Solid Finish at VIR for TC Motorsports

Auburn, WA, April 30, 2010—After leading the race after the first round of pit stops, TC Motorsports drivers Ted Anthony, Jr. and Rick Edwards finished 15th in the Bosch 200 at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) on Saturday, April 24, 2010. It is the best finish for the team in its fourth ever CTSCC start.

The 15th place finish is a vast improvement from the previous race just two weeks prior at Barber Motorsports Park in which the team finished 30th after completing only one green flag lap. Both the front and rear ends of the #14 Boss 302R needed to be repaired as a result of the damage sustained during the multi-car restart incident at Barber. With the help of Ford Racing, TC Motorsports repaired the damaged Boss 302R in the week between the two races.

This event was the team and drivers’ first visit to picturesque VIR. The drivers finished 22nd and 9th in the two practice sessions, respectively, and Edwards qualified the car 25th out of 28 cars in the Grand Sport (GS) class.

At the start of the 2.5 hour race, Edwards drove smart and stayed clear of the typical first lap rubbing and bumping. During his stint, he raced from 28th to 14th. During the second yellow flag period of the race, Edwards pitted from 14th for tires, fuel, and to install Anthony in the car. Anthony rejoined the race in 21st.

Anthony then raced his way into the top five, running in 2nd for a number of laps and then as high as 1st. An off-track excursion while leading the race dropped Anthony to 6th. The team brought Anthony in for tires and fuel and rejoined the race in 18th and finished 15th.

Team Principal Carlo Sparacio said, “First of all, a big thanks to Ford Racing for helping us repair the #14 Boss 302R after the car was damaged at Barber. After our disappointing race at Barber, we’re happy to have a solid finish at VIR. During our second stop we put on four new tires, which cost us a better finishing position. The Boss seems to wear through tires more than we’d like, so we’re working towards getting the tire wear figured out and having an even better race at Lime Rock.” The next CTSCC race is Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut.

Watch, or set your DVR for, flag-to-flag coverage of the Bosch 200 this Saturday, May, at 1:00 pm Eastern (10:00 am Pacific) on SPEED. For additional photos and race coverage, go to ColdTrackDays.com. Just search for posts tagged with “TC Motorsports.”

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About 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. Whether at our Auburn, WA, Service Center, at our online store (www.tcmotorsports-store.net), or at the track, our professional and experienced team helps our customers reach their motorsports goals. 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 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is a professional endurance racing series featuring 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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