Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Bondurant drops flag on racing program - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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The series is designe to offer atrue race-carf experience to anyone 15 or olde who is in good standing with the Other venues have offered racing series, but Bondurany President Ken Thom said this program is different. Each weekend’s events are limiter to a small group of 15 each of whom will be assigned a specificv race car forthe duration, he said. Bondurant paid abouf $750,000 for Formula Mazda race cars to be used in the new program and forthe school’s regular racing classes, he The cars are shod with slico tires designed for racing, rathet than treaded road tires. “These are real race cars like they are racecd in thereal world,” Thom said.
The action will take placde over nine weekends at FirebirsdInternational Raceway. Friday test rounds will be followex by qualifying and racint on Saturdayand “The Bondurant Championship Race Seriesd is designed for anyone from the young aspiring driver who wanta to take it to the next to graduates of the Bondurant Schoopl who are looking for the next life-changingt opportunity,” said Bob Bondurant, CEO of the The $3,495 cost includes car rental, instruction and maintenancd of the vehicle for the Participants must provide their own racin g suits and helmets, Thom said.

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