BURBANK, Calif. — The American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Ass’n has announced its annual All-America Team Tuesday.

Unique in all of motorsports reporting, members of AARWBA each year elect a special team of drivers who represent the broad spectrum of professional motorsports. AARWBA members across the country vote on drivers by the specific category of racing which they participate in and two drivers from each of the disciplines are elected to the first team.

In the Open Wheel Division, Dario Franchitti and Will Power were the choices of the membership. Driving for Target/Chip Ganassi Racing, Fanchitti three-peated as IZOD Indy Car Series Champion this year, and Team Penske’s Will Power sat pole eleven times and won six races in the series on the way to his second place in 2011 points for the open wheelers.

For Road Racing there are two, two-person teams: Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas (Telemex BMW-Riley) and Chris Dyson/Guy Smith (Dyson Racing Lola-Mazda). Pruett and Rojas are the 2011 Grand-Am Champs (as they were in 2010, ’08. ’06, and 04). Dyson and Smith are the ALMS 2011 LMP1 driver champions. Pruett and Rojas have also teamed up to win the 24 Hours of Daytona this past year as well as in 2008, 2007, and 1997.

Bryan Clauson joins the All-America Team (Short Track Division) on the basis of his twin consecutive USAC National Drivers Championships and back-to-back Mopar National Midget crowns.

Clauson drives every style of open wheel short track machine that USAC sanctions and has a winning record in all of them. Kyle Larson also drives them all from Silver Crown to Midgets and did something that made everyone in the business stand up and take notice this year: he entered and swept all three USAC racing divisions at the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway.

There was simply no way to separate these two All-America Team members who make up the first team in the Stock Car category during the last few races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase.

In fact, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards finished the season with identical points totals, Stewart’s win record being the deciding factor in his winning a third NASCAR driver’s championship.

Del Worsham and Matt Hagan are the very worthy representatives of the Drag Racing Category. Popular veteran Worsham won his first NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel world championship, the former Funny Car driver got it right in his first year out of the floppers in the Al-Anabi Racing Dragster.

Hagan, on the other hand, drove his DieHard Dodge Charger Funny Car to a hard-earned championship that saw him win it in the last few rounds of the season, a much-preferred alternative to 2010 when he lost the same title in the last day of the final event.

In the Touring Series voting, Austin Dillon got the nod for being a big winner in a very tough division this year, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Andrew Davis and Leh Keen teamed up to win the 2011 Rolex Grand Am Series/GT Class driving for A. Dano Davis (Brumos.

Josef Newgarden and Patrick Long both join this year’s team in the At Large category. Newgarden is the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights champion winning five races and grabbing three poles over the season. He was also named the Perkin Elmer Rookie of the Year in the same division.

Long won his first Pirelli World Challenge Driver’s Championship in fine style with four wins and four poles in the hotly-contested series. His championship is just that little bit more special because he had to miss one series race to test for the factory Porsche team at Le Mans.

Sports car specialist Amy Ruman will get AARWBA’s Rising Star award in Indy for her work behind the wheel of the McNichols/Goodyear/Cenweld Corvette. The first woman ever to win a Trans Am race, Ruman finished third in the 2011 points in the hardtops and, along with her season finale win, was on three podiums during the SCCA Trans-Am season.

One other tradition that AARWBA has followed as a long-standing tradition is to elect a Second Team to be honored along with the above All-America winners.

Second team:

Open Wheel — Dan Wheldon (write-in) James Hinchcliffe and Tony Kanaan (tie)

Road Racing — Tony Ave, Max Angelelli/Ricky Taylor (team)

Short Track — Levi Jones, Donny Schatz

Stock Car — Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Kevin Harvick

Drag Racing — Jason Line, Antron Brown

Touring Series — Lawson Aschenbach, Ricky Johnson

At Large — Frank Manzo, Esteban Guerrieri

This year’s forty-second edition of the All-American Team Banquet will be held Jan. 8, 2012 in the beautiful Grand Hall at the Train Station at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Indianapolis.

Munroe Falls, OH – Amy Ruman and the Ruman Racing Team clinched their first Trans-Am victory Friday at the 2011 SCCA Trans-Am season finale at Road Atlanta’s ALMS Petit Le Mans week. Ruman becomes the first woman to win a Trans-Am race in the 45 year history of the Series. The win, in addition to her other podium finishes this season, placed Ruman 3rd in the Trans-Am Championship points final standings.

