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 Among
the 50 cars to take the green flag in Saturday's Barber 250, 17 cars
were competing in the ST class. The race went down to the wire with
Sylvain Tremblay taking the lead on the final lap driving the No. 70
SpeedSource Mazda RX-8. It was Tremblay and co-driver David Haskell's
fourth win of the year. They are now within eight points of the lead
currently held by Will Turner and Don Salama. And just how hard was
the No. 70 car being driven by Tremblay at the end of the race? Astoundingly,
the No.70 car's fastest lap was on the final lap of the race. The ST
class winners finished 11th overall among the 50 race starters.
Settling for second place (12th overall) was the No. 27 Bill Fenton
Motorsports Nissan 350Z driven by Eric Curran and Bob Endicott. Bill
Fenton and Bob Beede drove the No. 29 Acura RSX-S home to a third
place finish (14th overall).
The event was serviced by Hoosier Racing Tire out of
the corporate headquarters located in Lakeville, IN. The service team
consisted of Track Service Manager Tim Gilvin, Jim Bartholomew, John
Broeker, Marc Brown, Terry Gilvin, Jake Hartle, Brian Herthoge, Chris
Grossman and Dan Webb.
The final Grand American Road Racing Association race
is October 29-31, at California Speedway in Fontana, CA. The Rolex
Series will be contesting the Lexus Grand American 400, while the
Grand-Am Cup Series will be hosting the Lexus Grand American 250.
Hoosier is extremely proud to have been selected by
the Grand American Road Racing Association to be the exclusive tire
provider this year for three of the five competing classes in the
Rolex Series and Grand-Am Cup Series and for being chosen as the sole
tire supplier for all classes beginning with the 2005 season.
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BIRMINGHAM,
AL (October 8-10) -- The Grand American Road Racing Association was in
action over the weekend at Barber Motorsports Park with both the Rolex
and the Grand-Am Cup Series on the track. In the Rolex Series on
Sunday, the SGS
class was won by Marc Bunting and Andy Lally. The Porsche
250 race had 38 starters among the three classes on the track
with 11 starters competing in the Hoosier-only SGS class. On Saturday
in the
Grand-Am Cup Series Barber 250, Craig Stanton and David
Murry were the top finishers among the 50 race starters. The duo won
their second consecutive GS class race driving the TheRaceSite.com
Racing Porsche 996 No. 43 (photo). In the ST class, Sylvain Tremblay
and David Haskell won their fourth event of the year. Tremblay drove
the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 into the lead on the last lap en
route to the win. Just one event remains on the 2004 Grand American
Road Racing Association's schedule with both the Grand-Am Cup and
Rolex Series in action (October 29-31) at California Speedway. The
2005 season will usher in a new era in the Grand American Road Racing
Association with all classes running exclusively on Hoosier
tires. 
Thirty-eight
cars took part in Sunday's Rolex Series Porsche 250 at Barber
Motorsports Park with 11 competing in the SGS class which runs
exclusively on Hoosier tires. When the 87-lap race was completed
Marc Bunting and Andy Lally added to their points lead winning their
second event of the season driving the No. 38 TPC Racing Porsche GT3
Cup while finishing 17th overall. The pair, who lead the driver
standings by 16 points, won earlier this season at Watkins Glen. The
win also assured the No. 38 car the SGS team title. Finishing in
second place (19th overall) was the No. 36 TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup
driven by Michael Levitas and Randy Probst. Leh Keen and Cory Friedman
finished in third place (21st overall) driving the No. 14 Autometrics
Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup. The race was run under cloudy skies with
the threat of rain throughout. Both Hoosier WET and DRY tires were
used during the event. 
On
Saturday in the Grand-Am Cup Series Barber 250 race, Craig Stanton and
David Murry made it two in a row finishing first among the stellar
50-car field (33 competed in the GS class). After early morning
showers, the weather cleared in time for the 93-lap race. Stanton and
Murry took the lead on lap 72 in the No. 43 TheRaceSite.com Racing
Porsche 996. Amazingly, it was Stanton's sixth win of the season in
the nine events contested to date. Even more amazing, he missed one of
the events and still is just four points out of first place in the
standings. Finishing 9.481 seconds behind the race winner was the No.
11 Powell Motorsport Cadillac CTS-V driven by Terry Borcheller and
Devon Powell. (Borcheller currently leads the GS driver standings.)
Wayne and Joe Nonnamaker finished in third place driving the No. 44
TheRaceSite.com Porsche 996. The tight points battle will be settled
at the end of the month at the series' final event in California.