20-Feb-07
IndyCar team wins again
Pitfit today announced it has defended its championship title by winning this year's Indy Indoor Rowing Sprints/PitFit Rowing Challenge. The fifth annual indoor rowing competition was held Saturday, February 10 at Butler University Health and Recreation Complex.
The event featured about 100 rowers from Indianapolis-area high schools, colleges and master's programs in the high-energy timed rowing contest on erg machines. The event raises funds to purchase boats for high-school students competing in the junior program at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek.
Each year, a number of racers from various series participate. This year's PitFit Challenge teams included Jim Leo, president of PitFit Training, and from the IRL, Wade Cunningham, Scott Dixon and Tomas Scheckter. Each team raced in a four-person relay of 500 meters per athlete with a total of 2,000 meters for the team. The PitFit team of Leo, Dixon, Scheckter and Cunningham were the event winners for the second straight year.
'Participating in this event with these other racers was fantastic,' said Wade Cunningham, part of the winning row team. 'While we're competitors on the track, we were teammates for this event, and it was great being in such an encouraging environment. We all wanted to win so we all put our best effort forward. It's also good to see other racers who are so fit. It gives me a goal to work toward.'
