Up-Close With Randy.....
Randy Ruhlman is used to tough competition -- especially in motorsports. While many of his competitors started racing cars when they were barely old enough to walk, Randy waited until he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Engineering before he began his career in racing. Though Randy holds track records, has earned race pole positions, and, of course, won a lot of races, he has also paid his dues.
Randy began his career in motorsports in road racing, becoming a top driver in the Trans-Am and IMSA Series, but also getting oval track experience in the NASCAR and ASA short track series. Today, Randy Ruhlman is the full-time driver of the Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype in the Grand American Rolex Cup Series, running endurance races like the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Six Hours of Watkins Glen.
Throughout the 2005 Trans-Am season, Ruhlman held on to the points lead in the Driver's Championship. Randy started the year off with a win at the prestigious Trans-Am season opener at the Long Beach Grand Prix and followed that up with a second place finish at Portland International Raceway. In a dramatic come from behind win, Ruhlman made the Cleveland Grand Prix his third consecutive podium and tenth consecutive top five finish.
A pair of top five finishes at Edmonton and San Jose continued the lead in the heated Driver's Championship battle the season eventually ended at the Montreal Grand Prix, where Randy sat on the front row for the start and once again finished on the podium. He was awarded the BBS "Most Improved Driver of the Year", and was second in the Drivers' Championship. Ruhlman is fourth overall in top ten finishes in Trans-Am history. (more about Randy.....)
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Quickstep rider and 2008 Paris-Roubaix winner, Tom Boonen and Randy chat after the 
