NayKid Racing Locks-In Lux For Three Years
PUYALLUP, WASH., February 5, 2004 -
With an eye towards retaining one of the most
successful women race drivers in history, NayKid
Racing owner Scotty B. White announced today
that Cindi Lux would increase her role with the
Puyallup, Washington-based organization. Lux,
from Portland Oregon, has been named Managing
Director of NayKid Racing and has signed a
three-year contract extension to drive the No.
78 NayKid Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Lux,
whose name is synonymous with motorsports'
success, was the 2003 SCCA Northern Pacific
Division T1 Champion and Oregon National Driver
of the Year. She and White teamed for the first
time in 2003 with impressive results in the
Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) T1 class.
In her increased role with the team, Lux will
direct many of the business aspects of NayKid
Racing including sponsor relations, driver
development, supplier relations and the
expansion of future new technologies. White and
Lux will also work closely on decisions that
impact the direction of the team in the future.
Included among these new business areas will be
trackside support for the Corvette club track
days and technical/chassis assistance for
drivers. Other programs will involve corporate
appreciation days for on-track driving programs
as well as endurance go-kart racing programs for
businesses or groups.
The 1999 Women's Global GT Series (WGGTS)
champion in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS),
will also be organizing NayKid Racing's move
into the aftermarket performance product
business. NayKid Racing-branded performance
packages for C5 Corvettes will utilize the same
high-performance products that the team uses in
competition. This new role takes advantage of
Lux's successful motorsports' business
background as well as her position as one of the
nation's top development and instructional
drivers.
"I think this collaboration with Scotty is a
fantastic progression for the both of us,"
offered an enthusiastic Lux. "This is going to
be fantastic because it allows me to focus on
some new areas of development for the team.
Scotty is a class act and, over the past five
years, has grown NayKid Racing from a start-up
to one of the most dominating teams in amateur
motorsports. His vision for the future really
links well with mine. I am extremely eager to
continue to share my knowledge of the industry
from both a driver and management perspective.
But don't get the wrong idea; I plan to be out
there competing on the track for a long-time to
come. What Scotty and I are putting together
here should continue to payoff for NayKid Racing
well into the future. I want to be a part of
that on the track."
Beyond her WGGTS title, Lux has two Petit Le
Mans Porsche GT starts in the ALMS with two
top-five finishes in 1999 and 2000, has earned
eight road racing championships with 60 career
wins, 49 podium finishes and 37 pole positions
and two 24 hour race wins at Nelson Ledges. She
scored three SCCA wins in 2003, a pole position,
the Hard Charger Award at Phoenix and started
and finished in the top-five at the Valvoline
SCCA Runoffs.
"I am really jacked-up that Cindi wants to
hang with us on a long-term basis," said White
who, as a driver scored a remarkable tri-fecta
winning the 2003 T1 Divisional title in the
Southern Pacific SCCA division, as well as the
'03 SCCA Pro Solo and Solo II class
Championships. "We're looking forward to
expanding what NayKid Racing does and Cindi has
the expertise and knowledge to take us further
into different places. Sometimes I am so
involved in my trucking business that I can't
always address things as quickly as I would
like; having Cindi as the 'go-to' person is a
great asset. This team is like my baby. We grew
it from scratch. Like your own child; you don't
just trust it to anyone. I can't think of anyone
else that I would feel comfortable entrusting
with this. I feel that this is a great step
forward for both NayKid Racing and for Cindi."
NayKid Racing won 11 of 13 T1 races entered
in 2003, earned 15 podium finishes, 11 pole
positions and set six track records. Since its
creation in 1998, NayKid has earned six SCCA
division T1 titles, as well as five SCCA Pro
Solo Championships and seven Solo II titles. The
team made history at Mosport in 1999 becoming
the first Corvette team to win a SPEED World
Challenge GT race. White finished as runner-up
in Rookie of the Year honors that same year.
Over the course of his two season participation
in SPEED World Challenge GT, White finished in
the top-10, an amazing 78% of the time!
To learn more about NayKid Racing, visit
www.naykidracing.com. Or about Cindi Lux,
visit
www.CindiLux.com |