Ruman and the team were in the top 3 in the 31 car field all week in practice and qualifying. Ruman qualified 3rd for the race, having been bumped from 2nd by Michael Lewis in the final lap of qualifying by 0.124 seconds. Friday afternoon’s 40-lap, 101.6-mile Trans-Am race lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes with five full-course cautions with good weather and close racing.

Ruman had a good start in the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette, passing Michael Lewis into turn 1 to take 2nd place. Lewis then passed Ruman back on lap 3 and the top-3, Tony Ave, Lewis, Ruman remained running close together. Race leader Ave then encountered a mechanical problem and retired from the race on lap 22. Lewis and Ruman continued dueling for first place in between several full-course cautions. On lap 36, as the field took the green after the fourth full-course caution, Ruman got a jump on Lewis and passed him in turn 1. On lap 37, the field went under full-course caution for a crash and the remaining three laps in the race were run under yellow, with Ruman taking the win.

“It feels great,” Ruman said. “I feel like it’s long overdue for our team, but I’m excited to be up here. We worked really hard race after race and unfortunately, our best results were always third. We couldn’t seem to break that barrier the last couple years. I led at Brainerd and then it started raining, and it just seemed like there was always something blocking our way, mechanical problems or getting hit.”

“This is just a great way to finish the year for our team, especially McNichols Co. and Goodyear. They’ve been backing me for years and I finally delivered a win. The timing worked out for us. I was just patient trying to keep everybody at bay and if they got around me, I was just going to hold off to the end of the race and make my move. Unfortunately for Mike, he made a mistake and I capitalized on it and another yellow came back out. You’ve got to race to the checkered flag and that’s what we did. Even on those last caution laps, those were the longest ones of my life, because I didn’t know if they were going to hurry up and go one more [green lap]. But I just was patient and just praying that everything would stay together and we would see the checkered and we did. Today, we led the most important lap of the race, the last lap!”

“I want to thank my parents Bob and Barb, my amazing crew Bryan Salchak, Mike Edmunds, Dave Skinner, Bucky Stoltz, and Shelby Salchak, and my incredible sponsors – McNichols Co., Goodyear, and Cenweld Corp. – for making this win, this season, and the past seasons happen for us.”

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

Munroe Falls, OH – Amy Ruman and the team are headed to the final race of the season, the SCCA Trans-Am Season Finale at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA, part of the ALMS Petit Le Mans week. Ruman is fresh off her 3rd place finish in the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette at the last Trans-Am race Labor Day weekend held at Brainerd International Raceway, MN.

This will be another busy week for Ruman and the team. Drivers will take to the track starting Tuesday, September 27th for a promoter’s test day. The official event begins Wednesday with two practice sessions at 11:00 am and 5:45 pm, followed by one qualifying session Thursday afternoon at 4:50 pm. The green flag will fly for the 100-mile Trans-Am race at 4:00 pm on Friday.

“Wow, I can’t believe the season finale is already here!” exclaimed Ruman. “I always look forward to running at Road Atlanta. It’s a really challenging track and there will be a ton of fans here to watch. I have one last shot this year at bringing home my first Trans-Am win for McNichols Co., Goodyear, and our team, and I am focused on that goal.”

Ruman is in a tight battle vying for a 3rd place finish in the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Championship driver point standings. She is trailing third place David Jans by only 21 points.

Don’t forget to tune in for SCCA Trans-Am LIVE timing & scoring and running race commentary at: http://www.trans-amracing.com/transamlive/. Live Timing & Scoring for smart phones is also available at http://livetiming.net/SCCA/Trans-AM/html.asp.

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

Munroe Falls, OH – Trans-Am Series Rounds 7 and 8 this past Labor Day weekend at Brainerd International Raceway continued to be challenging for Amy Ruman and the Ruman Racing Team. The two-race weekend proved to be as busy as a schedule could be for the Trans-Am teams. Ruman had great qualifying rounds, placing the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette 3rd on the grid for race 1 on Saturday and 2nd on the grid for race 2 on Sunday.

