Sixth Gear

“The economy and where the sport is at right now and the struggles that some of the teams have had is a

Gilliland & Labbe at Watkins Glen

plus for TRG Motorsports because we only have — I think [crew chief] Slugger [Labbe] said there’s only 10 guys now — but those 10 are guys that deserve and are qualified to be on a top-15 team. They were, but due to downsizing it gave us the ability to handpick some people and that gave us a great big difference.”   - David Gilliland -

We are doing a very special event at The Autobahn Country Club, in Joliet, Ill on Oct 6th and the New Jersey Motorsports Park on Oct 7th. These are very special events & something new in the professional racing world. We are bringing out everything under the TRG Umbrella and want to introduce folks to us & what we do & our various programs.

Additionally, we will be explaining some of the benefits of what The TRG play on NASCAR or Sportscar programs can do to help someone’s business goals.  We are looking for individuals or their companies and/or connections that can directly or indirectly connect the dots on sponsorship within our racing programs.

Buckler & Labonte

We will be doing a nice presentation at lunch and will be bringing an executive from NASCAR with us as well. The basic idea is—many high level executives have had someone in THEIR office, trying to explain what a sponsorship can do for them. We want them to come to OUR office—the race track & meet the team, meet the drivers, see the cars & have a BLAST & go home with a greater understanding of why this sport is SO popular. This is a very low-key event. It is about showing a business executive/decision maker (& hopefully a cool car guy) what a program like this can do for their company and having a terrific time. If they are interested—-we will set something up later.

NJ Motorsports Sponsor Open House

Currently, we have four cars that we will be taking out for laps on the track, which of course we would love to give you access to a once-in-a-lifetime chance to ride along with our arsenal of drivers. Getting a chance to meet guys like NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Bobby Labonte, Daytona 24 winners such as Andy Lally, Spencer Pumpelly, or even myself, or even one of our young guns like Duncan Ende, will be a memory everyone will take with them forever.

I think they’ll be pretty impressed with our lineup:

-Ride inside of our #71 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevy ImpalaSS… driven by Sprint Cup Champion Bobby Labonte.

-Get up close and personal with our McLaren Mercedes SLR 722GT….The ONLY one in North America…. driven by Daytona 24 Champion Spencer Pumpelly.

-Ride inside one of our Grand-Am Porsches GT3’s…. driven Rolex GT Champion Andy Lally.

-Ride inside one the winning TRG Koni Challenge Porsches, driven by rising star Duncan Ende AND have a chance to drive the car later in the day.

Bobby will be happy to answer any questions.

Beyond this, we will also feature a top menu for lunch, as well as post-event appetizers, and of course our highly scored series of Adobe Road Wines. During the day we will also take some time to answer any questions on our programs, as well as of course discuss the business sides of how all of our programs work.

SO….if you know anyone who would be a good candidate for this, please feel free to forward this along or have them contact me directly if they want to chat or RSVP to sean@themediabarons.com right away!  We expect to be way oversubscribed.

Please let us know if you can attend or you think you might have someone that is a good fit.

Thx to everyone for their help and good wishes along the way. This hasn’t been easy but I think we are going to make it!!!   BTW - Follow Us on Twitter

Kevin Buckler
Managing Partner
TRG Motorsports