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By: Trans Am Series Staff

April 17, 2012, Miami, FL – Continuing its aggressive push to bring fans their favorite series’ action, the Trans Am Series announced an agreement between GoRacingTV.com Inc. and MAVTV which will bring Trans Am coverage to cable and satellite TV.

“I’m delighted that MAVTV has agreed to partner with GoRacingTV.com,” said Errol Tucker, Sr., Executive Producer for GoRacingTV.com. “We had been working on this for quite some time, and I am delighted that it has become a reality.”

“GoRacingTV.com is putting forth a serious effort to tell the story of the 2012 Trans Am season from every imaginable angle, and to broaden our viewership with the addition of MAVTV is a win-win scenario,” added Tucker. “This means fans will be able to enjoy the same video on-demand Trans Am content produced by GoRacingTV.com on their big screen television as well.”

“MAVTV is very pleased to be partnered with GoRacingTV and the Trans Am Series,” said Jason Patison, MAVTV Programming Director. “Both organizations have great reputations and we look forward to exciting racing action combined with high quality video production.”

MAVTV will air the half-hour Trans Am Series weekend recap shows produced and directed by GoRacingTV.com the week following each Trans Am event. The first of three airings will be Sundays at 5:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm PDT). The first encore airing follows on Thursdays at 9:00 pm EDT (6:00 pm PDT), followed by a second encore airing on Fridays at 12:00 am EDT (Thursday, 9:00 pm PDT).

MAVTV, Lucas Oil’s flagship independent cable network, features entertainment and sports programming targeted to men and their families living an active American lifestyle. MAVTV programming is centered on three defining genres – movies, action and variety. MAVTV maintains its own high definition production facilities, producing hundreds of hours of original content each year.

“This is a great opportunity for the Trans Am Series”, says John Clagett, President, Trans Am Race Company. “The additional coverage brings more exposure and delivers more impressions, which further enhances the series’ efforts to attract new advertising and sponsor partners, particularly for companies still married to conventional video delivery methods.”

About Trans Am:

The SCCA Trans Am Series dates back to its first season in 1966. Throughout the years, some of the greatest names in motorsports have participated in the Trans Am Series. Backdating the Drivers’ Championship to the inaugural season, 30 different drivers took titles, with multiple Championships being won by Paul Gentilozzi, Tommy Kendall, Mark Donohue, Scott Pruett, Wally Dallenbach Jr., George Follmer, Peter Gregg, Horst Kwech, Scott Sharp and Bob Tullius.

The iconic Trans Am Series – America’s Road Racing Series – is operated by the Trans Am Race Company, LLC. Through a five-year agreement, the Trans Am Race Company manages the marketing rights to the series and is responsible for Trans Am Series public relations and promotions. SCCA Pro Racing sanctions Trans Am events and provides event operations services to the series.

About MAVTV:

MAVTV is Lucas Oil’s flagship independent cable network featuring entertainment and sports programming in three defining genres: Movies, Action and Variety targeting men and their families living an active American lifestyle. MAVTV maintains its own high definition production facility, which produces hundreds of hours of original content each year. MAVTV is a 24/7, high-definition entertainment extravaganza, featuring everything from blockbuster films, high octane motorsports, MMA fighting, gaming, gut busting comedy, original reality shows and scripted dramas. Unlike other networks that serve up much of the same old content you’ve been watching for years, MAVTV brings you plenty of never-before-seen high definition exclusives. It’s fresh, original content finely tuned for the modern American household. MAVTV has a lineup with something for everyone.

About GoRacingTV.com Inc.:

GoRacingTV.com is the premier web-video channel for the club racing/grassroots racing community. GoRacingTV.com began airing episodes of its instructional video shows, the “Club Racer” and “Auto Crosser” web-based video shows in February of 2009, but has quickly become the site where club racers can obtain updated information and news related to the amateur racing community. Presently, GoRacingTV.com produces several video programs for the grassroots racing community.

