The 58th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida kicked off on March 20, Saturday at about 10:30 a.m. This American Le Mans Series season race will be featuring an impressive line-up of some 36 of the most talented and high skilled racers from across the globe which will include Canada’s very own Tony Burgess, Kyle Marcelli and Mark Wilkins who is a top competitor in the Grand Am Rolex Series. The American Le Mans Series marks as one of the North America’s most sought after endurance races.

The P1-class race of the event will see the veteran driver Tony Burgess driving with the Autocon Motorsports Team. The top end racer has also raced for about sixteen 24 hour sports car races. He first became a part of ALMS racing event in the year 2000, however he only got the chance to earn a place in the P1-class in the year 2007. Tony Burgess looks forward to an eventful ALMS series this year and hopes to become a part of about seven event during the season includingthe 24 Hours of Le Mans and his home track event- Mosport.

The second racer who has got both fans and media taking about him is the 20 year old Kyle Marcelli. The racer is the youngest of the lot to become a part of ALMS and will make his debut in the series at Sebring’s opening event. Kyle Marcelli together with Joel Feinberg will be racing for the Primetime-Braille Battery Race Group in the LMPC division of the event. The racer has also had an experience of driving for the 2009’s IMSA Lites Championship where he bagged the fifth place.

The Grand Am Rolex Series’ champion Mark Wilkins will also be making an appearance in this year’s American Le Mans Series’ Sebring opening event. Mark Wilkins will be seen racing in the No. 55 FLM09 for the LMPC Class Level 5 Motorsports. The star racer who will be making his debut in the ALMS this year is looking forward to the race. Mark Wilkins will be joined in by Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchut. With the Grand Prix of Mosport geared up to make its way from August 26 to 29, Canadian fans of the championship will get an opportunity to catch the ALMS event live in action. The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear by David Ostella and Mikael Grenier will be seen carrying the colours of Canada.

The upcoming star racer Mikael Grenier who is merely 17 years old will be racing in the 2010 Star Mazda Championship for the first time. He had started racing at the age of five. The young racer will be racing for about 11 races for Andersen Racing following an impressive stint in six races in 2009. The drivers will also form a part of the Mobil 1 Presents GP of Mosport weekend.

The American Le Mans Series will be covered by SPEED. The live coverage of the event will also be aired by the American Le Mans Radio network.

One time Rolex Grand Am champion, Canadian Mark Wilkins is all set to join ALMS Series with the LMPC Class for the Mobil 112 Hours of Sebring which is presented by Fresh from Florida. Together with Christophe Bouchut and Scott Tucker, Mark Wilkins will be seen racing the Level 5 Motorsports No. 55 FLM09. This event will mark the racer’s initial brush with the ALMS Series.

With this famous event coming his way, Mark Wilkins is one happy man. The racer is excited about being a part of the 12 Hours of Sebring and said that this is one race every racer looks up to and wishes to become a part of. He considered this opportunity one not to be missed.

Mark Wilkins, who regularly drives the AIM Autosport No 61 Ford Riley in another series, was excited at the opportunity to drive in the 12 Hours of Sebring. He went on to add that he looks forward to Level 5 race and also hopes to put in his best in the championship together with team mates Christophe and Scott. Apparently, the racer has raced in the past against both his team mates and shares a bond with them which he said would work for them as a team.

The twenty six year old racer, Mark Wilkins started racing in the year 2001 when he first joined Woodbridge to compete in Formula Ford which was followed up by his stint at the Star Mazda, Fran Am and Formula Renault which saw him earning podium victories. The man went on to add many accolades to the list by bagging Podiums in the year 2004 in the Rolex 24 At Daytona which was followed by his victory in the next year in the GT Class, before Mark Wilkins finally became full time member of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No 16 in the year 2007. The super talented racer did not budge from scoring back to back podium victories at Montreal and Watkins Glen- two famous Grand Am Championships.

Mark Wilkins won his second Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series race in the year 2008 together with Brian Frisselle when it took place in New York just a week after the duo won their first Grand Am Rolex race in Montreal.

Mark Wilkins has led his hand to drive a Daytona Prototype for AIM in the Rolex Sports Car Series and also to Autosport No 61 Ford Riley in one of the other series. The racer worked with his team members in order to get things right in the championship and also participated in the Oreca FLM09. He also flew down to Florida just in time to meet the crew and make seat fittings for the event, while the LMPC class for the qualifying event would take place on coming Friday.

The American Le Mans Series runs on the lines of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and each car is driven by a multiple number of drivers depending upon the duration of the race.

