Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch - October 2007

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Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch News October 2007 Edition

Book Your Seats NOW before Prices Increase on November 1!

Dear Kristina,

Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch has been a whirlwind of activity since our last newsletter.  Not only have we just completed our fabulous new Corvette Building for Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School students, we’ve also launched a brand new website designed to incorporate ALL of the features at the Ranch, including RADICAL programs, CLUB SPRING MOUNTAIN, our exclusive Private Motorsports Country Club for members only, and of course, our DRIVING SCHOOL programs, designed to help you discover the THRILL of performance driving.    Just a reminder…if you want to take advantage of one of our adrenaline-packed 1-, 2- or 3-day Driving Programs, NOW is the time! Reserve your seats before our scheduled price increase November 1, 2007 for the Corvette Advanced Driving School, or the Radical Experience-Radical Racing School.  We’re still hundreds of dollars under the price of our competitors’ schools and not only offer the best in instruction, but the most track time - just ask our students! If you register and pay your deposit before the price increase is in effect (November 1, 2007) you can still experience the thrill of the racetrack at a lower price.  Save hundreds of dollars by calling NOW at 800.391.6891 or click here for additional information. With so many new Club Spring Mountain members, we’ve seen a higher interest in our rentable garage/storage spaces.  Garage spaces are limited…if you are interested in storing your car at Spring Mountain, don’t wait - call today!

We’ll see you at the track!

Club Spring Mountain’s Fall Fantasy Car Fest! Invited guests from Lamborghini of Las Vegas, GMG Racing, and Wynn-Penske Ferrari/Maserati joined our own members of Club Spring Mountain for an exciting event on the October 13-14, 2007 at the ultimate destination - Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch. fall fantasy cars Members and guests had the opportunity to preview and receive rides in the fabulous new Lamborghini Superleggera, Murcielago LP640 Roadster, the Saleen S7 Twin Turbo and the Gallardo Spyder, courtesy of Lamborghini of Las Vegas, on Saturday.  On Sunday, the Wynn-Penske team brought along some beautiful cars, including the F-430 Spyder, Maserati, and more.

fallfantasy drivers meetingAfter the Driver’s meeting in our newly completed Corvette Building, run groups were assembled and the drivers enjoyed the track to the fullest!  A sumptuous catered lunch was provided by Lamborghini of Las Vegas on Saturday, and by Club Spring Mountain on Sunday.  Members and guests enjoyed a Fantasy Car Parade each day after lunch, where new friendships were made, along with several new members of Club Spring Mountain who signed up at the event.

yellow radicalParticipants also lined up for a few  thrill rides in the lightning-fast Radical cars, where members of Club Spring Mountain who are also Radical Owners engaged in some friendly rivalries on the track in the advanced group.  Our Radical Cup Series Championship is nearly finished for the season, and participants are getting ready for next year’s competition.  View our new and pre-owned Radicals for Sale. 

clubhouse constructionClub Spring Mountain members were thrilled to see the completion of the Corvette Building, and to find the Member’s-Only Clubhouse under construction, going full-throttle with an estimated completion of early 2008!  Our fabulous new clubhouse, exclusively for members of Club Spring Mountain, will feature 8000 square feet of deluxe amenities, including a plush lounge area with a full kitchen for entertainment, an elevated viewing station, Plasma TVs for watching track activities, spa area, Jacuzzi, and much more.


For additional information about Club Spring Mountain, please visit our website or contact us.

Corvette Happenings Yellow Corvette

Below is a list of upcoming Corvette Events for the next few months.  Our representatives will be in attendance at each of these events, so please feel free to stop by!

