Cameron Lawrence Maintains Early-Season Form, Grows Points Lead

Altamonte Springs, FL/May 23, 2013- Cameron Lawrence went north of the border this past weekend to take on the famed Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario for the first time in his career. Lawrence and his #11 Miller Racing Chevrolet Camaro went into the weekend with the TA2 Points lead in the 2013 Trans Am Series after a stellar start to the season at Sebring that saw him come away with the win after starting from Pole Position. 

Lawrence knew the task would be much harder this past weekend as he also had to contend with an unfamiliar track as well as a very hungry and hard charging TA2 pack to contend with. It would prove all the training on iRacing to learn the circuit would pay off as Cameron finished the first official practice of the weekend in third position as he readied himself for the qualifying that would take place come Saturday afternoon. The #11 Ctek Camaro would be brought home in qualifying with a best time of 1:23.187, good for second place on the grid for Sunday’s race. 

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Ruman Racing Resilient with Rapid Return to Lime Rock Park

Munroe Falls, Ohio (23 May 2013) – When the Ruman Racing team left Canadian Tire Motorsports Park just four days ago with a badly damaged No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette following a late-race crash on Sunday, it was unclear whether the team would be back in race action this weekend as Trans Am stages Round 3 of the championship at Lime Rock Park. After getting back to the shop, the ever-resilient group worked long hours during the week, and those efforts will see Amy Ruman take part in the Lime Rock event utilizing the team’s back up car.

Last weekend, Ruman looked set to once again threaten for another Trans Am podium finish after placing third in the Sebring season-opener. Unfortunately, contact from another car that sent Ruman spinning off course then resulted in a tire failure on the No. 23 Corvette on the very fast back straightaway. The car careened to the left into a concrete wall and though Ruman was unharmed, the McNichols machine sustained significant damage.

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Trans Am Series to open Lime Rock Park's season with 28-car field

Series’ entry largest to visit venue since ’99, doubles previous year

As Trans Am makes its way East for the third race of the 2013 season, it brings with it a field far larger than any in recent years as the series continues to make progress in what has been a milestone season.  

The Lime Rock entry is another step forward in a series of entry highs.  Earlier this year at Sebring International Raceway, Trans Am featured a decade high entry of 38 cars.  That effort was then followed up with a 28-car entry at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, which featured a record high 16-car TA2 entry.  Now, the 29-field is another move in the right direction for the longest running road racing series in North America. 

Plenty of drivers head towards Lime Rock with momentum, but none more so than Doug Peterson, driver of the #87 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet Corvette.  Peterson comes into the Lime Rock weekend with three consecutive wins behind him, dating back to last year’s season finale at Road Atlanta. 

“Our current run has just been awesome,” Peterson said.  “I didn’t even realize we’ve won three in a row.  I’m incredibly proud of the effort the team has put in.  Tony Ave has prepared such a fast car and its been a lot of fun to drive and compete in.” 

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