Start Racing Young

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Message from a tile contractor / Joey's Mother:

"2011 Racing Season is officially over.  Joey had a FANTASTIC season.  Here are some stats:
 
7 - 1st Place Wins
3 - 2nd Place Wins
4 - 3rd Place Wins
Rest:  Top 5 every race
 
National Points:  Joey is 22nd out of 146 Drivers in his Division across America.  Joey just missed the Championship at his race track due to missing two races while on a family vacation (my fault - as they tell me ).
 
Thank you, Laticrete, for your wonderful sponsorship this year.  We couldn't of done it without you.
 
Joey will now be moving into a bigger/faster race car for the 2012 season.  Hopefully you will be on board for next year.  This winter we will be taking Joey down to Charlotte, NC, for training."

Joey Wins

Email from a proud mother:

"Great news!  Joey placed 1st last night June 1st out of 12 cars.  He started 8th and came in 1st. 

In addition to that, he is now in the lead for points - out of 14 drivers.

Very proud of him. 

www.speedbowl.com

Will send you some pics once I get them from the photographer.  Thanks!"
Jennifer Ternullo
Middletown Ceramic Tile Co.
Middletown, CT

From the Speedbowl website:

"Ternullo dominated the 20-lap Bandolero feature for his first win on the year.  He powered  outside of leader Jordan Lamothe on lap-3 to take command of the race.  From there, Ternullo opened up a large lead before the only caution waved when both Taylor Martin and Rachel Forte retired from the event.  After the yellow flag, Ternullo picked up where he left off and went on to an easy win.  Lamothe finished second and Robby Jones was third."

11 Year Old Son of Tile Contractor Races

I received an email this afternoon:

"Awesome footage from FOXCT News special called "Daytrippers" done by FOX reporter Sarah Cody.

This is very incredible for Joey Ternullo from Middletown Ceramics, but equally as awesome for LATICRETE. Talk about great exposure! This was run on the 10:00 evening news last night and is also here online."

http://www.ctnow.com/videobeta/?watchId=6c51e57c-5db1-406b-b3bd-1810bdf38b13

Laticrete Racing - Start Them Young ....!

A message from a proud Mother:

"Just a quick note to let you know that Joey did fantastic in the first race of the season last night at Waterford Speed Bowl - placing 2nd out of 10 cars!!

We are really proud of him as he is new to this track. The commentator gave a great speech about him after his win. "

Jennifer Ternullo
Middletown Ceramic Tile Co.

Racing Under Green

The son of a Laticrete distributor in Denver races in this Volkswagen “Racing Under Green” series.

Check the YouTube video … look for the Laticrete logo on the hood of one of the cars …!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnHaIVGou8U

Tile Guys Like to Drive Fast Cars

Kent Klaser of Klaser Tile drives fast.

From Kent:

"It's a 1977 930 Turbo chassis that has been completely modified for track use only. We run a 500hp twin turbo and body style is a 996 GT3RS. We run in the POC (Porsche Owners Club) series and NASA series in Southern Ca. Primary race tracks are Willow Springs Raceway and Buttonwillow Raceway. Highlight was in 2007 when we won the POC 4hr Tribute to Lemans race. It ran from 6 pm to 10pm and we took 1st overall with co-driver Urs Gretener. Attached is the cover shot we got in the club newsletter after that event. "


www.klasertile.com

Laticrete Racing In Australia

Racecar - Jason Wyllie of Wyllie Tiles Tasmania Australia

Jason Wyllie - Wyllie Tiles - is a long time distributor of Laticrete products in Tasmania. We are co-sponsoring him this season racing Sprint Cars

LATICRETE Sponsored Race Car on Speed Channel

LATICRETE is sponsoring race car driver Jon McKennedy and the LATICRETE Chevrolet NASCAR Modified car number 21.

The LATICRETE Chevrolet NASCAR Modified qualified for the New Hampshire 100 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event which takes place on Saturday, September 19, 2009 in the 22nd position (of 40 cars).

Look for the LATICRETE Chevrolet Modified car number 21 (pictured) in the New Hampshire 100 to be broadcast nationally on Speed Channel, Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 1:00pm EST.

More information and more photos have been posted to the LATICRETE Racing Website under the Events page. www.laticreteracing.com

We Gotta Bit Banged Up

" .... a driver tried to make a pass on car #22 in probably not so good of a spot, and caught the #22 car on the back bumper. This caused car # 22 to go sideways and then into the grass. Car #22 did not let up on the throttle (as he should have) as he danced around a bit and was trying to get back on track. A few cars got by as he came back on track, and unfortunately, once his car hit pavement shot into traffic. T had almost squeaked by, but luck was not with him at that moment in time. T was going approximately 102 mph, and the other car "T-Boned" him in his passenger side - also going very fast. T's car started sliding and went up 3/4 way on the left side tires, almost flipping over. Fortunately, when the car hit the wet grass it came back down and slid for about 400 feet until it stopped before the guard rail. # 22 car, again caused a mishap that should not have occurred, but this time it was our driver T that lost position and was forced off track, ending T's race for the day and putting his points for the year too far down to even have a shot at the series win, the #22 driver was not in any kind of points challenge.
It was a spectacular crash, and when T's car stopped sliding we waited for the all okay sign from him, we could see him get out of the car and give the corner workers the "ok" sign. Course went to full course caution (yellow) for about 4 laps. As the other drivers came by, it was one of the saddest feelings to know, that T would have a DNF (Did not finish) designation and would not be racing the rest of this race. This was T’s first major incident in 17 consecutive TDI Cup races. T and the other driver were transported to the medical building to be checked out. Although it wasn't needed, there was a police officer standing between the two drivers to keep the peace. We were very proud of T and the way he handled himself.

T is fine and he is ready to race again on Sept. 26th in Atlanta. He said every time he gets to race is like Christmas! "

TaylorBroekemeier.com

LATICRETE Racing!

LATICRETE is proud to sponsor drivers in many racing series across the country.

With cars such as a 2010 Volkswagen® turbo-diesel Jetta and a No. 49 Chevrolet® Monte Carlo, LATICRETE sponsors racers in a variety of competitions, including the 2009 DIRTcar I-5 Northwest Late Model Tour, the clean-diesel fuel technology based Volkswagen® Jetta TDI Cup, and more. Currently, Team LATICRETE is Taylor Broekemeier, Ron Munnerlyn, John Duty and Dennis Pobanz.

Check us out here at www.laticreteracing.com

Maybe You Can Tell ... We Like Racing

We competed this past weekend at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, winning the first race and placing 4th in the second event. I have attached photographs from this past weekend’s event and results from the 5 races run this year. This season, we started 6 races with a record of 4 wins, a 4th place finish and one DNF(Did not finish). We head into the championship race in October one point short of 2nd place and 9 points out of 1st.

Ron Munnerlyn - Laticrete Regional Operations Manager - East Coast

Laticrete Miata Race Team - Update

From our Laticrete Mid-Atlantic Regional Operations Manager:

I've raced four times and won four times .... we're tied for the Southeast Division Championship and fully intend to win!