TRG Set to Defend Podium Results at Daytona with Four Entries

The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 returns to Daytona International Speedway this week for the annual Brumos Porsche 250 and TRG will be looking to once again visit the podium at the "World Center of Racing."

In the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona, TRG placed two cars on the podium and a third car finished in fourth place. TRG will field a total of four cars in Thursday night's race under the lights in Daytona and will be looking for its first victory of the 2008 season.

"Daytona is clearly the most important track on the Rolex Series schedule and also the one where I feel we have our best chance for success," said TRG owner Kevin Buckler. "Our team has always run well there and it has historically been a 'Porsche friendly' circuit, so I expect we'll definitely be in the mix for the victory. We've got four stellar driver lineups and four great cars."

TRG's two full-time entries are both inside the top 10 in the Rolex Series GT class point standings and will be looking to improve their respective positions on Thursday night. The team's No. 67 TRG Porsche GT3 is currently fourth in the team standings and will once again feature co-drivers Tim George Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly.

The No. 67 team has had a rough go of it for the last few races, but George and Pumpelly were integral parts of the team's third-place performance in the Rolex 24 and could get their season back on track in the Brumos Porsche 250.

With 188 points, George currently leads the MESCO Building for the Future Rookie of the Year Award. He is six points ahead of second-place Lawson Aschenbach and 11 markers in front of TRG teammate Ted Ballou, in addition to leading former Formula 1 driver Ricardo Zonta and ex-NASCAR racer Bill Lester among others. George and Ballou are also second and third, respectively, in the Bob Akin Award standings for the top sportsman driver in the GT class.

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