The Devil in the Dark 2013

[RSTPerformance]

RST Performance Racing is happy to officially announce that we will be running the #50 Mazda RX8 at the “Devil In The Dark” 12 hour endurance race. The team has competed in several multi-driver 3hr and 4hr endurance races however this will be the first time that the team takes on a 12hr endurance race. It will also be the first time that we will be racing at night!

At this years event not only will the car turn some heads but we are also excited to announce our driver line-up that should turn even more heads!

Long Time endurance driver/champion: Kirk Knestis
FWD hero: Tim Dugan
Co Pilot: Raymond Blethen
RX8 "pro" driver: Stephen Blethen
5th driver: To Be Announced!

The team of drivers will be supported in pit lane by the same people who have helped make RST Performance Racing so successful over the years:

Crew Chief: Randy Schneiderheinze
Alignment Specialist: Tom Gray
Diagnostics: James Chafe
Gas Man: Justin Abbott

We are also happy to announce that we will be working with SCCA officials to test a possible future tire rule for long distance endurance racing. The car will be set up per the NASA PTC class but will run in the ITX3 class with a street tire restriction putting us in the highly competitive E3 Endurance Class for this event. We are confident that despite the restrictions on the car and the number of pit stops we will need to make, our driver line-up will be able to keep us near the front of the pack against all of the Miata’s!



RST Performance Racing has been competing and supporting SCCA road racing since 1984; Information can be found at www.rstperformance.com. More information about the Devil In The Dark 12 hour endurance race can be found at www.thedevilinthedark.com.