Panama City, Panama (October 23, 2007) - The Federación Interamericana de Periodistas del Automóvil (FIPA) Interamerican Federation of Automotive Newspersons announced today that Dario Franchitti y Edison Lluch tied for Interamerican Driver of the year. Even thou Franchitti is Scotsman was considered for the award since he won the prestigious Indy 500 and the IRL championship one of the top event and series in the Americas. Edison LLuch from Puerto Rico has won the American GT International Series two time in a row and is currently leading this year.
Third place was the Brazilian Felipe Massa, who placed second last year and has done a great job in F1 with Ferrari this year. The rest of the order was as follows: Sébastien Bourdain, Memo Rojas, Juan Pablo Montoya, Milka Duno, Tonny Kaanan, Luis Pérez y Marco Andretti.
Since this award was instituted in 2001 the following drivers have won this prestigious
: Juan Pablo Montoya, Rubens Barrichello, Manuel Ferreyros, Nelson Piquet, y Rodolfo González. This year the award ceremony will be held in Panama City, Panama on November 22. Instituto Panameño de Turismo (IPAT) – The Panamanian Tourism Board - and Copa Airlines, will sponsor the banquet.
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Mayagüez, PR (October 19, 2007) – Western Bank will mail an invitation for Round 7 of the Inter-Americas Challenge to the Ponce Grand Prix. This special invitation to Western Bank customers only will be mailed with the customer’s monthly statement and will offer them a 50% discount of the entrance ticket at the door. Western Bank has sponsored the Ponce Grand Prix and the Ponce International Speedway Park since its beginnings. Also is the second year that Western Bank is a Major Sponsor of the Ponce Grand Prix, which has become the premier racing event in the Caribbean.
The invitation shows cars from the feature series that will compete on El Tuque during the weekend, American GT Western Bank’s Camaro and the Panam GP Series FedEx’s Formula 2000. Besides these two international series there will be the Bosch/Dima International Cup for Touring cars, a Time Attack event for the local Solo crowd and a Saturday night party with the Big Screen showing of the Cotto vs Mosley boxing match.
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San Juan, PR (October 15, 2007) – Bosch Distributor for PR, Dima International, will be the Title Sponsor the Touring Class Event on the Ponce Grand Prix. Dima International and Bosch have Sponsor this Touring Class Cup for years and it has become the premier Touring Class event in PR. ”This is the second year the Bosch/Dima International Cup will is held during the Ponce Grand Prix weekend and hopefully there will be many more.” Said Hugo Umpierre, General Manager of Ponce International Speedway. Last year the event was a huge success with the crowds, who enjoy the battle between Porsches, Evos, Vipers and Mustangs among others.
This year the Bosch/Dima International Cup will have two heats, a night race on Saturday and a afternoon race on Sunday - between the two American GT Races. The Saturday night race will start around 8:00pm with a Coors Light/Don Q Happy Hour at the Pub Club @ El Tuque for the fans and should end around 9:00pm; just in time for the Cotto vs Mosley fight, which will be showed on the big screens at the Pub Club.
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San Juan, PR (October 8, 2007) – Coors Light started the ad campaign for the Ponce Grand Prix Round 7 of the Inter-Americas Challenge at Ponce International Speedway Park to be held on November 9-11, 2007. The ads will appear on billboards, bus stops and other printed media, a full month before the event.
As part of the events for the race weekend, there will be a party Saturday night at the Pub with a big screen TV showing the Mosley vs. Cotto bout. There will be two night races, one for local Touring Class cars – La Copa Bosch Dima International – and another for the Panam GP Series an International Formula series. The Panam GP Series will also have races on Sunday. The races on Saturday will finish just before the boxing match. A happy hour by Coors Light will start immediately after that in Pub El Tuque and it will continue thru the fight. If local boxer and favorite Miguel Cotto wins the happy hour could run late into the night.

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Ponce, PR (Oct 2, 2007) – Ponce International Speedway Park , El Tuque, is getting ready for the 4th annual Ponce Grand Prix, Round 07 of the 2007 American GT Inter-Americas Challenge. Every one in the staff is working hard to make this year’s event the next one yet. “We know it will not be an easy task to have a better event that last year’s”, said Hugo Umpierre, El Tuque’s General Manager. “How ever with the addition of another International Series competing on the same weekend, this promises to be one to remember.” Umpierre added. He was referring to the Panam GP Series - www.PanamGPSeries.com - formula series that competes in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Colombia. This series will stop in Puerto Rico for the first time ever this year before continuing to Dominican Republic, where it will also share the track and the weekend with AGT.
