Simon Gregg Wins First Trans Am Race - Bob Stretch Answers Back In TA2

Lime Rock Park Fans Treated To Classic Trans Am Memorial Day Weekend Action

Great weather, great fans and an equally great Trans Am race took place at the annual Memorial Day Weekend at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut.  But no one was celebrating more than Trans Am veteran driver, Simon Gregg driving the No. 59 Derhaag prepared Gregg Motorsport Corvette.

Enjoying is first win in 99 starts, Gregg paid tribute to his team, his family and expressed an emotional personal satisfaction in adding to the racing heritage of his family name. Simon is the son the late, great, Peter Gregg. The senior Gregg himself a winner of 22 Trans Am events.

"This feels really good," said Simon. "I feel proud for the team, I'm proud for myself and I'm proud for the Gregg family name."

"I was definitely worried about Peterson at the end there," added Simon. "I didn't know what would happen with the restart with only two laps to go. That brings out the aggressive nature in drivers. I got a good restart, covered the inside and after that it was single file."

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Tony Ave Grabs Trans Am Pole At Lime Rock - Halsmer Fastest In TA2

Lakeville, Conn.  May 25, 2012  - Tony Ave topped the Trans Am qualifying charts today driving his No. 4 Lamers Motor Racing Corvette at historic Lime Rock Park. Ave ripped off a wicked 50.845 while his teammate, Doug Peterson was hustling his No. 87 3Dimensional.com Corvette around the park at an equally impressive 50.862. Simon Gregg qualified the No. 59 Gregg Motorsports car in third with a 51.346 while Amy Ruman put the No. 23 McNichols Co. Corvette fourth on the grid.

In TA2, last week's winner of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Trans Am, Pete Halsmer, continued his blazingly fast return to Trans Am by putting his No. 12 CTEK Charge Camaro on the pole. Pete was consistent throughout the day and sealed the deal with a 54.823 in qualifying. He'll be joined on the front row by Bob Stretch in the No. 98 Fix Rim Camaro. Stretch qualified second with a 55.222.

This week the Trans Am Series is in Lakeville, Connecticut to participate in historic Lime Rock Park’s traditional season opener, the Memorial Day Race Weekend. The race gets underway Saturday when the green flag flies at 1:15pm. The race will air Sunday, July 3rd at 6:00pm EST on MAVTV.

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A Look Back At Pete Halsmer's Epic 1987 Trans Am Win At Lime Rock Park

Here's a great look back at the 1987 Trans Am at Lime Rock Park with Pete Halsmer taking the win in his Roush Racing Merkur. Team mate Scott Pruett takes second with Deborah Gregg, also driving for Roush, finishing fourth. Great Stuff.

This week the Trans Am Series is in Lakeville, Connecticut to participate in historic Lime Rock Park’s traditional season opener, the Memorial Day Race Weekend. Expect things to get pretty rough and tumble given five of the drivers entered for the 2012 Lime Rock Trans Am have previous Lime Rock Trans Am starts, and two have been victorious: 2010 winner Tony Ave and 1987 victor Pete Halsmer.

Trans Am will take the track for the first round of practice, Friday at 11:50AM (EST). A second round will run from 3:10PM to 3:40PM with qualifying underway between 5:30PM and 6PM. Trans Am cars will qualifying in a split session from TA2 cars. The 59 lap feature will take the green flag at 1:15PM