The Caribbean Waters of Casa de Campo Marina in La Romana is all set to make way for the 2010 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, a four day event which will commence on April 21. The prestigious sailing event will witness the participation of the best athletes from across the world and will take place for the first time on the waters of Dominican Republic.

With some of the supremely talented sailing athletes belonging to Italy, Australia, Denmark, United States, Greece and France among other nations in the troupe going with the presence of a huge number of fans and supporters, the 2010 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship is one grand regatta event to look forward to. The highly awaited event will also register the presence of some of the hot-shot business class elites and a vast line-up of national and international media covering the event. The official sponsor of the event is Rolex with the Casa de Campo Yacht Club and the Casa de Campo Marina Club jointly playing host to the event.

The highly spectacular sailing view and the scenic beauty of the Casa de Campo Marina in La Romana made it a perfect place for a regatta and compelled the organisers of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship to choose it for the 2010 event. The rich and ultra lush view of the landscapes of this place will act like a bonus for the spectators and fans, allowing them to appreciate beauty of the Caribbean apart from getting a huge adrenaline rush from the adventurous regatta.

Over the years, the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship has earned a fine name and has registered its place among the most adventurous and highly prestigious annual sailing events across the globe. The name of the grand regatta completely justifies its very essence. The competition registers a huge participation from about 500 athletes sailing in yachts with an enormous size of 40-foot. Originally, Farr 40 was a sailing boat about 40-foot in size which was designed by Farr Yacht Design. Managed and controlled by the Stagg Yachts, the event is driven by one main unique rule according to which the owner of the boat should be an amateur and should helm the sailboat as per the advice and support of four talented and qualified sailors who will be there just to motivate the owner and keep up the spirit of the team.

The Rolex Farr 40 World Championship is considered one of the most competitive and challenging regattas globally. The sailing event follows a certain pattern while choosing the venue which revolves around the regional fleets of Europe, Australia, United States and Caribbean. The yacht club is located well in the middle of the Casa de Campo Marina and has a sailing school to its name which is equipped with four J24 boats and is supported by highly qualified teachers from Italy’s Yacht Club- Costa Smeralda which has its base in Porto Cervo Sardinia.

The event is backed by the Rolex which with its constant support aims at bringing out the best in sailors. Rolex has been lending its unparallel support to many sailing events including Farr 40 Pre-Worlds, the Capri Sailing Week and the Farr 40 World Championship.

A Rolex marvel is forever. This was proven following the recent development that came to light with the US President Barack Obama gifting Dalai Lama a timeless present. Dalai Lama, the spiritual master of Tibet who has met every US President in the last two decades was delighted at receiving a pleasant gift from the present US President Barack Obama during a private meeting at the White House recently- a replica of the letter from Franklin Roosevelt dated 1942.

The great spiritual master Dalai Lama looked back at the age-long bond that he shared with the then US President Franklin Roosevelt. Apparently, Franklin Roosevelt gave Dalai Lama a golden Rolex watch together with the letter. Dalai Lama was just seven years old and was preparing a great life ahead as the spiritual leader of Tibet. Dalai Lama felt touched and elated at receiving the letter and said that he still possesses the eternal promise that Rolex Watch is.

The Rolex watch and the letter were given by Franklin Roosevelt to Dalai Lama as a token of friendship and a cursory note to seek good relations with the Himalayan land Tibet. The happy monk said that at the age of seven like any other boy at that age he too was too happy to have got a Rolex watch and that the letter was of secondary interest at that time to him. The spiritual leader spoke about his cherished gift at an award ceremony held at the National Endowment for Democracy. Incidentally he had lost the account of the letter over the years. After as many as 68 years US President Barack Obama presented him a copy of the priced letter.

The monk is presently exiled in India. At 74, he is often found reminiscing about his Rolex watch and how it generated his interest in science and technology during the early years of his life, an interest that stayed with him all his life. Even when Dalai Lama met the president George W. Bush in the year 2007 when he was presented the Congressional Gold Medal, he carried the same Rolex watch with him in his pocket.

The spiritual master has kept the Rolex watch well maintained for 68 years. He is a lover of techno gadgets and machinery and fell in love almost instantly with the Rolex marvel and its precision. The monk who has always lived his life with utter simplicity wearing a maroon robe every day owns only one apparent luxurious accessory, a Rolex watch gifted to him by Franklin Roosevelt.

Rolex Model has always been an epitome of excellence and class. The founder of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf instilled two important traits in the Rolex watches- to be able to show accurate time and to be an epitome of reliability when it comes to machinery. The unique style and class that Rolex watches possess, make them a thing to be cherished all life long. Taking cue from which, the great spiritual leader Dalai Lama has maintained the Rolex marvel on his wrist for over 68 years now.