Level 5 Motorsports Shoots for Continued Success at Road America

Simply the mention of Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, brings a huge smile to the face of Level 5 Motorsports' Scott Tucker. It is the site of Tucker's first major racing championship.

It is also the site of this weekend's Time Warner Road Race Showcase, the seventh of nine races on the 2010 American Le Mans Series schedule. It's a track where Tucker and Level 5 Motorsports will look to continue their quest for yet another championship trophy.

In September 2009, Tucker drove to victory in the T1 race in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Championship Runoffs at Road America.

"There is no doubt that I've got some fond memories of Road America," said Tucker, who brings an 11-point advantage in the ALMS LMPC standings into Sunday's 2-hour, 45-minute event. "It had always been a dream of mine to win a racing championship, and we got the job done at Road America last year.

"We know how to win at Road America, so we would like to do that again this weekend in the American Le Mans Series."

Tucker and Christophe Bouchut, who have scored four victories in six ALMS races this season, will pilot the Microsoft Office 2010-sponsored No. 55 ORECA FLM09 this weekend. Level 5 Motorsports' second car, the No. 95 ORECA FLM09, will be piloted by Tucker and Andy Wallace.

Road America, a 4.045-mile road course, is the longest track on the ALMS schedule. It sports 14 turns, nine to the right and five to the left. It is the third-fastest track on the schedule, but with the fastest corner speed.

This weekend is also special for Level 5 Motorsports as official's from Microsoft -- the team's sponsor -- will be on hand to experience for themselves the excitement of the American Le Mans Series. Level 5 and Microsoft have spent several months deploying Office 2010 software solutions within the Level 5 organization. This weekend is a continuation of that effort, the result of which will be shared with IT professionals and other users of Microsoft Office through video case studies.

"Certainly we were attracted to this sponsorship for the traditional reasons: great exposure for our products. But, we also saw that we could do something rather unique with this opportunity," said Chris Barry, Director in Microsoft Office. "We wanted to show how Office 2010 could help even the highly technical, fast-paced business of racing be more productive."

A 20-minute qualifying sessions for the LMPC cars for the Time Warner Road Race Showcase is set for Saturday at 4:40 p.m. ET. The green flag is scheduled to wave Sunday at 3:05 p.m. ET. The race will be broadcast live by the SPEED Channel, beginning at 3:05 p.m. ET.

Following this weekend's event, there will be two races left on the ALMS schedule. The series visits Mosport Speedway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, August 27-29, before the season finale 13th annual Petit Le Mans at Road America in Braselton, Georgia, September 29-October 2.

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