Sean Rayhall Tests At Road Atlanta
February 20, 2009
(Atlanta, GA - Feb 17, 2009) Young 13 year old professional open-wheel race car driver Sean Rayhall (from Winston, GA) will be testing at the famous Road Atlanta road course this week on February 19th with Comprent Motorsports (from Athens, GA) in a Formula Enterprise class race car. "I can't wait to work with Kevin Kloeper and Comprent Motorsports again" mentioned Rayhall. "The last time I tested a car with them, it was phenomenal, and I couldn't have asked for any more from the team."
Rayhall is preparing for the 2009 Skip Barber (open-wheel) National Championship after winning 9 of 12 Skip Barber Regional races last year on the way to winning the 2008 Skip Barber Southeastern Region Championship, making Rayhall the youngest ever open wheel Champion in North America. Sean Rayhall is hoping to follow up his brief 4-race debut in the Skip Barber National series in 2008, where he became the youngest open-wheel National event race winner, when he won the New Jersey race at the age of only 13. With strong hopes for more race wins in 2009 and the opportunity to win the National Championship at the age of 14, Rayhall's goal is to be the youngest driver to ever win an open wheel "National" Championship in North America.
Rayhall also commented that "Road Atlanta is not only my home race track, but it's also my favorite, I'm really looking forward to getting in the car this week." Rayhall has been testing often over the winter off-season months in preparation for the 2009 championship season, and will follow the Road Atlanta test this week with additional outings at Sebring and Talladega race tracks prior to the Skip Barber National Championship season opener on March 17th at Sebring raceway in Florida.
About Sean Rayhall - http://www.seanrayhall.com/
Rayhall starting his racing career at the age of 8 he quickly earned consistent race wins and accumulating championships in various series and Go-Kart racing classes. In the past few years, Rayhall has claimed 5 Georgia State Karting Championships, progressed to the professional Skip Barber Regional Championships where he quickly defined himself as the driver to beat, and was finally promoted to the Skip Barber National Championship where he won his 2nd ever national race. Rayhall continues to (unofficially) break track records in various types of cars, and testing with various professional racing teams to prepare for a professional car driving career. Everyone that has worked with him is amazed at his progress and skills at such a young age. Rayhall is currently ranked 15th of all prospective (young) open-wheel drivers in the U.S. by the industry professionals at "DeepThrottle.com", where Rayhall is also the youngest of the drivers ranked.
About Comprent Motorsports - http://www.comprent.net/jcms/
Comprent Motor Sports is the legendary Athens, GA based team founded by Kevin Kloepfer is a full service racing team with over 20 years of experience. Comprent has enjoyed countless success in National and Pro-Level open-wheel and sports-car categories including Formula Atlantic, IMSA Lites, Star Mazda, and the Camel Lites GTP Series competing at many of the biggest races throughout America and Canada including the Daytona 24 Hour. Comprent is the reigning IMSA Lites 1 Team and Drivers' Champions. These wins add to their 2006 BOSS Historic Formula Championship (IndyCar), 2005 SCCA Sports 2000 National Championship and 1990 SCCA Formula Atlantic National Championship. From its extensive facilities in North East Georgia, Comprent's in-house technicians and engineers specialize in preparation, fabrication, machining, transmissions, composites, data acquisition, and driver coaching. Comprent is also Élan Motorsport Technologies' IMSA Lites customer service representative, the official USA distributor of Elite Racing Transmissions, and agents for Pi Research systems and Bald Spot Sports seat kits.