TC Motorsports will campaign a multi-car effort in the 2010 GRAND-AM KONI Sports Car Challenge. The team will contest the Grand Sport (GS) class championship utilizing the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro built by Riley Technologies.
TC Motorsports campaigned a three-car arrive and drive effort in the GRAND-AM-sanctioned Ford Racing Mustang Challenge in 2008 and 2009, where it quickly became the most successful team in the series. TC Motorsports won the inaugural race in 2008 and has won more races than any other team, and was the only arrive and drive company to have customer drivers (both Ted Anthony Jr. and Andrew Caddell) win races in the competitive series. In addition, TC Motorsports established itself as a team that provides a proven support system for developing talented drivers in professional sports car racing.
After successful 2008 and 2009 seasons with TC Motorsports in the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge, Anthony and fellow Washington state resident Rick Edwards have signed for the full season with the team in the KONI Challenge. 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Rookie of the Year Joey Atterbury, also from Washington state, and fellow 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup competitor Devin Cates, have also signed to drive with TC Motorsports for the full 2010 KONI Challenge season.
The construction of two identical Riley Technologies Chevrolet Camaro race cars for the team is underway with initial shakedown and testing scheduled for early December in northern California. The first official GRAND-AM test will take place at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., the first weekend of January, followed by the first race Jan. 29, 2010 at the 3.56-mile track.
TC Motorsports has driving opportunities available for funded drivers, as well as management of customer car race efforts in the KONI Challenge. The team will campaign up to three customer cars in the series.
About TC Motorsports, LLC
TC Motorsports, LLC is a complete and comprehensive source for sport, club and professional driving enthusiasts who want to 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 KONI Sports Car Challenge, or in a BMW Pro-3 or a Spec Miata, please visit the company website at www.tcmotorsports.net.
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About KONI Sports Car Challenge
The KONI Sports Car Challenge is a professional endurance racing series featuring production based race cars in the GS and Street Tuner classes (ST). The GS class is the faster and more powerful of the two classes with iconic automotive brands such as BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge and Porsche racing for the manufacture's championship title. GRAND-AM sanctions the KONI Sports Car 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. Nine of these races will be held in conjunction with the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series.