|
All
Press Releases by Amy Ruman
June 24, 2005
Amy Ruman to Make Trans-Am Debut at Cleveland Grand Prix
Munroe Falls, OH - Ruman Racing will field Amy Ruman
in the "Trans-Am on the Tarmac" Cleveland Grand
Prix this weekend in the #23 McNichols/Cenweld Corvette. This
will be Ruman's first Trans-Am event. Ruman has been the team's
lead driver this season in what has been, up until this weekend,
a season exclusively focused on SCCA National level races.
Ruman has had an extremely strong season in GT-1 thus far
with two victories, three pole positions, two third places
in efforts throughout the Northeast. Ruman currently leads
the Northeast Division GT-1 National points race. Ruman is
on a roll, coming off a win last Sunday at the BeaveRun National
in Pennsylvania.
Although this is Ruman's first effort driving in a Trans-Am
race, she is no stranger to Trans-Am competition. Her father,
Bob Ruman, is a long-time Trans-Am competitor, with 95 starts
in the Series. Bob Ruman had planned to race at Cleveland,
but a recent minor injury has sidelined him.
"Although I am disappointed that I am unable to race
this weekend, we are very lucky that the team has the perfect
driver ready to step in for me," stated Bob Ruman. "Amy
has been really gelling with the car, especially this season.
She now has several seasons of GT-1 experience under her belt
and two very good races at the Run-Offs and I know she's ready
for a run at Trans-Am."
"I am thrilled to be racing at Cleveland this weekend,"
said Ruman. "For my first Trans-Am race to be right in
our backyard is even more exciting. The McNichols/Cenweld
Corvette has been great all season and the crew and I have
really been dialing in the set-up. I know most of the competitors
in Trans-Am and have raced against a few of them in the past."
The Trans-Am Series will take the track on Friday June 24
for practice and qualifying, and the Trans-Am on the Tarmac
race will start at 3:30pm on Saturday, June 25. Cleveland's
Burke Lakefront airport will be the circuit for this venue,
a 2.106-mile, 10-turn course, set up on airport runways.
Ruman's major sponsor is McNichols Co., a national distributor
of steel products that was founded in Cleveland and now is
headquartered in Tampa, Florida with service centers around
the country, including Cleveland. Another longtime sponsor
is Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor
of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, based in Cuyahoga
Falls.
|