Race 1: Saturday afternoon’s race weather was picture perfect when the green flag flew. Ruman charged to the flag right on pole sitter Tony Ave’s bumper and got a great jump on Cliff Ebben the 2nd place qualifier, when suddenly Ebben made a move to tuck in behind Ave. The problem was that Ruman already held the spot and the two tangled up, sending them both off the track and into the woods. Ruman was able to get off the tire wall and continue to the pit lane. The crew checked over the car quickly during the double yellow flag condition and sent her back out fast enough to not go a lap down. The track stayed double yellow and they brought her in again to check the tires. One rear tire had a broken valve stem and needed to be changed. They sent her back out, but she was unable to completely catch the field when the green flag came back out. Ruman went to work, as she has often this season, setting her sights on the front. She made her way back through the field up to 5th place, but the backup, used rear tire the crew put on was not lasting and forced Ruman to pit again under green flag conditions. The crew changed the tire again and sent her back out, but she had lost most of the positions she gained earlier in the race. She made up a few more positions to take the checkered in 4th place and she posted the fastest race lap during the race.

Race 2: The team was able to make all the necessary repairs to the #23 McNichols Corvette from the mishap with Ebben on Saturday. What looked like another sunny raceday, turned into a rain filled afternoon. The skies opened up just before the start of Race 2 on Sunday. The Brainard officials tried to dry most of the track before the start of the race. Drivers took the green after a 2-pace lap single file start. Ave, Ruman, and Ebben were single file for lap 1 when Ave hit a slick spot and spun allowing Ruman to get by and take the lead. Ruman got in a rhythm posting a 4.5 to 5 second gap on Ebben in second place, with Ave over 20 seconds behind. Unfortunately the skies decided to open up again and the rain started to fall. Ave caught Ebben and Ruman to take the lead again. Ruman and Ebben both had spins and traded places a few times during the race, leaving Ave to win with Ebben in 2nd and Ruman in 3rd.

“When Tony spun right off the bat I thought, ‘OK, we have a good opportunity here’ and the track was pretty dry by then,” Ruman said. “We just set sail and just focused on trying to get as big a lead as possible because I knew he’d be coming back with a vengeance and I knew Cliff was behind me. So once it started raining I just tried to stay out as far as I could but it just started pouring and the track was real wet,” exclaimed Ruman. “I just don’t have a lot of experience in the rain, unfortunately. I think I’ve only had maybe two national races in the rain. It’s all finesse and it’s all about experience and kind of luck sometimes. All three of us spun today. Unfortunately, I just had one too many. That win slipped away from us again. I’m a little disappointed. I’m happy about third but I’m a little disappointed for McNichols and my guys. They work their tails off all weekend, but I’m happy with third at this point.”

With these finishes, Ruman has now moved into the fourth slot of the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Championship driver standings trailing third place David Jans by only 21 points. The team is scheduled to run the Trans-Am season finale at Road Atlanta, GA in a few weeks.

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

UPCOMING RACES:
Sept. 28-30 – Amy Ruman in Round 9 SCCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series at Road Atlanta, GA

Munroe Falls, OH – After a short week and a half, the Ruman Racing team is on its way to Brainerd International Raceway for Trans-Am Rounds 7 and 8 this Labor Day weekend. This will be Ruman’s first time running at BIR.

The team was able to make all the necessary repairs to the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette after the mishap at the Road America race. This weekend’s 23rd Annual Coca-Cola Muscle Car Shootout Drag Races & SCCA Pro Racing Road Races will feature two 100 mile Trans-Am Series races for the teams, with a race on Saturday and one on Sunday. It will be a very busy weekend for the teams, as there will be three official practice sessions, two qualifying sessions, and two races on the 2.5 mile – 13 turn road course.

“I’m looking forward to checking out the BIR track,” said Ruman. “I really hope our luck turns around here, it has been a tough year on the team. We have two shots at a win this weekend and that’s even better!”

The official event starts Friday and runs through Sunday, all times are Central Daylight Time. Trans-Am practices will be Friday at 6:20pm, Saturday and Sunday at 8:40am. Qualifying will take place 11:30am Saturday for race 1, and 11:00am Sunday for race 2. The green flag will fly on Saturday at 3:40pm and Sunday’s race will be at 2:35pm.

Don’t forget to tune in for SCCA Trans-Am LIVE timing & scoring and running race commentary at: http://www.trans-amracing.com/transamlive/. Live Timing & Scoring for smart phones is also available at http://livetiming.net/SCCA/Trans-AM/html.asp.

