Riley Racing Announces Full SPEED Touring Car Effort For 2006

For Immediate Release

 

Riley Racing Announces Full SPEED Touring Car Effort For 2006 

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (Jan. 9, 2006) - Two months before the 2006 SCCA Pro Racing
SPEED World Challenge season ramps up with the opening round in Sebring,
newly formed Riley Racing has announced its intention to campaign a
Volvo S40 T5 for all 10 rounds of the 2006 SPEED Touring Car season.

 

The team, managed by father Chris (who is the current President of
Stamford Volvo in Stamford, Conn.), has also named German Volvo
aftermarket product supplier Heico Sportiv as its official technical
partner for 2006.  In that role, Heico Sportiv will help analyze chassis
and engine data throughout the year.  

 

Riley's son, former Volvo factory driver Jameson, will pilot the team's
S40 T5 after driving for Team Volvo the past two seasons.  In addition
to World Challenge, the 20 year-old will also drive for the Heico
Sportiv team in an S40 T5 in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring this June in
Germany.   

 

Chassis development assistance for the Riley Racing Volvo will come from
a familiar name in World Challenge as Autosport Development, which
currently runs two Pontiac GTOs in SPEED GT, will lend its expertise.

 

"My father and I are excited about teaming up to race in the SPEED World
Challenge Touring Car series in 2006," the younger Riley said.  "The
Volvo S40 that we'll be using should be very competitive, and with the
help of Heico Sportiv and Autosport Development, we should be up to pace
very quickly. We're all looking forward to this season."

 

Updates on the progress of the team's efforts to transform a street car
shell into a SPEED World Challenge racing machine can be followed as it
is released through feature articles on the team's Web site at 
www.rileyracing.com <http://www.rileyracing.com/> .

 

Sponsorship inquiries or other general questions may be submitted to 
jameson@rileyracing.com or call (203) 858-5971.  

 

Riley Racing's Technical Partner Web Site Information:

 

Heicosportivna.com

Goautosport.com

Stamfordvolvo.com

Absoluteb.com

 

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Absoluteb.com

Photo Caption: With his father Chris managing Riley Racing, son Jameson
will pilot the team's Volvo S40 T5 in SPEED Touring Car in 2006.

 

 

Curt K.
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Curtis Kitchen
Public Relations Manager
Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Inc.
ckitchen@scca.com  
800-770-2055