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My name is Giorgio Ponti and i'm a virtual driver who run in the European Stock Cars Online Racing Series . Among my fellow competitors and race fans i'm also known as «The Pizzaman». This nickname has nothing to do with my real occupation anyway. It was given me by Michel Berk, a crazy dutch competitor and friend, during my first ESCORS season in the late 2000, probably just because i was italian and i loved pizza. It started as a joke, to become a personal trademark. So, i decided to add this nickname to my signature. In the 2008 season i will be officially supported and sponsored by SportAutoMoto.it and SportAutoMoto.tv , the websites of one of the best italian motorsports magazine. I'm really proud of this and i want to thank Fulvio Cavicchi (but the whole SportAutoMoto too) for making this possible. I'm used to celebrate my wins doing donuts, in a perfect "Zanardi's style". As Zanardi had Jimmy Vasser as a friend and team-mate, i have Steve Claeys. He is a great friend and beside that he's a good competitor too. We always loved racing together, putting on a great show and making bets. One time i lost a bet with him and as a result i had to drive a car with the sentence "I was beaten by Steve" on the rear bumper of the car. It was in the 2003 "Daytona 300". During the "Speed 7 Duel 125", the qualifying race, i got my little revenge. I crashed the car entering T3, damaging all the back. The pitcrew had to remove all the rear bumper with the sentence too. Despite this, i managed to qualify the car for the big show, winning the bet for the next season. I met Steve twice, in Venice and Rome, and he still says that i tried to steal his girlfriend. Since that day he used to call me "The Italian Macho". Others says that i have a spectacular life off the racing tracks but, to say the truth, i'm a quite shy guy who just love to enjoy the life as much as possible. I lost my only brother in 1998 and he teached me with that hard lesson that you have to live every day as the last one, because every day could be the last one. What about my english ? I learnt this poor english just racing day by day. It's not fantastic ? At first i was not able to talk with anybody. Now i think i improved to an acceptable level. I've been to Miami three times, which helped me a lot to see how "the real thing" works, and if you understood what i said until now it's the proof that my english is not so bad now. I like to learn things alone. Maybe it take more time but then i have a double satisfaction. Alone i learnt how to be a quite good goalkeeper, alone i started to play the drum. So, soccer and drum are both strong passions, even if i've been forced to stop playing soccer due to a left arm injury which i'm still recovering from. I'm a fan of A.S. Rome. Well, honestly i love Rome aswell. So, everything related to Rome have something of magic to me. Antonello Venditti, Alberto Sordi, Carlo Verdone, Francesco Totti, the wonderful chicks (you will never find so beautiful girls like in Rome), the food (go to Ariccia and stop to the "Taverna dei Tre Moschettieri" owned by the good old Giancarlo), everything. Rome is the city where i'm used to go when i want to have fun and if you love the Queen and all their songs, you really have to see an Everqueen's concert. They simply rocks ! I love Venice too and i'm used to spend my free weekends walking on its narrow streets. I go there when i have to find myself again. I think that Venice is the best city for that. You know, you can walk everywhere without the stress of the traffic. You haven't to be worried for being struck by a car because there are no cars. So, just walk, think and enjoy the atmosphere. But be careful, you can loose the right way very easily (but i love it too when i find it again). At the end of the day you will feel better, i can assure you. About drum, i simply love it. Derek Wilson (Antonello Venditti's drummer) was the man who gave me the passion, don't ask me why. I just saw him live in the early '90's and that day i said to myself "i want to be a drummer like him". After many many years i had the luck to even talk to him in 2005, after a live concert here in Padova. It was one of the best days of my life and he was amazing also outside the show. Really a great guy. Growing up, i started to watch at other drummers too. Favorites are Dave Grohl (former Nirvana), Dave Langguth (actually playing with Nelly Furtado), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), David Upchurch (Puddle of Mudd), Curt Bisquera (actually on tour with italian singer Eros Ramazzotti), Gavin Harrison and Adriano Molinari (which played with Claudio Baglioni and Zucchero, others italian singers) and many others. What else ? I love my real car. It's an old Renault Super 5, red/bordò, powered by GPL. Well, actually everybody says that any other car would be better than mine. But i love her. She's my little jewel. I always talk with her too. I want to keep her as long as possible, until she will leave me in the halfway down the street. Honestly, it has already happened lot of times but I always managed to fix it. One time it happened nearly a stadium, right after the end of a Metallica's concert. I blocked half the road, risking to being struck by all those Metallica's fans. Amazing ! So, if you visit Padova and you see a red/bordò arrow launched in the highway at 120 km/h, drafting with faster cars ahead to gain 1,5 km/h more, its surely me ! The same goes if you see a red/bordò arrow, in troubles, pushed by someone. Its always me !
