From Mosport, CA

- A summary of the eight round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series.

Not much more than 50 years ago the piece of land that we know today as Mosport was a farm. At that time, standing on a hill, looking over the fields and groves of trees, who could have imagined that the best drivers and the fastest cars in the world would come to this pastoral place and race on what would be named as one the most challenging tracks in the world and provide the best excitement and entertainment motor racing can offer.

But they did come: racing legends like Stirling Moss, Gilles Villeneuve, Bruce McLaren and even stock car king Richard Petty. No fewer than 16 Formula One World Driving Champions - men like Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti and Nick Lauda have raced here. Some 10 Indianapolis 500 winners including Rodger Ward, A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Rick Mears and Gordon Johncock have also raced at Mosport.

I was eager to get back in the car after missing the Road America round a week before due to important business commitments in India And China, This meant for me giving up the chance to win the championship but with Andy Lally standing in second place and myself still in third place, we were seeking a strong result this week end to maintain our chances to finish in the Top 3 in both championships. The forecast for all three days was calling for perfect weather conditions and that added to our enthusiasm to go race.

Henri Richard Returns to TRG for Mosport

Petaluma, CA — Following several weeks of travel with business and sponsor commitments, Henri Richard will return to TRG for this weekend’s Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, the penultimate round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron.

Joining Andy Lally in the no. 63 Freescale Semiconductor/Future Electronics/Green Hills Software/LifeStudio by Hitachi Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, Richard will return with the team for the final two races as the duo pursues its second victory for the season.

For Richard, a return to the series is a great welcome home following several weeks of travel.

“I really look forward to getting back to North America,” stated Richard. “Being so close to Toronto, our sponsors will have a lot of guests out for this race, and we look forward to putting on a good show for everyone. The team has had a rough couple of races but hopefully we can finish the season strong, the guys work very hard and deserve a good result.”

Ende, Lally Take Top-Five at Road America

Elkhart Lake, WI (August 23, 2010)- After an event filled weekend through the famous rolling hills of Wisconsin, TRG finished the day with a fifth place during Sunday’s American Le Mans Series powered by Estar, the eighth round of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron.

Returning to the team for the first time since his Sebring debut, driver Duncan Ende started the two-hour and 45-minute sprint race, replacing full-time driver Henri Richard who had business conflicts for the Elkhart Lake round. Unfortunately, Ende had to start his Freescale Semiconductor/Future Electronics/Green Hills Software/LifeStudio by Hitachi/Racer’s Roast Coffee Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car from the back due to an uncharacteristic accident in qualifying by teammate Andy Lally, forcing the team to make repairs over night. Making steady progress at the start of the race moving through the field, Ende had a small spin at the famed Canada corner, beaching him in the gravel and losing valuable time as he waited for track officials to tow him out.

Once back on track, Ende continued with a flawless stint and set down several fast race laps before handing the car over to Lally.

“The guys did a great job repairing the car overnight,” stated Ende. “I knew it would be a challenge starting from the back, but the car was fast enough to move up and I was just trying to keep up solid lap times. Unfortunately, the car had been a little loose all weekend and I just lost the back end under braking, and I ended up getting stuck in the gravel. It’s a shame because I think we could have been a real contender this weekend.”

Teammate Andy Lally confirmed the car to be extremely fast, setting some of the fastest times of the weekend, and slowly making up lost ground. Being a sprint race, the team simply ran out of time to make up major ground, but took some solace with a top-five.

From Mid Ohio Sports Car Course

- A summary of the sixth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series.

The Mid Ohio Race track facility is nested in the beautiful rolling hills of the Amish country in Lexington, OH. The racing weekend combined IRL, World Challenge and ALMS races and would thus draw a very large crowd to this historic facility. Arriving as the leader in the driver championship, it was important for me to maximize our result without taking unnecessary chances in order to stay in the lead and create enough of a gap to be able to withstand not driving in Road America later this month and still be in contention for the title.

Mid Ohio is high on every driver’s favorite list. With elevation changes, blind corners and great speed variety (50 to 160 mph), it offers a little of everything in its 2.2 miles, 14 turns layout. Demanding rhythm and patience, the course is narrow and passing is difficult from Turn 8 all the way to the start/finish line. The gravel traps are deep and coming off the course often means that either your race is over or at least any expectations of results are gone.

The Thursday test sessions took place in perfect racing conditions as the relatively cool and dry air was complemented by a bright sunshine. Andy Lally, with whom we usually co-drive, was racing this same week end at Watkins Glen and thus our professional co-driver this time was Spencer Pumpelly. Spencer is no stranger to this track as he recently won here in the Rolex GT series. Like in most venues this year, this was our first visit to this track but our simulator practice on the excellent rendition in iRacing would prove to be effective. I was ready for the first session but as Spencer was pulling out of the paddock, I heard a hard snap as one of the rear axle sheared right in front of me! The team replaced the axle rapidly yet this robbed us of 20 valuable minutes of the session.