News from Friday’s Fresh From Florida race. Back in October, we posted news regarding APR’s motorsport entries in the 2008 Grand-Am Koni Challenge series.
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Bildon Motorsport has teamed up with GSM Racing this year and brings back their Volkswagen GTI to the series. GSM also has an Audi TT entered!
Friday’s race came and went, almost overshadowed by the Rolex 24 of Daytona. We were even to busy to watch or report on it, live.
Thursdays first practice saw an Acura and two Chevy Cobalts go 1-2-3. The first GTI was that of APR with Pobst/White in 10th. The second was Bass/von Molke in 23rd. GSM’s GTI was 34th with the last APR entry posting no time. The GSM Audi TT posted no time as well.
The second practice was much better with Pobst/White placing 3rd. Bass/von Molke was 15th and GSM’s GTI 46 with the TT in 47th. No time posted for the third APR GTI.
Qualifying saw Acura TSX got 1-2 and a Honda Accord take 3rd. The top GTI was that of Pobst/White in 8th. Bass/von Molke came in 31st, GSM’s GTI in 34th, with no times from practice the APR GTI of Tucker/ Zabinski pulled in 36th and the Audi TT posted no time.
There was another practice on race day but in the end it was Acura’s taking the top 4 places. APR’s Pobst/White placed 21st, Tucker / Zabinski 23rd and Bass/von Molke 41st.
GSM Motorsport’s GTI placed 42nd and the Audi TT 47th.
We have no official follow up’s from the teams/drivers but will post if we do.
Mark your calendars/TiVo’s for Feb 2, 8:00 PM SPEED *
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