Michael Harker
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 17, 2010) - Three GRAND-AM Road Racing teams will join Lime Rock Park on Thursday, May 20 in promoting the track's Memorial Day Weekend Classic at The Liberty Hotel in Boston, Mass. The GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge will run split-class races on Saturday, May 29, while the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 will race on Monday, May 31.
Turner Motorsport, Ted Marsh Racing and 3D Racing will lap the city of Boston with their respective cars early Thursday afternoon before taking the checkered flag in the parking lot of The Liberty Hotel and Massachusetts General Hospital. Several of the teams' drivers will be on hand to sign autographs and talk about their high-performance cars as well as raise money for children's charity David House's through a silent auction. All three teams and several of the drivers have local ties.
For Turner Motorsport, the Amesbury, Mass., stable is the closest fulltime GRAND-AM team to the Boston area. Established in 1993 as a company providing and offering products to BMW enthusiasts, Turner Motorsport is one of the most successful teams in Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge history, holding records for overall victories (17), overall pole positions (20), class pole positions (29), Grand Sport wins (17) and Grand Sport poles (17).
Turner Motorsport, which is also making its 200th professional race fielding a BMW at Lime Rock Park, added a BMW M6 to the Rolex Series for the 2010 season.
Ted Marsh Racing, based in Old Saybrook, Conn., is new to the GRAND-AM scene, having debuted last month at Barber Motorsports Park with a Corvette and co-drivers Eric Curran and Sonny Whelen. Curran, of Springfield, Mass., is one of several Massachusetts drivers who have won races in GRAND-AM in recent seasons. Whelen, of Old Lyme, Conn., is new to GRAND-AM this season.
3D Racing debuted in Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge competition last season at Watkins Glen International, and is making its first race of 2010 with the help of Boston-based Guardian Angel Motorsports. David Maynard, whose family owns 3D Autoworks in Hudson, N.H., made two series starts last season, while co-driver Tom Sheehan will make his first career Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge start at Lime Rock. Sheehan, of Auburn, N.H., competed in the Rolex Series season opener, the Rolex 24 At Daytona, with Guardian Angel in January.
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