All the GRAND-AM teams have been very busy, recovering from back-to-back weekends at Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. And we had a one and a half week turnaround from Watkins Glen to Mid Ohio. It has been brutal for the crews, and for both i-MOTO and Racers Edge there were no exceptions.
For the remainder of the article, please visit the following link:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/grand-am-todd-lamb-continuing-development/
Posted by Todd on 07/01 at 12:38 PM
Rookie Report from SPEEDtv.com - Barber Success/Recap
By now teams are just finishing the return home from Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, AL, after a long weekend of racing. It’s a short ten day turnaround time to Round 4 of both the Rolex and Continental Tire series at VIR near Danville, VA. Transporters will be unloaded and the unlucky cars with damage will simply be repaired, while the lucky ones who made it through the carnage will get prepped and upgraded for the next race.
For the remainder of the article, please visit the following link:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/lamb-that-ive-arrived-moment/
Posted by Todd on 04/13 at 12:00 PM
Conti Report from SPEEDtv.com - Club Racing, MX-5, Mazdaspeed3 Development, Q&A
It has been an exciting few weeks between races – the racing season is finally in full swing, with teams continuing to do car testing and development while drivers are working hard to find a little more speed. In addition to driving the Racers Edge/Idemitsu Mazda RX-8 in Rolex GT, I have found plenty of things to do that let me be around the racetrack, and behind the wheel of a Mazda, on a regular basis.
For the remainder of the article, please visit the following link:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/lamb-busy-times/
Posted by Todd on 04/09 at 09:55 PM
Rookie Report from SPEEDtv.com: Homestead Fire, Rotary Power, Airport Panic, And Q&A
Now that the dust has settled after the Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway, we’ve had the chance to review the race back at the Racers Edge shop. If you caught the race on SPEED, you’ll no doubt recall the fire that took our Idemitsu Mazda RX-8 out of a strong run during our second stop about an hour from the end of the Rolex GT race.
For the remainder of the article, please visit the following link:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/lamb-fire-rotary-power-airport-panic-and-qa/
Posted by Todd on 03/17 at 10:49 AM
i-MOTO Racing Returns to Grand Am Competition with Mazda
Feb 17, 2010 - CORAL SPRINGS, FL - After a one-year hiatus, i-MOTO Racing returns to the Grand Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series to campaign brand new SpeedSource-built MAZDASPEED3’s in ST competition. Series newcomer Taylor Hacquard and veteran touring champion Pierre Kleinubing will drive the team’s #31 Cobalt Friction Mazda, and team owner Glenn Bocchino and MAZDASPEED driver Todd Lamb will share the #32 Cybernation Mazda. Additional cars are planned as the season progresses.
i-MOTO Racing enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in Grand Am previous years, winning races as recently as 2008 in the ST class with Acura TSX’s. The team believes the move to the MAZDASPEED3 with involvement from Mazda and SpeedSource will bring further success. Team owner Glenn Bocchino explains “Mazda has been a very successful brand both on and off the track. We’re excited to become part of the Mazda family and that is reflected in our enthusiasm to race these new Speed3’s. We’re looking forward to helping Mazda win the manufacturer’s championship, and with a little luck we’ll be in the hunt for a driver’s championship as well.”
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Driver Taylor Hacquard, from White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, will turn 20 just days before his first race with the team the first weekend of March. The open-wheel standout ran the Star Mazda series the previous two seasons, after getting his start in the Stars of Karting series. Website: www.taylorhacquard.com
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Hacquard’s co-driver, Pierre Kleinubing, is fresh off winning his fifth World Challenge Touring Car Championship. Kleinubing, from Coconut Creek, FL, has won numerous championships in front wheel drive cars throughout his racing career and has plenty of racing experience in the ST class. Pierre also got his start in karting, winning three championships in Brazil.
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Glenn Bocchino put i-MOTO on hold for a season while he competed in the GS class in 2009 with Kinetic Motorsports. Bocchino explains: “In early January all the pieces of the puzzle came together to resurrect i-MOTO and race the new MAZDASPEED3. After multiple conference calls, it took just a few days to make the decision to go forward with a multi-year program. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited about racing, I am looking forward to be part of the Mazda family!”
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Todd Lamb pairs up with Bocchino for the duo’s second season as co-drivers. In 2009 they had a best finish of second at Mazda Raceway in the GS class. Lamb, from Atlanta, GA, was the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup series champion in 2009, and is driving for MAZDASPEED this season in the #30 Rolex GT RX-8 along with his ST duties. Website: www.toddlamb.com
i-MOTO is returning with longtime Crew Chief Tom Badger, as well as many of the crew members from 2008. The crew is looking forward to the challenge of learning new cars, as well as the camaraderie they experienced working as a team in the past.
Tom Badger: “We’ve got a lot of our old crew returning, and a few new additions. It feels like the Blues Brothers ‘getting the band back together’. We have a solid front wheel drive platform to work with in the Speed3, and our close relationship with SpeedSource will be a huge asset to getting up to speed quickly with the new cars. Homestead can’t come soon enough.”
i-MOTO officially returns to action at Homestead-Miami Speedway March 4-6 for the Homestead 200. The race will be televised on SPEED March 13th at 1pm ET. Live timing and scoring is available Saturday March 6th for the start of the race at 1:15pm ET on www.grand-am.com
Team website: www.i-motoracing.com
Race weekend live updates: www.twitter.com/toddspeed
Technical partners:
Cybernation www.cybernation.net
Cobalt Friction www.cobaltfriction.com
Sparco www.sparcousa.com
Mazda www.mazdausa.com
SpeedSource www.speedsourceinc.com
OZ Wheels www.ozracing.com
Posted by Todd on 02/17 at 06:45 PM
