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New Nationwide Professional Racing Series
TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (October 30, 2007) – Today at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) Convention in Las Vegas, Miller Motorsports Park, in partnership with Ford Racing, announced a new professional racing series that will provide competitors an affordable way to go racing with a V8-powered, rear-wheel-drive car.
 
The Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires will be a one-make “spec” series utilizing the new Ford Mustang FR500S fitted with BFGoodrich g-Force R1 tires. The Ford Mustang FR500S is a limited-production, race-prepared version of the Ford Mustang GT that was co-developed by Miller Motorsports Park and Ford Racing Technology over a year of competition in the Miller Park Racing Association and race-school use at the track’s Ford Racing High Performance Driving School.
 
The FR500S starts life as a production-line Ford Mustang, and is built on a special assembly line without the seats, carpet, noise insulation and other interior fitments that are normally included in a street car. The car is fitted with a full rollcage and shipped to Miller Motorsports Park, where final assembly – including safety equipment and competition power and suspension upgrades – is completed. A total of 77 cars have been built to date, and more will be built as demand dictates.
 
Priced at $75,000 race-ready, the 325-hp Ford Mustang FR500S is the first racing car in the long history of the Ford Motor Company to be built on an assembly line. It represents an entry-level rung on a ladder of racing Mustangs that includes the $129,900, 420-hp FR500C as raced in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series, and the $250,000, 525-hp FR500GT that has been homologated for use in the GT class of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series starting in 2008.
 
The Grand American Road Racing Association, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., will sanction the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires, which will serve as a support race to many of the top professional road racing series in North America. The inaugural season will consist of eight races at high-profile venues throughout the United States and Canada. A schedule of events and television package will be announced in the near future.
 
Each race weekend for the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires will include two 30-minute practice sessions, a 25-minute qualifying session and a 45-minute “sprint” race. Drivers will compete for purses and prizes totaling $300,000. Points will be awarded through 25th place, with 30 points to win and an individual point for pole position. The series will be open to drivers with a national-level racing license.
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Safety Upgrades, Repaving Underway at Miller Motorsports Park
TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (October 24, 2007) – The racing season at Miller Motorsports Park may be over, but that doesn’t mean activity at the track has slowed down at all.
 
The state-of-the-art facility is busy making improvements and safety upgrades in anticipation of the 2008 season, and working hard to get as much done as possible before winter weather sets in.
 
One big project that has already been accomplished is the complete repaving of the 2.183-mile West Circuit, a job that was done under warranty by the paving contractor to remedy some long-term wear issues and repair abnormal wear along the seams.
 
Other ongoing projects are safety upgrades that will help the track maintain its reputation as the safest road racing circuit in North America, many of which are being instituted following recommendations made by Claude Danis, Safety Director for the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme), the international sanctioning body for motorcycle racing which sanctions the FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (SBK), during a visit to the track this past July. The cost of these upgrades, over and above the repaving project, will approach $750,000.
 
· Following the success of adding paved runoff areas in Turns 1, 5, 6 and 15 in the Spring of 2007, additional paved runoff areas are being added to the  Tooele and Club House corners, plus a significant increase in the size of the gravel traps at those turns;
· The barriers and tire walls at the exit of the final corner (“Release”) and the entrance to the front straight are being realigned;
· Extensive addition of curbing at several locations; and
· A new pit exit at the end of the West pit complex is being built to meet current requirements set forth by the FIM.
 
In addition, 1 million square feet of topsoil is being laid down as part of an ongoing seeding program to encourage the establishment of permanent grass around the circuit.
 
“While many of these upgrades have been part of an ongoing program designed to keep Miller Motorsports Park at the leading edge of track safety in North America,” said MMP CEO/General Manager Alan Wilson, “these and other improvements follow Miller Motorsports Park’s commitment to SBK to provide a venue that meets and exceeds FIM standards.”
 
Racing at Miller Motorsports Park will resume in April, and a complete 2008 schedule will be released soon. The inaugural visit of the FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, marking the championship’s return to North America after an absence of four years, is scheduled for the weekend of May 30-June 1, 2008.
 
For more information, call the track at (435) 277-RACE or visit the website at www.millermotorsportspark.com.
 
 
 
John Gardner
Media Manager
Miller Motorsports Park
 
"Team Utah" rejoins the alms in 08!!!

ALMS: Corsa Motorsports Ferrari Returns in 08:

"With the announcement of the 2008 American Le Mans Series schedule at the recent Petite Le Mans race and with all 2007 venues still on the schedule, Corsa Motorsports has announced plans to campaign its #48 Ferrari F430 LMGT in the GT2 class for the 2008 ALMS season. In its inaugural season of competition in 2007, the Corsa team came to life with its initial competition at the Series most prestigious North American event - the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring where it came from last place to run in second place when it suffered not only a mechanical fate that not only ended its race but prevented it from competing in the next three races but was further resulted in the loss of its outsourced technical support. With the car repaired, the team Corsa returned to competition at the 5th race of the season - the Utah Grand Prix - where Corsa assembled a makeshift crew for its F430 LMGT and in so doing securing a point finishing performance only to lose its tire manufacturer for the balance of the season.

Discovering that the team could be competitive without the need for outsourced support who contributed no emotional investment in Corsa, Team Principal Steve Pruitt, drawing on his experience as a successful entrepreneur and businessman, took up the challenge and reenergized his efforts to get the Corsa Ferrari back into the series which has resulted in Corsas transformation into a stand-alone team.

To solidify the teams structure, Corsa has secured the services of Jerry (JT) Tatum as Sporting Manager, Roberto Amorosi as Technical Manager and Shawn Tatum as Crew Chief. The Tatums, father and son, bring with them over 30 years of collective experience in motorsports and most recently were instrumental in the success of Synergy Racing having contributed their energy and work product to eight championships in their tenure with Synergy in its Grand Am Prototype, Grand Am GT and IMSA GT3 Cup programs. Amorosi, owner of Vittoria Competizione in Reggio Emilia, Italy, contributes a wealth of enthusiasm and Ferrari-specific technical knowledge and will manage all engineering and technical development of the F430 LMGT and coordinate the teams interface with Automobili Michelotto and Ferrari Corsa Cliente.

In a further commitment and investment, Corsa has acquired its first self-contained race transporter which will provide not only a first class enclosed mobile work and support system but will also provide an integrated covered hospitality area for its team partners and sponsors, the graphic design of which has been derived from the Ferraris F1 transporters in Europe. Corsa is also in negotiations for a new race shop facility where it will be able to better support the car while maintaining ready access to the Miller Motorsports Park where Corsa predominantly tests.

To facilitate its ability to compete, Corsa is finalizing negotiations with a major tire manufacturer that will enable Corsa to have a committed tire partner for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons. In advancing the tire relationship, Corsa recently conducted extensive successful tire tests aiming to make a public announcement of its relationship at the upcoming SEMA show in Las Vegas. At the same time Corsa has also been testing drivers for 2008 and hopes to be able to announce it driver team lineup for 2008 as well at the SEMA event."

 I now have one damn good reason to head out to SEMA.  GO TEAM UTAH!!!

 
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