The Greater Columbus Sports Commission and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course are teaming up once again on a fund-raiser that will allow Sports Commission supporters to experience a high performance driving at the Lexington, Ohio facility.

“A Day In The Loop” at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is scheduled for Thursday, May 13. Cost is $200 per person and includes a half-day driving course, lunch and a photo with your car. Proceeds of the event benefit the Greater Columbus Sports Commission’s sales and marketing efforts.

“We are thrilled to return to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for an event that has been tremendously successful the past two years,” said Brian Timm, director of corporate partnership for the Greater Columbus Sports Commission. “We are excited to again provide our supporters a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience and learn about the Mid-Ohio facility.”

Participants will be schooled on the physics and dynamics of driving, then get behind the wheel of an Acura TSX A-SPEC sport sedan to test their skills in high performance drills, including skid car, slalom and high-speed braking and turning. The experience culminates with an on-track lapping session on Mid-Ohio’s 2.4 mile, 15-turn road course.

For those who cannot attend the driving course, the “Bob Evans Lap & Lunch” program will allow participants to ride around the race track at speed with a professional driver and get their picture taken with their driver and car. Cost for the “Bob Evans Lap & Lunch” program is $50 per person. To register, call Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at 1-877-793-8667.

To learn more about the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, visit www.ColumbusSports.org, and to learn more about the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, visit www.MidOhio.com.

The Greater Columbus Sports Commission was founded in June 2002 to attract professional, amateur, collegiate and youth sporting events to Columbus.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Brent LaLonde                
614-562-0940 (cell)        
BLaLonde@ColumbusSports.org                        
www.ColumbusSports.org                        

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