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Fontana, CA, August 2, 2009. It didn’t take Team MGR Racing too much time to get the most out of their new Ford Fusion ASC Racecar. After the car’s debut at Buttonwillow, team owner Manuel Gil del Real, decided to move the car to Leo Motorsports shop based in Cordes Lakes, AZ for the balance of the season. Under Ralph Byers’ technical expertise, the #27 Fusion, this time sponsored by MGR

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Buttonwillow, CA, May 17, 2009. Team MGR Racing – WOT Performance tested the new car under race conditions for the first time at ASC Racing’s second event of the season at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Although some last final adjustments to the car prevented the team from taking advantage of Friday’s open test sessions, the new racecar passed tech inspection and was ready to compete on Saturday

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Las Vegas, NV October 14, 2007)After clinching the ASC Racing Unlimited Class Championship at Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA two weeks ago, Team MGR Racing – WOT Performance approached the season finale in Las Vegas much more relaxed than in previous seasons when championship points were still at stake."It sure helps to wrap the championship with one race to go... last year at this time we were

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Monterey, CA (September 30, 2007) - A third place finish on Sunday’s ASC Race at Laguna Seca was enough for Team MGR Racing-WOT Performance to secure their first ASC Unlimited Championship with two races still remaining in the season.This event at the renowned Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, CA was marked on every team’s calendar as one of the most significant of the season. Not only was this

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BUTTONWILLOW, Calif.(September 1, 2007) – After the mechanical failure suffered at Thunderhill last month, Team MGR Racing-WOT Performance took no time to rebound to the top at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. The weekend however presented a new set of challenges to the Phoenix based team. With a new engine that was installed in the #27 WOT Performance Ford Taurus just a couple of days prior to the

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WILLOWS, Calif. (July 15, 2007) – Team MGR Racing-WOT Performance made its first stop of 2007 in Northern California over the weekend, joining the rest of the ASC Racing teams at the Sports Car Club of America's San Francisco Region for their Sizzling Summer Regional event at Thunderhill Raceway.Right from the beginning of Friday’s test sessions, the #27 WOT Performance Ford Taurus driven by

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Fontana, CA, June 10, 2007. Team MGR Racing – WOT Performance earned its second win of the season at California Speedway during SCCA’s Double Regional event. The #27 WOT Performance Ford Taurus driven by Manuel Gil del Real and prepared by Pete Andreas owner of WOT Performance was truly unbeatable this weekend. From practice sessions to qualifying and racing, the WOT Ford stayed consistently on

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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

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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,

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Phoenix, AZ, February 4, 2007. The New Era of ASC Racing has officially begun… and judging by the lap times recorded at PIR during their season opener, it took teams no time to adjust to it. In fact, it was the most veteran ASC Racing driver at the event, Ed Ochylski from Leo Motorsports, who walked away with two poles and a double win.This was not one of the ASC Racing events with the largest

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Phoenix, AZ, January 27, 2007. With just a few days before the 2007 season starts at PIR, Team MGR Racing is ready to start campaigning the #27 Ford Taurus in the newly created ASC Unlimited Class."The timing of this new class is great for us," says Manuel Gil del Real. "We had our engine building program focused on finishing the new 408 ci Ford engine that Michael Everett and I started

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Phoenix, AZ, January 2, 2007. Manuel Gil del Real took advantage of the off season to spend the holidays in his native Spain with his family.Of course, when racing is in your blood, you take any chance available to get back to it. And with the majority of Formula 1 teams testing in Spain during the Winter, Manuel stopped at Valencia's racetrack to check out how McLaren, Williams, Renault, and

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Phoenix, AZ, December 11, 2006. A third place finish at PIR in the final ASC Race of the season was enough for Team Ghaster Painting MGR Racing and Manuel Gil del Real to consolidate his third place in the final standings.Sixteen starts, 11 top five finishes, three 3rd places, four 2nd place finishes and one pole position sum up the most successful season for the team in the last four years. In

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Schedule for ASC Races on Saturday and Sunday at PIR:8:40 AM - 9:00 AM: ASC Warmup #1: Check Transponders on Posted Results10:30 AM - 10:50 AM: ASC Warmup #211:55 AM - 12:15 PM: ASC Qualifying12:30 PM: ASC Drivers Meeting2:20 PM - 2:55 PM: ASC RaceFor more information, visit www.MGRRacing.net

