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2014 Pirelli World Challenge Sonoma Grand Prix

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Is anyone going to this event? My son and I will be there early Saturday morning and will be meeting with a couple of the race teams including Rehagan Racing if you want to join us. Dean Martin in in fourth place in the standings and this race should be fun to watch. Post up if you're going.

http://www.world-challenge.com/index.php?option=com_drivers&view=event&id=53&Itemid=216

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Re: Pirelli World Challenge Sonoma Grand Prix

The Mustang Teams had a decent day yesterday with a podium finish for Joey Atterbury and Capaldi Racing and Alec Udell of Watson Racing grabbing 5th. Maybe one of them can get first today. Unfortunately Dean Martin crashed and DNF. Hopefully there was not too much damage to his car and he'll be out there tearing it up today.

You can find yesterday's results at the link below and click on GTS Race 1.

http://www.world-challenge.com/index.php?Itemid=159&option=com_drivers&view=results
 
Re: Pirelli World Challenge Sonoma Grand Prix

Not a bad day for the Team Mustang but not the best. As has already been reported elsewhere Dean Martin took a hard hit at the end of the race and destroyed his Boss hitting a wall in Turn 1. He was checked out and should be fine. Below are links to photos, results and summary of the race. I'll post a few photos I took in the next day or so.

http://www.world-challenge.com/photos/category/76-sonoma-grand-prix-2014.html?format=html&start=28

http://www.world-challenge.com/images/events/14-SON2-FIN-Race-Results-1-GTS-.pdf

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/series-news/item/2682-lazzaro-von-thurn-und-taxis-and-aschenbach-claim-sunday-round-14-sonoma-victories.html

Alec Udell

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Dean Martin

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Re: Pirelli World Challenge Sonoma Grand Prix

IndyCar
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This is 30 minutes before the IndyCar race started. It has clearly lost it's relevance in the world of auto racing. These stands are packed for NASCAR.
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I watched this Camaro go through tech to make sure they weren't cheating. ;)
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Ready to rumble. That's Filip the owner of CorteX with the headphones and Alec Udell's car.
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Dean Martin's car, check out the splitter spacer!
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Turn 7
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Download this photo and enlarge it. You'll see how high Dean bounced the rear of his car off the curbing. Also note where the front splitter is. He was tearing it up and moved up about 10 places before he blew a tire and crashed.
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Re: Pirelli World Challenge Sonoma Grand Prix

I see no mentioning of this series returning to Sonoma for 2015. What a shame, I went in 2013(?) and it was a blast!

*EDIT - they're hitting Laguna in September instead of Sonoma in August.

http://www.world-challenge.com/index.php?option=com_drivers&view=event&id=65&Itemid=216
 

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Re: Pirelli World Challenge Sonoma Grand Prix

NFSBOSS said:
They'll be there the last weekend in August and so will I. I believe Sonoma is the longest running annual race on the schedule.

http://www.world-challenge.com/index.php?Itemid=216&option=com_drivers&view=events

Maybe if I'm not busy I'll try to make it out to this one...we'll see.
 

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