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January 30, 2011
Team Superlite Cars selects driver for 2011 season in sprint and endurance racing
Team Superlite Cars (TSC), the racing entity of Race Car Replicas (RCR) and Superlite Cars (both of Clinton Township, MI), announced today that it has selected Ryan Ellis of Ashburn, VA, to drive a new Superlite Coupe..(SL-C) in National Auto Sport Association (NASA) and Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events for the 2011 season.
In an interview at Daytona International Speedway during the Rolex 24, TSC team principal Fran Hall said “We are extremely pleased to announce the selection of Ryan Ellis to assume driving duties for this year. We are confident that he will continue to show the speed, poise and success he has shown throughout his career, including his win this week at the Rolex Continental Tire race in the ST class where Ryan, in his first race for APR Motorsports LLC (Birmingham, AL), captured pole position, shattered the existing lap record by 2 seconds, and with his co-driver Ian Baas, took the new APR Volkswagen GTI to a convincing win. We expect he will continue his winning ways in the new 2011 Superlite Coupe from Superlite Cars “. Ellis will race for APR at all 2011 GrandAm events in the Street Tuner (ST) class in addition to his efforts for TSC.
Team Superlite Cars will contest sprint and select endurance races this year with the Superlite Coupe.(SL-C), a car that resembles the current crop of Le Mans Coupe style cars. The Superlite Coupe is already a successful street and track car, with over 50 examples sold. The car that TSC will campaign with Ellis this year is a spec. Superlite Coupe with the race package installed. Superlite Cars manufactures the car- with all racing options installed, but without a drivetrain- available to all customers who would like to experience the unalloyed joy of racing at very high levels of performance, but at an affordable price.
About Superlite Cars: Superlite Cars, part of Race Car Replicas, is based in Clinton Township, MI, and manufactures a wide range of replica and original component cars. Its replica range includes Ford GT40, the Lola T70 Spyder and Coupe, Porsche 917 ,962, and 330 P4 along with the Jaguar XJ13. Its original cars include the Superlite Coupe which pays homage to Le Mans style race cars, the Superlite Nemesis, an open wheel, Suzuki Hayabusa-powered single seat, paddle shifted track weapon design for racing schools and track day fans plus a two seat exoskeleton car called the Superlite Razor.
RCR and Superlite cars are known for their unique approach to chassis and suspension fabrication, which features aluminum construction with extreme rigidity and quicker assembly..
See more at www.superlitecars.com and www.race-car-replicas.com
About Ryan Ellis: Ryan began racing at age 4, and has progressed from Quarter Midgets, through Legends, many wins in Spec Miata cars, and most recently, two successful seasons in the Volkswagen TDi Cup. He was twice selected for the Red Bull Drivers Challenge, and is the resident pro at AllsSports, an indoor professional kartiung facility in Dulles VA. He is also a full-time student at George Mason University, in Fairfax, VA. You can visit Ryan’s facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50885468847&v=wallor follow him at his personal website: http://www.ryanellismotorsports.com/ryanellismotorsports/Home.html
Friends and supporters of Ryan Ellis Racing,
Just a reminder,the APR team's big win this past weekend in the Daytona Grand Am race will be aired on SPEED this Saturday at 3 pm eastern. And for future reference, each Continential Tire race is generally shown on SPEED on a tape-delayed basis the weekend after the event. Check out the complete TV schedule at http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/index.cfm?series=k&cat_id=148.
More info can be found on www.ryanellismotorsports.com, or at www. goapr.com/race/.
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