February 21 , 2000
For more information, contact: Paul Giblin (802) 655-3533
E-mail: paulgiblin@usa.net

Vermont SportsCar To Display Pro Rally Race Car At Race-A-Rama Motorsports Tradeshow in March


Colchester, VT - Officials at Vermont SportsCar, based in Colchester, VT, announced today that they will be attending the upcoming Race-A-Rama Motorsports Tradeshow at the Eastern States Exposition Center in Springfield, MA March 3rd - 5th, 2000. Known for many years now as "the motorsports show of the year" throughout the Northeastern United States, Race-A-Rama annually attracts thousands of visitors each and every spring to check out what's new in racing in the Northeast for the coming season. As a special treat this year, Vermont SportsCar will display their extremely rare Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Pro Rally race car for the entire three days of the show. Vermont SportsCar has been in the business of manufacturing, selling and renting top-level Pro Rally racecars throughout North America for over 11 years.

Although this race car is much more common in Europe, the 285 horsepower, all-wheel-drive Mitsubishi rocket ship competes regularly in the US-based Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Pro Rally Championship and is piloted by 1999 SCCA Pro Rally Production Class Champion Karl Scheible from Spencerport, NY. Along with close friend and Co-Driver Russ Hughes of Leroy, NY, the pair scored their very first victory of the championship season together at the Sno*Drift Pro Rally in Atlanta, Michigan on January 29th driving the Vermont SportsCar-prepared Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V.

Vermont SportsCar will be sharing the booth space at Race-A-Rama with other folks from the New England Region of the Sports Car Club of America as well as representatives from the Audi Mt. Washington Hillclimb - which is held each June at the Mt. Washington Auto Road in Gorham, NH. A variety of professional and amateur built race cars will be displayed in the SCCA booth during the weekend including examples from Pro Rally, Roadracing, Hillclimbing and Time Trials (SOLO I & SOLO II).

In addition to the many sportscars on display at Race-A-Rama, there will also be many examples from the worlds of go-karting, stock car racing, drag racing and street rodding along with exciting displays from a variety of racetracks and organizations from throughout the Northeastern US. Show hours for the three-day motorsports extravaganza are 5pm-10pm on Friday, March 3rd, 10am-10pm on Saturday, March 4th and 11am-5pm on Sunday, March 5th, 2000.

The fourth place finish overall in the Perce Neige Rallye for the team of Pizzagalli / Smith was Pizzagalli's best national finish ever. His plans for the remainder of the season call for him to drive a Vermont SportsCar-prepared rally car in several more Subaru Canadian Rally Championship and Sports Car Club of America Pro Rally Series events this season. The date and location of his next rally has not yet been determined.

For more information regarding Vermont SportsCar or the Race-A-Rama Motorsports Tradeshow in Springfield, MA, please contact Paul Giblin, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Vermont SportsCar by telephone at (802) 655-3533 or by E-mail at: paulgiblin@usa.net