Backstretch Motorsports

MILLVILLE, N.J. (Aug. 30, 2008) - Mark Wilkins saved his best for last Saturday at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP), winning the pole for Sunday’s Supercar Life 250. The race takes the green flag at 1 p.m. ET (SPEED, live).

Wilkins tamed the 2.25-mile Thunderbolt Raceway layout with a lap of 1:11.761 (112.875 mph) late in the 15-minute session, good enough to capture his second pole position of the season. He won the pole at Daytona International Speedway in July the last time he qualified, while co-driver Brian Frisselle also won a pole at Watkins Glen International earlier this month.

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Leads, Ala., July 19, 2008 – The SunTrust Pontiac Daytona Prototype (DP) will start from the pole for tomorrow’s running of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.

The heat is proving to be a factor for all of the teams this weekend. With temperatures averaging in the mid-90s it is playing havoc with the track and the cars. With times declining in the afternoon heat the No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Dallara driven by Michael Valiante took the pole for tomorrow’s race with a time of 1:20.521. Valiante is joined in the 10 with co-driver Max Angelelli. The 2005 series champions are trying to make a late season run at the points standings. They have had a difficult season to date which has included on the track contact as well as a hauler fire which destroyed their first Dallara

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By J.J. O’Malley

Max Angelelli and Jeff Segal became first-time 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 pole winners Friday at Watkins Glen International, and will start Saturday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at the front of the respective Daytona Prototype and GT class grids.

The race will take the green flag at 11:11 a.m. Saturday, with SPEED televising the event live from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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MEXICO CITY – For Max Angelelli and Wayne Taylor, the historic Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in downtown Mexico City forever will be remembered as the place where they clinched for SunTrust Racing its first Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series championship in 2005.

As the series heads back to the legendary former Formula 1 circuit for Saturday’s Mexico City 250 and the fourth renewal of its annual trek south of the border, the Wayne Taylor Racing driving duo of Angelelli and Michael Valiante would like nothing better than to add to SunTrust’s illustrious list of racing firsts.

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