Bildon Motorsport
Victorious in “Laps To Conquer Multiple Sclerosis” Sports Car Race at Pocono
International Raceway
2002 NYSRRC Series Champion Don Thompson returns where he
left off, winning races.
Long Pond, PA, June 22, 2003 – Bildon Motorsport again
returned to the winner’s circle with multiple class wins in the annual “Laps To
Conquer Multiple Sclerosis” event held at Pocono International Raceway in
Northeast Pennsylvania. Team driver and 2002 NYSRRC series champion Don
Thompson won the Sunday sprint race along with the one-hour NESCCA endurance
race in his Bildon Motorsport prepared Volkswagen GTI. The weekend involved
multiple races including sprint races on Saturday and Sunday, along with a
one-hour endurance race on Saturday afternoon for production based streetcars.
After qualifying third in class Don easily drove to a second
place finish in class in the Saturday afternoon race held in rainy conditions.
“The car felt great and I enjoy driving in the rain so after a few laps I began
to pressure the Alfa Romeo ahead of me, eventually passing him but he had
greater top speed on the straights,” said Thompson. “One lap from the end he
made a mistake going on to the high banks allowing me to get side by side. On
the last lap I drafted and tried to sling shot past at the checkered flag but
was short by ½ a car length,” added Thompson.
Although again held under rainy conditions, Sunday proved
even better for Don and the #50 Bildon Motorsport GTI. After a great start Don
easily won the sprint race and then fought an overheating car to win the
one-hour endurance race. “I didn’t really expect to even finish the enduro as
the car was slowly losing coolant due a crack in a small fitting that we had no
spares for,” says Thompson. “I was never happier to see the checkered flag as I
don’t think I would have wanted to push the overheating car another two laps,”
added Thompson.
The win catapulted Bildon Motorsport into first place in the
North East Sports Car Club of America (NESCCA) Endurance Series points. In
addition, with the second and first place sprint race results, Don is now 4th
in the New York State Road Racing Championship (NYSRRC) points for 2003,
passing team mate Bill Sulouff who is in 6th.
After a dominant season in 2002 resulting in a first place
in the NYSRRC series the Bildon team has decided to campaign the longer
endurance style races for 2003. “Growing up with a passion for European style
sports car racing meant that the LeMans 24 hour race was the pinnacle of road
racing,” says Don. “When the longer-format Northeast Endurance Series was
announced we jumped at the chance to participate,” he added.
About Bildon Motorsport
Bildon Motorsport (www.bildon.com)
is a company focused on marketing Volkswagen performance and racing equipment.
The company is an importer of genuine Volkswagen Racing parts from
Hannover and Wolfsburg, Germany and offers a complete line of suspension,
body, and drivetrain parts for racers campaigning Volkswagen products such as
the Rabbit, Golf, Jetta and Corrado. Bildon also offers professional race team
assistance with racecar fabrication, parts fabrication and crew support.
The Bildon Motorsport racing team currently campaigns two
identically prepared Volkswagen GTI’s in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) club
racing. The team finished in first and second place in the 2002 NYSRRC
Series.
About the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)
The Sports Car Club of America (www.scca.org) is a 65,000-member non-profit
organization featuring the most active membership participation organization in
motor sports today, with over 2,000 amateur and professional motor sports
events each year.
