(LEEDS, Ala) 19 July –Spirit of Daytona Racing turned in their best qualifying performance with the V8-Porsche-powered Coyote on Saturday, setting the best grid position for the Coyote chassis while setting the quickest time of any Porsche-powered Daytona Prototype for Sunday’s Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant for round nine of the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season. Marc Antoine Camirand and Guy Cosmo will share the driving duties once again on Sunday, with Cosmo handling the qualifying duties on Saturday.
There is no Substitute For Track Time for Spirit of Daytona Racing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., 17 July – Racecars are not unlike wild horses – powerful beasts waiting to be tamed. For the Spirit of Daytona Racing crew it isn’t a horse, but rather a coyote – a Daytona Prototype Porsche V8 powered Coyote, to be exact, that they have been methodically taming.
Since inception, the mission of Spirit of Daytona has been to create a high profile and professional race car team and an automotive facility to assist the ultimate car enthusiast with their hot rod, street tuner or racecar. The team has recently announced a joint partnership between 2000 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champion, Bobby Labonte for their Daytona Prototype Program in the Rolex Grand American Series.
Spirit of Daytona was founded in 1987 when Troy Flis and his brother began competing in club-racing events with their Volkswagen. Troy's love for turning cars into speeding, streamlined racing machines soon became a small business and after numerous wins on the club-racing circuit he turned professional in 1999 with the beginning of the Grand American Rolex Series. Spirit of Daytona has grown tremendously since Troy's club-racing days and now encompasses a Daytona Prototype effort, a fleet of three Pontiac GTOs which compete in the Grand-Am Cup Series, an 8,000 square foot preparation and race shop facility, a staff of eight full-time employees and five part-time employees.
