SneakerWorx, the Story:

SneakerWorx MotorCars, Inc., started to form in late spring, 2000, when an extremely wealthy race fan (known from here after as Mr. Anonymous) started forming a team and building Volvo's to compete in the TPTCC with a self funded effort. He saw the first race at Riverside and had to join the series even know he can't be linked to the team because of business and privacy reasons.

He started looking for drivers, and came across SS Motorsports test driver and former TPTCC champion Tommy Brolsma at a local Indiana speedway. Tommy was recovering from injuries received in a violent testing crash driving a V8 car getting ready for the opening of the Winter Tour at North Point at the end of 1999. Tommy had just moved to Indy with his wife and was settling into their lives there, but Tommy was looking for a ride again. The two started to plan a team (Mr. Anonymous immediately hired more mechanics knowing Tommy's reputation on equipment) and started looking for a team driver.

Tommy had heard of this guy from Maryland that could drive the wheels off of 'Cup and GPL car, but had never run a race. His name is Ken Trout. The anonymous owner asked Tommy to contact him about driving for the team, wanting to bring new blood into the series. Ken agreed and started testing immediately. Tommy had some other commitments and was not quite healed from his injuries, so he and Ken had to skip Brands Hatch to get the team ready for their assault on the TPTCC at Heartland Park Topeka. They ran the cars un-painted, but they will be ready for the 2001 season. The team has to catch up with the wrecking abilities of Tommy and Ken.

They have put together an impressive team around Tommy and Ken. They bring three trucks to the track, one for each car and one for spare parts and fenders for the Dodge's. Mr. Anonymous has made both Tommy and Ken Vice Presidents of the company, although in the spirit of the team they are ridiculous ones. Tommy is VP of crash/tire wall testing and Ken is VP of lawn and sand care. Tommy and Ken handle their own PR (which is scary, I know) and the basic organization of the team. The team owner has left most of the decisions up to them. He just likes to sit back and watch the circus in action. Tommy has also been nominated as the team manager being the veteran of the team.

The team is now running the TPTCC-offline full time, and raids the IWSC championship at will. Tommy won the teams first race in 2000 at Desert Winds in the IWSC series. Also, the team has grown by adding Bryan Hostetter in 2001.