Rum Bum race ready for his first Rolex 24 at Daytona

Year campaign with the champion racing for Audi Sport customer Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, as they make their debut in the series with the drivers Rolex 24 Plumb, Biela, Winkelhock and Haase.

 Orlando, Florida - Rum Bum Racing will build the team in 2012 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Challenge Championship campaign with a debut in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, which competes in the GT class of the Rolex watches Series with the Audi R8 GRAND-AM.

Rum Bum rider and team manager Matt Plumb will be joined by Audi Sport driver Frank Biela, Christopher Haase and GT1 world champion Markus Winkelhock in Rum Bum Racing No. 13 Audi R8 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series as the opening of the 2013 season Daytona International Speedway on January 26. Strengthening Rum Bum Racing effort, Audi racing customer Sports provide engineering and support parts, if necessary.

Team owner Luis Bacardi Rum Bum Racing developed as an organization that was able to succeed at any level of competition. The group led Joe Varde has a solid track record at the famous Daytona International Speedway, located in the north-east an hour of racing team shop based in Orlando.

The group burst onto the scene GRAND-AM, with a win at Daytona in his debut in 2010, it follows that the effort to recover the pole at Daytona and a repeat win in 2011. Rum Bum finished fifth last year Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge event held before the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 since the team began to awards season championship.

"Mr. Bacardi and the rest of the race Rum Bum team is excited to compete Rolex Series GT with a winning record as Audi," offered Plumb. "They are renowned for their excellence and off the track and know exactly what it takes to win."

After leading the race in his first Daytona Prototype start, Plumb has seven Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona starts under his belt, and is very excited about his eighth. Rum Bum Racing To move to stage even bigger, Audi is ready to credit for your program.

"Audi Sport customer racing has been a pleasure to deal with and did everything possible to make sure you have everything you need to be competitive," said Plumb. "I had a chance to get some laps in the car, and I was very impressed. Clearly they did a huge amount of development in the Audi R8 GRAND-AM, and I can not wait to get back behind the wheel in the Roar".

Audi has had a successful endurance race last year after winning the Bathurst 12-hour race in Australia and the 24-hour races held at the Nurburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Zolder.

The 2013 GRAND-AM season will start with a three-day trial held at 4-6 ahead of the 24-hour race at the end of the month. Rum Bum race will announce further aspects of programming, the 2013 racing team in the new year.