GoRacingTV.com also provides a daily updated news article section on the front page of its site, for those fans who either cannot or do not want to view video for their news. These articles cover news from the entire top Amateur and Pro Racing series in the US. For the past two years GoRacingTV.com has provided video coverage of the SCCA Chicago Region June Sprints, airing all 9 racing groups from the event.

GoRacingTV.com has also covered the past two years of the SCCA Championship Runoffs and the NASA Championships, producing a daily evening news show from the event informing fans of breaking news in a format similar to a standard network evening news show. Most recently GoRacingTV.com teamed up with Mazda and Cooper Tires to stream a Live Show from the 2011 Performance Industry Racing Show in Orland FL. GoRacingTV.com has partnered with some of the top Sports Car series in the U.S. and Canada to host their racing video archives. Racing fans around the world can now come to the GoRacingTV.com web site to see racing from their favorite series, SCCA Pro Racing Trans AM and Spec Racer Ford Series, Mazda Playboy MX5 Cup, Dodge Viper Cup, Star Mazda and Canadian Touring Car to name a few. This is just a handful of some of the video coverage available on GoRacingTV.com.

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By: Trans Am Series Staff

April 12, 2012, Miami, FL – In conjunction with GoRacingTV.com, The Trans Am Race Company LLC. is pleased to announce GoPro (cameras) and Traqmate (data acquisition) as official partners of the Trans Am Series and GoRacingTV. The two companies will add a new perspective to the broadcast coverage never before seen in the Trans Am Series.

“As enthusiastic as we are with the package GoRacingTV.com is providing,” said Trans Am Race Company President, John Clagett, “today’s announcement is the icing on the cake. With GoPro and Traqmate, we are providing our fans with enhanced coverage and in-depth information. Fans will see the race just as the Trans Am drivers see it – from on board, and those images are going to be HD quality, thanks to the Go Pro camera. The Traqmate system will provide extremely valuable data streaming from each race car. The fact that the Go Pro and Traqmate units integrate into one comprehensive package is simply put, the best of both worlds.”

In March, Trans Am announced it would partner with GoRacingTV.com to provide a unique form of video coverage for the 2012 season, affording Trans Am fans coverage of their favorite race series worldwide.

GoRacingTV.com will produce a half-hour highlights show that covers both the on track and off-track action, and it’s in these shows were the Go Pro cameras and Traqmate data systems will be relied on to tell the inside story. GoRacingTV.com will provide expanded coverage with the short video vignettes, which will be distributed via the Internet and through the new GoRacingTV.com mobile App throughout the weekend.

The coverage will now include multi in-car coverage and telemetry feed back from the cars on track. Combining these elements will let fans keep up with their favorite series and drivers throughout the season.

“GoPro and Traqmate have been marketing partners of GoRacingTV for several years” said Errol Tucker, we look forward to once again working with them on the Trans Am project.”

As the world’s leading activity image capture company, GoPro produces arguably the most versatile cameras in the world. The famous HD HERO® line of wearable and gear-mountable cameras will be used to deliver fabulous in-car views to Trans Am fans through out the weekend.

The Traqmate is a vehicle data acquisition device that uses a high-speed GPS receiver and high-resolution accelerometers to track and record the speed of a vehicle, its absolute location, and forces acting on the vehicle. Coupled with the GoPro view of the action, fans can see the same data the driver and his crew sees.

“We are very pleased to be working with Trans Am,” said Glenn Stephens, president of Traqmate. “ It’s a racing series with a storied history. And we feel GoRacingTV is the future of motorsports broadcasting.”

About Trans Am:

The SCCA Trans Am Series dates back to its first season in 1966. Throughout the years, some of the greatest names in motorsports have participated in the Trans Am Series. Backdating the Drivers’ Championship to the inaugural season, 30 different drivers took titles, with multiple Championships being won by Paul Gentilozzi, Tommy Kendall, Mark Donohue, Scott Pruett, Wally Dallenbach Jr., George Follmer, Peter Gregg, Horst Kwech, Scott Sharp and Bob Tullius.

