Extreme Speed Motorsports Wins ‘Team to Win’ Award for Strong Laguna Seca Effort; Nominations Following Belle Isle Announced
Daytona Beach, FL (PRWEB) June 23, 2014 -- Microsoft has presented its fourth installment of the Visual Studio Team to Win Award to Extreme Speed Motorsports, following the team’s performance in the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The award is given to the team best demonstrating teamwork during each 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race. Extreme Speed Motorsports was one of four teams nominated for the award, and was declared the winner by the fan voting component of the contest.
Visual Studio, Microsoft’s application development software, continues its involvement in motorsports after sponsoring the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series event at Road Atlanta in 2013. The “Team to Win” theme that reflects the software’s collaborative development focus has found a great analogy in the tremendous teamwork required of world-class sports car racing.
“The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship stands as one of the great showcases for teamwork,” said Matt Nunn, Director, Developer Tools Product Marketing. “The ability to harness the power of individuals to achieve a common goal is at the heart of every great on-track performance. Teams of software developers need that same ability, and a great set of tools, when collaborating on new products. Visual Studio is pleased to work with IMSA to recognize the fundamentals of teamwork that we know is key to any winning effort.”
Microsoft’s involvement includes a cash prize to be awarded to the leading vote getters following each event. The fifth set of nominees, chosen from the Chevrolet SportsCar Classic at Belle Isle, demonstrated exceptional teamwork on one of the country's most famous circuits.
The nominees are:
1) Wayne Taylor Racing
2) Scuderia Corsa
3) Paul Miller Racing
4) Team Seattle – The Heart of Racing
5) OAK Racing
Fans can vote through 12:00 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 26, 2014, at http://on.wsj.com/1w7l1Ii. The winner will be announced at the famed Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. Details on the award and on each selected team can also be found at the website.
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Tom Pokorny, Anthem Communications, +1 386-547-6384, [email protected]
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