LG MOTORSPORTS AT LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: John Thawley johnt@c2group.com LG Motorsports Heads To Long Beach For “The War By The Shore.” Detroit – April 6, 2006 LG Motorsports will descend upon Long Beach, California this weekend. This will be round three of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Series. The #28 ProLong Tube Headers C6 Corvette, driven by Lou Gigliotti, will be joined by the #26 LG Motorsports Corvette driven by Claudio Burtin and the #87 Corvette, driven by Tomy Drisi. 3 Dimensional Services driver, Doug Peterson, will not compete this weekend due to a schedule conflict. “Long Beach is a terrific venue,” said Gigliotti. “We raced here in the past with Trans-Am and the fans are great. This is a fantastic market for the Series to showcase the GT cars and it’s always been a good track for us. It’s also going to be fun having Tomy (Drisi) on board. Tomy got his first career Trans-Am win here and it’s his hometown. We’re excited to be here.” And, the team is excited about their chances on the Long Beach streets. Gigliotti’s familiar black and yellow flamed Corvette has been tearing up the track in the early rounds of the 2006 GT Championship. He lead the most laps at Sebring, while setting the fastest lap of the race, and dominated the first half of the race in St. Petersburg. A mechanical issue ended his race a few laps early in Sebring. At St. Pete, Lou brought the Corvette home just one spot off the podium in fourth. “The cars have been really strong,” continued Lou. “We just have to catch a few breaks to seal the deal. But, there is no question, my guys are getting it done and the LG Motorsports ProLong Tube Header Corvettes are wicked fast. We’ve got experience here at Long Beach and I think that will give us an early edge going in to the weekend. I know we’ll have the power, and the StopTech brakes allow us to get into the corners pretty deep. That’s critical on a street course. We’ll just need to get the handling right, take care of those Toyo tires and make sure we have something for them at the end.” Tomy Drisi has a long relationship with the Long Beach track and will also campaign a Daytona Prototype with Rocketsports Racing this weekend. He’s especially looking forward to getting behind the wheel of a SPEED World Challenge car and mixing it up with the Series regulars. “I think I should be able to make the transition with little trouble,” commented Drisi, a native of Southern California. “I think the cars have similar characteristics to the Trans-Am cars, so that should be an advantage as I come up to speed with the car. Plus, I’m pleased to have Lou and the LG Motorsports’ guys sharing their experience and set-up knowledge of the cars. I’m really looking forward to racing the Corvette and being in front of my hometown fans. This is always a fun weekend for us.” Claudio Burtin agreed with Tomy regarding the weekend and the venue: “I always enjoyed this stop when I ran in the Trans-Am Series,” said Claudio. “It’s by no means an easy track to master, but it’s a great test of handling and power. You definitely need both. Traffic is always a factor at Long Beach and when you come down that front stretch by the shore, you really get to stretch your legs. Also, it’ll be fun having Tomy on the team with us this weekend. I’ve always enjoyed racing against him so it will be great being on the same team.” The LG Motorsports’ three-car effort and the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Series is in Long Beach as part of Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach April 7-9, 2006. The event will air on SPEED 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. GIglitoti Image: http://gallery.johnthawley.com/albums/albuo99/aaq.jpg Burtin Image: http://gallery.johnthawley.com/albums/albuo99/aar.jpg
