Thursday, July 29, 2004

Grand-am racing

Story mentioning teams for the Georgia Tech Pontiac/Crawford #39 car - link here.

Also attending the Crawford test was the Silverstone Racing team, with Chris Hall and Larry Huang sorting out their No. 39 Georgia Tech Pontiac/Crawford.

For the Silverstone Racing team, admittedly one of the less well-funded outfits in the Rolex Series, the rapid growth of the series has been more than they expected.

"When we went to Daytona at the start of the season," said Chris Hall, "We were right up there with everybody else in terms of lap times. Now, with all these new cars, the level of competition has increased dramatically and the top teams are doing constant development that we simply cannot afford. For example, the Crawford chassis that we're driving is four or five developmental steps behind the car that Andy Wallace is driving. That's one of the reasons we came here with the Crawford team, to get some help from them in terms of updates. They've been great to work with."
Sounds like they need to start charging more for a parking pass.