Freedom Autoport Wins in Homestead 200

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 6, 2010) - Tom Long led Lawson Aschenbach by 0.103 seconds in Saturday's Homestead 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Street Tuner (ST) class, in a reversal of the top two cars from the class race last year at Homestead-Miami. Long was joined by Derek Whitis in the No. 25 Aventura Technologies/PFC Mazda MX-5.

Long took the victory on the last lap from Aschenbach, who was trying to give Compass360 Racing its second straight victory both in a race and at the track. Instead, it was Long, who battled tooth-and-nail with Compass360's No. 74 Skunk2/HPD Honda Civic Si a year ago, coming up with a pass on Aschenbach and his second victory in three races with Whitis, who started fourth.

Long first took the lead on Lap 45, and battled for several laps with Sam Schultz and James Clay. After Long assumed the lead following the final caution period, he led for two laps, before Aschenbach got by for a lap. Long made the final of 13 ST lead changes on Lap 88, and held on by just 0.103 seconds.

Last season, Long finished 0.129 seconds behind the No. 74, which was piloted by Randy Pobst and Christian Miller; the car went on to win the championship.

"It was like déjà vu, but this time, our Mazda came out on top," Long said. "The MX-5 handled well in the infield, and the parity in the class made for a great race."

Whitis also won with Long in last season's finale at Virginia International Raceway. He is a team owner of Freedom Autosport with Rhett O'Doski.

"We fought the entire way, and it was a little nerve-wrecking in those final laps, waiting to see if the race would finish the same or different from last year," Whitis said. "Everything worked out though."

Speedpro Imaging:

Speedpro Imaging of the Carolinas (www.speedprocarolinas.com) produced and installed Freedom Autosport's MX5 wraps. Speedpro's Raleigh studio works closely with the Team to ensure the cars are wrapped and ready come race time. For more information about custom car wraps and vehicle graphics, please contact us at (919) 872-6551.

In addition to car wraps, Speedpro Imaging offers a wide range of large format printing and graphics products including tradeshow displays, banner stands, large format posters and banners, elevator wraps, wall murals, furniture wraps, floor graphics, art reproductions and much more. From design to installation, Speedpro Imaging will get your company noticed.

Freedom Autosport Gets Wrapped

Freedom Autosport (www.freedomautosport.com) recently hired Speedpro Carolinas (www.speedprocarolinas.com), to produce and install custom car wraps for its Mazda 3S race fleet prior to its season opening race, Fresh from Florida 200, in Daytona. Freedom Autosport competes in the Grand-Am Road Racing series (www.grand-am.com), a division of NASCAR Holdings.

Operating under a tight deadline, Speedpro Carolinas produced the wraps at its facility in Raleigh, NC and installed the car wraps at Freedom Autosport's shop. Installing the car wraps at the team's facility was critical to having the cars competition ready prior to the race. A tremendous amount of coordination and work is required to have the cars operate at peak performance come race day.

About Freedom Autosport and Grand-AM Road Racing:

New to the 2008 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series, Freedom Autosport is co-owned by drivers Derek Whitis and Rhett O'Doski and will field three Mazda MX5 cars in the series this year. Additional drivers include Mazda Champions Jim Daniels and Tom Long. For more information, please visit www.freedomautosport.com. GRAND-AM is located in Daytona Beach, Fla. on the same corporate campus that is also home to NASCAR, International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and Daytona International Speedway. GRAND-AM was acquired by NASCAR Holdings in late 2008 and operates now as one organization, with resources such as marketing, research and public relations fully integrated into the NASCAR framework. GRAND-AM offers a product that features extremely competitive sports car racing on historic road and street circuits and in major market speedways throughout North America.

About Speedpro Carolinas:

Speedpro Carolinas, a regional division of Speedpro Imaging (www.speedproimaging.com), is a leading provider of high impact, cost effective advertising and branding solutions for businesses small and large. With multiple offices strategically located throughout the Carolinas, Speedpro is the local leader in large format graphics for advertising and promotional applications in North and South Carolina.

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