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  • RSR Motorsports: Infield Dominance will be Key at Homestead
    Created: Monday, February 28, 2011 Author: Jeff
    After putting two of their MINI Cooper S cars in the top ten at Daytona, RSR Motorsports is confident about this weekend’s GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The team claimed sixth and seventh in the ST class during the season opener at Daytona, a track that is traditionally tough for the MINIs, which carry sponsorship from Cruise America, Thor Motor Coach, and US LED. Now, heading to the second speedway track in a row, RSR Motorsports’ drivers are feeling optimistic, but know that Homestead will present its own challenges. “Last year I got an incredible tow during qualifying,” says Sarah Cattaneo. The Global Jet-sponsored driver earned her first series pole at Homestead in 2010. “Homestead is a track where we need perfect execution. We have to be quick through traffic, qualify well, and get those tows on the banking whenever we can.” Cattaneo’s teammate in the No. 198 RSR Motorsports MINI Cooper S is Owen Trinkler, and he ...
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  • RSR Motorsports Rises to Challenge, Earns 6th and 7th at Daytona
    Created: Thursday, February 03, 2011 Author: Jeff
    The word “challenging” was heard often in the RSR Motorsports camp as the MINI Cooper S team prepared for the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Never ones to back down, the team rose to the challenge by earning sixth and seventh in the ST class of Friday’s GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race. Carrying all-new graphics and sponsorship from Cruise America, Thor Motor Coach and US LED, the RSR Motorsports MINI Cooper S entries proved that small can still be mighty, even on the high banks of Daytona. “Our cars were two seconds off the fastest ST car’s pace,” notes team owner Randall Smalley. “That’s a reflection of the high banks, and Daytona is the toughest track for us all season. Thanks to a great race strategy and flawless pit stops, we were competitive the whole race. I’m thrilled.” Owen Trinkler and Sarah Cattaneo earned the sixth-place finish in the No. 198 RSR Motorsports MINI Cooper S. They were a formidable duo during last yea...
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  • BimmerWorld Earns Top-6 Finish with Wilden & Michaelian on GRAND-AM GS Debut at Daytona
    Created: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 Author: Jeff
    The bar was set exceedingly high for the BimmerWorld Racing Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge team after nearly winning the Street Tuner teams' and drivers' championship at its first attempt. Adding two new cars to the team for 2011--to run in the bigger, faster Grand Sport class--required unparalleled amounts of work and dedication in the off-season, as two new BMW M3 V8s were transformed into GS race cars in just a matter of months. And with a highly competitive showing at the opening round of the 2011 GRAND-AM championship last weekend at Daytona International Speedway, BimmerWorld's efforts in the Grand Sport (GS) category made for a seamless transition from one season to the next. 2009 GS driver champion Ken Wilden and his teammate Bob Michaelian drove their Bizrate.com-sponsored No. 78 BimmerWorld BMW E92 chassis to a remarkable sixth-place finish in their maiden race with the team. With the majority of the BMW E92 runners in GS armed with years of experience racing their G...
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