Twin tooth Formula BMW Drivers

Matt Lee
Driver of Twin tooth Car #44

Personal

Date of Birth: Nov. 27, 1989
Place of Birth: Manhasset, N.Y.
Residence: Syosset, N.Y.
Ht./Wt.: 5'7"/120 lbs.
Family: Son of Francis and Patricia Lee.
School: In spring of 2006 he'll be a junior at Syosset High School.
Charity: The ThinkFirst Foundation
Favorite Racetrack: Laguna Seca, Calif.
Other Interests: Mountain biking; snowmobiling; anything with a motor.
Web sites: mattlee44.com, twintooth.com

Fast Facts

• Along with Robert Thorne, will drive for the 2005 Formula BMW USA championship-winning team, Autotecnica, in that series in 2006.

• One of only three Americans from the Formula BMW USA series to represent the United States at the Formula BMW World Final in Bahrain Dec. 13-16, 2005. A total of 34 drivers from the four regional series representing 15 nations will compete for a $60,000 purse and a Formula 1 test drive.

• Finished 16th in the 2005 Formula BMW USA series, his rookie season in car racing. The series ran support races at both the U.S. and the Canadian Grand Prixs.

• 2003 World Karting Association national champion in Junior HPV class.

• Multi-time winner of Champ Car Stars of Tormorrow events in 2003 and 2004.

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Robert Thorne
Driver of Twin tooth Car #88

Personal

Date of Birth: March 24, 1990
Place of Birth: Trenton, N.J.
Residence: Sherman, Conn.
Ht./Wt.: 5' 8"/115 lbs.
Family: Son of Steve Thorne; sister is Julie Thorne
School: In spring of 2006 he'll be a sophomore at Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn.
Charity: The ThinkFirst Foundation
Favorite Racetrack: Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Other Interests: Amateur deejay
Websites: robertthorne88.com, www.twintooth.com

Fast Facts

• Named to join Twin tooth Racing with Matt Lee as the two new drivers for the 2005 Formula BMW USA championship-winning team, Autotecnica, for the 2006 season.

• After an invitation-only runoff in Valencia, Spain in 2005 with 36 top karters from North and South America, he earned a top spot as one of five drivers to receive a $40,000 scholarship from BMW to compete in the Formula BMW USA series in 2006.

• 2000-2004: Successfully competed in World Karting Association national races and the Champ Car Stars of Tomorrow series.

• Earned the 2003 Eastern Division Championship in the Cadet class in the Stars of Karting series.

• Won 2003 New York Empire State Sprint divisional series championship in three classes: HPV Junior Sportsman, Cadet and Yamaha Junior Sportsman.

• In July 2000 became the WKA Grand National Champion in the Cadet class at Badger Raceway in Dousman, Wis., the "Daytona" of kart races.
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