Tony Rivera Wins Debut in SPEED World Challenge GT

It was an exciting weekend for us at Tax Masters. Alex Clamon, our Vice President of Sales, was on hand at Sebring International Raceway to watch Tony Rivera in the #97 TaxMasters Porsche 911 GT3 pass Eric Curran, driving a Chevrolet Corvette, to take the lead and go on to win the first SPEED World Challenge GT race of the season by 2.049 seconds. The victory by Tony is the first for a driver making his World Challenge GT debut since Wolf Hinzler won at Infineon Raceway in 2004.

While we had high hopes for Tony on the season, a win in his debut race was more than any of us expected. Tony, Jeff Stone at Kelly Moss Motorsports, and all the crew at Brass Monkey Racing did an outstanding job working together to achieve victory. This is the kind of synergy we encourage and nurture at Tax Masters, where the team members work together to create better overall solutions than the simple sum of each individual’s contribution. In the world of tax representation and IRS tax relief, we are accustomed to achieving success because we work together to find solutions that surpass a client’s expectation. My hat’s off to Tony, Jeff, and the guys at Brass Monkey for their outstanding victory at Sebring last Friday.

A Win for Tony is a Win for USA Archery

As we pledged before the SPEED World Challenge GT kicked off this year, we are contributing another $5,000 to USA Archery each time the TaxMasters Porsche finishes in the top three at a World Challenge event. This pledge is in addition to the initial donation we made early this year for use in developing Olympic archer hopefuls.

Everyone at Tax Masters is thrilled that we had the opportunity to donate the additional $5,000 to USA Archery.  We have seen our 2009 contributions pay big dividends already in the results Coach Kisik Lee has achieved in competitions in Poland and Mexico.  The Tax Masters pledge to donate $5,000 to USA Archery every time the #97 TaxMasters Porsche finishes in the top three at a World Challenge event is our way of drawing attention to the tremendously successful program Coach Lee is running to develop Olympic hopefuls.  Just like Tony Rivera and the Brass Monkey Racing team, these young men and women have seen great success, and we are proud to support them on their way to Olympic Gold.  We’re pleased to be a part of that success and excited about the possibility of adding an additional $5,000 every time Tony reaches the podium.

I’ll post updates after each World Challenge GT event here on the blog. The next race in the series takes place in Long Beach, CA on Sunday, April 19 right ater the Indy car race.

If you’re interested in watching the races on television, check out the TV schedule at SPEED.

Until you need us,

Patrick Cox Tax Masters