Despite opening the weekend with a brand new car and a nearly empty notebook, Rum Bum Racing still returned to its winning ways at Barber Motorsports Park in Round 2 of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge championship.
Drivers Matt Plumb and Nick Longhi combined to run strongly from start to finish and bring the team to victory lane in its Porsche debut.
Longhi opened the event from the fifth position and that strong starting position played a significant role in avoiding the attrition as the 80-car combined class grid staged several multi-car incidents behind the No. 13 Rum Bum Racing Porsche 911. Longhi had a great start to the 2.5-hour race moving into third on the first lap. Continue reading ‘Rum Bum Racing wins Barber 200 with Porsche 911′
The 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season started with a bang at Daytona International Speedway on Friday as a three-lap sprint to the finish made for a thrilling finish. In the end Billy Johnson and co-driver Jack Roush Jr. were able to hold off a trio of Fall-Line Motorsports BMW M3s to score Roush Performance’s first career win at the 3.56-mile speedway. Continue reading ‘Gallery: 2012 BMW Performance 200′
Saturday’s GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race was short-lived for the No.44 Magnus Racing Porsche Cayman of John Potter and Leh Keen. (continue reading…)
It was great to see the APR Motorsport S4 up to speed after one race under its belt. Ian Bass put the S4 in 3rd spot during qualifying but we later learned the time was disallowed for ride height infractions. Heres to some great results from APR Motorsports S4 and GTI’s today. Race starts at 1:15 PM ET. Live timing on Grand-Am.com
Irish MIke’s Racing #50 with Mario Hart is currently leading the ST final test session underway!
Irish Mike’s has been going strong all weekend in their Volkswagen Jettas. They are running in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST class. If you’ve never heard of Irish Mike’s, they are an automotive shop out of Orlando, FL. which specialize in service and repair. On top of that they have numerous years of racing under their belt with wins in the SCCA.
The crew over at Quattroworld have posted some great shots of the new APR Motorsport S4 running at Daytona in the Continental Tire Challenge GT class, this weekend. Testing has begun today but unfortunately, Ian Bass did put the S4 into the tires, which black flagged the session for a bit.
Our friends over at APR just finished the 3 month long preparation of their 2010 S4 for the 2010 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. In fact the car is going to the track for testing this week. The following video shows the APR Motorsport Audi B8 S4 3.0 TFSI Supercharged against the same vehicle in completely stock form. More vids and pics to come from testing this week! In fact, APR is inviting you to Daytona to come watch it in person if you are able to! ENJOY!
