Bondurant to Grand Marshall the Historic Mitty
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Legendary Race Car Driver Bob Bondurant Will Kick-off the Race at
Road Atlanta May 2, 2008
CHANDLER, Ariz.--(Business Wire)--
Bob Bondurant, legendary racer and owner of the Bob Bondurant
School of High Performance Driving, will grand marshall the historic
Mitty race at this year's Road Atlanta Speedfest, May 2-4.
Classic Motorsports has announced that the legendary racer will
serve as the honorary Grand Marshall at the Historic Sportscar Racing
Mitty Challenge set to begin on May 2nd.
As the Grand Marshall, Bondurant will start the main event races
with the famous, "Gentlemen, start your engines." Additionally,
Bondurant will attend the drivers and pre-race meetings, and be at the
event for autograph sessions and post-race party.
Feature Race: Bob Bondurant Trophy Anglo/American Challenge,
Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:00 p.m.
"The Mitty is a classic road race and the historical cars that
will run the race are some of the cars I raced against," said
Bondurant. Bondurant made history at Le Mans in the #5 Daytona Coupe
in 1966 when he finished first in the GT class and fourth overall with
fellow driver Dan Gurney.
The Mitty Speedfest will again offer an incredible variety of
historically significant race cars - both on display in the paddock
and racing once again at Road Atlanta. Sanctioned by the Historic
Sportscar Racing Association, the Mitty will include IMSA Camel GT,
SCCA Trans-Am, Can-Am, Formula One, CART, and even NASCAR Winston Cup
cars. For more information, visit www.hsrrace.com.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
-- Road Atlanta & tickets: www.roadatlanta.com, 800-849-7223
-- Grassroots Motorsports: www.grassrootsmotorsports.com,
386-673-4148
-- Reader info phone number: Bondurant School, 800-842-RACE,
www.bondurant.com
About Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
For forty years, the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance
Driving, "The Official High Performance Driving School of General
Motors," located in Phoenix, Arizona, on the Gila River Indian
Community, has been the world-renowned leader in driver training. The
Bondurant School proudly features General Motors products such as the
Cadillac CTS, CTS-V, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, Corvette Coupe, Pontiac
Solstice GXP, and open-wheel single-seaters. The core curriculum, the
Bondurant Method, is based on teaching maximum car control and driver
safety. Courses offered are Grand Prix Road Racing, High Performance
Driving, Executive Protection/Anti-Kidnapping, and custom corporate
programs. For more information, log on to www.bondurant.com or call
1-800-842-7223.
Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
Anna Hackett, 480-242-9669
http://www.bondurant.com/about/prmedia.php
Copyright Business Wire 2008
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