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

UPCOMING RACES:
Sept. 28-30 – Amy Ruman in Round 9 SCCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series at Road Atlanta, GA

Munroe Falls, OH – Amy Ruman and the team headed west to Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI August 18th-20th for Round 6 of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series at Road America, WI and the weekend did not go according to plan for Amy Ruman and the team.

Unfortunately the team was plagued with mechanical gremlins from the start of the event, not giving Ruman any track time before she qualified the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette 3rd on the grid for Saturday’s race.

Rain was threatening for Saturday’s race, but it luckily held off for the 8:00 am start. Ruman battled most of the race with Daniel Ramoutarsingh trading positions a few times while running in third and fourth positions. With five laps to go while running in third position, Ruman exited turn 6 when suddenly the rear end broke on the #23. Ruman tried to gather the car and get off the race course, but the car slid on the wet grass into the turn 7 concrete wall adding insult to injury. Ruman walked away from the incident but was very disappointed.

“This was a very tough weekend on our team. Nothing seemed to go right from the first practice. I thought once we made it halfway through the race, our mechanical woes were gone and we were looking at another podium, but without warning the rear end let go,” said Ruman. “It has been a difficult year for us, but that’s racing. We have 3 more races to turn it around.”

With this 11th finish, Ruman has now moved into the fifth slot of the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Championship driver standings. The team is scheduled to run the double header Trans-Am races Labor Day weekend at Brainerd, MN.

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

UPCOMING RACES:
Sept. 2-4 – Amy Ruman in Rounds 7 & 8 SCCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series at Brainerd International Raceway, MN

Munroe Falls, OH – Amy Ruman and the team are headed west to Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI for Round 6 of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series championship. This weekend’s Trans-Am race is part of the Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase featuring the American Le Mans Series.

Coming off her 5th place Trans-Am class finish at the Trois-Rivieres Grand Prix 2 weeks ago, Ruman is eager to get back in the car and try for a top spot on the podium.

“It was so unfortunate that we broke at the Trois-Rivieres race, we really did have a fast racecar there,” stated Ruman. “Road America is such a great, high-speed racetrack and I always enjoy running it. At the Trans-Am race here last year, I scored a podium 3rd place finish, this year I hope to top that!”

Ruman will be driving the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette in the full, 18-car TA/TA2 field. Thursday will feature two practice sessions at 8:00 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. and Friday qualifying will be held from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. CDT. The green flag will fly early for the Trans-Am race on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. CDT.

Don’t forget to tune in for SCCA Trans-Am LIVE timing & scoring and running race commentary at: http://www.trans-amracing.com/transamlive/. Live Timing & Scoring for smart phones is also available at http://livetiming.net/SCCA/Trans-AM/html.asp.

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

UPCOMING RACES:
Sept. 2-4 – Amy Ruman in Rounds 7 & 8 SCCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series at Brainerd International Raceway, MN

Munroe Falls, OH – Sisters Amy Ruman and Niki Ruman Skinner raced in front of huge Canadian crowds this past weekend at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres in Quebec. Amy had a Trans-Am top-five finish, while Niki brought home respectable 13th and 14th place Pro Spec Racer finishes.

Trans-Am: Amy Ruman came on strong at Trois-Rivieres running the red #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette for Round 5 of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series. The top three cars were extremely tight during and exciting 8am Saturday morning qualifier, as Ruman was inched out of the top two spots to take 3rd for Sunday’s starting grid. Tony Ave took the pole with a time of 1:03.437, Carlos de Quesada was second with a 1:03.967, and Ruman was third with a 1:03.988. In Sunday’s race, Ruman had a great start and moved into second, passing de Quesada into turn 1. Ruman stuck right with Ave for the first 4 laps, until she entered the brake zone in turn one on lap 5, when the caster link on the right front suspension broke forcing Ruman to head into the pit lane. The crew worked diligently to change out the broken suspension piece, sending her back out, but several laps down in the 60 lap race. Ruman came back with a vengeance, passing Ave once, and setting the second fastest time in the race, but she was unable to gain all the laps back and finished 5th in the Trans-Am class.

“While I was happy with qualifying and the start of the race, I couldn’t be more disappointed about the outcome,” said Ruman. “I was really fast here, and I think we really had something for Tony (Ave) today. I enjoyed this track and putting on a good show for the fans – even after we went several laps down. The Canadian fans here were just awesome!”

