{"id":10393,"date":"2024-11-01T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=10393"},"modified":"2024-11-01T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:34:46","slug":"team-sahlen-secures-overall-victory-in-4-endurance-sports-car-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/01\/team-sahlen-secures-overall-victory-in-4-endurance-sports-car-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen secures OVERALL Victory in 4 Endurance Sports Car Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, became the 1st<\/sup>\nTeam to achieve the \u201cBaseball Cycle\u201d in Sportsman Endurance Sports Car\nSeries.  The team accomplished this\nmilestone at the recent Lucky Dog Racing League event at Pitt Race.  The team secured the OVERALL Victory in\nSunday\u2019s 8 Hour Enduro.  This was the\nteam\u2019s 1st<\/sup> time running in the series, and was able to accomplish\nthis victory in this initial outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With this win, the team now has OVERALL Victories in the\nTire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series, Summit Racing \u2013 American Endurance\nRacing, World Racing League presented by Hagerty and the Lucky Dog Racing\nLeague powered by Hankook Tires.  The\ngrand total of OVERALL Victories in these series tallies 51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team 1st<\/sup> entered the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance\nSeries in 2011.  But the team did not\nsecure their initial Overall Victory until 2016 at Gingerman Raceway.  In that event the team raced their Mazda RX7\nto victory.  Since that time, the team has\nswitched from their trio of Rotary Rockets to a trio of Porsche Boxsters.  This season the team became the all time leader\nin OVERALL Victories in the series. And at the recent event at Pitt Race, the\nteam extended that marker to 26 wins.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Nonnamaker remembers that 1st<\/sup> victory \u2013 \u201cRacing our Mazda RX7 was super fun back then.  The competition at Gingerman was just as tough as it is today.  We had worked for so many years to win in the series, to finally get that OVERALL Victory was really great.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Within the Summit Racing \u2013 American Endurance Racing, the\nteam made their 1st<\/sup> foray into the series at the 2015 season finale\nat Mid-Ohio.  In that event the team was\nable to secure Overall Victory with their Porsche Cayman.  Over the next several years the team would\ncampaign a total of 4 Porsche Caymans and an Audi R8 GT3 Ultra in the\nseries.  At present, the team is the all\ntime leader in OVERALL Victories in the series with 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Sahlen shared his thoughts on racing the Audi \u2013 \u201cThat R8 was so amazing to drive.  It was almost like getting back behind the wheel of a Daytona Prototype.  I have some very fond memories with that car. But the most memorable was when I was behind the wheel at Watkins Glen in damp conditions when we were successful in 4 lap shoutout for the OVERALL Victory. “<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team\u2019s foray into the World Racing League has been brief\nbut successful.  In 3 weekends of competing,\nthe team has secured 3 OVERALL Victories. \nAmazingly, the OVERALL Victories have been accomplished competing in 3\ndifferent classes in the series \u2013 GTO, GP1 and GP2.   The team is singular in this achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will Nonnamaker remembers competing in the World Racing League \u2013 \u201cBoth times we won at Mid-Ohio in our Porsche Cayman, we had to race against the very fast Elan Mazda Prototype.  Through consistent pace, quick pit stops and excellent strategy, we persevered both times for the OVERALL Victory.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond achieving the marker of OVERALL Victories in 4 series,\nthe team is also  Sahlen has been\ncelebrating their 40th<\/sup> Anniversary in Endurance Sports Car.  In that time frame that team has tallied 1134\nentries, raced 64 cars from 8 different manufactures with 161 drivers.  And the team has been able to achieve 133\ntotal wins, 339 podiums, 55 Pole Positions and 108 Fastest Race Laps.  At the conclusion of these many seasons, the\nteam has been fortunate to secure 12 Driver Championships, 12 Manufacturer\nChampionships and 8 Team Titles.  The 8th<\/sup>\nTeam title occurred just this year as Team Sahlen won the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance\nMidwest Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wayne Nonnamaker shared his reflection on the team’s 40 years of racing – “Of our team’s 40 years of racing, 1\/4 of that time has been focused on racing in these 4 Endurance Sports Car series. There is some really tough competition in each series. To have secured wins in all 4 series and tallied 51 OVERALL Victories is a testament to the whole crew’s dedication to focusing on being the best each and every weekend we go out racing.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024 Team\nSahlen Campaign Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

honeybeeBase.com,\nMalco Products, Porsche Beachwood, ECS Tuning, Tarett Engineering, Guard\nTransmission, HubstandsPRO, Maxima Racing Oil, Pagid Brakes, NGK Spark Plugs,\nCM Racing Products, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, Design Engineering Inc.,\nForgeline Wheels, Optima Batteries, All-Fit Automotive, OMP, Bell Helmets &\nCapri Tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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