Global Rallycross Championship to Stage Race at SEMA Show
Tanner Foust, driver of this Ford Fiesta Global RallyCross car, will headline the Racing and Performance Forum panel session at this year’s Technology Briefing Seminar (TBS) program during the 2012 SEMA Show.
Global Rallycross Championship will bring the spectacle of rallycross racing to the 2012 SEMA Show, the largest automotive industry event of its kind, this October 30.
“We have been working hard with the SEMA team and are thrilled that we will be racing at this year’s event. It will be a great opportunity to showcase the incredible technology of rallycross cars in front of this amaz- ing gathering of aftermarket suppliers from around the world. We want to open their eyes to the excitement of rallycross and show how cool these production-based B and C segment cars are,” explained Brian Gale, Global
Rallycross Championship co-founder and president.
The race will take place on open- ing night, Tuesday, October 30, on a course specially constructed on LVCC grounds directly across from the convention hall.
“Motorsports inspires and moti- vates millions of consumers around the world,” said Chris Kersting, SEMA president and CEO. “We’re excited that Global Rallycross Cham- pionship is coming to Las Vegas dur- ing the SEMA Show week, as it will give entrepreneurs from our industry a first-hand look at the opportuni- ties this burgeoning sport represents
and the new consumer demographic it attracts.”
Global Rallycross will also be fea- tured in SEMA’s Racing and Perfor- mance Forum at 1:00 p.m. on October 30. The Forum will be moderated by John Waraniak, SEMA vice presi- dent of vehicle technology and include Jamie Allison, director of Ford Racing, Jim Campbell, vice president of GM performance vehicles and motorsports, and Ralph Gilles, president and CEO of street and racing technology brand and motorsports, Chrysler Group. “We want to thank the leadership at SEMA for working with us to add this event to our 2012 calendar. It is an
amazing opportunity that we couldn’t pass up, and we see it as being the perfect follow up to our event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 29 where the $25,000 Discount Tire Cup will be decided,” added Gale. Several of the sport’s biggest names are in contention, including Travis Pastrana, winner of the last round at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Ken Block of WRC and Gymkhana 5 fame, “Top Gear” USA’s Tanner Foust and drifting champion Samuel Hubinette. It is going to be an amaz- ing battle.
The event will be televised on the ESPN networks.
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