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March 7, 2005

Volkswagen Season Opener at California Speedway,
Fontana, CA

photo courtesy of Head-On Photos

Erickson Motorsports will open the 2005 season with the US Touring Car Series at California Speedway March 12-13. This extremely popular touring car format is back for its fifth straight year. Created in 2000, the Hankook United States Touring Car Championship (USTCC) features door-to-door racing action between some of the most popular sport compact sedans.

“I am really looking forward to this event,” said Brett Erickson team owner and driver for the #12 Volkswagen Golf IV touring car. ”I would expect it to be a strong field for this event, and I am very much looking forward to representing Volkswagen once again. This will be a new track and a new series for us so we will need to get up to speed very quickly. We made some suspension changes to the car during testing that improved drivability and significantly increased our speed. It has been a long winter and we are certainly ready to give it our best shot.”

The USTCC races on some of America's greatest racing circuits and also provides thrilling action as the support race for several high profile motorsport events, including the inaugural San Jose Grand Prix with the Champ Car Series in July. In addition to Honda and Acura, many other prominent manufactures make up the field such as BMW, Audi, Subaru, Mazda, Dodge, and Saturn. The Volkswagen Bay Area Dealer Ad Association sponsored #12 Volkswagen Golf VR6 will compete in the series for the first time.
 
Erickson Motorsports is still in search of a title sponsor that would compliment the team and help advance racing development. This would enable the Volkswagen racing program to continue to compete at the highest level of racing.

For more information please visit:
 
www.ustcc.com
www.californiaspeedway.com

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