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Team Sahlen flies Corvette flag in ROLEX 24 Hours
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Posted (01/23/2008) - For those Grand American fans who crave the roar of a Corvette at Daytona, Team Sahlen has just the cure. Entering the #43 HRPWorld.com Corvette, Team Sahlen will be racing for all Corvette fanatics at this weekend's ROLEX 24 at Daytona. In last year's race there were 6 Corvettes entered in the 24 Hours. This year, Team Sahlen is the sole Corvette entry. But where the Corvette lacks in numbers, Team Sahlen hopes to make up for in performance on the track. "We had a fantastic January Test Days. There were great improvements in speed. The GT class is very competitive, with cars from Mazda, Porsche, Ford, Pontiac, Ferrari and BMW. Hopefully the improvements we made will be just the thing to put us up to the front." - states Joe Sahlen The 2007 ROLEX 24 at Daytona was the first race for Team Sahlen's brand new HRPWorld.com Corvette. Despite little to no track time with the Corvette, Team Sahlen finished a very respectable 20th place in GT. For the 2008 event, Team Sahlen will have Joe Sahlen plus Joe, Wayne and Will Nonnamaker as drivers of the #42 HRPWorld.com Corvette. "Last year, we had several new car reliability issues that put us in the garage for awhile. Team Sahlen worked hard over the course of the 2007 season to correct these issues, and we are excited to take on the grueling 24 hour event." - states team driver Joe Nonnamaker After the ROLEX 24 at Daytona, Team Sahlen will continue forward with entering 2 HRPWorld.com Corvettes, #43 and #42, in the remaining 12 events of the ROLEX season. The 2008 Team Sahlen ROLEX GT Campaign is support by HRPWorld.com, GOJO, ZIP Products, HAWK Performance, Forgeline Wheels, Cool Shirt, TheRaceSite.com, TheRaceMarket.com, Grassroots Motorsports, Holliday Canopies, Alcon, CM Racing, Joe Gibbs Motor Oil, Genesis Technologies, Endurance Karting, and Corsa Performance. |
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