The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world. It draws the industry’s brightest minds and hottest products to one place, the Las Vegas Convention Center. As part of the AAIW, the SEMA Show attracts more than 120,000 industry leaders from over 100 countries for unlimited profit opportunities in the automotive, truck and SUV, and RV markets. SEMA Show 2007 drew over 60,000 domestic and international buyers through two million square feet of exhibits. The displays are segmented into 10 sections, and a New Products Showcase features more than 2,000 newly introduced parts, tools and components. In addition, the SEMA Show provides attendees with educational seminars, product demonstrations, special events, networking opportunities and more. Continue reading ‘Jim Osborn to serve as Panelist at the 2008 SEMA Show’
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Big congrats to James Sofronas in his No. 14 Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3! We’ve been watching him for some time now and to grab his first win and lock up the SCCA SPEED GT Manufacturers win for Porsche at he same time, is awesome.
James Sofronas en route to his first ever win at New Jersey Motorsports Park (Weber image).
It took James Sofronas 99 attempts, but he finally captured his first-career SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge win, leading every lap of Saturday’s SCCA SPEED GT Championship Round Nine race at New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Thunderbolt Raceway. Brandon Davis, of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., completed the podium. Continue reading ‘Sofronas Scores First World Challenge Win in Jersey, Clinches Championship for Porsche’
Randy Pobst qualified his No. 1 K-PAX/3R Racing GT3 on the pole for Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship on the Belle Isle street track in Detroit. Michael Galati qualified the No. 23 K-PAX/3R Racing Porsche in the eighth position after an early session spin moving up several positions as the session progressed.
Randy Pobst and the No. 1 K-PAX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 (Mike Wong photo).
“It’s my car chief Paul Delio’s birthday today and I think fate wasn’t to be denied,” Pobst said of his pole position.
Randy Pobst, of Gainesville Ga., recorded a fast lap of 1:30.939 in the middle of the session to win his 24th career World Challenge pole position. Continue reading ‘Pobst and K-PAX/3R Porsche 911 GT3 win SCCA SPEED GP Pole in Detroit’
Pobst hits the ground running (or autocrossing) at Detroit (Weber image).
Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., topped Friday practice for Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED GT Championship at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, in the series first return to the island since 2001. Team Remington Cadillac teammates Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Michael McCann, of Canton, Ohio, were second and third fastest, respectively. Continue reading ‘SPEED World Challenge: Pobst on Top in First SPEED GT Practice at Detroit’
Randy Pobst qualified his No. 1 K-PAX/3R Racing GT3 in second for Round Seven of the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championships Presented by Toyo Tires at Mosport International Raceway in Ontario Canada. Michael Galati qualified the No. 23 K-PAX/3R Racing Porsche in the seventh position.
Michael Galati will start the Mosport race in seventh (K-PAX Photo).
For Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., his qualifying run was both good news and bad as his first lap time of 1:23.118 stood up for second in a qualifying session shortened when the No. 06 Pontiac GTO of Joey Scarallo exploded in flames coating a good portion of the track in oil. Continue reading ‘SPEED World Challenge: Pobst and Galati Qualify Second and Seventh at Mosport’
Set your TiVo’s, round Seven of the SCCA SPEED Touring Car Championship as well as the Mid-Ohio SPEED GT will air tomorrow; Thursday, July 24, on SPEED.
Thurs. July 24
TC - 12:00 PM
GT - 1:00 PM
Times are Eastern
Randy Pobst leads the field at the start in Watkins Glen. Mark Weber Image
After a historic weekend in 2007 saw him win all three SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge races, Randy Pobst’s 2008 trip to Watkins Glen International may not have been as busy, competing in just one event, but was successful nonetheless, winning the SCCA SPEED GT Round Four race from the pole. Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Michael Galati, of Olmsted, Ohio, completed the top three. Continue reading ‘SPEED World Challenge: Pobst Wins Second-Straight SPEED GT at Watkins Glen’
