LG Motorsports St. Petersburg Race Report

Detroit – April 1, 2006 LG Motorsports put the #28 ProLong Tube  
Headers C6 Corvette, driven by Lou Gigliotti on the pole for  
Saturday’s round two of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT  
Series in St. Petersburg. Gigliotti, went on to lead the first 16  
laps of the race, but later fought multiple battles with the eventual  
winner, #66 Lawson Aschenbach, and the #1 and #16 Cadillacs of Andy  
Pilgrim and Johnny O’Connell.

“I got a good start and was able to steer clear of a lot of the  
early battling going on behind me,�?? commented three-time former  
World Challenge Champion, Lou Gigilotti. I heard the #5 car was in  
trouble early and could see the #66 car was shadowing me. I felt if I  
could control the pace of the race, it would force hard racing back  
in the pack. By midway though, the #66 Porsche was forcing me deep  
and the Cadillac pulled into the mix.�??

“The Porsche was able to get by me,�?? continued Lou, “but  
couldn’t hold onto it in the next turn and I regained the lead. But  
the Cadillacs also got by the Porsche… and I knew we were late  
enough in the race that they were going to attack. The battle with  
the Porsche had let its toll on our tires and the Cadillacs got by.�??

“I’m pleased with our performance and we’ll take the fourth  
place and head to Long Beach,�?? smiled Lou. “I’m just pleased  
with the performance of the LG Motorsports crew. These guys are  
putting everything they’ve got into the LG Motorsports Corvettes and  
giving us great cars to race. I think the world of my guys.�??

Doug Peterson was having a strong run in the #87 3 Dimensional  
Services Corvette C6 until he had a water pump fail on lap 19. The  
former Star Mazda Series champion qualified ninth for Saturday’s  
race and finished 18th.

“I had a great car,�?? said Peterson. “I’m pretty sure we could  
have finished in the top 10 had the pump not let go. Having never  
seen the St. Pete street course, this was a pretty intense weekend  
for me. But I think we have a lot to be proud of and once again, the  
crew put a good car under me. The pump failure is just one of those  
things.�??

“We’ll have Tomy Drisi in the car at Long Beach,�?? continued  
Doug, “so I know he’ll have a quick car to work with. He’s won  
there and Lou’s had great results too, so I’m pretty excited about  
the car’s and Tomy’s chances.�??
Qualifying 20th left Claudio Burtin [#26 LG Motorsports Corvette C6]  
with his work cut out for him. He got an excellent start and was  
working his way through the field when he got grid locked by an  
incident when Mike McCann’s #82 Viper got into Skip Sauls #99 Viper  
momentarily closing off the turn 10 section of the track.

“I struggled a bit with the car in practice,�?? said Claudio “and  
due to our practice times we had to qualify with the slower group.  
But the car was quick and I knew once we got racing, I’d be able to  
move up.�??

“I got a good start and I was getting settled in,�?? Claudio  
added, “then all of sudden I see in the apex of turn 10 that the two  
Vipers got into each other and blocked the track. I lost a lot of  
time. When we finally broke clear I had lost site of the pack.�??

“All considered, I’m pleased with the 14th place finish,�?? said  
Burtin. “We picked up six places and I’m sure if not for the lost  
time, we’d have picked up more. The guys have the car going in the  
right direction, we’re fast and we can head to Long Beach and  
continue building our program. The LG Motorsports guys did a great  
job.�??

The SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Series is in St. Petersburg  
as part of the IRL Indy Car Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, in Florida.  
The events will air tape-delayed on PEE Channel with SPEED GT on  
Sunday, April 2 at 3pm and SPEED Touring Car on Sunday, April 2 at  
4pm.  TV Times are EST.



The LG Motorsports’ three-car effort heads west to California for  
round three in the GT Championship at next weekend’s Toyota Grand  
Prix of Long Beach April 7-9, 2006. The event will air on PEE  
Channel Sunday, April 16, 2 p.m. TV Times are EST.


LG Motorsports is located in Wylie, Texas. Known for their  
exceptional service and customer support, LG Motorsports provides  
high-performance parts and accessories for the Corvette C5, C6, C6- 
Z06, Cadillac CTS-V, Pontiac GTO and F body LS1 powered cars. LG  
Motorsports … where money buys speed. For more information about LG  
Motorsports, visit www.lgmotorsports.com.

Regarded as the most relevant and top production car road racing  
series in the world, the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships are  
broken into two distinct sub-series that run separately from one  
another— SCCA SPEED GT and SCCA SPEED Touring Car. Each Championship  
is run in a 50-minute “sprint�?? race format, featuring recognizable  
cars, world-class drivers and standing starts. For more information  
about the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Championships, please  
visit www.world-challenge.com.