The iconic Trans Am Series – America’s Road Racing Series – is operated by the Trans Am Race Company, LLC. Through a five-year agreement, the Trans Am Race Company manages the marketing rights to the series and is responsible for Trans Am Series public relations and promotions. SCCA Pro Racing sanctions Trans Am events and provides event operations services to the series.

About GoPro

Based in Half Moon Bay, California, GoPro makes the world’s most versatile cameras, enabling people to capture and share their lives’ most exciting moments in professional quality HD video and photos. GoPro’s HD HERO line of wearable and gear mountable cameras are used collectively by more consumers, professional athletes, and video production professionals than any other camera in the world. GoPro’s products are sold in over 140 countries via specialty sports retailers, Sport Chalet, Best Buy and at gopro.com.

About Traqmate

Track Systems Technologies, LLC was formed in 2003 to develop high quality electronic products for automotive enthusiasts. Traqmate is the first Track Systems product in a line of affordable and innovative electronics products for all forms of motorsport. Since May, 2005, Traqmate is available directly from Track Systems and through selected dealers worldwide. Product is available in the Traqmate online store.

About GoRacingTV.com Inc.

GoRacingTV.com is the premier web-video channel for the club racing/grassroots racing community. GoRacingTV.com began airing episodes of its instructional video shows, the “Club Racer” and “Auto Crosser” web-based video shows in February of 2009, but has quickly become the site where club racers can obtain updated information and news related to the amateur racing community. Presently, GoRacingTV.com produces several video programs for the grassroots racing community. GoRacingTV.com also provides a daily updated news article section on the front page of its site, for those fans who either cannot or do not want to view video for their news. These articles cover news from the entire top Amateur and Pro Racing series in the US. For the past two years GoRacingTV.com has provided video coverage of the SCCA Chicago Region June Sprints, airing all 9 racing groups from the event. GoRacingTV.com has also covered the past two years of the SCCA Championship Runoffs and the NASA Championships, producing a daily evening news show from the event informing fans of breaking news in a format similar to a standard network evening news show. Most recently GoRacingTV.com teamed up with Mazda and Cooper Tires to stream a Live Show from the 2011 Performance Industry Racing Show in Orland FL. GoRacingTV.com has partnered with some of the top Sports Car series in the U.S. and Canada to host their racing video archives. Racing fans around the world can now come to the GoRacingTV.com web site to see racing from their favorite series, SCCA Pro Racing Trans AM and Spec Racer Ford Series, Mazda Playboy MX5 Cup, Dodge Viper Cup, Star Mazda and Canadian Touring Car to name a few. This is just a handful of some of the video coverage available on GoRacingTV.com.

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By: Trans Am Series Staff

MIAMI, FL – March 12, 2012Trans Am Race Company announced today it will partner with www.GoRacingTV.com to provide a unique form of video coverage for the 2012 season. The partnership will afford Trans Am fans coverage of their favorite race series worldwide.

“We’re extremely enthusiastic with the package GoRacingTV.com has presented,” said Trans Am Race Company President, John Clagett. “Using the latest online and video technologies, we feel we can provide our fans with exciting news coverage and behind the scenes information. In addition, through GoRacingTV.com’s mobile App, fans can have their Trans Am fix where ever and whenever they want.”

“Trans Am has a rich history in American motorsports, dating back to the 1960’s and we are proud to be able to bring it through video to a whole new generation of fans,” said Errol Tucker Executive Producer of GoRacingTV.com. “To achieve this goal, we feel we have developed a video delivery strategy that is perfect for today’s fast paced market.”

GoRacingTV.com will provide a multi-Emmy Award winning production team to produce Trans Am coverage. The coverage will be twofold:

During each race weekend GoRacingTV.com will deliver “ENG” or electronic news-gathering style video vignettes to fans via the Internet and through the new GoRacingTV.com mobile App. Fans will be able to keep up with their favorite series and drivers throughout the weekend with quick 2 to 3 minute video updates.
At the end of each weekend there will be a “Trans Am this week” Video show summarizing the weekend’s full events. Each summary show will be complete with highlights of the weekend racing action and interviews with the drivers and Trans Am officials to give a true behind the scenes access and total access coverage approach. There will also be video racing action through trackside and on-board video cameras mounted on the front and back of 90% of the racing field.
Race weekend video vignettes and summary shows can be seen on www.GoRacingTV.com, www.GoTransAm.com’s Vimeo channel, www.vimeo.com/gotransam, www.YouTube.com and through GoRacingTV.com’s mobile App (available mid April).

