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Comprent head north to Canada: Onward and upward. |
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009 |
Athens Georgia based Comprent Motor Sport travel north of the boarder this week to Canada’s world famous Mosport circuit, Bowmanville, Ontario for the American Le Mans Series Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport, August 27-30.
Under the guidance of owner Kevin Kloepfer the reigning IMSA Lites 1 Team Champions will field three Élan DP-02s for Americans Jonathan Gore and Charlie Shears and Australian Tom Drewer to compete in Rounds 11 & 12 of the 2009 IMSA Lites Championship presented by Frisby Performance Tire.
It was at Mosport last year that the team began to wrap up both the 2008 Drivers’ and Teams’ Championships. With Jonathan Goring at the wheel, Comprent dominated the weekend taking pole position, both race wins and setting a new track lap record.
This year Comprent are looking to Canada to provide the first win of the season while all three drivers, Jonathan, Charlie and Tom are looking to make Comprent’s first their own. Each has shown they have the pace to take that top step of the podium at Mosport. |
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Drama and delight for Comprent at Road America. |
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 |
Being new to the IMSA Lites calendar this year, Road America was always going to provide one of the most interesting race weekend’s of the season but no one in the Comprent camp expected it to be filled with so much drama, carnage, heartache or delight.
In practice Jonathan Gore (Franklin, TN) and Charlie Shears (Houston, TX) set the pace within the Comprent team, but in Friday Qualifying it was Australian Tom Drewer (Adelaide, AUS) who shone early, putting together an early lap to be sitting in 2nd position before dropping to 4th as the session was red flagged due to a high speed crash involving fellow Comprent driver Wayne Ducote (New Orleans, LA).
While taking the infamous Road America kink flat-out at over 130mph, Wayne’s left rear tyre instantly deflated pitching his Park One / Waskey Bridges car into the wall.
Describing the incident Wayne said, “I was a passenger. Normally I’m worried about how much it’s going to cost but this time I was worried about how much it was going to hurt. But I managed to straighten the car and hit the wall side-on.
It’s a testament to the strength of the Élan DP-02s. Everything broke in the right place, absorbing the impact and no damage was done to the carbon tub. That was a big hit and I wasn’t even sore the next day.”
After the track was cleared Charlie Shears moved up to 5th place while Tom and Jonathan’s final hotlaps were halted. Tom’s engine let go mid-lap, while Jonathan had to abort his lap when a safety car dispatched itself onto the hot circuit in front of the Foretravel Motorcoach driver. The pair finished qualifying 6th and 8th respectively.
David Ducote (Houston, TX) qualified in 15th place while Wayne’s lap three shunt left him 17th.
The entire Comprent team banded together to rebuild Wayne’s car and replace Tom’s engine in time for Race 1, Round 9, on Saturday morning... |
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One focus for Comprent five at Road America: Win. |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 |
With Charlie Shears, Jonathan Gore and Tom Drewer all hovering around the front of the IMSA Lites 1 field in prior rounds, Comprent Motor Sport is looking to finally convert its pace into race wins at Road America for this weekend’s Time Warner Road Race Showcase featuring the American Le Mans Series.
The Athens, Georgia based team will field five cars for Rounds 7 & 8 of the IMSA Lites Championship presented by Frisby Performance Tire with season regulars Charlie Shears (Houston, TX), Jonathan Gore (Franklin, TN) and Tom Drewer (Adelaide, AUS) once again being joined by father and son duo David (Houston, TX) and Wayne (New Orleans, LA) Ducote in their Park One / Waskey Bridges sponsored cars.
“We all have a single focus this weekend, to win,” said team owner Kevin Kloepfer.
“Over the last two events we have proven we have the speed. Tom Drewer set the fastest time of the weekend in New Jersey to claim pole and led half of Sunday’s race.
Then we went to Lime Rock where Jonathan Gore (Foretravel Motorcoach car) was fastest in the wet session, and followed that up with a podium and fastest lap in Race 1, putting him on pole for Race 2. Unfortunately he tangled with David but regardless he proved the point.
Charlie Shears (US Builders car) came back with vengeance at Lime Rock after missing Utah and Jersey to claim his first podium with a strong second position. The Ducote’s are improving their pace all the time. |
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