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Phoenix, AZ, December 6, 2006. With only two days to go before the last ASC event of the season, Team Ghaster Painting MGR Racing feels very confident about their chances for a podium finish, and possibly a win at their local track.During the previous visit at PIR, Manuel Gil del Real finished second in both races, barely missing a win both days. "Two second places was not bad, but obviously it

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Phoenix, AZ, November 12, 2006. Team Ghaster Painting MGR Racing achieved one second place and one third place finish in the American Stockcar Challenge races at Firebird Raceway. Despite being the first race ever for the ASC Series at this track, only five tenths of a second separated the top six drivers’ qualifying times for the first race. Manuel Gil del Real qualified in second place with a 1

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Phoenix, AZ, October 31, 2006. With just 10 days remaining before the next ASC race at Firebird Int'l. Raceway in Phoenix, AZ, Team Ghaster Painting MGR Racing feels very confident about their chances for that weekend."The car is basically set. We haven't made any radical changes to the chassis setup since our last race at PIR. We are confident that Firebird will only require minor tuning

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Phoenix, AZ, October 15, 2006. The first stop of the American Stockcar Challenge (ASC) at PIR in nearly three years proved to be very successful for Team Ghaster Painting MGR Racing. After achieving two consistent second place finishes on Saturday and Sunday races, the Team’s lead driver Manuel Gil del Real moves up to third place in the overall ASC standings.The Ghaster Painting #27 Ford Taurus

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NATIONAL AUTO SPORT ASSOCIATIONOctober 14-15, 2006TIMED RACES START WHEN PACE CAR LEAVES & INCLUDES COOL DOWN LAP, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.6:00 GATES OPEN6:45 Tech and Reg Subject to change7:30 Registration9:00 ASC Group B Warmup #1: Check Transponders on Posted Results10:25 ASC Group B Warmup #212:10 ASC Group B Qualifying-Drivers Meeting at 12:30 in Registration2:00 ASC

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Phoenix, AZ, September 20, 2006. Ghaster Painting and Team MGR Racing today announced a short-term sponsorship agreement commencing September 2006, which will last until the end of the season. Ghaster Painting will become Title Sponsor of the Team - "Ghaster Painting MGR Racing" and the 'Official Racing Partner.'The sponsorship demonstrates Ghaster Painting's ongoing commitment to auto racing, an

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Phoenix, AZ, September 10, 2006. Team MGR Racing wrapped up their weekend test at PIR with high scores. On Saturday, Ross Thompson focused the majority of his test session on achieving a good setup for the #27 Ghaster Painting Ford. As it turned out, the car was pretty well dialed in by the time it was unloaded from MGR Racing's transporter.Driving under partly cloudy skies, Ross had no problem

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Phoenix, AZ, September 7, 2006. Team MGR Racing will be testing at Phoenix International Raceway on September 9-10, 2006. In preparation for the upcoming ASC races at PIR this Fall, the Phoenix based team has booked time with NASA for a two day testing session this weekend.NASCAR and Grand-AM driver Ross Thompson (www.RossThompsonRacing.com) is scheduled to drive the #27 Ghaster Painting Ford and

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Phoenix, AZ, August 14, 2006. Two seventh place finishes was all Team MGR Racing could accomplish during ASC's last race weekend at Thunderhill. With unusually hot temperatures in Willows, California, and after very limited practice time on Friday, the #27 Symbolic Ford seemed to be ready for the race; however, the first qualifying session on Saturday proved otherwise. Despite reducing their best

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Well, I hope everyone has been enjoying their time off. It seems that no matter what series you race in, you always have a spot on the schedule where you race back-to-back and then follow it up with a long lay off. I realize that this season is just starting to heat up, but I've taken the break as an opportunity to start working on some things for next year. So I thought I would take a moment and

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Phoenix, AZ, July 5, 2006. MGR Racing & Consulting has joined the very competitive Online Auto Parts and Accessories market by launching its own MGR Auto Parts Store.In a joint venture with PartsQuest.com, the new MGRAutoParts.com (www.MGRAutoParts.com) will now become on of the largest sources of European, Import and Domestic auto parts on the Internet.MGRAutoParts.com online inventory includes

