In addition to his scheduled driving duties in the KONI Challenge Series Fountain Motorsports #127 BMW 330i, Guy Cosmo will join Doug Goad and Marc-Antoine Camirand in the brand new Fabcar/Porsche Daytona Prototype for Spirit of Daytona. Cosmo is in Salt Lake City this week for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve season finale at Miller Motorsports Park.
Spirit of Daytona team will contest the September 15th endurance race at Miller Motorsports Park with a Fabcar chassis fitted with a new Lozano Brothers-prepared, Porsche-based 5.0-liter V-8 engine.
The Fabcar chassis (No. 002) was among the first Daytona Prototypes to hit the track when the category debuted in 2003 and was driven to three wins - including the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen - as the No. 58 Red Bull/Brumos Porsche entry. Now updated to the latest Fabcar bodywork designs, the Spirit of Daytona Porsche-based V-8 Fabcar represents both the past success and the state-of-the-art future of the competitive Daytona Prototype category.
“I’m very excited about the debut of this 5.0-liter Daytona Prototype combination with Spirit of Daytona, ” Cosmo said. “This new motor has all the potential to run at the front of the pack. The revised Fabcar chassis has been a pleasure to drive as well, and is a great improvement from the original Fabcar chassis I drove in 2003. Dave Klym was the first to build a Daytona Prototype and I’m looking forward to getting his chassis back on the podium like we did together a number of times in ‘03. “
“For me personally, this program is very exciting. I really enjoy development programs and this chassis/engine combination adds to the list of Daytona Prototype experience I’ve got, because I’ve driven just about everything out there, and now I’m one up on the rest of the field, ” Cosmo continued. “Working with Troy and Michelle Flis and the Spirit of Daytona crew was a pleasure last season for the limited schedule we ran with Bobby Labonte, and I’m glad to be back with such a nice group of people. Troy has assembled a strong and talented group of people to work on this Porsche-based V-8 Fabcar combination and I’m looking to show what it’s capable of doing. “”
Over the past few seasons, Cosmo has brought his talent and services to several of the top-tier prototype teams in the Grand American paddock. In 2006 Cosmo joined up with Finlay Motorsports filling in for an injured Memo Gidley in the #19 Playboy Uniden car. He was also instrumental in giving the Spirit of Daytona car it’s best run ever at Watkins Glen. And, of course there was the popular 2nd place finish garnered by Guy, Memo and Michael McDowell at Utah to close out the season.
The SunChaser 1000k will air live on SPEED in two segments on Saturday, September 15. The first part begins at 1 p. m. ET while the second segment starts at 5:30 p. m. ET and will go to the race’s finish.
Csomo will also be driving the No. 127 Fountain Motorsports BMW with VJ Mirzayan this week.
“I’m looking forward to working with VJ, ” noted Guy. “we’ve developed a good rapport with each other and he really knows the BMWs well. ”
After a couple of tough races, the Fountain Motorsports team finds themselves mathematically out of the chase for the KONI Challenge championship.
“We’ve had a darn good season, all-in-all, ” said Cosmo. “We surprised a lot of people and the team has learned a lot. Not only about the car and the KONI Challenge competitors, but also about themselves. I think you’ll see this team back with a vengeance in 2008. For us drivers, though, the pressures off… so our focus will be on getting this car to the front. Between here and VIR, we’d like to pick up a win. The team definitely deserves it. ”
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