7-20-2007 - Colin in live web chat for Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Watkins Glen International will host its next LIVE driver chat on the WGI Fan Talk Forum on Wednesday, July 25th and will welcome one of the top young drivers in racing today. Current Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series driver and future Roush Fenway Racing driver Colin Braun will be the next featured guest and will be available for fans questions from 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM. He follows up a very successful chat with fan favorite Boris Said.

All of these live chats are open to any and all race fans that go to the WGI Fan Talk Forum or the WGI homepage (www.TheGlen.com). A link to the live chat will become available to all visitors at about 7:20 PM and will be active for the entire chat.

Colin Braun might only be 18 years of age but he is already recognized as one of the top young drivers in racing. 2006 marked his first full season of racing a Daytona Prototype in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series and he proved his abilities early and often. He helped co-driver Jorg Bergmeister clinch the Daytona Prototype championship, won back-to-back races at Daytona and Barber and clinched his first-career pole. Braun finished fifth in the final point standings despite missing three races during the season. Earlier this season, Braun made headlines prior to the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen by signing a developmental driver deal with Roush Fenway Racing. He will be entered in select ARCA races in 2007, and will compete for Rookie-of-the-Year honors as well s the ARCA RE/MAX Series championship in 2008. With his talent, it would not be surprising to see Braun in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup or NASCAR Busch Series within the next few years. He currently co-drives the #76 Krohn Racing Ford Riley with Max Papis. The talented duo will compete at The Glen for the second this season in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race on Friday, August 10.