TC Motorsports Makes Debut in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

Auburn, WA, February 9, 2010—TC Motorsports made its debut in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) in the first race of the 2010 season at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 29. The #54 TC Motorsports Camaro GS.R of Ted Anthony, Jr. and Rick Edwards finished 31st out of 40 cars in the Grand Sport (GS) class and 57th out of 76 cars overall in the Fresh From Florida 200 endurance race.

Since taking delivery of the brand new 2010 Riley Camaro GS.R in December, the team has been busy preparing for the 10-race 2010 CTSCC series. During the January Test Days at Daytona January 8–10, 2010, the team got the car on track for the first time for a shakedown. Various teething issues reared their ugly head, but the team and drivers worked through those issues to get within 1.6 seconds of the fastest car. Considering the lack of development time the team had with the car, the team was happy with the pace and felt confident for the race.

Edwards qualified the #54 TC Motorsports Camaro GS.R 26th of 40 cars in the GS class. During a first lap incident, the car was hit twice from behind, which forced Edwards to pit for a new wheel. After the repair, Edwards raced his way from 70th to 31st overall before pitting under a yellow flag to fuel the car, install new tires, and change drivers. Once Anthony got on track, he continued to move up through the field to 20th in class as well as overall. Within striking distance of 19th place, another car hit the #54 and bent a rear suspension component, which forced the #54 to retire with only about 20 minutes remaining in the two and a half hour race.

Anthony said, “It was a shame to end the comeback in such a fashion, but we proved that we could run competitive times, and make up 50 places over the course of the race. The team did a fantastic job, and though we weren’t pleased with our result, we were very happy with our performance. I know the team will be back and stronger than ever at our next race!” The next CTSCC race is at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on March 6, 2010.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the Fresh From Florida 200 via live timing and scoring on GRAND-AM’s website (or even if you did), be sure to watch the race (or set your DVR for) this Saturday, February 13, at 7:00 pm Eastern (4:00 pm Pacific) on SPEED.

In addition, you can read more about the test days and race from Anthony’s perspective on ColdTrackDays, where Anthony is a guest blogger sharing his racing experiences throughout the entire 2010 CTSCC series. Just search for posts tagged with “Ted Anthony Jr.” or “TC Motorsports.”

About TC Motorsports, LLC
TC Motorsports, LLC is a complete and comprehensive source for sport, club, and professional driving enthusiasts who want to maintain, 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 the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (formerly 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 for our 2010 Continental Sports Car Challenge program should direct all proposals to info@tcmotorsports.net.

About the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is a professional endurance racing series featuring more than 60 of today’s hottest import and domestic production-based race cars that usually race together while competing for both class honors (GS and Street Tuner classes) and the overall victory. The GS class is the faster and more powerful of the two classes with iconic automotive brands such as Chevrolet, Ford, BMW, Dodge, and Porsche racing for the manufacture’s championship title. GRAND-AM Road Racing sanctions the Continental Tire 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. Series races are primarily run as the featured support events for the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16. For more information about the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge visit www.grand-am.com.

Source: TC Motorsports press release

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