All shows will be hosted by veteran Trans Am announcer Alfredo Nin.

Each Summary show will be produced in English and Spanish. Spanish speaking shows will have TV distribution in the Spanish speaking Caribbean and Latin America. TV distribution for the US is still in negotiations.

Video coverage will be backed up and promoted via social media support (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube etc.) and traditional online initiatives further communicating and promoting the success of the program as the Trans Am season unfolds.

Trans Am will kick-off the 2012 Championship run May 20, 2012 at Canadian Tire Mosport Park joining the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series for the Victoria Day SpeedFest Weekend. Previous Trans Am Mosport winners include Scott Pruett with four wins, Scott Sharp with three and many other Series legends; Paul Gentilozzi, Tommy Kendall, Bob Tulius, Elliot Forbes Robinson, Mark Donohue, Dorsey Schroeder and Canadian native (and track owner) Ron Fellows, just to name a few.

About Trans Am:

The SCCA Trans Am Series dates back to its first season in 1966. Throughout the years, some of the greatest names in motorsports have participated in the Trans Am Series. Backdating the Drivers’ Championship to the inaugural season, 30 different drivers took titles, with multiple Championships being won by Paul Gentilozzi, Tommy Kendall, Mark Donohue, Scott Pruett, Wally Dallenbach Jr., George Follmer, Peter Gregg, Horst Kwech, Scott Sharp and Bob Tullius.

The iconic Trans Am Series – America’s Road Racing Series – is operated by the Trans Am Race Company, LLC. Through a five-year agreement, the Trans Am Race Company manages the marketing rights to the series and is responsible for Trans Am Series public relations and promotions. SCCA Pro Racing sanctions Trans Am events and provides event operations services to the series.

About GoRacingTV.com Inc.

GoRacingTV.com is the premier web-video channel for the club racing/grassroots racing community. GoRacingTV.com began airing episodes of its instructional video shows, the “Club Racer” and “Auto Crosser” web-based video shows in February of 2009, but has quickly become the site where club racers can obtain updated information and news related to the amateur racing community. Presently, GoRacingTV.com produces several video programs for the grassroots racing community. GoRacingTV.com also provides a daily updated news article section on the front page of its site, for those fans who either cannot or do not want to view video for their news. These articles cover news from the entire top Amateur and Pro Racing series in the US. For the past two years GoRacingTV.com has provided video coverage of the SCCA Chicago Region June Sprints, airing all 9 racing groups from the event. GoRacingTV.com has also covered the past two years of the SCCA Championship Runoffs and the NASA Championships, producing a daily evening news show from the event informing fans of breaking news in a format similar to a standard network evening news show. Most recently GoRacingTV.com teamed up with Mazda and Cooper Tires to stream a Live Show from the 2011 Performance Industry Racing Show in Orland FL. GoRacingTV.com has partnered with some of the top Sports Car series in the U.S. and Canada to host their racing video archives. Racing fans around the world can now come to the GoRacingTV.com web site to see racing from their favorite series, SCCA Pro Racing Trans AM and Spec Racer Ford Series, Mazda Playboy MX5 Cup, Dodge Viper Cup, Star Mazda and Canadian Touring Car to name a few. This is just a handful of some of the video coverage available on GoRacingTV.com.

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Article By: Rod Short, Photography by Courtesy Of Grand-Am, Rod Short

Circle track and drag racing tend to dominate today’s motorsports news, but there is another form of competition in which today’s Chevys are finding success—sports car racing. In 2011, both the Grand-Am and SCCA Pro Trans-Am series provided a venue that pitted Camaros against some of the world’s best known (and most expensive) nameplates.

