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Munroe Falls, Ohio – After a rough start to the Trans Am SpeedFest weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, the Ruman Racing team headed back home to Ohio with a 5th place finish. It was a busy two days in California for the Trans Am teams, packing in test, practice, and qualifying sessions on Friday followed by the race on Saturday. Amy and the team struggled with ignition problems in the test and practice sessions giving her limited laps and time on the track, most laps not at full speed. The team worked diligently on the problem between sessions and were confident they found and fixed the issues prior to qualifying. The No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette seemed to be back up to speed in qualifying and Ruman captured the 7th slot on the starting grid. It was a gorgeous cool, sunny California day for the 12:50pm PT start of Round 3 of the Championship presented by Pirelli. Ruman moved up a few positions in the early part of the race, running consistently in 4th place. Simon Gregg and Ruman battled for most of the second half of the race with Ruman narrowly holding him off. On the Read more →

Munroe Falls, Ohio – For the first time in fifteen years, the Trans Am Series will be heading back to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California for Round 3 of the Championship Presented by Pirelli and the SpeedFest tour. The Ruman Racing team has not run at Laguna Seca since Amy’s father Bob ran there in 2001 Trans Am race. Amy has only run Laguna once previously in the Women’s Global GT Series in 1999. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is an 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course, known for its unique section of the course called the corkscrew – turns 8 and 8A – a hard-left, hard-right combination. The corkscrew drops 59 feet between the entrance of Turn 8 to the exit of Turn 8A—the equivalent of a 5½ story drop—in only 450 feet of track length. From Turn 8 to Turn 9, the elevation falls 109 feet, or just over 10 stories. “Although California is a far trek for us from Ohio, I am excited to head out to the West coast and run the iconic Laguna Seca track. I can’t wait to run the No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette down through the famous corkscrew; it’s going to be a blast! The Championship Read more →

Munroe Falls, Ohio – In the chase for the 2019 Trans Am Series Championship Presented by Pirelli title, Amy Ruman is right in the mix after Round 2 at Road Atlanta this weekend. Ruman had her sights set on a podium finish in Braselton, GA – and she achieved just that capturing a third-place finish. The TA class had an extremely tight qualifying session on Saturday afternoon and Ruman started in fifth for the Sunday morning race in the No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette. After several days of beautiful Georgia weather, Sunday took a turn for the worse, with wet track conditions from morning rain and temperatures at 45 degrees for the start of the race. Weather looked to improve throughout the race, so teams gambled on starting with slick tires on a wet track, which made for a treacherous first half of the race. The 850hp Trans Am cars took the green flag in single file formation, all getting through turn one unscathed. Ruman’s strategy was to not make any early mistakes in the wet conditions, banking on a drying track throughout the race. Conditions did improve as the laps clicked off, allowing the drivers to pick up the Read more →

Munroe Falls, Ohio – The Trans Am Series Championship Presented by Pirelli will be heading to Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA this weekend for Round 2 of the 2019 Championship and Speed Tour alongside SVRA.  After finishing fifth in the season opener at Sebring, Ruman will eye the top step this weekend at Road Atlanta. Ruman has captured three career victories at Road Atlanta driving the No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette, including her historic first ever Trans Am win in 2011, and is looking to add one more to her victory column. “Road Atlanta has traditionally been a really strong track for us and I’m expecting us to be smooth and fast here once again. My main goal is to be fast and consistent throughout the weekend so we can land ourselves back on the podium this year. I really enjoy racing here; the fans are always great, and the racing is always competitive because the track can get tricky as the race goes on and its very busy too!” remarked Ruman. There are 56 competitors entered for this weekend’s races across the four classes, with 13 entered in the TA class. The weekend will start off with a promoter test Read more →

Munroe Falls, Ohio – The Trans Am Championship Presented by Pirelli season started off right with a beautiful sunny and hot Florida March weekend at Sebring International Raceway. The sixty-one competitors put on two great races. Amy Ruman dusted off the cobwebs from being out of the car the last few months, and immediately went to work posting solid lap times in testing and practice. Qualifying wasn’t until 5:30pm Saturday night, introducing a nice glare from the setting sun as the drivers battled for the pole. Ruman qualified the No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette 8th on the tight grid for Sunday’s race. When Sunday’s green flag flew, cars shuffled and traded spots going almost five wide into turn one. Ruman swapped some positions in the first few laps, ultimately settling in behind the No. 0 driven by Jordan Bupp. The two had a great battle going for the entire race, seemingly driving equally matched race cars. The pair moved up after a few mid-race restarts and some attrition along the way, with Ruman taking home is solid 5th place finish despite a tight race for third in the last few laps. “Even though we didn’t make the podium this weekend, Read more →