Team MGR Racing-WOT Performance Gets Its First Win at Willow Springs

Phoenix, AZ, March 26, 2007. The new partnership between Team MGR Racing and WOT Performance couldn’t have started in a more successful way. The WOT Performance sponsored #27 Ford Taurus with Manuel Gil del Real at the wheel took the overall ASC Racing win at Willow Springs on Sunday during SCCA’s Cal Club Double Regional event.

But that wasn’t the only WOT Performance racecar at the event. The weekend started with Pete Andreas driving the #11 Chevy Montecarlo around the 2.5 mile Willow Springs track. Despite having flu like symptoms all day and being the first time that Pete took his own racecar for a test, he showed great driving ability with lap times just 7 seconds or around 5% off the other ASC competitors’ pace. Pete plans to continue getting as much valuable seat time as possible with the goal of entering a few races in the second half of the season.

On Saturday morning it was Manuel Gil del Real’s turn to get behind the wheel and test the Ford Taurus for the race weekend. In only his fourth practice lap and with old practice tires turned a lap in the 1:27 range, about two seconds faster than most ASC lap times from Friday’s tests. The Cal Club event had a great turn out which resulted in more than 30 racecars trying to qualify in a short 15 minute window.

Traffic prevented Gil del Real from getting a clean lap and as a result, he started Saturday’s race in twelfth place. The WOT Performance Ford had no trouble working its way through traffic once the race started. By the fifth lap, Gil del Real had already moved to fifth place overall. “At that point, I started to push it as much as I could. My left front tire was down to the cords and I had the 62 (David Arnheiter) right at my bumper, but I really wanted to get a podium finish for me and for Pete (Andreas, owner of WOT Performance),” said Gil del Real after the race. Although Gil del Real crossed the checkered flag in fourth place, a later disqualification of Michael Arnheiter when his car didn’t pass post race weight, moved the #27 WOT Performance Ford to third place in ASC and First place in the ASC Unlimited class.

Manuel had a better run on Sunday’s qualifying session and qualified his car in fourth place overall. The start of the race was relatively clean with the top four cars opening a significant gap over the rest of the field behind them. On lap 6, Robert Davis who had just turned the fastest ASC lap of the weekend, span while approaching turn three. That allowed Manuel to move up to third place behind a Super Production Dodge Viper and Kevin O’Connell’s ASC car. O’Connell’s tires started to go away from mid race on and on lap 17, he went off track while exiting the off camber left hander turn five.

“I was just cruising along not even thinking that I could catch the 59, however, when I saw him going off, I knew his tires would have collected a lot of dirt and I had to try and get ahead of him as quickly as possible,” said Gil del Real. O’Connell was able to recover and get back on track just ahead of the MGR Racing-WOT Performance Ford. The two went side-by-side through the majority of turn eight and into turn nine. Gil del Real came out of nine and into the main straight just behind O’Connell and drafted behind him until the last 100 feet, when he pulled along side and braked hard into turn one to take the lead. From that point on, O’Connell’s worn out tires prevented him from matching Gil del Real’s pace.

In the end, the #27 MGR Racing-WOT Performance Ford Taurus stayed ahead the last five laps to take the overall ASC win and add Willow Springs to their winning resume. “This was a great race and overall weekend for our newly formed partnership. This is the first time a WOT Performance car has been in Victory Lane since we joined ASC Racing last year… and for sure I’m confident that it will just be the first one of many more to come!” said an exuberant Pete Andreas.

The team’s next race will be at Altamont Motorsports Park on May 4-5, 2007. For more information, please visit http://www.mgrracing.net/ and http://www.wotperformance.com/.

MGR Racing and WOT Performance Create New Partnership

Phoenix, AZ, March 5, 2007. WOT Performance and Team MGR Racing today announced a long term sponsorship agreement commencing March 2007, which will last until the end of the 2007 ASC Racing season. WOT Performance will become Title Sponsor of the Team - "MGR Racing – WOT Performance" and the 'Official Racing Partner.'

The sponsorship demonstrates WOT Performance ongoing commitment to auto racing, an industry and a sport that continue to deliver massive global attention and which has significant appeal for WOT Performance customers across the Southwest.
The title sponsorship includes a number of benefits:

• The team name will be "MGR Racing-WOT Performance."
• WOT Performance will be the 'Official Racing Partner' of the team.
• Predominant Title Sponsorship branding on the new 2007 car, driver's helmet and other ancillary elements.
• Significant marketing activation opportunities including Websites, merchandising, and promotional rights including team support and track days.
• Behind-the-scenes access to the MGR Racing Team, enabling WOT Performance to bring exclusive race content to WOTPerformance.com and its customers, allowing them to 'live the motor racing experience' and feel part of the racing team.
• Additional content will include MGR Racing-WOT Performance I-Newsletters, Race Summaries and full team biographies, the Team MGR Racing story, exclusive MGR Racing-WOT Performance Team photographs, videos, wallpapers and screensavers.
  

Commenting on the agreement, President and Owner of WOT Performance, Pete Andreas said, "We are excited about this new phase of involvement in motor racing. As Title Sponsor of the MGR Racing-WOT Performance Team it raises our association with racing in general and with ASC Racing series to a new level.

The new agreement delivers a fantastic marketing platform; the associated benefits we acquire as a result of this new sponsorship provide us with additional opportunities to continue to raise brand awareness, build brand preference and drive new revenue. It will also provide our customers with unique and exciting race content through http://www.WOTPerformance.com/ and http://www.MGRRacing.net/."

"This is the first time since the inception of the team in 1999 that the opportunity to become the team's Title Sponsor has existed with a partner that is also involved in auto racing," said Manuel Gil del Real, Owner and Manager of Team MGR Racing and MGR Racing's current lead driver.

"With our unique synergy, I am sure that each one will benefit from the respective activities of the other, which is a first class prospect for everybody involved. Pete and I have worked very well together in other marketing areas of his business and I am very proud of his company's commitment to auto racing. As Team MGR Racing's Owner, I'm delighted to welcome WOT Performance to the Team and look forward to many future successes."

About WOT Performance:
Based in Riverside, California, since its inception in 2001, WOT Performance (WOT) has had the privilege of working directly with celebrities’ cars, fleets and individuals to provide services from oil analysis and speed limiting to wheels-up drag racing to wheel to wheel short track, dirt, and road racing. Among other features, WOT’s facilities include Fuel Injection services and a chassis Dyno bringing their passion for technology and custom tuning to continue “Taking Performance to the Next Level”.

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