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SCC: Watkins Glen: HRPWorld.com preview

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Series - Grand Am Cup
Event - Sports Car Grand Prix at the Glen
Team - HRPWorld.com Racing
Drivers -

#40 King Motorsports Sports Touring I Acura Integra Type R
Bob Fitzgerald
Michiel Schuitemaker

#41 King Motorsports Sports Touring II Acura Integra LS
Will Nonnamaker
Wayne Nonnamaker

#42 King Motorsports Sports Touring II Acura Integra LS
Tony Nuzzo
Don Velcio

HRPWorld.com Racing looks for first win at the Glen.

North Canton, OH -- The HRPWorld.com Racing Team will be traveling to the Glen looking for its first win of the three race old season. The Glen has never been kind to Phoenix Promotions, the team that prepares the HRPWorld.com Racing Acura Integras and the Orison Marketing Planet Earth Motorsports Corvette.

"Dating back to the 1992 season, we have never won at the Glen," commented driver of the #41 Acura Integra LS, 2001 Sports Touring II Champion Will Nonnamaker. "We have come so close. Last year we were leading on the last lap of the race when we were taken out by a Sports Touring I car. It was very disappointing."

"We are really looking forward to the split race format," commented Team Manager Bill Pate. "After our third place with the Acura Integra Type R at Phoenix, we are really hopeful we will have the similar success with the car at this race."

The team will be welcoming two new drivers to the team; Bob Fitzgerald and Michiel Schuitemaker, both of whom will drive the #40 King Motorsports Integra Type R. The Fitzgerald name is very familiar to the sports car fans out there. Bob is the brother of Mike Fitzgerald, the 2000 Porsche Cup Champion and Grand Am Rolex Series GT Champion. Michiel Schuitemaker is an experienced Porsche Club driver.

"This is going to be a very ambitious weekend for us," commented Wayne Nonnamaker, driver of the #41 King Motorsports Integra LS with Will Nonnamaker. "We will have our regular stable of three Acura Integras, the #40, #41, and #42 Integras, and if all goes well we will have a fourth car there for testing. We will be introducing the #44 Integra LS, our third LS. The Glen weekend and the following Virginia weekend will be a good opportunity to test the car out and make sure all systems are fine on the car. The crew is still putting the final touches on the car this week as the other cars are already being loaded into the trailer for their journey to the Glen."

Qualifying for the 250 mile - three hour race (whichever comes first) will be held on Friday afternoon and the race will take place on Saturday at 2:30.

Tickets for the 2002 Sports Car Grand Prix weekend, are now on sale. For tickets, reserved camping, and additional information, please contact The Glen ticket office at 607-535-2481 or log on to the official Watkins Glen website at www.theglen.com.

Information of Interest

HRPWorld.com -- If you are looking for performance products of the highest caliber from manufacturers like Jerico, Coleman Racing, Aeroquip, Quarter Master Industries, and Speedway Engineering, then you need to go to HRPWorld.com.

King Motorsports -- The sole authorized North American distributor for Mugen Co., Ltd., the premier manufacturer of performance products for Honda and Acura automobiles. Since 1981 King Motorsports has provided the highest quality performance products and services proven by eight road racing championships. Their cutting edge technology has always set the industry standard.

Phoenix Promotions -- Phoenix Promotions is a professional race car preparation shop that has been racing in professional street stock endurance racing since 1984. The team has a record of thirty victories, twenty five pole positions, twenty two fastest race laps, four Manufacturer Championships, four Driver Championships, and four Team Championships. In addition to the preparation of the HRPWorld.com Racing team that competes in the Sports Touring I and II class of the Grand Am Cup, Phoenix Promotions is also responsible for the #43 Orison Marketing Planet Earth Motorsports Corvette that competes in the Grand Sports I class of the Grand Am Cup.

Websites of interest:
www.hrpworld.com
www.kingmotorsports.com
www.phoenixproracing.com
www.grandamcup.com
www.phoenixpromotions.com

-hrp/wn-

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