Entering its 13th season in 2012, Grand-Am road racing can be seen on TV on historic road courses throughout North America. With its exotic Daytona prototypes and production-based GT-series cars running together, the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 is the top of the food chain in this series. Grand-Am’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) also races two different classes simultaneously with the Grand Sport (GS) and Street Tuner (ST) divisions. Running within both the Grand Touring and Grand Sport classes, fans were thrilled to see Camaros run—and win—against BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, Subaru, Mazda, Dodge, and Ford.

The Rolex GT class features the fastest stock-appearing cars. Autohaus Motorsports came up
Chevrolet won the Rolex Grand Touring Engine Manufacturer’s standings in ‘11, but missed the overall season championship by just two points, as Bill Lester and Jordon Taylor co-drove the #88 Autohaus Motorsports Camaro to one win and three podium finishes. On the Continental Tire Grand Sport side, Stevenson Motorsports broke through to win two events, with John Edwards and Matt Bell driving while finishing Seventh overall. Mitchum Motorsports also placed in the top 10 in season championship points.

On the SCCA side, Chevrolet has had a distinguished history since 1966, particularly in the renowned Trans-Am series. Tony Ave of Maiden, North Carolina, won his second consecutive season title in Trans-Am at Road Atlanta’s season finale in the #4 Lamers Racing/Beebe Racing/Optech/PME Corvette. At the same event, Amy Ruman became the first woman to win in Trans-Am’s 45-year history while driving a Corvette. In the new Trans-Am TA2 class, Camaros dominated the series as Greg Rodgers won the season opener at Sebring in a 2011 Camaro. Despite breaking early on in the final race, Bob Stretch of Arlington, Texas, still won the season championship by nearly 200 points in his #98 Fix Rim Mobile Wheel Repair Camaro.

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By: Trans Am Series Staff

MIAMI FL Feb. 13, 2012 –Amy Ruman returns for her sixth season of Trans Am Championship racing in 2012, and she’ll be doing it in style – in a much newer Chevrolet C6 Corvette bought at the conclusion of last season.
Ruman closed the deal on the new car just hours before winning her first ever Trans Am race – in last year’s season finale at Road Atlanta.

“My mission that weekend was to get a Trans Am win in the original 23 car before we retired it! Lucky for me, it happened,” said Ruman.

Ruman’s new mount was built by Rocketsports in 2006, and was purchased by Ruman Racing from fellow Trans Am competitor Doug Harrington.

The old mount, a C5 Corvette, had been a Trans Am regular since 1995. It was originally bodied as a Camaro, with Bob Ruman contesting 95 Trans Am races in it from 1996 through 2004. Following Bob’s retirement, Amy took the driver’s seat in 2005 and she’s added 22 Trans Am races and numerous GT-1 SCCA National club races to the car’s log.

Amy has enjoyed success – 19 top 10 finishes, 14 top five finishes, seven podium finishes, and one victory – but she’s more than looking forward to contesting the 2012 Trans Am Series in her new Corvette.

“I’m really excited to run a newer updated car in 2012,” added Ruman. “We ran very competitively for many years. I am hopeful this new car will give me the boost I need to win more races and have a better shot at winning the championship.”

The new Corvette will offer a much improved braking system with better cooling as well as the latest suspension geometry. It will also provide improved engine cooling and it is expected to be much more reliable.

“After we picked up the car, we took it out for a quick test at a local track,” said Ruman. “The test went well, I got comfortable in it and it also gave us a good idea of what changes we wanted to make to the setup. My crew has put in a lot of time “Rumanizing” the new car in the off season. We plan to do some more off season private testing and maybe a GT-1 National race before the Trans Am season gets underway.”

The new #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvettewill sport Ruman Racing’s signature red and black trim. Ruman is plans to run the full Trans Am schedule this year. For news and updates on Ruman’s 2012 Trans Am season, follow her on Twitter@rumanracing and on Facebook pages: Ruman Racing and Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page).