http://www.theracersgroup.comProfessional Road Racing, Porsche Club Racing, Performance & Safety PartsThis file is an RSS 2.0 file, please see: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss for more info.Mon, 05 May 2008 12:34:10 -0700en-usSeries Champion and Porsche Veteran Join TRG For Next Round at Mazda Raceway Laguna SecaPetaluma, CA – In a season that’s featured a team driving line-up that’s included everything from Daytona 24 Hours winners to series champions to stand-outs from the open-wheel and prototype ranks, TRG has added two more veterans to the team, including former series champion Craig Stanton and experienced Porsche driver Hima Maher.Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=321http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=321Spencer Pumpelly and Tim George led TRG's four-car effort with a second place finish in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway.George started 13th in the No. 67 Tampico Porsche GT3 Cup. But, before handing the No. 67 machine over to his teammate Pumpelly, George had to deal with some brake issues that made the car difficult to drive. But, George persevered and turned the car over to Pumpelly under yellow on lap 31. Pumpelly put on an impressive drive for the remainder of the race and gave the duo its third podium finish of the season. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=320http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=320Tim George was TRG's fastest qualifier in today's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 GT qualifying for tomorrow's Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway.George will start 14th in the No. 67 Tampico Porsche GT3 Cup thanks to a fast qualifying time of 1:55.404 (102.007 mph). George will co-drive with Spencer Pumpelly.Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=319http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=319PETALUMA, Calif. - TRG looks to return to victory lane when the team brings a four-car assault to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway April 26-27.Spencer Pumpelly and Tim George will drive the No. 67 Tampico Porsche GT3. This tandem was the Rolex Series GT Driver's Championship point leaders heading into the Mexico City 250, but a broken wheel stud put them out of the race and subsequently dropped to them to a tie for second in the point standings with 81 points. The duo looks to regain the top spot with a win at VIR. Through three races, Pumpelly and George have a second (Homestead-Miami) and a third-place (Daytona) finish.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=318http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=318TRG's two-car effort finished with mixed results in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Mexico City 250. Ted Ballou and Bryce Miller finished sixth, while teammates Spencer Pumpelly and Tim George came home in 12th. Driving the No. 66 Marquis Jet/Mitchell Rubber/Resorts International Porsche GT3 Cup, Ballou started 12th on the grid and managed to move up to ninth at the start of the race. But, Ballou fell back to his original starting spot before handing the car over to Miller during the lap 21 caution.Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=317http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=317PETALUMA, Calif. - As the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 makes its annual trek south of the border to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, TRG finds itself in a familiar position heading into Saturday's Mexico City 250.The California-based squad leads the Rolex Series GT team point standings with its No. 67 Gleukos/Tampico Beverages Porsche GT3 with co-drivers Tim George Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly, while the team's No. 66 Marquis Jet/Mitchell Rubber/Resorts International/IPC/Total Lubricants Porsche GT3 of co-drivers Bryce Miller and Ted Ballou is in fourth place, just 12 points behind the class-leading No. 67 Porsche. TRG is the winningest team in Rolex Series history with a total of 23 class victories, and the team owns two Rolex Series GT championships.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=316http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=316Duncan Ende partnered with Spencer Pumpelly who started the 2008 Grand Am Rolex and Koni Challenge Series with a debut in the 24 hours of Daytona, which was only hampered by mechanical trouble to his TRG Porsche. He now sets his sights on pushing for the Koni Challenge title and has been preparing during the long break by ramping up his physical conditioning program by working with Former Mclaren F1 and David Coulthard’s personal fitness consultant. Simon Hayes is the director of Performance Physixx and has worked with professional race drivers for the past decade including many in Formula 1. The training Duncan has been doing is principally targeted to assisting him to perform physiologically and mentally better in the car. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=315http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=315In celebration of our PCA victory at California Speedway, and Tim George, Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly capturing the Grand-Am GT class points lead in Homestead Miami, we are offering free UPS Ground shipping when you order any two sets of Pagid brake pads.Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=313http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=313A rookie is defined as a "first-year player, especially as in a professional sport." Tim George Jr. is a rookie race car driver in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16, but he is also leading the driver standings in the Rolex Series GT class. George and 16 other rookies are battling for the MESCO Rookie of The Year Award. Finishing third in his first attempt at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, George has brought all that he has learned from Skip Barber and the KONI Challenge Series to the table. George and Spencer Pumpelly pilot the No. 67 TRG Porsche. And the co-drivers will have their work cut out for them in Mexico, as George has never been to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Nevertheless, the duo is hoping its trend of results continues and the two will find their way to the top step on the podium next week.Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=314http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=314There's just something about Homestead-Miami Speedway for TRG, as the team once again brought home a podium result and took over the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 GT class championship leads in both the team and driver standings with a second-place performance by No. 67 Gleukos/Monster Cable/WIN Institute/944 Magazine/Wheels Boutique Porsche GT3 co-drivers Tim George Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly in Saturday's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=312http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=312DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 27, 2008 – TRG’s seven-car Porsche assault on the 46th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona yielded GT class results of second, third and fourth behind the race-winning No. 70 Mazda in the face of considerable adversity over the closing hours in the grueling 24-hour event. “We knew this was going to be a big deal and a competitive deal this year, and the guys really prepared back at the shop,” said team owner Kevin Buckler. “I’ve got a great group of guys, and they’ve been with me over 10 years. We put together this all-star driver lineup mixed throughout all the cars, friends of mine driving, buddies driving together, a bunch of different dynamics, and it seemed like except for one car, nearly everybody accomplished what they were after. The one poor car had an engine failure, which I felt terrible about. All my friends were in that car.”Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=310http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=310 For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 15, 2008With several weeks until his next Grand-Am Rolex race, Tim George, Jr. is expanding his already extensive driving repertoire by testing a stock car at Infineon Raceway.Tim, who recently finished third in the GT class at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, spent two days lapping the technically challenging road course in a car that is relatively unknown to him. “I’ve driven a stock car on an oval before, but this is my first time driving one on a road course. It’s a lot different than the Porsche. The break and shift points are completely new to me.” Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=311http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=311DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 26, 2008 – Three of seven TRG Porsche GT3s maintained top-10 positions—headed by the No. 66 Marquis Jet/Resorts International/Mitchell Rubber/Total Lubricants/IPC Porsche GT3 of co-drivers Bryce Miller, Ted Ballou, Andy Lally and Richard Westbrook, which was running in fifth place—at the one-quarter mark in the 46th Rolex 24 At Daytona. Miller started the car from 11th on the GT class grid and drove the race’s opening stint before giving way to Ballou for one stint. Lally then took over and drove the car into the lead before turning it over to Westbrook shortly after the five-hour mark. Rainy—but not completely wet—conditions wreaked a bit of havoc on the team’s strategy, as Westbrook made two pit stops prior to the six-hour mark to switch from dry tires onto rain tires before switching back to dry tires just as the one-quarter mark was reached. As a result, the No. 66 machine was one lap down, but well within sight of the class leader.Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=307http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=307AYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 27, 2008 – At the halfway point in the grueling Rolex 24 At Daytona, TRG had two of its seven Porsche GT3s inside the top-four positions in the GT class. “Halfway through the race, it’s pretty awesome,” Buckler said. “We’ve been 1-2, 1-3, and 2-3. I took my camera out and actually took a picture of the screen having TRG cars run 1-2. We’ve had a lot of issues with the temperature and all the crap clogging up the radiators. I actually chose to take the whole front nose of the (No.) 66 car off and lost a lap because of it. The (No.) 67 guys have climbed their way back to P1 or P2. All the cars have had some issues. The (No.) 62 was doing a great job and had a clutch problem. The (No.) 64 had a little accident and the (No.) 65 and (No.) 68 have had a couple of little accidents, too. The (No.) 64 is climbing its way back up right now and the (No.) 62 is back out there. It’s only halfway through. We’ve got a lot of racing to go still.” Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=308http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=308DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 27, 2008 – With 18 hours in the books and under conditions that vacillated between wet and dry at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, three TRG Porsche GT3s found themselves in the top five and well within sight of the victory podium. Topping the charts for TRG in second place was the No. 67 Monster Cable Need for Speed Porsche GT3 being driven at the 18-hour mark by Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas. The No. 67 team had an eventful third quarter, as the car being shared by Dumas, Bryan Sellers, Emmanuel Collard, Tim George Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly was once ahead of the entire GT field by more than a lap before a series of issues on pit lane dropped the car one lap down to the leaders.Text HereSun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=309http://www.theracersgroup.com/news/show.php?id=309