 Team Members
Andrew Aquilante
R esidence:
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Date of birth:
June 16, 1987
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 155 lb
Family: Single
First race:
2004 – SCCA Regional at Virginia
International Raceway
Most memorable races:
2004 SCCA National at Mid-Ohio
• 2007 National Championship
race at Topeka
Favorite track:
Lime Rock Park, Watkins Glen
Personal car:
2007 Subaru Legacy GT spec.B
Racing hero:
Michael Schumacher
Racing
accomplishments/career highlights:
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Earned career-best second in
Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge Street Tuner race at
Daytona International Speedway
in 2009
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Finished career-best second
in 2009 Continental Tire ST
point standings
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2007 SCCA T-1 National Champion
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2007 SCCA President's Cup Champion
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Four-time SCCA Touring 1
Northeast Division champion
(2004-2007) and 2007 Driver of
the Year
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Participated in lone
GRAND-AM Rolex Series GT race at
Lime Rock Park in 2008
Year-By-Year Continental
Tire Sports Car Challenge Recap
2009: Finished
second in Continental Tire Sports
Car Challenge Street Tuner points
standings, notching season-best
second at Daytona International
Speedway and two pole positions.
Competed in all 11 races with Subaru
Road Racing Team co-driver Kristian
Skavnes, overall notching nine top
10s.
2008: Finished tied
for 12th in Continental Tire ST
points, driving for ICY/Phoenix
Racing. Finished season-high third
at Thunderbolt Raceway at New Jersey
Motorsports Park and earned three
top 10s in class.
2007: Debuted in
Continental Tire Challenge in ST
class, driving for two different
teams with best finish of sixth at
Barber Motorsports Park piloting
Chevrolet Cobalt for Predator
Autosport.
Other GRAND-AM/Racing
History
2009: Finished 12th
in SCCA SPEED World Challenge
Touring Car points standings, taking
pair of thirds in four starts. Also
competed in three club races,
winning once.
2008: Finished 12th
in GRAND-AM Rolex Series GT debut at
Lime Rock Park, driving a Corvette
for Phoenix Performance Inc.
Participated in SCCA Runoffs,
leading in Touring 1 class before
being knocked out of lead.
2007: Won SCCA
National Racing Touring 1 National
Championship after five wins and six
poles. Took home Touring 1 Northeast
Division title.
2004-2006: Won
three SCCA Northeast Division
Touring 1 championships, thanks to
16 victories. Earned 2006 SCCA
Northeast Division SSB title.
Awarded 2004 SCCA Northeast Division
Rookie of the Year.
2003: Completed
five-day Bertil Roos road racing
school at Pocono Raceway.
 Bret Spaude
Residence:
Bushnell, Florida
Date of birth:
December 15, 1987
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 200 lb
Family: Single
First race:
December 1996, Karting
Most memorable races:
2004 SCCA National at Mid-Ohio
Favorite track:
Daytona International Speedway
Personal car:
Nissan Maruno
Racing hero:
Michael Schumacher
Racing accomplishments/career
highlights:
- Owns pair of career-best
fifth-place finishes in
GRAND-AM Continental Tire
- Sports Car Challenge
- Street Tuner competition
- 2008 SCCA National
Run-Offs champion in Touring
3 class
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Two-time
SCCA Touring 3 titlist
(2008, Northeast; 2009,
Southeast)
- Owns several WKA
National Championships and
was 2002 WKA Triple Crown
winner
Year-By-Year
Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge Recap
2009: Finished
seventh in first season in
Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge in Street Tuner class
points standings and second to
Josh Hurley in Rookie of the
Year points. Split time between
primary team of Bill Fenton
Motorsports and Compass360
Racing, notching eight top 10s
with pair of fifth-place
finishes early as season bests.
2008: Debuted
in Continental Tire in ST ranks,
earning 16th in class driving
for Bill Fenton Motorsports.
Other GRAND-AM/Racing
History
2009: Won SCCA
Southeast Regional championship
in Touring 3 in a Chevrolet
Cobalt. Finished second in SCCA
National Run-Offs in Touring 3
class.
2008: Won SCCA
National Run-Offs in Touring 3
class. Earned SCCA Northeast
Divisional championship in
Touring 3 class with four wins
and two second-place finishes.
2007: Competed
in three SCCA endurance races,
winning the 12-hour race in
class at Homestead-Miami
Speedway and earning two other
podiums.
2006: Raced in
local SCCA divisional races in
Spec Miami. Won a National
Championship in World Karting
Association competition.
2005: Debuted
in SCCA, racing in a Spec Miata.
2002: Won WKA
Triple Crown Championship,
winning 23 of 48 races.
2000: Earned
two National Championships in
WKA.
1999: Contested
first National Road Racing race,
held at Daytona International
Speedway, at age 12.
1997: Starting
racing in go-karts.
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Joseph Aquilante
Owner of Phoenix Performance
Inc.
Subaru Road Racing Team Owner
& General Manager
Racing accomplishments/career
Highlights:
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Multiple Championships
won in street stock and showroom
stock type racing in last 30
years.
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