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Under an intense sun, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Anza Motorsports team, Angel Rafael Benitez achieved the third fastest time in the qualifying session on Friday afternoon, preparing everything for the first race on Saturday early.

In the first test pilot Carabobo – which has the support group and the Ministry Akkad Popular for Sport – a position he lost to Michael Levites (TPC Racing), but after U.S. pressure on the pilot he played with Mitch Landry (Wright Motorsports) and was used by Angel Rafael Benitez to be placed second. After 39 laps on the track of 2462 meters, Benitez crossed the finish line nine seconds at 251 Madison thousandths of Snow (Snow Racing) to score his second podium in a row. American Michael Levites (TPC Racing), the Venezuelan Andres Cisneros (NGT Motorsport) and Mitch Landry rounded out the top five of the test.

In the seventh round Angel Rafael Benitez made off again in the third box and nineteenth overall, 31 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup present. After overcoming several of the senior class, the Platinum, the Venezuelan driver stood in the queue Mitch Landry and fought the second box, but the U.S. pulled out of the track wheel to Creole as a first occasion and then, after a new contact, broke a tire. The work in the pits and change the rubber Benitez would cost five laps, settling for finishing fifth in his class.

After participating in three of the seven rounds of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge championship American, Angel Rafael Benitez stands at eighth place with 46 points, held by the U.S. leadership Madison Snow with 124 units. Mitch Landry comes to the second box with 94 points, while the Venezuelan Eduardo Cisneros (NGT Motorsport) drops to third place after missing at Lime Rock. Michael Levites and Glen Gatling complete the top five of the Gold Class with 80 and 64 points respectively, a composite ranking of 13 pilots.

The eighth and ninth round of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge will be held at the American route of Mossoro in Canada, where Angel Rafael Benitez quotes will be joined by his son Andres Angel Benitez, who will be contesting the ninth and tenth date of the U.S. F2000 Championship Series.

Another outstanding performance Venezuelan midfielder Jorge completed Andres Conclaves, to culminate in sixth place in the sixth valid category Indy Lights race, staged on Saturday afternoon at Iowa Speedway oval in the United States.

A week after crossing the finish line in third place at the Milwaukee Mile track in Wisconsin, “Chicken” Gonzalez repeated another solid presentation Beardy Auto Racing team, a result confirmed in fifth place in the overall standings of the tournament met six of the thirteen official dates.

The native of Los Toques 20 years old, started from eleventh place in the formation of departure and from the scheduled start of the test for a distance of 115 laps began to gain positions, total distance completed the same number of turns the winner, the American Josef New garden.

As in the latest confrontations, Conclaves was the best of the two members of the formation Auto Racing Beardy, beating on lap fifteen and her partner Anders Kroch, then took advantage of the problems that confronted Esteban Guarneri to win a new square, while at halfway beat David Stella and immediately Victor Carbone, allowing them to secure the sixth place finish, just a second and a half of fourth-placed Spanish Victor Garcia.

Throughout the weekend Jorge Conclaves became the only wheel in order to lower the barrier of 20 seconds in Iowa oval of 1.4 km, stopping the clocks at 19 “8508 during final practice on Friday afternoon after the ratings. In that round the average obtained by the Creole was 259.4 mph.

The automaker introduced the Chevy star GPS, a new device to “accompany” the drivers during their tours of Ecuador. To that end, the automaker arranged a tour of the capital of the republic, to the press to evaluate the performance of the fixture, which is now on sale at dealerships across the country.

Chevrolet the GPS is part of an exclusive service for users Chevy star, which allows you to request addresses across the country, through a call to the Call Center from the vehicle. Subsequently, the GPS satellite is programmed to suggest the shortest route to reach a given destination. This is possible thanks to Chevrolet Ecuador, has a team of people who update the information monthly to the national maps, to offer a tip. Currently, the maps are 71 cities with routes first and second order.

Since the interaction between the GPS and the driver is done using voice commands, you can avoid direct manipulation of the device. This decreases the margin of driver distraction and accidents can be avoided. However, the device also has a visual interface that provides relevant information to the crew. For example, travel distances, suggested speed limits and even notes the speed at which you move the vehicle.

Despite these features, the device is easy to use. It consists of a 4.3-inch touch screen that connects to the vehicle via Bluetooth. It can be programmed automatically from Chevy star Call Center, and manually by the user. It also integrates a long battery life, and being an accessory, can be stuck to the windshield using a suction cup.

The device is compatible with systems from 2010 onwards Chevy star, and their software can be updated via the Internet, said representatives of the automaker. The cost of this navigation tool over USD 200, while the map update can be done for $ 265.