DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 21, 2006) – Representatives of Featherlite Luxury Coaches announced today that the company will honor the 2006 team champions of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve with the free use of a motorcoach for next season’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. The awards will be presented at the season-ending Rolex Champions Banquet at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, September 4th.
The luxury coaches, awarded to team owners of the Daytona Prototype and GT team champions, will be delivered to Daytona International Speedway once the teams acquire the space for the event weekend from the track. A representative from the company will be onsite to set up the coach and go over the operating instructions with the team owner. The 2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend is set for January 25-28.
“Featherlite has been a great partner of Grand American for many years,” said Grand American President Roger Edmondson. “We think the Champions Motorcoach is a great way to honor our series champions in 2007, and we thank Featherlite for their contribution.”
“Featherlite Luxury Coaches is pleased and excited to be a part of the premier series for sports car racing,” said Featherlite Luxury Coaches President and COO Jim Wooley. “We look forward to a long term relationship in this series and welcome our champions to live and experience the ultimate in motorcoach luxury.”
Since 2003, Featherlite has been the official luxury coach of Grand American, and representatives are on hand at almost every Grand American event to facilitate the needs of the paddock. Featherlite is an innovative leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing high quality aluminum specialty trailers. As the nation's largest specialty trailer manufacturer, Featherlite caters to a wide range of customers. The company offers diversified product lines with more than 400 custom order and standard model specialty trailers through a network of approximately 270 dealers in the United States and Canada. Grand American technical officials work out of the series' official Featherlite trailers on every race weekend.
This year's banquet has been conveniently scheduled for two days after the season-ending Discount Tire SunChaser at the brand-new Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah, that will be held Saturday, September 2. The evening begins with a champagne reception at 6 p.m. followed by a sit-down dinner at 7 p.m. Awards honoring the top drivers, teams and manufacturers in the Daytona Prototype and GT classes will be presented throughout the evening. Tickets can be purchased by going to www.grandamerican.com.
The Grand American Road Racing Association, which operates and sanctions the Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve and the Grand-Am Cup Series, is the premier road racing organization in North America. The 15-race 2006 Rolex Series schedule and the 10-race Grand-Am Cup calendar deliver professional sports car racing to key markets throughout North America in addition to being televised in the United States and Canada on SPEED and distributed globally through ESPN International. With title sponsorship support from Rolex Watch USA and presenting sponsorship from Crown Royal Special Reserve, the Rolex Series showcases emerging and legendary drivers from around the globe and thoroughbred racing machines from the industry's leading constructors and the world's top automobile manufacturers. Learn more about Grand American at www.grandamerican.com.
