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Personal: Born January 12, 1973. Likes Mexican and Italian food. Favorite thing to watch on TV is
SPEED World Challenge. Road America is his favorite track and Boris Said is his racing hero.
Year Class Starts Wins Top-5 Top-10 Pts. Fin. (T10)
2008 TC 10 1 4 7 5
Totals WC 10 1 4 7 5
JOEY SCARALLO
JO-ee scu-RELL-o
Hauppauge, N.Y.
Age: 30
2008: Drove Pontiac GTO in nine events, recording a best finish of seventh
at Watkins Glen.
Previously: Started racing career with F2000 in 1996. Tried Formula
Atlantic in 2000. Raced Trans-Am from 2001 - 2005. In 2007, raced Indy
Lights.
Personal: Born November 29, 1978. First job was working in a warehouse.
Drives a Pontiac GTO on the street. Favorite food is chicken parmesan and
favorite TV show is Two and a Half Men. Mosport is his favorite track and Emerson Fittipaldi is his
racing hero.
Year Class Starts Wins Top-5 Top-10 Pts. Fin. (T10)
2008 GT 9 0 0 1 -
Totals WC 9 0 0 1 -
GUNTAR SCHALDACH
GOON-ter SHAL-dak
Aspen, Colo.
Age: 36
Career Highlights: 2008 SPEED GT Rookie of the Year.
2008: Earned SPEED GT Rookie of the Year honors driving a Lala Motorsports
Dodge Viper. Best finish in eight starts was 13th at New Jersey Motorsports
Park.
Previously: Began racing with Touring Car Racing Association in 2005. Won
first race entered at Buttonwillow Raceway Park driving a 1997 Dodge Viper.
Has since competed in various SCCA regional and National races and Alfa
Romeo Club events. Entered 2007 SPEED GT finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in a Dodge
Viper, finishing 22nd.
Personal: Born February 6, 1973. Is married to Holiday. Team is named after the couple’s daughter
Lala. Is a real estate developer, but first job was taking ads for a newspaper. Drives a Dodge
Dually on the street. Chateubriand steak with Bearnaise sauce is his favorite food and Crash is his
favorite movie. Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is his favorite track.
Year Class Starts Wins Top-5 Top-10 Pts. Fin. (T10)
2007 GT 1 0 0 0 -
2008 GT 8 0 0 0 -
Totals WC 9 0 0 0 -
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BYRON SMITH
BYE-ron SMITH
Holladay, Utah
Age: 56
2008: Entered three SPEED Touring Car rounds in the new BMW 330i.
Earned career-high finish of seventh at Watkins Glen.
Previously: Graduated from the Bob Bondurant Racing School in 1999.
Experience in karting, Spec Miata, BMW CCA Club Racing, Rolex GT and Koni
Challenge. Won Sunoco Hard Charger Award in 2006 SCCA Pro Racing Mazda
MX-5 Cup race at Miller Motorsports Park. Also in 2006, finished 25th at the
25 Hours of Thunderhill. Entered first two rounds of the 2007 SPEED Touring
Car Championship in a Dodge SRT-4. Qualified eighth at Miller Motorsports
Park, but did not log a finish at either race.
Personal: Born November 11, 1952. Is married to Connie with four children and seven grandchildren.
First job was a grocery store bagger, but is now a managed health care services consultant.
Drives a Porsche 911 GT3 on the street. Enjoys Italian food and lists The Office as his favorite TV
show. Miller Motorsports Park is his favorite track.
Year Class Starts Wins Top-5 Top-10 Pts. Fin. (T10)
2007 TC 2 0 0 0 -
2008 TC 3 0 0 1 -
Totals WC 5 0 0 1 -
JAMES SOFRONAS
JAYMS suh-FRO-nus
Newport Beach, Calif.
Age: 40
2008: Finished fourth in the SPEED GT Drivers’ Championship, finishing nine
of 10 rounds in the top 10 driving a Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911
GT3. Earned first World Challenge victory in 99th start at New Jersey
Motorsports Park, which helped Porsche clinch its seventh Manufacturers’
Championship. Entered three SPEED Touring Car events with a Tecmark BMW
325Ci, earning a top-10 finish at each.
Previously: Began racing Showroom Stock B in 1994 and made his World
Challenge debut at Road America, finishing ninth in Super Production. Made
five starts in 1995, finishing in the top-10 twice. In 1996, made three starts in T2 and one in T1,
resulting in two top-10s and a front-row start at Lime Rock. In 1999, made one SPEED Touring Car
start, finishing sixth at Laguna Seca. Won several BMW Club Races. In 2000, made two SPEED GT
starts and two Speedvision Touring Car starts, recording a best finish of 15th in Touring Car at Road
Atlanta. All starts were in BMWs. Ran eight SPEED GT races in a BMW M3 with a season-best finish
of ninth at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Finished 14th overall in points. 2001 USTCC Champion in
a BMW 328i with five wins out of seven races. In 2002, ran in five SPEED Touring Car races driving
a BMW 325is. Recorded one top-10 finish at Mosport (second race) in sixth place. Started on
the front row at Road America. Recorded one top-10 finish in nine SPEEDTouring Car starts in 2003.
In 2004, ran the full 10-event SPEED Touring Car slate, recording four top-five and nine top-10 finishes
in a BMW 325Ci. Finished fourth in the Driver’s point championship standings. Led the majority
of the event at Mosport before finishing fourth. In 2005 raced in SPEED GT for the first time
since 2001, piloted a Porsche 911 Cup to a pair of top-five finishes and three top-10s. Best qualifier
came at Lime Rock, where he started fourth and finished third. At Laguna, started eighth on the
grid before winding up fifth. Finished ninth in the 2006 SPEED GT Driver’s Championship behind
the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT3. Recorded three top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes. In 2007,
continued SPEED GT racing in his Global Motorsports Group Porsche 911 GT3, collecting five top-10
finishes. Best result was a fifth at Sebring. Entered all but the final round of the SPEED Touring Car
Championship in a Tecmark/GMG BMW 325Ci. Earned three top-five finishes, including runner-up
finishes at Lime Rock Park and the second half of the Watkins Glen doubleheader. Finished seventh
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