Cosmo Doing Double Duty at Barber and Lime Rock Parks

Cosmo Leading in BGB Porsche at VIR, '08Quick hits:

-Saturday: American Le Mans Series Patron Challenge GT3 entry co-driving with John Baker at Lime Rock Park
-Sunday: Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Porsche 250 Grand Sports (GS)


(West Palm Beach, FL) 15 July 2009— With plenty of power, looks to match, and a racing pedigree that’s second to none, most guys spend lifetimes wishing they could drive a Porsche 911. But not Guy Cosmo.

Instead of daydreaming about driving one, he’s going to be racing one. In fact, he’ll be racing two different Porsche 911s this weekend as he returns to American Le Mans Series action at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park to drive the No. 47 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in the ALMS Challenge class as part of the featured American Le Mans Series event on Saturday afternoon. Cosmo will once again team with John Baker for Orbit Racing as the ALMS reconvenes for the first stateside race outing following the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He’ll then jet down to burning Barber Motorsports Park, where he’ll join with Spirit of Daytona Racing co-driver Scott Russell to share the No. 83 Porsche 911 for BGB Motorsports in the 2.5 Hour Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge race on Sunday morning just outside of Birmingham, Alabama in the Legacy Credit Union 200.

“Two races on two different and challenging tracks, both in Porsches, what could be better?” asked Cosmo, who considers Lime Rock Park to be a bit of a home event as he grew up on Long Island. “John (Baker) and I had a good test day at Lime Rock Park earlier this week, and I think we can build on what we started in Salt Lake with a good run at Lime Rock Park. It’s going to be interesting going from being behind the wheel of a prototype and trying to get around the GT traffic to being the GT traffic, but I’m excited to get the chance to race in ALMS again. The track has changed since I last raced at Lime Rock, so that’s also something I’m really looking forward to!”

While the double-duty weekend is not a first for Cosmo, who has joggled multiple racing programs through the years, it does put some pressure on his travel agent as he changes race tracks and race cars in quick order to make both events.

“Yes, it is tight with the flights, but hopefully there aren’t any snags and I’m there ready to go Sunday morning at Barber,” said Cosmo. “I’m really looking forward to racing for BGB again-we’ve had some tremendous success through the years and I’m really excited about the prospect of getting back up on the KONI podium again.”

Cosmo Ready For Last Run in Coyote at Daytona

Quick hits:

-Saturday’s Brumos Porsche 250 will be Cosmo’s last Daytona Prototype outing with Spirit of Daytona

-Free-Agent looking for next challenge

(Daytona Beach, FL) 2 July 2009— When the Rolex Sports Car Series convenes this weekend for the Brumos Porsche 250, the Saturday sprint race will mark the start of the second half of the 2009 season.

But for racer Guy Cosmo, the event is more likely to have the feeling of a bittersweet end of an era, as he makes a last race start behind the wheel of the No. 09 Spirit of Daytona Coyote-Porsche V8 for Spirit of Daytona Racing.

Cosmo made his first start with the team as co-driver with Bobby Labonte in a Crawford-Pontiac in 2006. He was then retained to help the team assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Coyote-Porsche V8 package in preparation for the newest specification Coyote machine, has been with the organization since late 2007, and with the newest Coyote being deployed into race action with a new race line-up, Cosmo is now looking ahead to giving the No. 09 machine a strong final run as he moves into free-agency.

"We've made such incredible progress with this old Coyote and Porsche V8 since we started this program in late 2007, but the advancements we've made since January this year at the Rolex 24 have been huge,” said Cosmo, who jumped into a KONI Challenge machine at Mid-Ohio and led the race early on. “We've shown very good speed in qualifying and the races since then, so I'm excited to get back to Daytona and see the fruits of our labor with this old girl. It will be a bitter-sweet moment for us, as it should be this car's strongest performance, yet sadly, it's last race before being permanently retired from Rolex Series competition."

Since working with a car that has its engineering roots in some of the very first Daytona Prototype events ever held, Cosmo has had his hands full, wresting everything he’s been able to out of the years-old machine, and creating several improbable performances along the way.

"I'm obviously disappointed to not be driving the new 90 Coyote, as everything we've determined over the years to be inherently wrong with the old design of the 09 chassis has been effectively addressed with the new 90,” said Cosmo. “Having driven it's very first laps on track, I know it will be very competitive straight out of the box, and that it's a car that will contend for race wins in this very competitive series - an opportunity that unfortunately, I've never had with the 09 car. I can tell you, however, that any car out there is going to have a real hard time getting by me in that old beast this weekend!"

While he was looking forward to putting some of the blood and sweat of his labor to good use with the newest-specification Coyote, Cosmo knows that he’s shown he can do a lot behind the wheel, no matter what the machinery is, and also that he’s far from done working with Spirit of Daytona.

"Over the past number of years I've forged a very strong relationship with (Spirit of Daytona team owner) Troy Flis and I'm grateful for the opportunities and support he's given me,” said Cosmo, who was also tapped by the team for his expertise as a driver coach as the team posted a driver line-up of motorcycle champs to open the 2009 Rolex season.

“I've really enjoyed working with all of our crew from Spirit of Daytona Racing and Lozano Brothers Porting on this entire project, and am going to miss driving for them dearly. However, when one door closes, another door opens. I'm now a free-agent in the Rolex paddock and am looking for a new home with a competitive team, where I can show what I'm really made of. I know I can win races and championships in this series. Now I've just got an earlier start on the next stage of my career."


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