Infiniti To Join Expanding Rolex Series GT Class in 2006 with Team HLM
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Infiniti To Join Expanding Rolex Series GT Class in 2006 with Team HLM
This is pretty sweet:
http://www.grandamerican.com/News/Article.asp?ID=5418
http://www.grandamerican.com/News/Article.asp?ID=5418
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (November 28, 2005) -- The newly formed Team HLM has announced today that it will be competing in the 2006 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series GT division.
American Frank Howard and Australian Peter Law have carefully combined their more than 30 years of motorsports experience and professional experience gained from working in the top business executive and entrepreneurial environments to create a synergy of resources that they are confident will yield impressive results both on and off of the racetrack. Team HLM will lead the Infiniti G35 GT Coupe two-car program that brings together Crawford Race Cars for chassis development and Menards Engineering International, which will focus on developing the 4.5 L Infiniti V-8 engine package.
Team HLM aims at creating a fresh business-to-business approach as a partner to world-class racing action in an organization that can deliver top results in both areas.
"After months of discussions we agreed in principal that the Grand American world could support a race team using contemporary business principals," explained Frank Howard. "As such we created a company, Howard & Law Motorsports, to manage a race team, 'Team HLM'. We studied suppliers and marketing opportunities and settled on Infiniti, Crawford Race Cars, and MEI as our business partners. The support from Infiniti has been fantastic along with our strong working relationships with Max Crawford and Chris Sumner (MEI)."
"This relationship is everything I thought it would be," added Peter Law. "We have made the right decisions and we're meeting all of our goals. From the financial side, our business partners are lining up perfectly for us both from a timing and volume standpoint. From the personnel side, we are working carefully to develop Team HLM into an organization that not only has a clear and defined focus, but that can also execute with precision and perfection."
Team HLM is based in Dayton, Ohio and has additional commercial offices in Phoenix, Arizona. Veteran racing professional Geoff Carter, who brings more than a decade of diverse motorsports experience to the outfit, is leading the final operational preparations as the team readies for its official launch during the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona January 26-29, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida at which time the full team and driver line-up will be announced. Team HLM will then finish a testing schedule to make its competition debut March 25 at the Grand Prix of Miami at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
American Frank Howard and Australian Peter Law have carefully combined their more than 30 years of motorsports experience and professional experience gained from working in the top business executive and entrepreneurial environments to create a synergy of resources that they are confident will yield impressive results both on and off of the racetrack. Team HLM will lead the Infiniti G35 GT Coupe two-car program that brings together Crawford Race Cars for chassis development and Menards Engineering International, which will focus on developing the 4.5 L Infiniti V-8 engine package.
Team HLM aims at creating a fresh business-to-business approach as a partner to world-class racing action in an organization that can deliver top results in both areas.
"After months of discussions we agreed in principal that the Grand American world could support a race team using contemporary business principals," explained Frank Howard. "As such we created a company, Howard & Law Motorsports, to manage a race team, 'Team HLM'. We studied suppliers and marketing opportunities and settled on Infiniti, Crawford Race Cars, and MEI as our business partners. The support from Infiniti has been fantastic along with our strong working relationships with Max Crawford and Chris Sumner (MEI)."
"This relationship is everything I thought it would be," added Peter Law. "We have made the right decisions and we're meeting all of our goals. From the financial side, our business partners are lining up perfectly for us both from a timing and volume standpoint. From the personnel side, we are working carefully to develop Team HLM into an organization that not only has a clear and defined focus, but that can also execute with precision and perfection."
Team HLM is based in Dayton, Ohio and has additional commercial offices in Phoenix, Arizona. Veteran racing professional Geoff Carter, who brings more than a decade of diverse motorsports experience to the outfit, is leading the final operational preparations as the team readies for its official launch during the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona January 26-29, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida at which time the full team and driver line-up will be announced. Team HLM will then finish a testing schedule to make its competition debut March 25 at the Grand Prix of Miami at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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finally, great to see Gs in racing in Grand-Am.... iirc, the RX8 is gonna run in this series as well with 3 rotors.........cool..............humm, a v8 in the g coupe, so is there a possibility of it in a sedan down the road?
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Interesting choice. All the 350Z's in the JGTC GT500 class run a VQ30DETT, while the lower horsepower GT300 class runs the VQ35DE (N/A). Interesting choice to go with the 4.5L. I'll be excited to see how this pans out...
Wow, they don't even bother messing with the GS class, they go straight for the gusto - I'm both surprised and impressed. But in all honesty, I rather see Infiniti racing in the GS class because I think they would be more competitive as well as probably remain close to stock looking as possible. It seems the GT class has cars with huge wings as well as other body modifications.
The new Mustang (aka FR500C) was put on the map of being a worthy contender by winning the 2005 Grand Am cup. Now there is roughly 15 'stangs racing this year and there is talk of them competing in the GT class. I think this is a safer approach instead of pouring a whole bunch of money into a racing program and not being competitive.
Anyway, does anyone have any idea when Speed Channel is going to air the Grand Am cup races?!!
The new Mustang (aka FR500C) was put on the map of being a worthy contender by winning the 2005 Grand Am cup. Now there is roughly 15 'stangs racing this year and there is talk of them competing in the GT class. I think this is a safer approach instead of pouring a whole bunch of money into a racing program and not being competitive.
Anyway, does anyone have any idea when Speed Channel is going to air the Grand Am cup races?!!
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Wow, they don't even bother messing with the GS class, they go straight for the gusto - I'm both surprised and impressed. But in all honesty, I rather see Infiniti racing in the GS class because I think they would be more competitive as well as probably remain close to stock looking as possible. It seems the GT class has cars with huge wings as well as other body modifications.
The new Mustang (aka FR500C) was put on the map of being a worthy contender by winning the 2005 Grand Am cup. Now there is roughly 15 'stangs racing this year and there is talk of them competing in the GT class. I think this is a safer approach instead of pouring a whole bunch of money into a racing program and not being competitive.
Anyway, does anyone have any idea when Speed Channel is going to air the Grand Am cup races?!!
The new Mustang (aka FR500C) was put on the map of being a worthy contender by winning the 2005 Grand Am cup. Now there is roughly 15 'stangs racing this year and there is talk of them competing in the GT class. I think this is a safer approach instead of pouring a whole bunch of money into a racing program and not being competitive.
Anyway, does anyone have any idea when Speed Channel is going to air the Grand Am cup races?!!
As you know, we race the FR500C in Grand Am with Blackforest Motorsports, and I can tell you I have not heard any talk about the Mustang competing in GT class. It wont happen.
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From: Walnut, the one in So-Cal
kinda sucks that not too many on the G forumn are aware of these races......anyhow, i catch grand am races once in a while and will say that it is awesome........different manufactures and makes of cars battleling it out......two classes racing at one time.....a race within a race.....
oh, going way off topic......
trackmagic.....can you post speeds broadcast of the grand am races here as well.......thanks.
oh, going way off topic......
trackmagic.....can you post speeds broadcast of the grand am races here as well.......thanks.