Monday, October 16, 2006

AJR Heads to Laguna Seca for ALMS Finale

Robin Osborne

The final race of the American Le Mans Series takes place this Saturday at the scenic 2.2 mile 11 turn Laguna Seca road course in Monterey, California. Bell Micro Racing will host 175 guests at the hospitality venue located on the terrace above the front straightaway. Thanks to the West Coast Sales team a terrific group of guests will be on hand for the season finale including; Adeara, Atlasce, Axcelerate Networks, Brocade, Broadware, eSoft, Facebook, Force 10 Networks, Fusion Storm, Germane Systems, Go Back TV, Go- CMT, GW-Mail, Helio Solutions, HMP Networks, Intervision, KIS, Omneon, Network General, Panasas, Promise, U-Systems, Rackable, Silver Peak, Trimble Navigation, 3VR and more. Our Supplier Partners, QLogic, Seagate and AMD will join in for a full day of racing and the last Relationship Sales Event for the Bell Micro 2006 race season. Don Bell will take to the track on Sunday for his final race of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge sponsored by Michelin. Go Don!

ALMS car

Mike Rockenfeller is hungry to finish the season on a winning note. “I watched the team at Petit go from the back of the grid at the start to the front and then up two laps on the field. We were really having a strong run, very Alex Job like. That is kind of the way the season has gone for us – fast and then disappointment. Laguna Seca is a great track, with the elevation changes and the combination of turns, I really like it. The team will be ready to finish the season strong, with the race ending in the darkness I hope we can bring some light to our season’s record with a win.”

Marcel Tiemann is looking forward to returning to Laguna Seca. “I raced at Laguna in 1997 and 1998 in the Mercedes GT1 car. I really like the circuit and the Cork Screw is really fun. The last three races we have been competitive and would have ended up first or second, just incidents that the team and the drivers couldn’t avoid ruined our results. I hope that after such a difficult season for the team, we can finally get back and win the final race. This would be a good positive vibe for 2007 that the team deserves.”

“We have a strong history at Laguna Seca, having won there in 2004, 2003 and 2002,” said Alex Job, team owner. “We will have a strong contingent from Bell Microproducts there this weekend so the team is poised to close out the season on the top step of the podium. We need to finish the performance that we started at Petit.” The season finale from Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway will be televised live on the SPEED Channel starting at 5:30 p.m. ET.