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ANOTHER TOP FIVE FOR STARWORKS MOTORSPORT!

Jul 20, 2010
Starworks Motorsport's Ryan Dalziel and Mike Forest scored another top five finish last Sunday in the NJMP 250 in New Jersey. Ryan Dalziel and Mike Forest started their first race together with the #8 Corsa Car Care Starworks Dinan-BMW Riley at Homestead, Florida last March and yesterday they celebrated their fifth top five finish of the season in only eight starts together. The two Starworks drivers have always finished in the top seven except on one occasion this season. This is a statement of exceptional reliability and ultimate performance from the Starworks Motorsport team which is made up of two excellent drivers and a great crew and that has now became one of the top teams in the series.

After this ninth round of the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, Pruett and Rojas lead Ryan Dalziel by only 19 points (267-248) with three races remaining in the DP championship. It is still possible for Ryan Dalziel to catch the two Chip Ganassi Racing drivers to win his first Rolex Series driver championship. While Mike Forest sits in 5th position only 8 points out of 3rd.

Mike Forest qualified the #8 Starworks Motorsport Corsa Car Care machine 12th on Saturday. An excellent first stint saw Forest advance the car as high as 7th before handing it over to Ryan Dalziel. "It was a really difficult weekend for the #8 Corsa Car Care car,' stated Dalziel after the event. "We struggled a little on set-up as neither I nor our engineer had been there before. We lost power steering early and had a differential issue towards the end but showed great race pace in the middle of the race. Fifth place is good points and we can still get this championship" declared Ryan.

Mike Forest was also optimistic after the race. "It was a tough day," said Mike Forest after the race. "We encountered our first setback Saturday morning when the practice session was partially wet; it didn't allow us to work on the set-up. We were in decent shape on Sunday until the 95 degree heat killed the power steering. It took all of my strength to keep it off the wall in turn 1; the steering wheel was incredibly heavy. It was a slow lap to bring the car around to the pits which caused us to go a lap down. The team showed a ton of fight to stay composed and Bill Riley made a great call to get our lap back. Ryan did an amazing job to get us back near the front. It was a hard day but not a total disaster as far as the championship is concerned. We'll be strong at the Glen in 3 weeks" continue the young Canadian.

With only three races remaining in the season, the Starworks Motorsport team is very motivated and there is no doubt that they will go to the next race in three weeks with ambition and determination to score their first win.

The next action for the GRAND-AM Rolex Series will be the Crown Royal 200 on Saturday, August 7 at Watkins Glen International Raceway.

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