Highroller Motorsports has a new website and also releases biography about its main driver and company President, Anthony Gourley. The new website gives a great overview of what Highroller Motorsports will be able to provide to companies with its winning driver Anthony Gourley.
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) October 14, 2005 -- Highroller Motorsports of San Jose, California, officially kicked off there online website http://www.HighrollerMotorsports.com on October 11, 2005. Highroller Motorsports online site will serve as an informational site about Highroller Motorsports, as well as a site to purchase Highroller Motorsports apparel. With the new website, the public can now find ample information about their promising driver, Anthony Gourley.
Highroller Motorsports is proud to have this 4th generation racecar driver in the driver’s seat. One of the up and coming stars of the auto-racing world, Anthony Gourley continues an auto racing tradition that the Baggott family have maintained in an unbroken fashion since the 1920s -- virtually since the inception of the sport.
Edmund Baggott, Anthony's Great Grandfather who was, himself, an accomplished dirt car driver was most remembered for owning and sponsoring the Lyndale Auto Service Special driven by Rogio Jack, the first African American dirt track racer in the United States. During a time of limited options for African Americans, Edmund Baggott fought racism and ill-will to put Rogio on the track, and to open up new doors and opportunities for drivers, regardless of color or gender.
Jack Baggott, Anthony’s Grandfather and mentor in the sport, had a long history in racing and raced both midgets and antique midgets until he died of cancer at age 77. He also owned the oldest, and one of the most respected, used car dealerships in Santa Clara County. Where, for 53 years, his solid black antique midget (number 999) sat in front of his dealership every day.
Close to the Baggott/Gourley family, was the Billy Vukovich racing family. This family has one of the most famous names in auto racing, with two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, Billy Vukovich. The ongoing relationship between both families has permitted our driver, Anthony Gourley, to learn and be mentored by some of the most famous and historically significant family names in racing.
Third generation driver, Dona Gourley continued where her father, Jack Baggott, left off, and has carried on the family auto racing tradition by racing midgets on various occasions, and at assorted venues, throughout her life.
Anthony Gourley began his racing career at the age of four, racing go-karts and accompanying his grandfather and mother to an assortment of tracks, all over the West Coast. A promising Sprint Car driving career was put on hold to attend college at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Soon after graduating in 2001 (with a degree in Environmental Science), Anthony once again began pursing his racing career by entering local go-karting events and races to regain his coordination and driving skills. In 2004 Anthony became a fulltime driver, racing in the Corporate American Modified Series (CAM car series) at Altamont Raceway in Livermore, California.
Winning an astounding five main events last year in just seven races, and never finishing lower than fourth place, Anthony Gourley finished second in the overall points championship and had the fastest lap time of the year. After again dominating the Corporate American Modified Series this year, Anthony has broadened his focus to include another racetrack, the All-American Speedway in Roseville California.
Anthony’s accolades and successes don’t end there, though. This year, at Altamont Raceway, he has 10 main event wins in just 11 races. Following the July 16 race, where he was again the main event winner, it was announced that Anthony had already claimed the point’s championship for 2005 in the Corporate American Modifieds.
Anthony is making the jump to the next level in 2006, racing the Nascar Weekly Racing Series at Stockton 99 Speedway, the ASA Monument Car Parts Super Stock Series at Altamont Raceway, andth the Street Stock Racing Series at All American Speedway. In addition, Highroller Motorsports plans to enter additional racing events at other tracks throughout the state.
Highroller Motorsports works to be a full service Motorsports Marketing company and with the new online home at www.HighrollerMotorsports.com, president and driver Anthony Gourley hopes to attract several new Marketing Partner’s and new race car driver’s for the 2006 racing season.
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