ALOHA, Ore. -- Lux Performance Group, LLC has been contracted by Streimer Motorsports to provide trackside support for the team during the third and fourth rounds of the Pirelli Drivers Cup being held in Tooele, UT at Miller Motorsports Park for the 2011 Utah Grand Prix.
Cindi Lux, an 11-time road racing champion, has the inside scoop on Miller Motorsports Park and will be imparting her expertise at the track to racer Steve Streimer. Aside from being a driving instructor at the track, she had a career-best 5th place finish in the ultra-competitive SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge GT Series in 2008.
Crew Chief Fred Lux has assembled a crew from their World Challenge team and Viper Cup support program to prepare Streimer's Porsche 997 GT3 Cup.
Streimer has been training with Cindi for three years, starting from track days sponsored by Porsche Club of America until now in the Pirelli Drivers Cup Series. Streimer will also be competing in the 51st Portland Rose Cup Races at Portland International Raceway in June, and Lux Performance Group will again be providing race prep and trackside services for Streimer at that event.
The Pirelli Drivers Cup features Porsche 996 and 997 GT3 Cup and Ferrari 430 Challenge cars. For more information, see Comptetent Motorsport at www.competentmotorsport.com.
Lux Performance Group offers customized packages for trackside support. One-off events or full-on season coverage for ALMS, World Challenge, Grand-Am or other sanctioned racing events are available. Lux Performance has proven experience with Corvettes, Mustangs, BMWs and more. Contact us for your needs.
August 16, 2010, Hallett, Okl. - A Dodge Viper ACR-X prepped by Lux Performance Group, LLC took two podium spots this past weekend in competition for the Dodge Viper Cup. Former open wheel racing star Richie Hearn took second place in Round Three of the ten-race series on Saturday, and on Sunday bettered his efforts by winning Round Four. Stephen Cole Smith, contributor for Auto Week, had two Top Ten finishes in the second Lux Performance prepped Viper ACR-X.
Hearn and Cole Smith were coached by Cindi Lux, an accomplished racer with 12 road racing championships and 81 race wins. She has competed in a Viper Competition Coupe for the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge GT Series and was Mopar's factory-backed racer in 2008.
Hearn finished 5.6 seconds off the pace in Saturday's race with a best lap of 1:18.829. On Sunday, his best race lap was a 1:17.998 and finished a very comfortable 18 seconds in front of the second place finisher.
Round Three will be broadcast on Versus on September 5 at 3:30pm Eastern, and Round Four will be broadcast on September 12 at 3:30pm Eastern.
For more information on the Lux Performance involvement in this series, click here.
Follow Cindi on Twitter at http://twitter.com/cindilux for more inside notes and comments about the race weekend.
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