Subaru Road Racing Team Readies for Indianapolis Motor Speedway

- Event marks GRAND-AM Racing’s inaugural visit to “The Brickyard” -

Phoenixville, PA. – July 25, 2012

– Subaru Road Racing Team (SRRT) drivers Andrew “A.J.” Aquilante and Bret Spaude will race Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, one of the most historic auto racing tracks in the world, as GRAND-AM Road Racing brings its two series to the world-famous “Brickyard.”

The SRRT #35 Subaru Impreza WRX STI is one of 36 cars in the Grand Sports class of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC). Adding in the Street Tuner class entries, the series boasts over 70 cars competing in the 2 ½-hour race on the 2.534-mile circuit at Indy, a fast layout that combines an infield road course integrated into the oval track used at the Indianapolis 500 and at Saturday’s Brickyard 400 for NASCAR teams.

The CTSCC race is the opening event of the Kroger Super Weekend at “The Brickyard”, an event which combines the two sports car shows on Friday with the NASCAR Nextel Cup race Saturday and Sunday.

“Testing here at Indy a few weeks ago gave us a great baseline performance to work off of and helps us better prepare for this race weekend,” said Joe Aquilante, owner of Phoenix Performance in Phoenixville, Pa., which prepares the team’s Subaru WRX STI race cars. “As always, quick and consistent pit work by our crew and prudent driving by AJ and Bret should help us pick up some positions.”

For the first time in the history of the series, the CTSCC teams will practice, qualify, and race in a five-hour span of the same day. The 2 ½-hour race takes the green flag Friday at 1 p.m. CT, and will be televised on SPEED TV Aug. 5 at noon ET.

 

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-round GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series and is owned and managed by Joe Aquilante of Phoenix Performance, LLC.  The team’s 32,000 sq. ft. facility is in Phoenixville, Pa., 40 miles west of Philadelphia, PA.  Team drivers Andrew Aquilante and Bret Spaude race a Subaru WRX STI in the Grand Sport class.

For more information about the team and the cars, call Joe Aquilante at (610) 482-0141.  Fans can visit the team’s website at www.srrtphoenix.com and the Phoenix Performance website at www.phoenixperformance.net

About Subaru of America, Inc.

Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 600 dealers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information visit www.subaru.com.

Follow the Subaru of America Facebook page and subaru_usa on Twitter.

This press release is available at www.media.subaru.com

“Subaru”, “WRX STI”, all model names, and the Subaru logo are registered trademarks of the Subaru subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd, Japan.

Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

Return to Phoenix in the News

Return to Phoenix in the News (Subarus)