Victor Ng debut USTCC season opener in Touring Car Series(TC)
Victor Ng joined Touring Car class with AR-G Motorsports
Napa, CA– June 14th, 2020 – AR-G Motorsports announces Victor Ng, a new AR-G team driver, took 3rd place at USTCC race of the 2020 season at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. His first time racing this track, Ng qualified in 2nd, finished 3rd racing on Buttonwillow Raceway’s CW25 configuration.
"The team gave great support and good advice prepping the car well on the site after the first practice session, Edgar made a helpful final adjustment based on my feedback”, said Ng. "This is the first time I am driving the Hankook Z206 slicks and there are a lot of unpredictable responses from the current setup with the Honda S2000. I managed to set up a 2nd fast lap time during the qualifying session and placed 2nd on the starting lineup.”
When the green flag dropped, Ng had a bad start, 3 other TC cars took off on Ng and he had a tough time catching up with them. After battling with a couple turns, Ng finally catches up with the P1 car on a straight. With the handling advantage with Ng’s car, he passed the P1 car and caught up with the podium TC car on a straight. After battling with the podium car for 2 laps Ng’s left side tire overheated and understeer off the track. But he didn’t give up and quickly got back on the track and finished 3rd place for the race.
About ARG:
Apex Racing Global (AR-G) Motorsports is a leading Northern California professional auto racing team based in Napa, Ca. In AR-G's first full United States Touring Car Championship (USTCC) race season, the team won two championships and two 2nd runner-ups in the season championship across all four classes (ST, SP, TC and GT). The team principals and drivers come from top race teams, and together have amassed decades of racing experience, both domestically and internationally. Founded in 2018, the team is currently campaigning BMW M3s and other high performance touring cars in the USTCC series, where it is consistently on the podium. @argmotorsports
About USTCC
USTCC is a professional road racing series comprising of late model sport compact sedans such as BMW 3 series, Mazdaspeed 3, Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Chevrolet Corvette, Porsche 911, Audi R8, Ford Mustang, Honda Civic and others. The cars use slightly modified engines and highly modified suspensions with aerodynamic ground effects and sticky Hankook slick race tires. The races can be seen exclusively on Final Drive TV available on NBC Sports on Xfinity cable, Dish Network, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse. For more information on USTCC, visit www.ustcc.com