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As expected, the American Stock Car Challenge Series has announced schedule changes affecting the rest of the 2006 season. The new schedule will be as follows:August 12-13: Thunderhill Raceway ParkOctober 14-15: Phoenix Int'l RacewayNovember: Date and Venue TBADecember 9-10: Phoenix Int'l RacewayThe only date that is still undetermined is in November. ASC Teams will make a decision during the

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Phoenix, AZ, May 23, 2006. HotelaVision.com, one of the leading travel booking websites in the United States, will become Team MGR Racing's newest Corporate Partner for the balance of the 2006 season."We've been working on this partnership over the last few months but we wanted to make the announcement in conjunction with the launching of HotelaVision.com's new website" says Manuel Gil del Real,

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As anticipated, ASC Racing has announced scheduling changes for the rest of the 2006 season. Rob Rucker, Series Director, has given all ASC teams the option to vote for one of the following options:Option 1:August 12/13 at ThunderhillOct. 14/15 at Buttonwillow -with Super 7sNov 11/12 at ThunderhillDec 9/10 at PIR (Phoenix) -with Pro TrucksOption 2:August 12/13 at ThunderhillOct. 14/15 at

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In anticipation of ASC's announcement regarding the race schedule for the rest of the season, Team MGR Racing has decided to drop the NASA Championships race at Mid-Ohio from this season's schedule."It didn't make any financial sense for us to travel to Mid-Ohio in September if no significant ASC contingency will be there" says Manuel Gil del Real, team owner. "Most of the drivers and teams that

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ASC has announced that it will make some scheduling changes for the remaining of the season. Although the upcoming race at Thunderhill on August 12-13 seems to be a firm date, the rest of the race venues and dates may be changed.Sources close to MGR Racing have confirmed that the race at Infineon Raceway in October may be replaced with a new date, possibly at Buttonwillow. A large number of ASC

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With the next race in the ASC calendar still 8 weeks away, Manuel Gil del Real continues honing his skills driving his shifter Kart at the local PKRA track."Kart racing is truly amazing" says Manuel. "It is by far the best type of training that any driver can do in between races or during the off season." Indeed with speeds approaching 100mph in just a 500ft straight and shifting around 20

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Phoenix, AZ, June 12, 2006. Team MGR Racing's first stop of the season at Buttonwillow Raceway Park brought the Team two solid fourth place finishes. The weekend however, was once again a test of character and determination for the Team.During Friday testing the #27 Symbolic Ford did not handle as well as expected. The car did not seem to respond very much to setup changes. In a final attempt

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Phoenix, AZ, June 12, 2006. Team MGR Racing came back from Buttonwillow with two fourth place finishes during the American Stock Car Challenge Series first stop at this racetrack this season.A full race report will be published in the next 48 hrs once NASA announces the official results for the weekend. For more information, please visit www.MGRRacing.net.

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Phoenix, AZ, May 29, 2006. The first trip to Thunderhill Park ended up being much more eventful than expected for Team MGR Racing. After a long road trip from Phoenix to Willows, CA, Manuel Gil del Real and his Crew Chief, Ralph Byers, had just about enough energy left to leave the Team's transporter at the track and head back to the hotel to rest as much as possible before Friday's practice

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. at ALMS Practice Session 

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Fellow racers,   We all saw with amazement the video of Dale Earnhardt Jr. inside the Corvette during an ALMS practice session as it burst into flames after hitting a wall and tire barrier.  He wasn't in the car more than a few seconds after the fire started, yet he came out with second degree burns in his inner thighs and his chin.   I can't emphasize how important it is to practice

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For those of you who don't know yet, American Stockcar Challenge (ASC) has re-designed its website. Be sure to check out www.ASCRacing.com to find out the latest information about this exciting series. The site is fully interactive, including In Car videos of actual races, Drivers Profiles, Photo Galleries and much more. Drop me a line or send me your feedback with any comments you may have

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After a brief meeting with Adam my Crew Chief, we decided that our next race will be at ASC's event at Willow Springs on July 10-11. That will give us enough time to get the car ready for the rest of the season. MGR

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This is the first message of the newly created MGR Racing Log. We will publish very frequent updates regarding the Team, Racing Schedule, and in general, any other type of information that we want to share with all of you race fans. We also welcome your feedback, so feel free to add any comments to the logs that you read. See you at the track! MGR

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