Tucker Kicks Off 2012 in Winning Fashion, Claims 70th Career Win

While the 2012 season hasn’t begun for most drivers and teams, Scott Tucker has already kicked off the New Year in dominant fashion, claiming five victories in eight races during a remarkable two-week stretch of SCCA National Championship events in Florida.

Tucker, who is coming off one of his most successful seasons to date, earning his second consecutive American Le Mans Series title and third straight SCCA National Championship crown in 2011, took his Level 5 Motorsports team to Sebring International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway for two packed weekends of racing. The focus of the ambitious effort was to qualify the five-time national driving champion for this year’s Runoffs in both the Grand Sport 2 (GT-2) and D Sports Racing (DSR) categories. Each competitor needs four race finishes to be eligible for the National Championship, held annually at Road America in September.

In the pair of DSR races at the BFGoodrich SCCA Super Tour at Sebring on Jan. 7-8, Tucker went undefeated in his No. 55 West WX10 sports racer, winning both hard-fought battles, including one from the pole position. In Race 2, Tucker held off a charging Charles Dempsey by 0.325 seconds to take his 67th career victory.

For the two 13-lap GT-2 races, Tucker showed impressive pace in his Porsche 997 Cup car, qualifying on pole for Race 1 with a 2:25.2 lap time. However, a left-front tire puncture on the first lap forced an early pit stop and swap to the backup car, which ultimately dropped him two laps back. His fortunes improved in Race 2 with a third-place finish, although a full-course caution, which led to an early checkered flag, dashed any hopes of a victory.

Just one week later, Tucker was back in action at Homestead-Miami Speedway, taking part in the Florida Region Palm Tree Double National on Jan. 13-15 with his West WX10 sports racer and Porsche 997 Cup car once again. While another win and runner-up finish in DSR gave him a convincing lead in the National Championship standings, Tucker rebounded from the unlucky breaks at Sebring to dominate the GT-2 races at Homestead-Miami. Having started from pole in both events, Tucker led all but one lap in the two races combined, earning is 69th and 70th career victories.

“It was a real satisfying couple of weekends for us and a great way to start the season,” Tucker said. “The team worked real hard to put these cars together and I enjoyed some good battles on the track. We had some challenges to overcome but it all worked out in the end and I’m glad to be going for my fourth National Championship in a row later this year.”

With the goal of achieving entries to the SCCA National Championships in DSR and GT-2 now complete, Tucker will head to the Runoffs at Road America on Sept. 20-23 with the opportunity of earning two additional titles to his already impressive resume, as he nears an unprecedented 75th career victory after just six years of racing.

Tucker and Level 5 Motorsports will now turn their attention to the start of the American Le Mans Series, with the annual Sebring Winter Test on Feb. 8-9 to kick off their quest for back-to-back LMP2 championships. Level 5 is expected to debut its new Honda Performance Development ARX-03b early next month at the two-day test. Both of Level 5's cost-capped LMP2 cars will be ready for the 60th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 17, which will open the ALMS season and also serve as the start of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship.

About Level 5 Motorsports

Level 5 Motorsports has fielded successful entries in GT and Prototype classes in the American Le Mans Series, GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series, Ferrari Challenge Series, IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge, Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Series and the Sports Car Club of America since 2006. The team has competed throughout North America and Europe, extensively in France and Spain. Team owner and driver Scott Tucker has earned five national championships and has more than 100 podium finishes and 70 victories in his driving career. Level 5 is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

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http://www.tucker-racing.com

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Passive Online Profits: Scam or Legit? Claims of Weekly Payments Whether You Sponsor or Not

I must say that I have reviewed and participated in many an internet marketing opportunity over the years. Some are valid business endeavors and some are truly garbage. It is not uncommon to find companies on the internet, especially network marketing companies, over-promising, overstating their capabilities and embellishing or exagerating the true potential of their opportunities.

