“Driving this track in a GT car is a lot different than in a Touring  
Car,” Osborn observed. “The GT cars get off the corners so fast, and  
are bullets down the front straight. You really need to keep the pace  
or you’re going to get run over. I like it though…. and the car is  
definitely up to it. I’m going to get together with Stu (Hayner)  
later and get some feedback on our run. I think we’re going to have a  
great race”


In off track activities, Osborn, with his endless dedication to  
seriously ill children and their families, will take time out to  
visit and have dinner with kids at Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall  
camp. To date, nearly 100,000 seriously ill children from throughout  
the United States and 31 countries have attended Hole in the Wall  
Camps free of charge. They are a not-for-profit organization totally  
supported by charitable contributions. Hole in the Wall Camps are the  
dream of actor Paul Newman, who started the first camp in 1988 and  
has been the driving force ever since. Osborn and his Chili Pepper  
Racing team have campaigned with the slogan ‘Racing for the Health of  
it’ supporting the T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital and raising  
funds for the Lighthouse Family Retreat.


The Speed World Challenge New England Grand Prix is scheduled for  
Saturday. The SPEED GT race will run on Saturday at 12:40pm and the  
Touring Car race at 4:10pm. The Touring Car race will air Sunday at  
4pm followed by the GT race at 5pm, both 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.


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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.