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Patrick Barrett to do Double Duty at the Daytona Grand-Am Races This Week
21.01.2009: North America痴 endurance sports car season kicks off this week with its biggest event, the 24 hour Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race at Florida痴 famed Daytona International Speedway. The green flag falls at 3:30
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North America’s endurance sports car season kicks off this week with its biggest event, the 24 hour Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race at Florida’s famed Daytona International Speedway. The green flag falls at 3:30 PM EST on Saturday January 24th and the finish comes at 3:30 PM on Sunday the 25th.
Patrick Barrett is in the lineup for two Grand-Am events this week. He will be with PR1 Motorsports as they run their Pontiac Grand-Am GXP.R in the 24 hour race, and he will contest the Koni Sports Car Challenge Fresh From Florida 200 race on Friday with APR Motorsports in their VW GTI.
The PR1 driver lineup includes Edmonton, Canada’s Mike Forest, Barrett’s co-driver in the team’s best Rolex GT finish to date, a fourth in the 2008 season finale at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah. Three California drivers, Thomas Merrill from Salinas, Al Salvo from Arcadia and Jeff Westphal from San Carlos will be on board the number 32 Miracle Sealants GT for the round-the-clock race.
“Everyone on the team is feeling good about our chances for a strong finish. The crew has done an amazing job preparing the car throughout winter testing, and I think if we can stay out of trouble and run a consistent pace, we will finish well”, Barrett said.
On Friday, Barrett, the 19 year old college student from Los Osos, California will pair with fellow San Luis Obispo county resident, and APR veteran Mike Sweeney in the number 181 Koni ST Class VW GTI . Their sister car, the Gunther VW number 171, will be piloted by 2006 Daytona 24 GT class winner Ian Baas of Indianapolis, Indiana and reigning SCCA VW Jetta TDI Cup Champion Josh Hurley of Cooper City, Florida.
Barrett commented, “I’m really looking forward to competing in my first Koni Sports Car Challenge race with APR. The team has a very positive and professional attitude and showed well in their rookie season last year. I’m excited about working with them.”
The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 twenty four hour marathon will be run on the Daytona high banked oval, which when configured with infield turns is 3.56 miles long. The three hour Grand-Am Koni Sports Car Challenge race will be run on the same 12-turn speedway road course.
Barrett is coming off a successful rookie season in Grand-Am Rolex GT. In addition to crossing the finish line in fourth at the season finale in September, he qualified a team best fourth at New Jersey Motorsports Park in August and led the first thirty minutes of that race. He was 2007 Pacific F2000 champion, raced in England as a member of the 2007 Team USA Scholarship program and was 2006 Jim Russell USA series champion.
The Daytona 24 will be broadcast live starting on Saturday the 24th at 3 PM Eastern on FOX and will continue on SPEED TV at 4:30 PM until 7 PM, and will be back on Sunday the 25th on SPEED TV at 7 AM Eastern until the finish at 4 PM . The Koni Fresh From Florida 200 will be broadcast at a later date by SPEED.
Visit www.PatrickBarrettRacing.com for more on Patrick, and you can go to www.Grand-Am.com , www.PR1motorsports.com, www.APRMotorsports.com to find out more about Grand-Am, PR1 and APR. Please visit our sponsor’s sites: www.Alpinestars.com , www.MiracleSealants.com .
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V-Pack is expanding with a second BMW for 2009.
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Brian Frisselle, the 24-year-old American who scored a pair of breakthrough Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 victories this past August, has joined the No. 10 SunTrust team of Wayne Taylor Racing as co-driver with Italian former series champion Max Angelelli for the 2009 season.
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Krohn Racing returns to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2009 for its fourth time as an independent race team of owner/driver Tracy W. Krohn.
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Burt Frisselle returns to AIM Autosport for 2009 season
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