  That is why I had to really scrutinize the promises I came across not too long ago being aired by one network marketing company. When anyone tells me I can make any amount of money by doing nothing, my antennas swiftly rise. And when I am told that such an income would be continuous; that I would be receiving a passive income on a weekly basis whether I sponsor anyone or not, said antennas nearly shoot out of my head!

  So, I proceeded to scrutinize this online opportunity as objectively as I could. How could one profit from doing nothing or from not sponsoring even one person in a network marketing business?

  While the company does claim that profits can be made by sitting on the sidelines, they also make it clear that even more profits can be had if one actually puts some effort into the business. They state that, through the products which are available in the member's back office, a very substantial passive income can be made by minimally promoting, not only the opportunity at hand but any business endeavor the member wishes to promote through these products and services for which the member pays a one-time fee at the outset.

  In other words, the business pays whether you do anything or not AND it also pays even if you use the marketing tools for an entirely separate business endeavor.

  After some investigation, I did find that the prices elsewhere online for what this company is offering are generally higher. Additionally, others offering similar products are charging monthly fees usually automatically deducted from the member's credit card. Surprisingly, this company does not have such a fee system. In fact, after the initial entry payment, there is never anything more the member must buy. The member is then entitled to all subsequent products and services offered by the company in the future as well. It is, in essence, a lifetime membership.

  Some of the products offered are a 'State of the Art' Voice Broadcasting System that comes with a minimum of 5,000 Fresh Leads!

  A Lead Capture Page System with dozens of Interchangeable Pages to choose from. Many of these pages appear to be generic in order that the member may use them to promote any business they choose.  There is a live webinar system, a lead upload mass email system and some other useful marketing tools available to the member. It is pretty much all push-button so that just about anyone, newbie or seasoned marketer could easily figure it out in short order. The company states that they 'even advertise and close sales' for you.

  I was able to review this company early enough during their pre-launch that I was able to test-drive it for only $97. During that pre-launch time period, all members were making $67 on each member they brought in. The company paid promptly and accurately. And yes, every Friday, every single member gets paid a percentage of every member, company-wide, who enrolls after them.

  After the pre-launch (January 1, 2011), the enrollment price rose drastically from $97 to $497. But the commissions also rose drastically from $67 to $400 for every new person a member brings in. The company promises to continue to pay everyone every Friday regardless of what they do; as long as they are a paid member. That weekly payment is derived from 50% of the entire company profits.

  This unique payout is attracting thousands of people from all over the world to sign up and the opportunity appears to be growing at a pace I have rarely seen from a network marketing company.

  It is also promised that all who got in prior to the launch date of New Years Day, 2011 at the early rate of $97 will remain eligible and grandfathered in for the higher commissions as if they had paid the $497 rate because they were in the Founding Members group.

  Whether or not future prospects will pay $497 for this opportunity remains to be seen. As I alluded to above, others are charging more for similar products and are tacking on a monthly fee. For this reason, the founders of this company do not believe it will be difficult to make these $497 sales to marketers, especially the savvy ones who will appreciate what is available to them as life members.

  This company states that their 'State of the Art' system cost over ? Million Dollars to Develop; that nothing else compares for the price. So far, I have not been able to disprove this claim. There are many programs, marketing tools, etc., that companies are promoting. Many of them turn out to be useless or outdated ebooks and/or software that is so old that it really is not worth the time it takes to implement. So in this regard, I do believe this company is on to something good.

  These are all products that, in my view, will greatly enhance any business one wishes to promote online. And you don't need to be a Brain Surgeon to figure them out. They appear to be very user-friendly.

  Another feature I noticed that struck me as being very uncommon in this industry is this company offering 24 Hour telephone Support. I do not recall any other online business being this accessible. This definitely adds good marks for a Network Marketing Business!

  All in all, I believe this opportunity, Passive Online Profits is well worth more than a passing glance. I do believe, with the user-friendly, push-button marketing tools in the back office, that this opportunity is quite the bargain at the one-time enrollment price of $497.

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