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Aquilante Debuts Subaru Impreza WRX in Opening Round of SCCA World Challenge Series
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Phoenixville, PA – March 20, 2009
Championship racer Andrew Aquilante and Phoenix Performance gave the professional road racing debut of the 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX a solid eighth place finish in today’s SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Touring Class season opener.
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Phoenix Performance prepared the Subaru Impreza WRX to a new rules package created by SCCA Pro Racing for entrants of production-
Phoenixville’s Andrew Aquilante, the SCCA’s 2007 Touring 1 class National Champion and winner of the Club’s highest honor – the President’s Cup -
“The Subaru All-
As the race progressed, Aquilante settled in 10th place. He passed five-
Joe Aquilante, whose company, Phoenix Performance, prepared the Subaru Impreza WRX, noted that the car stayed very consistent throughout the race. “It is taking us some time to get accustomed to the new rules package and the tires that are mandated for use in this series, compared to other brands in other series. They’re just different enough that an adjustment period is required.”
“I’m really pleased with the way everything went, though,” he added. “We learned a lot this weekend about setting up the car and getting the most out of the tires.”
The race was televised by SPEED TV for airing March 31 at 1pm, April 2 at 3am, and April 15 at 1pm. All times are Eastern.
Sponsors for the Phoenix Performance Subaru Impreza WRX include Rockland Standard Gear, Automotive Racing Products, Hawk Brakes, VAC Motorsports, Quarter Master, Ecutek, Racing Radios, Lista, Rotary Lifts, Cusco, Carbonetic, Mac Tools, Hella, Perrin, and Vedalo HD.
About Phoenix Performance
Phoenix Performance, Inc. is owned and managed by Joe Aquilante and is located in a 32,000 sq. ft. facility in Phoenixville, Pa., 40 miles west of Philadelphia, PA. Team driver Andrew Aquilante races a Subaru Impreza WRX in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring series. Andrew can be reached by email at ajavette37@comcast.net and on his website, www.andrewaquilante.com. For more information about the team and the cars, call Joe Aquilante at (610) 482-