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| Behind the Scenes with Lou Gigliotti |
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My role is now to steer the ship. Louis is poised to take over the day to day operation so it will free me up to make strategic decisions rather than day to day decisions. Louis majored in Business at Purdue so he could come back and save me from myself.
SH: How do you find time to run a successful business while running a full race season?
LG: They blend together very well. I am having more fun than anyone should have and I am doing what I want in the process. Racing helps us innovate great street products for the Corvette market. And our racing experience allows us to get it right the first time so our customers benefit.
SH: Some teams receive full or partial factory support. Does GM help your Corvette racing program? If so, how (sponsorship dollars, technical support, parts, etc)?
LG: Very little. We have gotten some wind tunnel time and a couple of parts but other than that GM does not help us. In fact, they are conflicted with the Cadillac Program which does not help them to help the Corvette so we are on our own. But then we have always been on our own. I believe that we have been more help than not to the Cadillac effort.
SH: What are your 2007 season plans?
LG: Full Season in World Challenge with Doug Peterson as my team mate and Tomy Drissi as our other team mate for about 80% of the season. Plus I am working out in my gym and pounding off some weight to make this one of my best seasons. Slim and trim and ready for battle. These two drivers will make up the best team mates that I have ever had. It should be a very interesting season with the whole LG Motorsports team doing well.
SH: How does your family feel about you racing?
LG: They know I am addicted and it is the last clean wholesome addiction left in America. They love it when I win, and they feel my pain when I don't. They feel my disgust with the rules sometimes. I have run 99 World Challenge races with 22 wins and 26 pole positions. But lately the rules get changed if I win. My family had to deal with all the drama and punitive rule changes that went on last season and that was not a good thing.
My wife of 25 years doesn't come to many races; 1 or 2 per season. But, she did come to Monaco for the F1 race with me in 06. That was a great break in the convoluted season that 2006 was. Max Angelelli who lives in Monaco, met us there and got us some VIP passes which made the event even more special. My daughter Christina, who is a sophomore at UT Austin, is an F1 nut. She beats me up at 6am to watch the F1 races.
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