Spaude, Heinricy Hustle Subaru Imprexa WRX STI to Season’s Best Finish
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Phoenixville, PA. – May 28, 2011
The Subaru Road Racing team finished a hard fought 11th in today’s GRAND-
The driving was shared by Bret Spaude, Bushnell, Fla., and veteran John Heinricy, Royal Oak, Mich. Spaude drove the first 54 laps, or one hour, of the 142-
Heinricy, normally the team’s technical director, raced the Subaru for the first time, as a replacement for regular driver Andrew Aquilante, Chester Springs, Pa., who is recovering from a shoulder injury suffered in a practice session two weeks ago.
The Subaru Road Racing Team (SRRT) prepares and races a 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4-
“Our Subaru ran the best it has ever run, validating the development work we have put into it over the last several months.” said Joe Aquilante, owner of Phoenix Performance of Phoenixville, Pa., where the team’s cars are prepared.
“Both Bret and John were able to record front row lap times in practice and qualifying, and Bret did a 94.690mph lap in qualifying to give us a front row start,” Aquilante added.
The early race went well, with Bret running in second place, but on lap 18, a trailing BMW driver hit Bret hard in the right door, damaging the door and dropping Bret back to 4th. Aquilante commented “We pitted Bret on lap 54 for gas, to repair the door and to put John Heinricy behind the wheel. For the rest of the race, John was able to run with the leaders, unfortunately we ended up a lap down due to the crash repair pit stops. The car ran really strong today, setting fastest lap of the race and repeatedly coming through the pack after cautions. We were all very pleased with the strength of the STI!”
“I’ve never raced an all-
“A top five finish was well within our reach this weekend if not for the unfortunate on-
“The team really stuck in there to finish 11th and made a superb effort to help showcase both the performance capabilities and resiliency of our Subaru Impreza WRX STI even such rough fender-
The next race is this weekend on the world-
Practice sessions on the 3.4-
Sponsors for SRRT include Subaru Of America, Inc., Subaru Tecnica International (STI), Subaru Performance Tuning (SPT), Hawk Brakes, Ron Davis Racing Radiators, Automotive Racing Products, VAC Motorsports, Rockland Standard Gear, 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-
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