Atlanta Motorsports Group, in its 5th season of competing in NASA’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill, once again brings a solid driver lineup to attempt a 3rd win in the prestigious endurance road racing event being held December 3-4, 2011 at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, CA. Todd Lamb, Ryan Winchester, Beau Borders, Darin Polsley, and Guy Laidig will co-drive AMG’s Mazda MX-5 in the highly competitive E2 class, with technical partners BFGoodrich and Cobalt Friction.

Todd Lamb of Atlanta, GA is a previous winner of The 25.

Lamb’s extensive endurance racing experience includes the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and numerous podium finishes in Grand Am GT, GS, and ST competition. Lamb has two national championships in Spec Miata, as well as a Pro Racing championship in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup series. His experience in the MX-5′s and his engineering background will be very beneficial to the team in setting up the car for the event.

Partnered with SafeRacer and Cobalt Friction, Lamb will be posting live updates from the event at www.twitter.com/toddspeed and www.facebook.com/toddspeed.

NASA 2011 Midwest Driver of the Year
To Run His First Ever 25 Hours Race

Ryan Winchester, 26, of Mason City, IA will be competing in his first 25 Hour race.

Winchester has experience in Grand Am endurance racing and is the NASA 2011 Midwest Driver of the Year as well as the Super Touring 2 Champion. Winchester attends Palmer College of Chiropractic.

Winchester is sponsored by Winsports Marketing LLC and Ligon Industries LLC.

Winchester will be posting live updates from the event at www.twitter.com/WinchesterRyan.

“It’s a great feeling to be a part of AMG in a Mazda for the 25 Hour,” Winchester said.

“Jason Hoover has put together an awesome Mazda MX-5, and Todd has assembled a talented driver line up with champions from various series across the country. If we all do our jobs well, I don’t foresee any reason we shouldn’t be competing for the E2 class win at the end of 25 hours.”

2011 ARRC Champion and Hollywood Soundmixer
Beau Borders Set to Run Thunderhill In First Outing with AMG

Beau Borders, a regular competitor in the open-wheel Formula Mazda series and the 2011 ARRC Champion, is running in his third 25 Hours of Thunderhill this year, his first with AMG.

Border, who was also the runner up in last year’s Pro Formula Car Challenge is one of the youngest Sound Mixers in Hollywood, having recently completed work on “The Muppets”. He currently resides in Venice Beach, California.

Borders is sponsored by SafeRacer, CRU DataPort, and NoisyBeau Inc.; his website is www.BeauBorders.com.

2010 E1 Class Champion Back to Defend Title

Darin Polsley is back to defend his title after having won the 25 Hours in 2010 in the E1 class.

Polsely, who finished 3rd in 2009 in the E2 class, also brings Spec Miata experience to AMG, finishing second at the 2010 NASA Nationals. He was also the 2010 SFR Region Driver of the Year. Polsely is sponsored by Buyers Brokers Realty and Race Engineering.

“I haven’t been able to race much this year, but I have won every race I’ve run. I think joining AMG for the 25 gives me the best chance to keep that streak going.”

Mountaineer Laidig Making His 25 Hour Debut

Guy Laidig of Woodside, CA brings AMG experience as the 2011 ITE Champion in a Mazda RX7, along with a class win in the 2011 Illgen 4-hour enduro. This will be Laidig’s first 25 Hour race, but he is no stranger to endurance as a mountaineer.

Laidig summated Denali in 2006 and Aconcagua in 2008.

He is sponsored by Callouette Fabricators. Laidig can be followed at www.twitter.com/racerrx7.

Atlanta Motorsports Group is also fielding two other cars in the event in the E1 and E0 classes. AMG is headed up by Team Owner Jason Hoover, Team Manager Tony Silva, and veteran Car Chief Mark Woodworth. The team has three Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Championships and is headed to World Challenge next season with Mazda.