October 19-21, 2007 ALMS & Speed World Challenge, Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA www.corvettemuseum.comOctober 30 - November 2, 2007 SEMA, Las Vegas, NV www.semashow.comNovember 10-11, 2007 Corvette Museum HPDE at Spring Mountain www.corvettemuseum.com

February 9-10, 2008 Corvette Track Days, Spring Mountain, Pahrump NV http://www.springmountainmotorsports.com/corvette-track-days/

April 5-6, 2008 Corvette Track Days, Spring Mountain, Pahrump NV http://www.springmountainmotorsports.com

Looking forward to seeing you at any of these Corvette events.

Chevrolet News

By Janet Curran  Ariel Atom

Corvette School students have been thrilled to drive our brand new 2008 Jet Stream Blue Z51 436 bhp Corvette with dual mode exhaust. November will bring another exciting addition to the Spring Mountain Corvette stable when our super charged 560 bhp Callaway Corvette arrives to join in regular class rotation. This brings our current Corvette inventory up 24 cars including 505 bhp Z06s and 400 bhp Z51 6 speeds and automatic paddle shifters. New cars are in the pipeline and our 2004 C5 Z06™s will soon be phased out. If you want to drive one of the fantastic and classic C5 Z06™s, you need to sign up for a Corvette class while they are still School cars.Tombstone ladiesJanet Curran and Mark Carruthers journeyed to Tombstone, Arizona, the “town too tough to die” - for the Corvettes and Ghost Riders 7th Annual Tombstone Run. Participants came from as far away as Canada to attend this world-renowned event. Saturday morning saw Corvettes of every generation parked along the streets of Tombstone where more than 100 years ago horses and gunfights were the norm. Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch was honored to be one of the sponsors for this event.Be on the lookout for Spring Mountain staff at the upcoming SEMA Show in the Central Hall at booth #21145.


In This Issue
Club Spring Mountain’s Fall Fantasy Car Fest
Corvette Happenings
NEW Corvette Building, Staff & Website

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Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch continues our dramatic development plans with the recent completion of new facilities for our Advanced Driving School operations.  Our new 7,891 square-foot building features a larger classroom with seating for 30 students, plasma TV’s, a merchandise store, mechanical shop, kitchenette, office space and storage for our growing fleet of Corvettes used exclusively for training.   To accommodate our growing operations, we are thrilled to announce the latest two additions to our staff: 

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Mark Carruthers

Mark Carruthers has joined our staff as our National Director of Sales and Marketing.  In 1996  Mark moved to Vegas from Santa Rosa CA to get into real estate, working with muti-family acquisitions and building a real estate sales team.  Mark’s hobbies are motorsports driven.  He has raced with the SCCA, taking the championship in SSB then moved to Spec Miata.  He comments on his new position, Working with Spring Mountain is a dream job for me, to mix motorsports with sales and marketing is right up my alley!”

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Debbie Pollock

Debbie joins Spring Mountain as our Southern California Sales Representative.  Debbie has long had a passion for motorsports, as she has helped her son Cory realize his dream of being a professional racer.  Cory is leading in the rookie points in the pros and is expected to become 2007 “Rookie of the Year” in Dwarf Cars.  Debbie is a natural people person with years of experience in mortgage sales, and looks forward to expanding our customer base in southern California. 

Spring Mountain Website

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Check out our new website, which is a great resource with information about our specialized driving programs and events!

For additional information about our expansion plans, Club Membership, or our Driving Schools, call us TOLL FREE at 800.391.6891, or just stop by.  We love to share the plans for our new facilities, which are designed to make your experience at Spring Mountain more enjoyable and memorable!

Our Partners:

Goodyear

Meguiars

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Piloti

John Bean

National Corvette Museum

On behalf of the management and staff, we would like to THANK YOU for reading the latest Edition of the Spring Mountain Motorsports News.  We appreciate your business and support, and look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events!

Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch

3601 South Highway 160      Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch

Pahrump, NV  89048

TOLL FREE: 800.391.6891

Local:  775.727.6363

FAX:  775.727.6366

www.RaceSpringMountain.com

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Dramatic Development for Motorsports Enthusiasts

Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch continues dramatic development plans as gateway for motorsports enthusiasts

Pahrump, Nev. (October 22, 2007) — Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch located just 45 miles from the glittering lights of Las Vegas continues its dramatic development plans with the recent completion of new facilities for the Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School operations.

