Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Debaufre Watches, Official Timepiece of SPEED Racing Series.

By Alldaron Knewitz

The 2009 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge Toyo Tires season starts in March at Sebring. SPEED World Challenge is pleased to announce three new partnerships with Debaufre Swiss watches, AutoWeek and The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

AutoWeek will present an award at each event, in each class, for the best pass of the race, they have been a long-time supporter of the SPEED series. AutoWeek is a bi-weekly publication which will become the SPEED World Challenge number board sponsor for the 2009 season. What has become a staple in many SPEED World Challenge fans mailbox, AutoWeek is the place to go for the latest automotive and motorsports news.

The Bob Bondurant School of Performance Driving offers everything from the most introductory courses to advanced level racing clinics, all at a 60-acre purpose-built facility in Phoenix, Ariz. The prestigious driving school has signed on for several partnerships with SPEED World Challenge in 2009. Many well-known professional drivers have taken advantage of The Bob Bondurant School of Performance Driving.

The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving will be the presenting sponsor of the ACS Long Beach Grand Prix and the ACS Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

For the race fans a fantasy racing league will be established with a four-day Grand Prix Racing school presented to the winner. As part of the program, each 2009 race winner (GT and Touring Car) will receive a transferable $500 Bondurant gift certificate and three $500 gift certificates will be raffled off for fans following each driver autograph session. The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving has also been named the Official Driving School of the 2009 SPEED World Challenge season.

Debaufre offers high-end luxury and style Swiss made watches at a price thats within reach. So who better to sponsor the SPEED World Challenge Fastest Lap Of The Race Award than Debaufre watches (pronounced Day-boh-fray). Debaufre is a U.S.-based family owned Swiss watch company and a producer of quality Swiss timepieces.

To close the 2009 season, Debaufre watches will award each 2009 Drivers' Champion with a custom-designed Debaufre watch. As the official fastest lap of the race sponsor, Debaufre watches will award a standard production Swiss watch to the GT and Touring Car driver with the fastest lap of the race at each round. Debaufre has been announced as the Official Timepiece of the 2009 Speed World Challenge Racing Season.

Alldaron, president of Debaufre watches, said, "We are excited to work with SPEED World Challenge Vision in 2009, and thereby unite two of the oldest collaborations in the world, the passion and precision of racing with Swiss time-keeping. The partnership is a perfect match."

"Obviously Debaufre Swiss Watches, AutoWeek and Bondurant recognize the value in SPEED World Challenge, it feels great to have this kind of support for the 2009 season." said World Challenge Co-Chair Peter Cunningham.

"There will be plenty to race for in 2009 and I would expect several more announcements about new partnerships as our season unfolds. We thank Debaufre, AutoWeek and Bondurant for what theyll each bring to the SPEED World Challenge season and what it allows us to give back to our fans."

March 18th to the 20th marks the beginning of the 2009 SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge season and will be held at Sebring International Raceway as part of the 57th Annual Mobil-1 12 Hours of Sebring race. - 15432

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