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Comprent holds high hometown hopes. |
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
Local team Comprent Motor Sports, based just 1 hour from the Road Atlanta circuit in Athens Georgia might have a home track advantage this weekend. And they’re once again looking to be hometown heroes.
Team owner Kevin Kloepfer and Comprent have much experience and knowledge to draw upon for this weekend.
“For over 20 years we have existed and spent more time at Road Atlanta than any other circuit. Last year we were the hometown heroes; all but clinching the 2008 IMSA Lites 1 Championship when Jonathan Goring took out both races from pole. After that we only needed 1 point for the Championship in Monterey.”
Comprent’s Australian driver Tom Drewer is somewhat a ‘local’ too. He has made Georgia his US base for the past two years, this season staying near the Comprent team in downtown Athens.
He also shared success last year taking out the IMSA Lites 2 Championship at Road Atlanta, scoring his seventh and eighth wins of the season.
Charlie Shears will be another one to look out for this week. He missed earlier rounds due to illness and the birth of a child but returned in style at Lime Rock to score Comprent’s only 2nd place of the season to date.
Teammate Jonathan Gore is expected to make his return after missing Canada due to illness. Last year Jonathan scored one of his best finishes of the season at Road Atlanta, a 2nd in race 2. Furthermore, he leads Comprent’s 2009 podium tally with 3 third places and recently showed he had what it takes when he took the fastest lap of the race at Lime Rock to qualify on pole for race two.
The father and son due of Wayne and David Ducote will also make their return after missing Canada. The younger of the two, David, only just completed a two day test with Comprent at Road Atlanta setting impressive times in the sweltering heat and feels “extremely positive coming into this round with a few laps” under his belt.
This week however, it may not be sweltering that the drivers feel here in Braselton. Rain still looms over the fast undulating 2.54mile (4km) circuit, after Atlanta experienced record downpours over the previous six days.
Comprent Motor Sports and the IMSA Lites are scheduled to hit the track Thursday for Qualifying and Race 1 at 5:20pm and Friday for Race 2 at 12:10pm. |
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