The new 7,891 square-foot building is dedicated exclusively for the Corvette Driving School, and features include a larger classroom with seating capacity for up to 30 students, plasma TVs, a merchandise store, mechanical shop, kitchenette, office space and storage for the school’s growing fleet of 23 C6 Z51 and Z06 Corvettes used solely for training.

The existing 5,000 square-foot building at Spring Mountain will be used for the popular Radical Racing School operations, the new Lotus Performance Driving School, administrative offices, and future expansion plans.

“We’ve accelerated our development to realize our vision of Spring Mountain being a world-class motorsports facility that is a gateway for all motorsports enthusiasts,” says co-owner Brad Rambo. “Our growth is continuing at a record pace, and we now have 37 dedicated employees to serve our guests and expanded driving school operations. Too, we just launched our new website which is a great resource of information about our specialized driving programs and events.”

“The completion of the new Corvette building is significant as it allows us to dedicate more resources to our ever-growing and successful Corvette Driving School operations, and we now have more space to expand the Radical Racing School and Lotus Performance Driving School programs,” added co-owner John Morris. “We are also focused on our members-only clubhouse for Club Spring Mountain, an exclusive motorsports country club, and we’re still selling memberships for a limited time. The new 8,000-square foot clubhouse includes a viewing station, spa area, Jacuzzi, and full kitchen is already under construction, and we expect it to be ready for our members in the first quarter of 2008.”

Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School offers a variety of adrenaline-packed driving programs aimed at providing guests an unforgettable track experience. Driving school participants can log up to 300 miles on the track, and the training repertoire includes one, two and three-day Corvette Advanced Driving Schools, two-day Radical Racing Schools, and two and three-day Lotus Performance Driving Schools. Weekend programs are available, along with private driving instruction, with prices starting at $500 for one-day programs.

For reservations or for more information, call toll free 800-391-6891 or 775-727-6363, e-mail info@springmountainmotorsports.com or visit the new website at www.springmountainmotorsports.com.

ABOUT SPRING MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS RANCH

Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch is a 193-acre facility for motorsports enthusiasts located in Pahrump, Nevada. The racetrack consists of various configurations within a 3.5-mile road course. The “original” north/south road course is 2.2 miles in length and features elevation changes totaling approximately 50 feet. The newest section of the Motorsports Ranch, now known as the West Track - or Radical Loop - is 1.5 miles in length and includes two banked corners, one dramatic blind drop, and one technical off-camber corner, along with a screaming fast straight, serving as an adrenaline packed experience for the ultimate in driving excitement. The track was designed to keep the car in constant transition, which provides the drivers with full feedback.

The Nevada-based firm is headed by John Morris and Brad Rambo, two motorsports enthusiasts from California who have founded successful businesses in other industries (www.AdvancedAccess.com and www.IndependentTradingCo.com). Morris and Rambo originally purchased the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch facility in July 2004, and since the change of ownership, the partners have expanded the racetrack from 2.2 miles to 3.5 total miles, developed and built a 5,000 square-foot administration building, an 8,000 square-foot building dedicated to Corvette Driving School operations, constructed four garage buildings with 56 garages for rental, and have tripled the revenues of the Advanced Driving School and track rental operations. In May 2006, the partners launched Club Spring Mountain, a Private Motorsports Country Club with special amenities including and a members-only club house with viewing tower and guaranteed track time for its members.

SPRING MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS RANCH is an independently owned and operated Nevada LLC, privately funded and headquartered in Pahrump, Nevada. Additional information about Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School can be obtained by calling toll free 800.391.6891, or 775.727.6363, by email info@springmountainmotorsports.com, or by visiting the new website at www.springmountainmotorsports.com.

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