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[Lee Tilton]

Some of you know that the team I drive for, Brimtek, has fielded a SCCA Pro World Challenge Touring car this year with past MARRS ITB Champion Tristan Herbert as the driver.

Well Tristan qualified on the pole and set a new track record a little while ago at the season opener in St. Petersburg.

Woohoo!

[davecarama]

Some of you know that the team I drive for, Brimtek, has fielded a SCCA Pro World Challenge Touring car this year with past MARRS ITB Champion Tristan Herbert as the driver.

Well Tristan qualified on the pole and set a new track record a little while ago at the season opener in St. Petersburg.

Woohoo!

I saw. How awesome is that!!!

[Lee Tilton]

Herbert earned the Touring Car pole in his Brimtek Motorsports Volkswagen GTI with a fast time of 1:25.899 (75.437 mph) to establish the track record in that class on the streets of St. Petersburg. It was the pro racing debut for Herbert, who was second in combined practice but turned the fastest lap with the pressure on.

“We want to keep the car in one piece during the practice sessions, but in qualifying is where you let it all hang out,” Herbert said. “There are some stripes down the side of the car where I got a little close to the tires and took out a mirror, but you’ve got to drive it on the ragged edge if you want to go fast and that’s what we did today.”

Herbert credited the hard work of the Brimtek team for the pole position.

“The car has been really good,” Herbert said. “We’ve got a fantastic crew at Brimtek Motorsports with help from GermanAutoParts.com. We’ve had a tough couple of weeks getting the car ready. We had a pressure plate go out on us, a ball joint fail, and some near catastrophic misses in getting the car ready. We’ve all been working a lot of late nights. I work a regular day job, I came from Club Racing, and still do a 9-5 and go to the shop until 3 in the morning. My wife is incredible and lets it all happen. I’m really excited about this. It couldn’t have turned out better. We’re real happy about being on the pole.”

[Lee Tilton]

Tristan won Round 2 today!! Woohoo.

[Ray Kopp]

The team had some tough luck yesterday – lost two left side tires and suspension damage in the first race – but pulled together, scrounged parts and repaired the car. Dedication pays off. Rookie Tristan Herbert (local MARRS boy), won the TC class today!