
Auburn, WA, November 2, 2009—TC Motorsports will campaign a multi-car effort in the 2010 GRAND-AM KONI Sports Car Challenge series. The team will contest the Grand Sport (GS) class championship utilizing the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro built by Riley Technologies.
TC Motorsports campaigned a three car arrive and drive effort in the GRAND-AM-sanctioned Ford Racing Mustang Challenge series in 2008 and 2009, where it quickly became the most successful team in the series winning the very first race in 2008, winning more races than any other team, and being the only arrive and drive company to have customer drivers (both Ted Anthony, Jr. and Andrew Caddell) win races in this competitive series. In addition, TC Motorsports established itself as a team that provides a proven support system for developing talented drivers in professional sports car racing.
After successful 2008 and 2009 seasons with TC Motorsports in the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge series, Washington State residents Rick Edwards and Ted Anthony, Jr. have signed for the full season with the team in KONI Challenge. 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Rookie of the Year Joey Atterbury, also from Washington State, and fellow 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup competitor Devin Cates, have also signed to drive with TC Motorsports for the full 2010 KONI Challenge season.
The construction of two identical Riley Technologies Chevrolet Camaro race cars for the team is underway with initial shakedown and testing scheduled for early December in northern California. The first official GRAND-AM test will take place at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the first weekend of January, followed by the first race at Daytona International Speedway January 29, 2010.
TC Motorsports has driving opportunities available for funded drivers, as well as management of customer car race efforts in KONI Challenge. The team will campaign up to three customer cars in KONI Challenge. For more information please contact Team Principal Carlo Sparacio at info@tcmotorsports.net or 253-887-0500.
About TC Motorsports, LLC
TC Motorsports, LLC is a complete and comprehensive source for sport, club, and professional driving enthusiasts who want to modify, drive, or race high performance sports cars and race cars. TC Motorsports provides race car preparation, maintenance, and transportation, as well as full arrive and drive support, driver coaching, and race car rentals for amateur and professional racing drivers. To find out more about opportunities to drive with TC Motorsports in KONI Challenge, or in a BMW Pro-3 or a Spec Miata, please visit the company website at www.tcmotorsports.net.
Corporations interested in developing a motorsports marketing campaign at a fraction of the cost of typical motorsports marketing should direct all proposals to info@tcmotorsports.net.
About KONI Sports Car Challenge Series
The KONI Challenge is a professional endurance racing series featuring production-based race cars in the GS and Street Tuner classes (ST). The GS class is the faster and more powerful of the two classes with iconic automotive brands such as BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, and Porsche racing for the manufacture’s championship title. GRAND-AM Road Racing sanctions the KONI Challenge. The series will feature 10 races in 2010, deliver professional sports car racing to key markets throughout North America, and be televised on SPEED. Nine of these races will be held in conjunction with the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. For more information about the GRAND-AM KONI Challenge visit www.grand-am.com.
Source: TC Motorsports press release
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