1995
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Named “Driver of the
Day” for the
2015
Goodwood Festival of Speed
WEST
SUSSEX, England (June 29, 2015)
– Former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Mike Skinner
was back to his winning ways on Sunday as he broke his own record
time for the NASCAR class of competition at the iconic Goodwood
Festival of Speed. After damaging his primary truck on Saturday
afternoon, Skinner entered the final round of competition driving the
10th Toyota Tundra racecar ever built. He paced the race
against the clock for the NASCAR division to beat the record time he
set in 2014 by more than half-a-second and was identified as the
“Driver Of The Day” at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed,
making for a storybook ending for the American NASCAR driver on his
birthday.
“I
love participating in the Goodwood Festival of Speed,” Skinner
said. “To set the record-time for the second year in a row is very
special for us. We knew we had a bulls-eye on our back this year, so
to be able to come back and still come out on top means a lot to our
group. We couldn’t do this without the support of great partners
like Textron Aviation, Cessna, Beechcraft, Remington and Toyota, and
I’m happy that we were able to represent them in victory lane.”
Participating
in his fifth Goodwood Festival of Speed event, Skinner had to
overcome adversity throughout the weekend en route to his record
setting run. Skinner was originally slated to compete in the No. 5
Cessna / Remington Toyota Tundra, but that truck sustained
competition-ending damage when it made contact with the chicane
during Skinner’s Saturday morning practice run. As a result,
Skinner’s teammate and business partner, Andrew Franzone handed
over the wheel of his historic Toyota Tundra entry to enable Skinner
to make a timed-run in the final round of competition on Sunday
afternoon.
Climbing
back in the truck he nicknamed “Old Faithful,” Skinner recorded a
50.22-second lap to improve his 2014 record time by more than
half-a-second. In a tight competition, Skinner’s small team,
composed of Chris Paulsen of C&R Racing, and Jamie and Dustin
Skinner of Racecar Solutions, brought home a 0.05-second win against
some of the most successful teams in NASCAR. The effort earned
Skinner the “Driver Of The Day” title for the first time in his
Goodwood career.
The
victory was made possible through joint partnerships with Textron
Aviation, Cessna, Beechcraft, Remington, Venus
Manhattan / Los Angeles Galleries, Sentinel Real Estate Corporation,
Forbes Private Capital Group, Maui Jim, Justin Boots, Charlie 1 Horse
Hat Company, WIX Filters, C&R Racing and Racecar Solutions.
“I
can’t thank Andrew Franzone enough for backing our effort as our
team owner,” Skinner said. “He was doing a great job driving our
historic Toyota Tundra in the hill climb. However, when things went
awry with our primary truck, he graciously stepped aside to let me
behind the wheel. The weekend didn’t exactly go as planned, but it
certainly made for a great story, and made our second win at Goodwood
that much more special.”
Hosted
by Lord March at the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, England, the
22nd annual event featured every kind of car imaginable from the
1800s through today and attracted some of the most accomplished
drivers in motorsports.
“Lord
March throws the best party I’ve ever been to in my life,”
Skinner said. “He’s a class act. He opens his home to all of us
for this great event, to compete and have a good time, and look at so
much beautiful mechanical art. I’m already looking forward to the
2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed.”
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Ashleigh
Aungst
A2B
Strategies for Mike Skinner Enterprises
Mobile:
717.222.0664
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