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[Sports Cars] SAMAX - Laguna Seca preview |
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Monday, 01 May 2006 |
SAMAX - Laguna Seca preview
Dave Lacey and Greg Wilkins will swap the high-intensity corporate world for the high revs of motorsport this week, traveling 2700 miles from their Toronto offices to compete in a Rolex Sports Car Series race in Monterey, Calif., on May 7. They will share the thrill of racing on the sweeping 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course, co-driving the No. 71 SAMAX/ Doncaster Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.
SAMAX Motorsport will also field the No. 17 SAMAX Porsche, with drivers to be announced later this week.
Challenging contrast
Greg Wilkins, a former class winner in les 24 Heures du Mans, is the chief executive officer of Barrick Gold Corporation, the biggest gold-mining company in the world. He lives with the daily stress of managing a business that operates in 10 countries on four continents, but he believes racing is tougher. Racing is also, ironically, his chosen form of relaxation.
"They're very similar
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