November 18, 2008 (Irvine, Calif.).  Sylvain Tremblay has a "good problem".  He is seeking to lead the SpeedSource Castrol Mazda RX-8 team to a repeat win at the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona.  Sylvain is searching for a fourth driver to join the team of Tremblay, Nick Ham, and David Haskell.  While every team owner has a stack of driver resumes to consider, Tremblay has a list of several dozen who have all won with Mazda power in the past year. 

Barber Motorsports Park --   It could have been anybody's day in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Porsche 250 on July 20.  For SpeedSource, just getting to the grid was an event in itself. In the practice just before qualifying, the #69 FXDD Mazda RX-8 GT took a hard hit from a DP, breaking both the axle and rear upright. Crew from both cars pitched in to make the repairs and get the car ready for qualifying. SpeedSource #70 Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 GT took the pole. Then a technical infraction by another team moved #69 up to start P2, the first time both cars have qualified in the top spots.

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course -- Mother Nature mixed it up a bit for the June 21 race, 9th in the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series season.  Going into the race, the SpeedSource team knew conditions would dictate much of the strategy, but bad weather didn't dampen their ambition for another win for the #70 Castrol Syntec Mazdaspeed RX-8 GT or the #69 FXDD Mazda RX-8 GT.  Little did they know, the team would have to wait until the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona to collect that trophy.

SpeedSource team owner Sylvain Tremblay and his No. 70 Mazdaspeed/Castrol Syntec GT RX-8 team continue their celebration of the class win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Tremblay, Nick Ham, David Haskell and Raphael Matos scored an historic seven-lap victory at Daytona over their TRG counterparts to keep Porsche off the top spot of the Daytona podium. Heading into this weekend's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, SpeedSource returns to defend last year's GT win, bringing the momentum of their victory into the season's second race.

Read more at the Grand-Am website.

To celebrate SpeedSource's GT win at Daytona, Mazda will be publishing an ad in major car magazines. Look for it soon. In the meantime, you can check it out here.

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To commemorate Speedsource's Rolex 24 Hour win at Daytona, some special plaques were created.

A limited edition (250 units) plaque with an actual lug nut from the winning #70 GT Mazda RX-8 for the 2008 Daytona Rolex 24 hour race. With 2 color pictures, one shot of the winning crew and drivers and the other, an action shot of a pit stop. SpeedSource will donate $10.00 for every plaque that is sold to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

These are available directly through SpeedSource. $35.00 plus shipping.

Please call Debbie at 954-578-7071 or e-mail dcostello@speedsourceinc.com to order yours before they run out!!

SPEEDSOURCE CASTROL SYNTEC MAZDA RX-8 WINS GT CLASS AT 2008 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

22nd Win in Endurance Classic for Mazda since 1975


After 24 hours of close competition among 41 cars, the SpeedSource Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 team won the GT class at the Rolex 24 at Daytona to kick off the 2008 GrandAm season. The SpeedSource driving team of Sylvain Tremblay , David Haskell, Nick Ham, and Raphael Matos started from the pole, and led 323 of 664 laps, on their way to ninth overall and the class win.