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Shortened Race at Virginia for Subaru Road Racing Team
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Phoenixville, PA – April 24, 2010
Hopes of a strong race result at VIRginia International Raceway were dashed today when the race for the Subaru Road Racing Team (SRRT) ended early following contact from another car. The on-
SRRT drivers AJ Aquilante, Phoenixville, Pa., and Bret Spaude, Bushnell, Fla., were officially credited with a 26th place finish in this, the fourth round of the GRAND-
“Bret did a superb job for us during his stint,” said SRRT owner Joe Aquilante. “His race laps were smooth, consistent and incident free. His qualifying laps were two seconds faster than he had gone in practice and he brought the Subaru Impreza WRX STI to eighth place from a 14th place start in the Grand Sports class, before we pitted him under yellow on lap 22.
“Pitting early in the full-
Only two laps into the re-
“Our SRRT crew repaired a broken right rear tie rod end, but the time required for repairs essentially took us out of the race for a top five finish. Still, the crew got the car repaired as quickly as we could and on track again. Unfortunately, it turned out the rear differential had also been damaged in the crash, so we had to call it a day,” said Joe Aquilante.
James Han, motorsports marketing manager for Subaru of America, Inc. added, “It’s unfortunate to come away from this race without the finishing result that both the team and our car were capable of.”
The race was televised by SPEED TV to air May 1 at 1pm ET.
The halfway point race in the Continental Challenge season will be May 29 at 3pm ET on the scenic Lime Rock Park circuit near Lakeville, Conn.
Sponsors for SRRT include Subaru Of America, Inc., Subaru Tecnica International (STI), Subaru Performance Tuning (SPT), Ron Davis Racing Radiators, Hawk Brakes, freeM of America, VAC Motorsports, Automotive Racing Products, Rockland Standard Gear, Quarter Master, Ecutek, Lista, Rotary Lifts, Cusco, Carbonetic, Hella, and Perrin.
About SRRT Phoenix LLC
SRRT Phoenix LLC represents Subaru of America Inc.’s road racing effort in the 10-
For more information about the team and the cars, call Joe Aquilante at (610) 482-