Fantastic Podium Finish for Dalziel and Forest at Barber!

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (April 12, 2010)

The #8 Corsa Car Care / Xtreme Indoor Karting / Jetset Magazine Starworks Motorsport Dinan-BMW Riley co-driven by 2010 Rolex 24 At Daytona champ, Scottish Ryan Dalziel, and Canadian Mike Forest scored a first season podium finish in Saturday's Porsche 250, Round 3 of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.

The #7 Flex-Box / Xtreme Indoor Karting / Jetset Magazine Starworks Motorsport Dinan-BMW Riley co-driven by Danish Kasper Andersen and American Bill Lester finished 9th, a great result for the Starworks duo seeing that it was Kasper’s first ever race in North America and in the Rolex Series.

Having two cars in the top ten was a true accomplishment for Peter Baron, Starworks Motorsport’s team principal. “I am so pleased with this result,” Baron said. “The Starworks Motorsport crew did an excellent job and our drivers were able to deliver. Mike did an excellent job and I am happy that he scored his first Rolex Series DP podium.”

“Ryan had a great stint, but an unfortunate racing accident with the #10 car, that was definitely not intended by Ryan, almost took him out of the race. As observed and described by the TV commentators and Series followers when the collision occurred, Ryan was already well engaged in the turn when he was hit in the back by the #10 car. Regrettably for the #10 car, that ended their day, but Ryan was very lucky since his left rear rim was quite damaged and we still don’t know how the tire remained on the wheel until the end of the race!”

“I am proud of our #7 car drivers. They finished 9th despite their fuel pressure problem. Bill did a great job and I am blown away by Kasper Andersen since he really delivered for his first race in a prototype and in the Rolex Series and I feel that he will be fast at VIR,” Baron continued.

After three of the 12 races, thanks to another great result Ryan Dalziel reinforced his third place in the 2010 Rolex Series driver point standings. “I am really happy with this podium finish. What a great result for Starworks,” Ryan Dalziel said after the race. “Our car was really fast all weekend and after our disappointment at Homestead when we missed the podium in the last laps, we deserved this podium. All credit to Peter Baron and Starworks crew for their hard work and amazing efforts,” added Dalziel.

During their brilliant drive to third place finish, Mike Forest was able to led 6 laps. This is the third race in a row that Starworks Motorsport led the race. “I knew after Homestead that Starworks was a good team,” Mike Forest announced after receiving his third place finish trophy. “I'm really happy to follow up our Homestead result with a podium! It was great to lead the race, I know I inherited the lead with the cycle of the pit stops but I wanted to make a point of holding it for at least a few laps. Ryan followed it up with a great drive, it was a great team result,” Forest said.

The #7 Starworks Motorsport co-driven by Bill Lester and Kasper Andersen finished 9th, a well deserved top ten finish for the Flex-Box Dinan-BMW Riley. “The #7 car didn't have quite what it took today to be as fast as the #8 car,” Lester said after the race. “We experienced fuel pressure problems almost from the start of the race which limited our power delivery. Combined with being slightly too loose in handling made for a hard day. However, I'm glad we achieved a top ten finish and I would also like to congratulate the #8 team on their podium,” Bill Lester continued.

Kasper Andersen was racing in first ever Rolex Series event at Barber and did very well considering his car technical problem. “My first race in Grand-Am was a big challenge since the engine was low on power with an oil pressure problem. I am happy with this result for my first race with Starworks but I think we could have done a better job than 9th without this problem,” announced Kasper Andersen after the race. “I managed to turn some quick laps considering our lack of horsepower and I think Bill and I did pretty well. The Starworks Motorsport crew worked really hard all weekend and I like the atmosphere of the Rolex Series. I look forward to racing in two weeks in Virginia since I know we will have a great car to compete with the best cars” Andersen added.

The next race for the GRAND-AM Rolex Series will be the April 24 Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway, Virginia.