World Challenge at Watkins Glen Airs Wednesday on SPEED

TOPEKA, Kan. (June 16, 2008) – Round Four of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED GT Championship and Round Six of the SCCA SPEED Touring Car Championship from Watkins Glen International will be shown on SPEED, Wednesday, June 18, beginning at noon (EDT).

The afternoon begins with Peter Cunningham taking up the pole position on the SCCA SPEED Touring Car grid and leading the field into Turn One. Cunningham’s battle with third-starting Michael Galati is put on pause by a yellow flag for Cunningham’s teammate Kuno Wittmer, who is stuck in the gravel. When the green flag waves, Galati is on the charge, but shortly after taking over the lead, the yellow flags come out once again, this time for Jason Saini who finds himself beached in the same spot as Wittmer. Once again the green flag flies and it appears an epic battle is about to unfold up front at historic Watkins Glen. Moments later, James Clay nicks the Turn 11 tire wall with Jim Daniels right on his bumper, what happens next will bring the full-course yellow out for good.

Next at 1 p.m., the SCCA SPEED GT cars are ready to rumble with defending race winner Randy Pobst starting from pole. Pobst makes a clean getaway, but Tommy Archer, winner of the previous round at Miller Motorsports Park is in hot pursuit. The gap between the pair widens and narrows as the laps tick by, but no sooner does Archer appear to have Pobst covered, when he pulls the car into the pits and the crew pops the hood searching for clues. With less than five laps remaining does anyone have what it take to stop Pobst from getting his fourth World Challenge win in two years at The Glen? Tune into SPEED to find out.

Divided into two separate series and races (SCCA SPEED GT and SCCA SPEED Touring Car), the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships are America’s top production car-based series. Competing at 12 high-profile venues in 2008, the series is an important showcase for the world’s leading auto brands and makers of performance parts. SCCA SPEED World Challenge events are a maximum of 50 minutes in length, feature standing starts and the world’s most popular manufacturers racing head-to-head. For more information see www.world-challenge.com.