Parella Motorsports Holdings and Lime Rock Park have confirmed 4 extra drivers who will be part of the SpeedTour All-Star Race, July 19-20. The weekend will function 19 pairings of racing legends with at this time’s Trans Am Sequence introduced by Pirelli stars, and also will have fun the primary IROC occasion in additional than 20 years, as a number of unique IROC opponents reunite with vehicles raced within the iconic sequence.
“We’re thrilled so as to add much more All Stars to our already spectacular lineup for this 12 months’s SpeedTour All-Star Race,” mentioned Tony Parella, CEO of PMH. “If the one ingredient to this occasion was the All Stars, that’d be spectacular, however then we’re including a few of our greatest drivers in Trans Am’s CUBE 3 Structure TA2 Sequence and TA class, and together with the primary IROC occasion in over 20 years. The followers in New England have been such nice supporters of SpeedTour occasions; I can’t consider a greater place to host the SpeedTour All-Star Race than at Lime Rock Park.”
Becoming a member of the SpeedTour All-Star Race can be Adam Andretti, Todd Bodine, Andy Lally and Casey Mears. The group represents a number of the best-known names in racing, but additionally represents a myriad of accomplishments in their very own proper—together with 5 championships and numerous race wins, a few of which have been achieved in essentially the most prestigious races on this planet.
Andretti, Bodine, Lally and Mears full a star-studded discipline that features Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 champions, IROC winners and drivers who’ve stood atop the rostrum on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Nürburgring, and Daytona. In complete, the All-Star drivers are answerable for 11 NASCAR championships, an IndyCar championship, 13 street racing championships, an IROC championship, three USAC championships and 4 Rallycross championships.
The SpeedTour All-Star race pairs every All-Star driver with one of many stars from Trans Am or TA2 Membership in a spec CUBE 3 Structure TA2 Sequence racecar for the 60-minute race. Drivers won’t solely be racing for a trophy, as a $50,000 winner-takes-all prize can even be on the road for the race-winning staff. The reward has attracted a number of the prime expertise from at this time’s entrants, with lots of the drivers acknowledged as stars themselves, accounting for almost 800 begins in Trans Am vehicles, 48 wins, 221 prime fives, 398 prime 10s and 5 championship titles. Anticipated driver pairings, embody:
- AJ Henriksen with Adam Andretti
- Barry Boes with Greg Biffle
- John Atwell with Todd Bodine
- Tom Sheehan with Geoff Brabham
- Ethan Barker with Ron Fellows
- Alan Davison with Davey Hamilton
- Jim Gallaugher with Ron Hornaday Jr.
- Sam LeComte with Davy Jones
- Thomas Merrill with Bobby Labonte
- Brent Crews with Andy Lally
- Amy Ruman with Pippa Mann
- Edward Sevadjian with Casey Mears
- Adrian Wlostowski with Paul Menard
- Thomas Annunziata with Ryan Newman
- Boris Stated Jr. with Boris Stated
- Scott Lagasse Jr. with Ken Schrader
- Ryan Gemmell with Mike Skinner
- Tristan McKee with Scott Pace
- Paul Ruth with Danny Sullivan
The SpeedTour All-Star Race weekend kicks off on Friday, July 19, with All-Star drivers taking to the observe for a 30-minute follow session, adopted by qualifying that afternoon. Followers may have an opportunity to satisfy their favourite drivers throughout the All-Star Autograph Session at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, or throughout the Pre-Race Fan Stroll on Saturday, July 20 at 12 p.m. ET. The SpeedTour All-Star Race will go inexperienced at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Along with the SpeedTour All-Star race, the two-day occasion will embody an IROC exhibition, in addition to racing from Sportscar Classic Racing Affiliation (SVRA), Prototype Dash Sequence Affiliation introduced by Hankook (PSSA) and Canada’s Nissan Sentra Cup.
