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DENVER, NC. (January 25, 2009) - Eddie Sharp Racing driver Tim George Jr has finished the legendary Rolex 24 at Daytona second in the GT class (10th overall) in the No. 66 AXA/Mitchell Rubber/Wealth Management Strategies/TRG Porsche GT3 with codrivers Ted Ballou, Spencer Pumpelly, Emmanuel Collard, and Richard Lietz.
Details to come soon...
Rolex 24 at Daytona Results
Daytona International Speedway, January 22 - 25, 2009
Daytona Beach, FL |
| CLASS |
POS |
CAR |
DRIVER |
CAR |
LAPS |
STATUS |
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2 |
66 |
Ballou / Collard / George Jr / Lietz / Pumpelly |
Porsche GT3 |
694 |
Running |
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Meanwhile, somewhere in the desert outside of Laughlin, Nevada, ESR's Justin Lofton brought his Chevy Silverado Trophy Truck home in third position at Saturday's race. Racing continues on Sunday.
Justin Lofton: "We lost fuel pressure right from the get-go in the race. We just kind of fought it the whole race and did what we could. It probably actually worked out better that way. We’ll go back and rebuild it. We got in the first turn and it started missing and everything else. This is a hell of a race for a Trophy-Truck; this is what it’s all about."
"Our body is kind of torn up but we’ve got a body guy in the camp with us, so we’ll be all right. Tomorrow, we’re going to do the first two laps and kind of see how everybody is going and see how the truck is handling and then we’re going to let it rip."
SCORE Trophy Trucks Laughlin Saturday Results
Unlimited Production Trucks, January 24, 2009
Laughlin, NV |
| CLASS |
POS |
DRIVER |
TRUCK |
TIME |
SPEED |
| Trophy Truck |
3 |
Justin Lofton |
Chevy Silverado |
1:00:06 |
49.916 mph |
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DENVER, NC (January 23, 2009) - Eddie Sharp Racing drivers Justin Lofton and Tim George Jr are set to race in two of motorsports' finest series this weekend, the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge and the Rolex 24 of Daytona.
Justin Lofton will take to the desert again in the Chevy JIMCO Racing Trophy Truck. Qualifying 3rd in this weekend's main event, this is Lofton's second race in the truck, finishing 6th at the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in 2008, and first time racing in the series trophy truck division. In 2008, Lofton and current teammate Matt Loidice, earned Best in Class for the desert racing series.
Lofton hopes to continue to impress this weekend, crediting JIMCO trucks and their ability to adeptly manuever the rough high flying Laughlin desert terrain.
Tim George Jr, 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Series Rookie of the Year, will be sharing the seat of the No. 66 AXA/Mitchell Rubber/Wealth Management Strategies TRG Porsche with teammates Ted Ballou, Spencer Pumpelly, Emmanuel Collard and Richard Lietz. One of five cars fielded by TRG, teamowner Kevin Buckler was encouraged after when TRG took three of the top four spots at the Rolex 24 Test. The team of Tim George Jr.was right in stride posting a time of 1:51.277.
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"The weekend started off a little rough," George Jr. said. "It is a brand new car and we were playing with the bump stops and suspension settings. We now have a real solid car and we were able to use the last session to really get down to the fine tuning. We qualified third last year and this year we are hoping to go for the pole. We finished third last year and are hoping to finish the race two steps higher."
SCORE racing action begins today at 10AM and concludes tomorrow at 8PM EST.
The Rolex 24 At Daytona will be televised live on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m. on FOX and then transitions to the SPEED Channel at 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.. Coverage resumes at 7 a.m. on Sunday taking it to the checkered flag with post race interviews concluding at 4 p.m. All times EST.
Lofton and George Jr will be taking on the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX series together with ESR teammates Steve Arpin and Craig Goess when the season kicks off at Daytona on February 7th.
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