{"id":1483,"date":"2020-05-25T21:07:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2020-05-25T21:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:07:24","slug":"team-sahlens-enters-the-1st-event-of-the-2020-season-at-nelson-ledges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/25\/team-sahlens-enters-the-1st-event-of-the-2020-season-at-nelson-ledges\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen\u2019s enters the 1st event of the 2020 season at Nelson Ledges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com will be entering their 1st<\/sup> race of the season at this coming weekend\u2019s Summit Racing \u2013 American Endurance Racing event at Nelson Ledges Road Course. The most recent trip for the team to Nelson Ledges was fall of last year, when the competed in the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series\u2019 24 Hour event.\u00a0 This twice around the clock event has long been run at Nelson since 1980.\u00a0 In that initial event 30 years ago, Joe Nonnamaker competed in a Volkswagen Rabbi, finishing 5th<\/sup> overall and 1st<\/sup> Class SSC.\u00a0 In last year\u2019s 24 hour race, Joe able to come full circle and this time secure the Overall victory, with his 2 sons, Will & Wayne, and Joe Sahlen in their Porsche Boxster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Nonnamaker reminisces about last year\u2019s event – \u201cNelson Ledges has always been a special place for the Nonnamaker Family. My 1st<\/sup> races were here.\u00a0 Both Will & Wayne took their driver\u2019s school here. And then to come back and win OVERALL at last year\u2019s 24 hours was a dream come true.\u00a0 The ownership and management at Nelson Ledges has done a fantastic job rebuilding the track.\u00a0 The new resurfacing is just fantastic.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to get out and race our Porsche Caymans at this weekend\u2019s Summit Racing \u2013 American Endurance Racing event.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the unfortunate situation of COVID-19, Team Sahlen has had a considerable layoff since the last event raced on New Year\u2019s Eve at Sebring International Raceway with the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series. The team was successful at this event, scoring the overall victory in the 7 hour enduro.\u00a0\u00a0 And the last time Team Sahlen competed with the Summit Racing \u2013 American Endurance Racing series was at the Fall 2019 Mid-Ohio event.\u00a0 At this event, Team Sahlen secured the Overall Victory in both Saturday and Sunday\u2019s enduros.\u00a0 Uniquely, Team Sahlen won with 2 different racers, Audi R8 & Porsche Cayman, in the two events.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During this 5 month off season, the Team Sahlen crew has been busy rebuilding the team\u2019s fleet of race cars for this season\u2019s full schedule of events.\u00a0 The list of cars prepared includes \u2013 \u201cRetro\u201d Audi R8 GT3 Ultra, \u201cSaucy\u201d Porsche Cayman GT4-PDK, \u201cLunatic\u201d Porsche Cayman GT4-PDK, \u201cKetchup\u201d Porsche Boxster, \u201cMustard\u201d Porsche Boxster, \u201cSalt\u201d Porsche Cayman, \u201cDijon\u201d Mazda RX7 and \u201cCharcoal\u201d Mazda RX7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Car Chief Trevor Whipple shared his thoughts on the off season \u2013 \u201cPreparing 8 race cars is quite an undertaking.\u00a0 We just took the approach of completing 1 car a week, and these short-term goals got us to the long term end game of having everything ready before the season event started.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this weekend\u2019s event, Team Sahlen has entered their #41 Porsche Cayman GT4-PDK \u201cLunatic and #42 Porsche GT4-PDK \u201cSaucy\u201d.\u00a0 The team will be utilizing the Friday test session to shake the down their #43 Audi R8 GT3 LMS Ultra \u201cRetro\u201d and their #943 Porsche Boxster \u201cMustard\u201d after their winter rebuilds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Nonnamaker shared his thoughts leading up to this weekend\u2019s race at Nelson \u2013 \u201cI can hardly wait to get out on the track at Nelson.\u00a0 It is one of my favorite tracks to drive on.\u00a0 It has quite a fast course.\u00a0 The competition in the American Endurance Racing series is very tough. Hopefully our many laps around this course will provide us with a slight advantage in our quest for the top step on the podium.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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