FIRST TIME STAR MAZDA RACER RICHARD KENT WINS RACE, AMERICAN JOHN EDWARDS WINS CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2008 STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FINALE

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / Oct. 18 – It was a thing of both myth and legend, a race that saw the mysterious stranger come out of nowhere and win from the pole in his first ever time in the car or on the track… but the eserving, hard-working, charming young American who put together a spectacular season goes on to win the championship and the huge, coveted prize that goes with it.

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-- THE TWILIGHT ZONE RETURNS --
First-time Star Mazda Racer Richard Kent qualifies on pole, three drivers under the track record on a cold, foggy morning at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / Oct. 18 – So apparently the first Practice on Thursday morning in which first-time Star Mazda racer Richard Kent set the fastest time wasn't an aberration after all; in qualifying on a cold, foggy morning at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Kent, an English karting champion with a background in the European Formula Palmer Audi series and a few Formula Renault U.K. races earlier this season, put the #77 Andersen Racing / Traka / Allied Building Supplies Mazda on pole for the final race of the 2008 Star Mazda Champion ship presented by Goodyear with a fast lap of 1:19.935.

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AFTER A 'TWILIGHT ZONE' SESSION IN THE MORNING STAR MAZDA PRACTICE, THE NORMAL ORDER OF THINGS RE-ASSERTS ITSELF – PRETTY MUCH – IN THE AFTERNOON

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / Oct. 17 – With the first Practice of the morning delivering a shock to the system for everyone on the grid in the form of a total newcomer setting fast time his first time in the car -- Richard Kent, an English karting champion with a background in the European Formula Palmer Audi series drove the #77 Andersen Racing / Traka / Allied Building Supplies Mazda to a fast lap of 1:21.074.

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SURPRISE NEW NAME AT THE TOP OF THE TIME SHEETS IN FIRST STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP Practice AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / Oct. 17 -- After most of a season of seeing the same half-dozen names at the top of the time sheets in practice, and race results, a new name has popped up – Richard Kent, an English karting champion with a background in the European Formula Palmer Audi series. Driving the #77 Andersen Racing / Traka Mazda, Kent – in his first time at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and his first outing in a Star Mazda race car – set a fast lap of 1:12.074.

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-- AND THEN THERE WERE THREE –
A trio of top young racers, two Americans and an Irishman, are in the fight of their young careers for one of auto racing's most coveted prizes – the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Driver Development Ladder scholarship

The 2008 Star Mazda Championship season has been simultaneously lop-sided and exciting; two drivers have won eight of the 11 races so far, but each of them has experienced the sort of adversity that either builds character or de-rails careers.

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