LG Motorsports Prepares For 2008 American Le Mans Series GT2 Championship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LG Motorsports Announces Corvette C6 Entry For 2008 American Le Mans Series GT2 Championship Wylie, Texas - Carrying a long string of GT racing success, most recently in the SPEED World Challenge GT Series, LGMotorsports of Wylie, Texas, and Riley Technologies team up with their newly built Riley Corvette C6, to take aim at the likes of Porsche, Panoz, Aston Martin and Ferrari, setting their sites on the American Le Mans Series and the fiercely contested GT2 division. On the challenges of introducing a new car to the GT2 class of competition, team owner, 3-time SPEED World Challenge Champion and noted sports car veteran, Lou Gigliotti commented, “With the support of Riley Technologies we're extremely confident that the new Riley C6 Corvette will be a hit with Corvette fans and a stout performer in its class. Our team has worked long and hard putting all of the pieces in place in order to make this happen. I have total confidence in my guys. The 2008 ALMS season, specifically in the GT2 class, will be one of the biggest challenges we've ever faced as a team, but we're up for it." Sharing driving duties with Gigliotti in the No. 28 LG Pro Longtube Headers Corvette will be Doug Peterson. Peterson is no stranger to LGMotorsports and compliments the team with his refuse to lose determination. Peterson has won numerous titles in his racing career, including the 2004 SCCA Formula Mazda crown at the SCCA Club Racing National Championship Runoffs, 2000 Masters Champion - Star Mazda Series and the 2001 Ferrari Challenge. “It takes a strong dedication on all fronts to run the type of events the ALMS schedule provides," said Peterson. "I have a great co-driver and a very capable team behind me, so I am very confident.” For the opening round at Sebring, the team will bring along Le Mans driver Marc Goossens to share in the driving duties. Goossens, who has had other efforts under the Riley banner, brings plenty of endurance skills to the program. Marc has competed in and won numerous European sportscar events. Riley Technologies brings years of engineering accomplishments to the effort. Riley’s cars have earned victories across the globe. “We expect to be competitive," stated Bill Riley. "We are looking forward to seeing this new Corvette in action at Sebring and against this world class GT2 field.” The team will test the car in early March just prior to the 2008 season opener, the 56th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida, March 12-15. The 10th season of the American Le Mans Series appropriately begins with where it all started in the first place - Sebring. North America's oldest and premier sports car event brings out only the best teams in endurance racing. They all will test their mettle on the historic 3.7-mile, 17-turn circuit that sits on the site of a former World War II air base. Coverage can be seen live on SPEED starting March 15, 9:30AM EDT LG Motorsports Corvette Parts and Performance Long known as a leader in Corvette high performance parts and tuning, LG Motorsports offers a complete line of parts and accessories for Corvette, Cadillac and Camaro. In addition to their world famous LG Pro Longtube Headers, LGM offers a complete line of high-performance brakes, body enhancements and everything you need to turn your daily driver into a lethal street fighter. Putting race-proven technology in every part they sell, LG Motorsports enjoys a reputation of turning out some of highest horse-power street Corvettes in captivity. 3 Dimensional Services Incorporated in 1992, 3-Dimensional Services, Inc.'s principal owners have been in the prototyping business for over 30 years. From the receipt of acceptable CAD data, 3-Dimensional's average delivery of functional prototype parts is between 2 and 3 weeks. When immediate turnaround of a solid model is critical, the company can often produce one the same day! Located in Michigan, 3-Dimensional Services has approximately 200,000 square feet of shop floor space equipped with the latest technology available, dedicated to manufacturing the highest quality plastic and metal prototype and production parts. The company has approximately 275 full and part time employees. Riley Technologies Riley Technologies currently has 35 full time employees. These employees cover the full spectrum of design and manufacturing with: engineers, fabricators, mechanics, machinists, and composite specialists. With this wide range of experience Riley Technologies can accomplish almost any task. Riley Technologies has worked on a wide range of engineering projects. Riley Technologies has an engineering and a manufacturing department. Our capabilities allow us to do most work in-house from the designing, to manufacturing, and even testing. Our engineers are able to make full use of the powerful design software, Unigraphics. Strong computer skills along with our access to wind tunnels allow Riley Technologies to design and build some of the most competitive racecars. The engineers also have access to state of the art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. This enables are engineers to quickly and in a cost effective manner solve many engineering problems. Riley Technologies has many engineering products at our disposable. From high-powered design software such as Unigraphics and CFD capabilities. We utilize many wind tunnels such as Langley's, Lockheed, General Motor's, ARC, and Swift's. American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series is the premium brand of motorsport in North America, featuring high-tech sports cars from the most prestigious automobile manufacturers in the world. Its unique four classes of competition showcase exotic, open-top prototypes and sophisticated production-based GT cars, all competing on the track at the same time. The American Le Mans Series competes at the premier road racing tracks across North America and at selected temporary street circuits in major urban markets. With a 2007 television package that includes five network broadcasts on CBS and NBC and seven telecasts on SPEED, plus live broadcasts across Europe, the Series delivers a global marketing platform that is unmatched in motorsports. The Series, founded in 1999 by Georgia entrepreneur Don Panoz, represents a mirror image to the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s most famous and authentic automobile race. The American Le Mans Series features elite marques such as Audi, Porsche, Corvette, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Panoz, and premium brands such as Michelin, Yokohama, Kumho, Lowe’s, Shell and many others. 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