Pro Spec Racer: Niki Ruman Skinner qualified 18th for Friday’s SCCA Pro Spec Racer Series race, steadily improving her times and working out mechanical gremlins throughout the day. The evening’s race was exciting, with a lot of passing and close racing. Ruman took the checkered flag finishing 13th in the #23 McNichols/Ruman Racing/Dynasty Motorsports Spec Racer. Ruman Skinner qualified 14th for race 2 on Sunday. While rain threatened for the 8:25am race, it did not materialize, so the track dried from the previous night’s rain. Again, the start was exciting and there was close racing throughout the race. The 30 minute race was shortened due to a crash on the front strait, and Ruman finished 14th.

“I truly enjoyed racing at Trois-Rivieres this weekend. The fans were amazing and track was very fun. I hope to return again soon to the Pro Spec Racer Series, which guarantees good, close racing at every venue” said Ruman Skinner.

www.GoRacingTV.com is producing a 30 minute highlight video of the Pro Spec Racer events.

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

UPCOMING RACES:
August 18-20 – Amy Ruman in Round 6 SCCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series at Road America, WI

Munroe Falls, OH – Ruman Racing will field sisters Amy Ruman and Niki Ruman Skinner at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres, Quebec street race this weekend. Amy will be in the red #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette for Round 5 of the 2011 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series. Ruman Skinner will run the #23 McNichols Co./Goodyear Spec Racer for Rounds 5 & 6 of the SCCA Pro Spec Racer Series.

Trans-Am: The SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series returns to action this weekend at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres after a two month break. Amy Ruman has been keeping busy the last few months competing in SCCA GT-1 National events, but is ready to get back to Trans-Am competition. Ruman’s last Trans-Am event in May was also north of the border in Canada, where she brought back a podium 3rd place finish in Round 4 at Mosport International Raceway. “I am really looking forward to running this weekend. When my Dad (Bob Ruman) raced Trans-Am here, it was a very exciting street course to watch, so I know it is going to be awesome to run!” exclaimed Ruman.

Trans-Am will take to the 1.52 mile street circuit for two practices Friday at 10:25am and 6:45pm. Qualifying will be early Saturday morning at 7:50am followed by the 60-lap race on Sunday at 9:20 am.

Pro Spec Racer: Niki Ruman Skinner returns to the SCCA Pro Spec Racer Series after competing in SCCA National events for the past few years. Ruman Skinner participated in the Pro Spec Racer Series from 1998-2002 in road courses throughout the country as well as street circuits such as Reno, San Diego, and Grand Rapids.

“I’m thrilled to return to the Pro Spec Racer Series, which continues to have excellent racers and close competition,” said Ruman Skinner. “I’m particularly excited to return to Trois-Rivieres as a driver this year rather than a crew member. I attended many events here with Trans-Am in the past. The fans are fantastic.”

There will be two Pro Spec Racer events this weekend. Friday will be the busiest day starting with a practice session, qualifying, and then Race 1 at 7:30pm. Saturday will be qualifying for race 2 which will be on Sunday at 8:25am. GoRacingTV.com will produce a 30 minute highlight video of the Pro Spec Racer events.

For official Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres information visit: www.gp3r.com - tune in for LIVE timing at: http://www.dl2-timing.com/live/

Sponsors: McNichols Co., headquartered in Tampa, FL, is the largest U.S. distributor of “Hole” products with service centers across North America. McNichols’ product selection is the most diverse in the industry. McNichols stocks perforated products, both metal and plastic. A toll free number 800-237-3820 connects you to the McNichols Co. distributor in your area and the company’s extensive website, www.mcnichols.com, has online customer service and online ordering. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a Ruman Racing sponsor as well as the Series sponsor for Pro Spec Racer. Cenweld Corp., a well-established manufacturer and distributor of truck bodies and equipment throughout Ohio, is also long-time Ruman Racing sponsor.

For quick news and updates during race weekends, please follow Ruman Racing and the Trans-Am Series on Twitter @rumanracing and @TransAmSeries. Be sure to “Like” our official pages on Facebook: Ruman Racing, Amy Ruman (Official Fan Page), McNichols Company, and Trans-Am Racing.

UPCOMING RACES:
August 18-20 – Amy Ruman in Round 6 SCCA Pro-Racing Trans-Am Series at Road America, WI