Yearly Archives: 2012
Umeco Sponsors Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin’s for 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
Umeco’s Structural materials business has signed an agreement with leading Canadian motorsports organization Multimatic Motorsports to sponsor two Aston Martin Vantage V8s in the 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC), allowing Umeco to promote its new brand and advanced composite materials to a continent-wide audience of race car enthusiasts. Click on the image below to read the full...
License to Race: Foster Looks to Continue Barber Success with New Aston Martin Vantage
Check out Grand-Am’s interview of Joe Foster about the new Aston Martin Vantage V8 and the upcoming race at Barber Motorsports Park. Click on the image below to view the full article. For a special bonus interview by Grand-Am Unleashed, click here (7:30...
Aston Martin Vantage V8 at the 2012 Canadian Motorsports Expo
Come see the Multimatic Motorsports #55 Aston Martin Vantage V8 of Scott Maxwell and Joe Foster at the 2012 Canadian Motorsports Expo this weekend. Click here to find out more about the show. The Canadian Motorsports Expo takes place February 10th to 12th at the International Centre in Toronto, Ontario. This is a great opportunity to see the Aston Martin race car from up close!
Multimatic Ford Focus ST-R Garners International Media Coverage
The Multimatic Ford Racing Focus ST-R has garnered international media coverage in the form of Germany’s Motorsport-Guide publication. Click on the image below to read about the Focus ST-R in...
Drive Interviews Multimatic Motorsports Technical Director Larry Holt
Multimatic Motorsports Technical Director Larry Holt was interviewed by Drive regarding the new Aston Martin Vantage Grand-Am race program. Click on the video below (6:20 mark) to see the segment.
Aston Martin Vantage Debut at Daytona International Speedway
In-car footage of Joe Foster taking the lead from the rolling start in Aston Martin’s debut at Daytona in the Grand Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge on January 27th, 2012. Making his wet weather debut in the Vantage and with 79 other cars hot on his heels, Joe makes a stunning start to the race.
Focus ST-R Makes its Competition Debut at Daytona
The Ford Focus ST-R made its long-awaited competition debut in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST class at Daytona International Speedway.
Bummer Debut: Focus ST-R Hits Daytona Wall
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (January 27th, 2012) – Ford Racing’s No. 15 Ford Focus ST-R, driven by James Gué and Gunnar Jeannette, met with an unexpectedly rude reception Friday during its debut race in the Continental Tire Sport Car Challenge’s 2012 season-opening race, the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona. Before ultimately posting the team’s 36th-place finish in the Grand-Am series’ Street Touring class, driver Gunnar Jeannette jumped into his Multimatic Motorsports’ Ford Focus ST-R just before the race’s halfway...
Aston Martin Shows Promise in Grand-Am Opener at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (January 27th, 2012) – The Aston Martin Vantage GT4 of Grand-Am regulars Scott Maxwell and Joe Foster showed encouraging potential by leading the early phase of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) series opener at the Daytona International Speedway. Having qualified in third position during Thursday’s qualifying session, the #55 Multimatic Motorsports-run car passed its rivals away from the green flag in treacherous conditions to lead a field of 81 cars on what was Aston Martin’s Grand-Am debut. The...
Aston Martin Prepares for Grand-Am Debut at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (January 24th, 2012) Aston Martin will begin its Grand-Am campaign on Friday (January 27th) during the first round of the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (CTSCC) at the Daytona International Speedway. Making a return to domestic competition in North America, Aston Martin Racing has joined forces with Toronto-based Multimatic Motorsports to enter a pair of Vantage GT4s in the Grand American Road Racing series. Multimatic stalwarts and proven race-winners Scott Maxwell and Joe Foster will drive the lead car,...