NayKid in California � Lux and White to Close World Challenge Season at Laguna Seca

NayKid Racing “Home” Track Comes as Viper Comp. Coupe Program on UpsurgeMONTEREY, Calif., October 17, 2007 � NayKid Racing's first season back in the SCCA Speed World Challenge comes to an end on Sunday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Cindi Lux (Aloha, Ore.) and Scotty B. White's (Lake Tapps, Wash.) limited schedule with a pair of Dodge Viper Competition Coupes started off slowly but gained momentum quickly as the NayKid Racing team became more knowledgeable of the V10-powered machines. Entering NayKid Racing's sixth and final race of the season on Sunday, October 21 at the team's adopted �home' track in Monterey, Calif., the energy and excitement are high for the two Northwest-based drivers. Recent events at North America's premier road courses have shown the program on an upsurge that the team hopes to culminate in its best performance of the season at this weekend SPEED World Challenge GT race on the Monterey Peninsula. Since a less-than-satisfactory debut on the tight confines of the Long Beach Grand Prix street course, the No. 2 Dodge/Mintex Brakes/MOMO Dodge Viper Competition Coupe of Lux and the No. 3 Corsa Performance/Forgeline Dodge Viper Comp. Coupe of White have shown impressive speed on the natural terrain courses. Most recently, at Road Atlanta, the team regularly ran in the top-10 of practice, qualifying and the race before a sudden rainstorm and red flag put White off-course and Lux out of contention for a top-10, respectively. This Sunday's race, the final event to be held on the Monterey Sports Car Championship weekend, has drawn the largest SPEED GT entry list of the season. The additional competition and major status of the event is just the kind of scenario that Lux and White covet.Both Lux and White are pleased that their final opportunity to secure a top finish comes at Laguna Seca. The front-engine, American supercar is better matched to the long, flowing road course than the narrow street tracks raising the team's expectations. Further buoying the anticipation of the one hour race is that each driver has extensive time on Laguna Seca's 2.238-mile, 11-turn track. The venue was a regular stop for White while contesting the SoPac Division T1 championship in SCCA Club Racing. He helped use the track to spur an impressive four SoPac titles in five seasons. Lux's experience at the track is nearly as strong and, combined; the two feel confident that they will have their best results of the season this weekend. Lux currently has the team's best results with an 11th at Mosport Int'l Raceway and 13th (twice, Miller and Road Atlanta). She also won the Piloti Rookie of the Race for highest placing first-year driver at the Miller event. White's speed and racecraft has been impressive with just bad luck harming his overall results. White has regularly raced into the top-10 before misfortune has taken its toll. He earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for most positions gained at Miller Motorsports Park on his way to a 15th-place result and matched that at a rain-soaked Mosport event where drying conditions destroyed his wet-weather tires and dropped him from a certain top-10. The SPEED GT race from Laguna Seca can be seen on SPEED Channel, Saturday, October 28 at 4:30 pm (ET). QuotesCindi Lux, Driver, No. 2: “Taking our momentum from the last few races will be an important shot in the arm for Laguna. Both Scotty and I have a ton of time at this track but just not in Viper Comp. Coupes. It's kind of funny, it was a year ago at this race that Scotty, Fred and I attended as observers and decided to join the Series. One year later, here we are ready to throttle-up and get our first top-ten finish. We have been knocking on the door for the past couple of races for a top-10 finish and it feels good. Plus, World Challenge will not be coming back to this track next year so it's even more important we put our names in the record books now.”Scotty B. White, Driver, No. 3: “Boy what a year it's been and man has it flown by! Our welcome back to SPEED GT hasn't been filled with all the glory we hoped for, especially my personal results. But it's been fun and it feels great to be back home on the West coast at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I love this track and Cindi and I have always had a lot of fun during our race weekends here in Monterey. I know we'll see a lot of friends and family here and being at a track where I can remember which way the next corner goes ought to be a big help! Fred, Matt and the guys have really been starting to get these Dodge Vipers dialed-in and I just hope we can finally showcase some of the speed we have found on a nice, dry track we are familiar with. Stay tuned!” For more on NayKid Racing please see www.NayKidRacing.com
Information on Cindi Lux is at www.CindiLux.com
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