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March 14, 2006 (Shakopee, MN) Justin Bell (Delray Beach, FL) will join Derhaag Motorsports for Round 3 of the Grand American Road Racing Series at the Homestead-Miami Speedway March 25, 2006. He will team with full time driver Randy Ruhlman (Greensboro, NC) in the No. 40 Preformed Line Products Pontiac Riley. Bell will temporarily replace Chris Bingham of Clyde Hill, WA, who will be sitting out a one-race suspension following the Daytona Prototype race in Mexico City. Bingham will return for the Long Beach Grand Prix April 8th.
Bell won the 1997 FIA GT2 championship and the 1998 Le Mans 24 Hour race. He has competed numerous times at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, with multiple class victories. The Great Britain native was also the 2001 Trans-Am Rookie of the Year, scoring two wins in Trans-Am competition. Bell competed with Derhaag Motorsports in the past in Trans-Am and at Daytona, where he set the 2003 GTS qualifying record. Most recently Bell was part of the the # 40 Derhaag Motorsports entry at the 2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona, finishing the race in a very respectable 14 place, with co-drivers Randy Ruhlman, Chris Bingham, and Ron Fellows. Justin is involved with Blue Planet Events, a boutique event marketing and management agency that caters to the wealthy and celebrity car enthusiast by creating unique driving and lifestyle events. http://www.blueplanetevents.com
The Derhaag Motorsports Pontiac Riley carries primary sponsorship from Preformed Line Products with additional sponsorship logos of Coyote Closures®, Park Place Ltd, KeyBank, McDonald Financial Group and Blue Planet Events.
For further information about the drivers, sponsor, team, please visit the following links:
Derhaag Motorsports http://www.derhaag.com/
Randy Ruhlman http://www.randyruhlman.com/
Chris Bingham http://www.chrisbingham.com
Preformed Line Products http://www.preformed.com/
KeyBank http://www.key.com
McDonald Financial Group http://www.key.com/mfg
Park Place Ltd. http://www.parkplaceltd.com
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