Media Note from American Speed Association
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release Contact: Kevin Ramsell,ASA Public Relations Director (kramsell@asa-racing.com [mailto:racingpr@me.com]) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MEDIA NOTE FROM THE AMERICAN SPEED ASSOCIATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first of three flights leaves later on Sunday for the officials, drivers and crews participating in the Inaugural ASA Transcontinental Series Free State 500 event. The race will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Phakisa Freeway Circuit in Welkom, Free State, South Africa. With today's technology we will be able to provide up to the minute updates from the time we land through practice, qualifying, and the race day itself. Plans do include posting daily video updates, written updates and more on our main site www.asa-racing.com. We will also provide a daily press release detailing the events of that day. If you have any questions for the drivers or teams, please don't hesitate to e-mail me at kramsell@asa-racing.com. We will do our best to answer your requests. We also have the capability of sending audio files (MP3) if needed. Regards, Kevin Ramsell Director Public Relations American Speed Association Schedule of Events (Tentative and subject to change, times are local track times) Thursday, January 28th 10:00 AM Shipment Containers Opened 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Voluntary Technical Inspection 5:00 PM Pits Close Friday, January 29th 10:30 AM ASA Drivers Meeting (Media Center) 10:30 AM Technical Inspection Open 10:45 AM ASA Spotters Meeting 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ASA Transcontinental Practice 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch (Miss Phakisa Oval Parade & Drivers Lunch / Meet the Press 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ASA Practice 5:00 PM Pits Close 7:00 PM Teams / Drivers "Welcome to Welkom" Saturday, January 30th 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM ASA Practice 12:00 PM Inspection Opens - ASA 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ASA Practice 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Circuit Qualifying for All Divisions 5:00 PM Pits Close 5:00 PM Mis Phakis Oval Crowning Downtown Sunday, January 31st 8:00 AM Open 9:30 AM All Cars Line Up Along Soccer Field 10:00 AM ASA Drivers Meeting 10:30 AM Driver / Miss Phakisa Oval intros & Opening Prayer 12:30 PM ASA Transcontinetal Series Line Up 12:50 PM Team Line Up / USA and RSA National Anthems 1:00 PM Start Your Engines 5:00 PM Pits Close 5:30 PM Close Circuit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOLLOW THE AMERICAN SPEED ASSOCIATION ON... FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/american.speed.assoc [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961373336&s=356&e=001-HfbeD-S-L2dEOEmrPzZkP3TrVtkUnAxDLtOKc3q9GipBTha5Ug1nC2Dy9Nr37i4wjc6OlTbKQBWENXttD-WTJp4O9H5j8waaY3KwLXnw5qaiqdBPeie7hybX6hCaFKLvZgei2pZRMc=] TWITTER - http://twitter.com/amerspeedassoc [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961373336&s=356&e=001-HfbeD-S-L3nl0xVJdVWMNOfPGIiTza7veJQUiVsYEZ2rueKFCzsCceAM6eLBK__wg0RnOYN40LFHZm9Y8lFKnnGrpjGpUNBJiPjE2bBknxuE2UdCnZcfhk1t4SzsORr] YOUTUBE - http://www.youtube.com/americanspeedassoc [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961373336&s=356&e=001-HfbeD-S-L0TN7ImJuj-3ZVdC4MZxHHbarJF5QDV5NtWaF3toHMz_tBKiMgVY5-1xIkDqx5WXfE_8xNHfJ6KYDkA-sgsvf34qVRCJV9tt5H6sAX27nTfAIxMRXuBiEXlTr_tDnE7K3A=] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102037575529&ea=submit@theautochannel.com&a=1102961373336 This email was sent to submit@theautochannel.com by kramsell@asa-racing.com. Update Profile/Email Address http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=0016kgdmuAR3nDyGXR0TJzzrG4JbdjSo-_ekF4Pjr9zc1zIhlcTgU5_XIHtN_Yidkpi&p=oo Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://visitor.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?v=0016kgdmuAR3nDyGXR0TJzzrG4JbdjSo-_ekF4Pjr9zc1zIhlcTgU5_XIHtN_Yidkpi&p=un Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Email Marketing by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com kevinramsell.com | 335 Olson Ct #103 | Stoughton | WI | 53589