{"id":10692,"date":"2025-01-22T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=10692"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:51:41","slug":"team-sahlen-ready-for-start-of-2025-season-at-daytona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/team-sahlen-ready-for-start-of-2025-season-at-daytona\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen ready for start of the 2025 season at Daytona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Team\nSahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, kicks off the 2025 season at Daytona\nInternational Speedway.  The event will\nbe the Daytona 14 Hours with the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series.  This will be the 3rd<\/sup> time the team\nhas entered the Daytona 14 Hours.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Sahlen has also competed in three additional 14 hour\nTire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series events: Nelson Ledges 2013 \u2013 5th<\/sup>,\nPittsburgh 2015 \u2013 5th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup> & 13th<\/sup>,\nSebring 2020 \u2013 2nd<\/sup> & 3rd<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The team 1st<\/sup> raced at Daytona in 1996. \nOver the span of years, the Sahlen racers has been fortunate to secure 8\nvictories at this legendary race track. The last time the team won at Daytona\nwas 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In last\nyear\u2019s 14 Hours, the team was able to lead the race in the late evening hours.  In the penultimate stint that was fully in\nthe dark, both Joe Nonamaker  & Joe\nSahlen did an excellent job staying out of trouble and putting in super strong\nlaps to keep the team in 1st<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> Place.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the\nlast stint of the race, Wayne Nonnamaker found himself with a 5 second gap to 2nd<\/sup>\nplace.  Over the last 30 minutes of the\nrace, Team Sahlen exchanged the lead with the Premium Dudes 10-15 times.  One lap Team Sahlen would cross the finish\nline in 1st<\/sup> and the next the order would be swapped.  As the final lap concluded, Wayne was just 1\ncar length behind from the win. The Margin of victory was 0.136 seconds.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wayne Nonnamaker shared his thoughts after the race – \u201cWhat an amazing race that was.  Battling the #32, while managing traffic and all at night.  That was an epic race, that I am sure made for great viewing both in the stands and on the live broadcast on ChampCarLive!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drivers for this weekend\u2019s event will be Joe Sahlen, Joe\nNonnamaker, Wayne Nonnamaker & Will Nonnamaker. The team will be racing\ntheir #942 \u201cKetchup\u201d & #943 \u201cMustard\u201d ECS Tuning Porsche Boxsters. \nThe last event of 2024 for Team Sahlen was the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance\nSeries Sebring New Year\u2019s Eve event.  In\nthis event Team Sahlen was having an excellent run, leading the 7 hour enduro\nuntil a spinning car in the last hour took the team out of the victory.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Nonnamaker shares his thoughts returning to Daytona \u2013 \u201cThis track is one of the historic tracks in America.  Everyone knows about the ROLEX 24 Hours.  We were fortunate to compete in that legendary event a total of 10 times.  The 14 Hour event this weekend is the second longest endurance event that is held at Daytona each year. And the experiences we learned from those ROLEX races will assist us in the challenge of this event.  I love driving Daytona.  You have the unique dynamic of the twisty infield, the flat out banking and the very swift flowing bus stop on the back straight.  This should be a lot of fun and I am looking forward to the challenge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 14 Hour enduro will take the green flag at 9 am on\nSaturday \u2013 March 29th<\/sup>.  The checkered will wave at 11 pm that\nevening, in the dark, with the track lights showing the way till the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Team Sahlen Campaign Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

honeybeeBase.com, Malco Products, Porsche Beachwood, Discovery\nParts, Valco Cincinnati with Big Wrench Racing, ECS Tuning, Tarett Engineering,\nGuard Transmission, HubstandsPRO, Maxima Racing Oil, Pagid Brakes, NGK Spark\nPlugs, CM Racing Products, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, Design Engineering\nInc., OMP Racing, Bell Racing, Forgeline Wheels, Optima Batteries, All-Fit\nAutomotive, Capri Tools & Eibach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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