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  • Automatic Racing Earns Two Top Tens at Lime Rock
    Created: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Author: Jeff
    LAKEVILLE, Conn. – Round five of the KONI Challenge Grand Sport season resulted in two top-ten finishes for the Automatic Racing/Fresh from Florida BMW M3s, moving teammates Jep Thornton and Jeff Segal up to second in the driver championship running. Thornton drove the first stint in the No. 09 Automatic/Fresh from Florida BMW, holding down a position in the top ten before handing over to Segal. Unfortunately, contact from another car during Segal’s stint forced him to pit and the team dropped back. Undaunted, Segal got to work making up positions. He was soon back in the top ten, and he worked his way up to sixth before the checkered flag. Thornton and Segal have been earning consistent top finishes in the No. 09 BMW, and that consistency has paid off with a second-place standing in the GS driver points. “It was a very crazy race with lots of drama and tough racing,” said Thornton. “Our goal at Lime Rock was to stay ahead of the three Mustangs that we are...
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  • TMS BMWs LEAD QUALIFYING
    Created: Saturday, May 26, 2007 Author: Jeff
    In Front of Home Crowd Turner Motorsport Shines LIME ROCK PARK, Lakeville, CT - May 26, 2007 - Turner Motorsport BMWs added another notch to their Lime Rock heritage by putting both H&R Springs BMWs on the pole position in their respective classes. And then in today's KONI Challenge Street Tuner race, Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood re-gained the lead in the championship after a fifth-straight top ten result. The Grand Sport race will be on Monday. In ST qualifying, Adam Burrows gave the #95 H&R Springs/Turner Motorsport BMW 330i its first pole position of the year. In the race, Burrows kept the #95 330i at the front of the 28-car field. After handing over to co-driver Trevor Hopwood, the Turner BMW looked assured of another top-five finish with Hopwood returning to the race lead. However, an accident with another car forced a pitstop and the Turner pit crew did a fantastic job getting the car back out into the heat of battle where Hopwood brought the car home in tenth place....
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  • TMS HAPPY TO RETURN TO LIME ROCK
    Created: Friday, May 25, 2007 Author: Jeff
    Turner team feels at home in the hills of Connecticut LIME ROCK PARK, Lakeville, CT - May 25, 2007 - Turner Motorsport returns to Lime Rock Park in Connecticut for this weekend's 5th round of the KONI Challenge sports car series. The Massachusetts-based team is always a crowd-favorite at Lime Rock Park, mostly due to the years of success that team owner Will Turner has had racing in front of his home crowd. Connecticut native Will Turner and his co-driver Don Salama, another veteran of Lime Rock Park, will be taking the wheel of their #97 H&R Springs/Turner Motorsport BMW M3 starting with practice on Friday. Will Turner, team owner and pilot, #97 H&R Springs/Turner Motorsport BMW M3: "Lime Rock means a lot to me and to the team as a whole. Everyone on our team loves to come here and soak up the Memorial Day weekend atmosphere. It's really something special. And winning here is something we're very good at – we've won here in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and hopefully i...
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  • Automatic Racing Earns Three Top-Ten Finishes in KONI Challenge at Laguna Seca
    Created: Monday, May 21, 2007 Author: Jeff
    MONTEREY, Calif. – Automatic Racing combined speed, strategy and flawless pit stops to put three of their Fresh from Florida BMW M3s in the top ten during Sunday’s KONI Challenge Grand Sport race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Jep Thornton and Jeff Segal earned their third top-five finish of the season in the No. 09 Automatic Racing/Fresh from Florida M3. Thornton and Segal were fifth at Daytona, then third at Iowa. Their consistent finishes so far this season have allowed them to move up to the third spot in the championship standings. Thornton started the race from sixth, and pitted during an early caution to hand the BMW over to Segal. The gamble dropped Segal back to 30th, but it paid off with the eventual fifth-place finish. “The car was fantastic. Jeff really did his job today. I’m happy that we can give him this opportunity to show what he can do – he’s a great race car driver. Joe Varde did a great job prepping the car and our strategy worked ...
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  • Long Earns Front Row Start in Automatic Racing/Fresh From Florida BMW at Laguna Seca
    Created: Friday, May 18, 2007 Author: Jeff
    MONTEREY, Calif. – Tom Long will take his first green flag at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday, and he will do it from the front row. Long qualified second for the KONI Challenge Grand Sport race in the No. 99 Automatic Racing/Fresh from Florida BMW M3. Long and David Russell have been consistently fast this season in the No. 99 BMW, but they are still trying for their first podium of the season. After Long’s fast qualifying time of 1:36.621, they hope to parlay the front row start into a win. “The plan is to keep up front for as long as possible, make sure we get a good pit stop, and then get David back to the front,” said Long. “Our cars were strong in qualifying but the Mustangs haven’t given up. We know they’re going to be a factor later on in this race. The M3s are great here but we know from the past three races we’re going to have to fight for a win.” Jep Thornton qualified sixth in the No. 09 Automatic Racing/Fresh from F...
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  • TMS TURNS IT LOOSE AT LAGUNA
    Created: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Author: Jeff
    It's round 4 and the Turner squad turns up the heat. LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY, Monterey, California (May 17, 2007) -- Turner Motorsport BMWs return to Laguna Seca this weekend, holding the championship lead in the Street Tuner class and ready to pounce for the lead in the Grand Sport class. Turner Motorsport's three cars and six drivers are all in the top ten in points with the #95 H&R Springs/Turner Motorsport BMW 330i, driven by Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood, leading the KONI Challenge ST class standings. Burrows and Hopwood have put together back-to-back podium finishes in 2007 at Homestead and Iowa Speedways. This has propelled to the class lead in the Street Tuner Driver's and Team Championships. With Turner Motorsport's record at Laguna Seca – two top fives in the last two years – the rookie duo are confident ahead of Saturday's race. Trevor Hopwood, #95 H&R Springs/Turner Motorsport BMW 330i: "The main thing is we know we are going to have a good car th...
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  • Automatic Racing Takes Fresh from Florida Campaign to the West Coast
    Created: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Author: Jeff
    MONTEREY, Calif. – Florida agriculture will be well represented in California this weekend as Automatic Racing takes on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for round four of the KONI Challenge season. Automatic Racing will field four BMW M3s in the Grand Sport class, including the No. 99 Fresh from Florida BMW of Tom Long and David Russell, the No. 09 Fresh from Florida entry shared by Jep Thornton and Jeff Segal, the No. 90 of Jon Miller and Owen Trinkler, and the No. 91 of Tim George, Jr. and Conrad Grunewald. Thornton and Segal earned the first podium of the season for the team, taking third place last month at Iowa Speedway. Now, they hope to put the No. 09 Fresh from Florida BMW on the podium at a track where both drivers have proven their skill. Last year, Segal and Joao Barbosa drove to a third-place finish in the No. 90 Automatic BMW. Thornton, who teamed up with Lonnie Pechnik in the No. 09, kept the team at the front of the pack. They led briefly before a late-race stop for a spl...
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