Cobra Powersports Racing Sponsorship News

TGB 2005 Motorsports Sponsorships

The team at Cobra Powersports is made up of 110% gear heads. We all love to race cars, drive sports cars and motorcycles. No wonder we have a soft spot for motorsports racing teams. In the past, you may have seen famous drivers like Al Unser, Jr. and Scott Sharp riding our scooters around the pits.

Factory Five Racing - National Championship Race

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Today, you can see the following motorsports teams with the TGB products in the pits:

Hyper Sport Racing
Scooters of Choice: TGB Delivery 150, TGB 303R Laser 49cc and TGB 303R Laser 49cc Drivers: Joe Foster, Rick Skelton Website: http://www.hyper-sport.net/main.html Race Series: Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series About the Series: The Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series is operated by NASCAR. The series is the fastest growing prototype sports car racing in the world and is attracting the best drivers in the world, inluding such greats as Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Casey Mears, Scott Dixson, bobby Labonte, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Bryan Herta, Dario Franchitti, Jamie McMurray, Scott Pruett, Boris Said, Max Angelelli, Butch Leitzinger, Andy Wallace, Stefan Johnasson, Paul Tracy, Terry Borcheller, Max Papis, and many more. Race Car: Daytona Prototype Engine: Infinity V-8
About The Team: Based in Atlanta, GA, Hyper Sport Engineering is an entity with roots in racing, automotive marketing, racing car build and service, customer service and engineering. Besides running their own race team, Hyper Sport also offers services to club racers, pro racers, and high end sports car owners. Services offering through Hyper Sport Engineering include; Rebuild and upgrade stock engines, build full-race engines, race preparation, trackside services, organize track events, coaching, wiring harnesses, shock dyno testing, roll cage installation and suspension upgrades. Hyper Sport Engineering partnered with Kirt Wightman, former Director of Operations, for Lotus Cars, USA. Wightman’s role with Lotus armed him with the automobile brand as well as the dealer network and owners. He brings a wealth of knowledge about the types of products needed in the Lotus market place as well as the elevated needs of street and race car preparation. As part owner of a Lotus Racing team, Rapier Racing, Wightman incorporates his knowledge of performance enhancements with the development of the original Lotus product line of parts for Hyper Sport Engineering. He is an integral part to the performance parts sales end of the business. While Lotus is a product line that Hyper Sport Engineering will provide, additional manufacturer parts will be available online or at the Atlanta facility for sale in the very near future.

Joe Foster
Joe is a regular competitor in the American Le Mans Series since the inaugural Petit Le Mans in 1998. Joe has successfully competed in various forms of road racing around the world from karting to Formula Ford 1600, Russell Mazda, Formula Ford 2000, British Formula Three, Motorola Cup, Grand Am and, of course, the ALMS. Foster is also the Chief Driving Instructor of the Panoz Racing School , one of the premier road racing schools in the world. At the Panoz Racing School , Joe oversees curriculum design, instructor training and the competition aspects of the quickly growing Panoz GT and Panoz Pro Series race events.

Rick Skelton
Rick began racing in college in 1984 and soon moved up the ranks of the competitive HSR vintage racing ladder and won a championship there. His desire to race professionally led him to the Skip Barber and Panoz Racing Schools where he went on to win in the amateur series run by each school. Rick then moved into the IMSA-sanctioned Panoz Pro Racing Series where he took 2nd place in the 2002 championship. He has raced in front of hundreds of thousands of pro racing spectators from Sebring , Florida to Mosport , Canada .

Jensen Motorsport

Scooters of Choice: TGB 303R Laser
Driver: Ryan Spencer-Smith
Website: http://www.ryanss.com
Race Series: SCCA Formula Atlantic (FA)
Race Car: Swift DB014-A
Engine: Toyota
For 2005, Ryan has joined Jensen Motorsport Toyota Atlantic program. Ryan is competing locally and nationally in SCCA with plans to compete professionally in 2006. His accomplishments include Regional victories at Infineon Raceway California in addition to a well-earned National victory at Daytona International Speedway in 2005.

Ryan Spencer-Smith
Ryan began racing shifter karts when he was 14 years old and was awarded his Professional Kart SKUSA license by age 15. During the year 2003, Ryan earned his National SCCA license through the Jim Russell Program in Northern California. In 2004, Ryan earned his FIA International Class C License after successfully completing BMW USA's open wheel (BMW FB2) school in Valencia, Spain.

Whitley Racing
Scooters of Choice: TGB 303R Laser Driver: Laurie Whitley Race Series: NHRA Pro Stock Drag Racing Race Car: Ford Thunderbird Engine: Ford Whitley Motorsports based in Hendersonville , NC. Kurt Whitley , now crew chief and team manager, was a drag racer when he met and married Laurie.

Laurie Whitley
After several years watching Kurt race, Laurie expressed an interest in becoming a driver herself. In 1992 they built her first car. The rest is history. Laurie Whitley drives the sleek Ford Thunderbird while Kurt does the mechanic work and handles the “care and feeding” of his driver.