With several local and international driver confirmed for the event and Larry Beebe Racing competing with two cars one with Tony Ave and the other with Joy Scarallo with two 2007 CO6 Corvette built by Tony Ave Racing. Other confirmed drivers include Hamilton Safe’s Kenny and Jordan Bupp, Foddril Fabrications’ Mark Shaffer, Frank Cioppetini and MuraysAuto.com’s Jon Leavy. Also in the group are Sky Blue’s Stu Hayner – 2006 PGP Winner – Edison LLuch Sr – 2005/2006 Inter-Americas Champ – Edison LLuch Jr, - 2006 Rookie of the Year – Motorcraft’s Roly Falgueras – 2005 PGP Winner - Manem Mendez – 2006 DR race Winner – and Tony Canahuate –Pole sitter and fastest race lap 2006 DR race. And of course all the local drivers from Puerto Rico which will be looking forward to compete in was has become the prime GT racing event of the Caribbean and perhaps, after this year with the addition of the Formula Series, the best overall racing event of the Americas.

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Bloomingdale, GA (Sept 9, 2007) – Jeff Emery led race one from start to finish and turned the fastest race lap in his Emery Scaffolding Monte Carlo in Race 2 of Round 6 of the Inter-Americas Challenge at Roebling Road. His performance was an excellent demonstration of driving, race preparation and tuning the car looked as if it was on rails. The race finishing positions was a Deja Vu of Race 1 with Jon Leavy in his MurraysAuto.com Camaro less than 0.2sec from Simon Gregg in his Derhaag Corvette in third.
Forth was Mark Shaffer from Peoria, Az in his Foddrill Fabrication Mustang an AGT regular and came in Runner-Up of the SE Division to Edison Lluch Sr., who finished seventh for the weekend, after going of track in Race 1 and not starting in Race 2. Edison Lluch Jr came in fifth after switching cars with his father for Race 2 and Jim Goughary Jr finished seventh in Race 2 and sixth for the weekend with the fastest time of the weekend 1:07.0 but had mechanical problems all weekend long. Tery Giles battled electrical gremlins al weekend and finished eight.
Next event of the Inter-Americas Challenge is the Ponce Grand Prix on November 9-11 at El Tuque, Puerto Rico.
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Bloomingdale, Ga (September 8, 2007) – Jeff Emery in the Emery Scaffolding, Inc Monte Carlo won the first of two races of Round 6 of the Inter-Americas Challenge at Roebling Road after crashing during the qualifying session 3 hours earlier. Emory got the lead after passing pole sitter Simon Gregg, Edison Sr. and Jr., 2006 Inter-Americas Champion and Runner up, in the first 5 laps of one the closest and most exciting races of this year. Edison Sr. had engine problems and was not able to finish the event and neither could Jr.
Jon Leavy in the MurraysAuto.com Camaro had an impressive come from behind run to finish second and Simon Gregg in the Derhaag Corvette finished third. Mark Shaffer in the Foddrill Mustang finished fourth and Jim Goughary came in fifth with the fastest race lap, but mechanical problem in the early part of the race put him in the back of the pack.
Tomorrow race 2 will be in the afternoon and the starting grid will be set using the results from today’s race 1.
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(September 7, 2007) – Jim Goughary Jr. in the Luna Sueño Corvette was the fastest AGT car in the test day for Round 6 of the Inter-Americas Challenge at Roebling Road with a 1:08.4. Edison Lluch Jr in the Coors Light Corvette was second with a 1:08.5. Lluch Sr. was close by with a 1:09.0 and Terry Giles turn a 1:10.0. Even thou Jim Goughary has many years of experience and the track record at Roebling in the Formula Mazda class, this is his first time on a 700HP+ AGT car.
If we add to this close lap times and great teams to the other teams that did not test today, Simon Gregg in the Derhaag Corvette, Jeffrey Emery in the Emery Scaffolding Monte Carlo, Mark Shaffer in the Foddrill Fabrications Mustang and Jon Leavy in the MurraysAuto.com Camaro will surely make this a great event for tomorrow’s Race 1 and Sunday’s Race 2. Stay tuned for more updates during the weekend.