The #00 SportAutoMoto Chevrolet Silverado (ESCORS Truck Series 2007)
Career Highlights:
2000-2001 - 5th in the ESCORS Alienware Series
2003 - 2nd in the ESCORS Alienware Series
2004 - Qualified to "The Chase for the BallRacing Cup" and finished 8th
2005 - 2nd in the ESCORS Truck Series
2005 - 3rd in the "4 Hours at Daytona" with Carlo Labati
2006 - 2nd in the ESCORS Truck Series
2006 - 2nd in the "4 Hours at Daytona"
2007 - 4th in the ESCORS Truck Series
The #00 SportAutoMoto Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (2007)
ESCORS Stats:
Overall Starts: 240
BallRacing Cup Series Starts: 74
Alienware Series Starts: 91
Truck Series Starts: 75
Overall Wins: 6
BallRacing Cup Series Wins: 0
Alienware Series Wins: 3
Truck Series Wins: 3
Overall Poles: 3
BallRacing Cup Series Poles: 0
Alienware Series Poles: 2
Truck Series Poles: 1
Overall Top 5: 48
BallRacing Cup Series Top 5: 1
Alienware Series Top 5: 27
Truck Series Top 5: 20
Overall Top 10: 129
BallRacing Cup Series Top 10: 24
Alienware Series Top 10: 53
Truck Series Top 10: 52
Giorgio Ponti in the #00 Quaker State Jaguar (4 Hours at Daytona)
Date BallRacing Cup Series Event Track Start Finish
02/16/2008 Daytona 300 Daytona International Speedway 21st 13th
02/23/2008 Alienware 300 Auto Club Speedway
of Southern California 24th 7th
03/01/2008 Dodge 250 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 30th DNF
Electrical
03/08/2008 Race Frame Pro 300 Atlanta Motor Speedway 16th 6th
03/15/2008 Southeastern 300 Bristol Motor Speedway 21st 7th
03/29/2008 Virginia 300 Martinsville Speedway 22nd 10th
04/05/2008 Stock V² 300 Texas Motor Speedway 22nd 14th
04/12/2008 Arizona 300 Phoenix International Raceway 18th 13th
04/26/2008 Talladega 300 Talladega Superspeedway 10th DNF
Handling
05/03/2008 Richmond 250 Richmond International Raceway 16th 12th
05/10/2008 Dodge Challenger 300 Darlington Raceway 15th DNF
Handling
05/24/2008 World 350 Lowe's Motor Speedway
05/31/2008 Mindware 250 Dover International Speedway
06/07/2008 Pocono 300 Pocono Raceway
06/14/2008 Michigan 250 Michigan International Speedway
06/21/2008 Toyota 225 Infineon Raceway
06/28/2008 New England 201 New Hampshire International Speedway
07/05/2008 Firecracker 250 Daytona International Speedway
07/12/2008 Enermax Coolergiant 250 Chicagoland Speedway
07/26/2008 Brickyard 250 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
08/02/2008 Pennsylvania 300 Pocono Raceway
08/09/2008 ESCORS at the Glen Watkins Glen International
08/16/2008 Simworld 250 Michigan International Speedway
08/23/2008 N2003 Replay Analyzer 300 Bristol Motor Speedway
08/30/2008 Sentia 300 Auto Club Speedway
of Southern California
09/06/2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 250 Richmond International Raceway
Date Chase for the BallRacing Cup Event Track Start Finish
09/13/2008 New Hampshire 200 New Hampshire International Speedway
09/20/2008 Dodge Dealers 250 Dover International Speedway
09/27/2008 brdsim.com 250 Kansas Speedway
10/04/2008 Ford 300 Talladega Superspeedway
10/11/2008 RACKBOOST 300 Lowe's Motor Speedway
10/18/2008 Old Dominion 300 Martinsville Speedway
10/25/2008 Georgia 300 Atlanta Motor Speedway
11/01/2008 Lone Star 300 Texas Motor Speedway
11/08/2008 BallRacing 300 Phoenix International Raceway
11/15/2008 Ford 250 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Date Alienware Series Event Track Start Finish
04/26/2008 Talladega 250 Talladega Superspeedway 10th 7th
Date Truck Series Event Track Start Finish
02/24/2008 San Bernardino County 200 Auto Club Speedway
of Southern California 5th 7th
Date Exhibition Event Track Start Finish
02/07/2008 The Farewell Race
of Claudio Rondeico Indianapolis Motor Speedway 11th 4th
02/10/2008 Speed 7 Duel Daytona International Speedway 6th 12th-