{"id":2476,"date":"2021-09-18T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2021-09-18T15:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T15:52:54","slug":"team-sahlen-determined-to-defend-overall-victory-at-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/18\/team-sahlen-determined-to-defend-overall-victory-at-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen determined to defend OVERALL Victory at Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, will be\nreturning back to race with the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series after\nrecently racing with the series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. At this event,\nTeam Sahlen was able to secure 1<sup>st<\/sup> and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> OVERALL in\nSaturday\u2019s 8 hour event.&nbsp; And then to top\nof the weekend by securing 1<sup>st<\/sup> OVERALL in Sunday\u2019s 7 hour event as\nwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" src=\"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4074-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4074-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4074-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4074-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4074.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Team Sahlen will be entering their #942 \u201cKetchup\u201d &amp; #943\n\u201cMustard\u201d Porsche Boxsters as well as their trusted veteran #141 \u201cCharcoal\u201d\nMazda RX7. The drivers will be Joe Sahlen, Joseph Sahlen, Jacob Grimm, Joe\nNonnamaker, Wayne Nonnamaker and Will Nonnamaker.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Will Nonnamaker shared his thoughts leading up to the\nweekend \u2013 \u201cWe are very excited to return to Pittsburgh International Race\nComplex.&nbsp; This is one of the most fun\ntracks we visit all year long.&nbsp; It is\nvery challenging.&nbsp; And for some strange\nreason, we always seem to have good fortune of running up front at this track\nevery year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6303-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6303-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6303-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6303-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6303-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6303-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Joseph Sahlen shared his thoughts on getting back out on the\ntrack \u2013 \u201cI really enjoyed racing at Watkins Glen earlier in the year.&nbsp; I can\u2019t wait to get back out in \u201cCharcoal\u201d\nand race again.&nbsp; This track is super fun\nand the RX7 is really enjoyable to drive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The event will start on Friday \u2013 October 1<sup>st<\/sup> with\nan open test and tune.&nbsp; Then Saturday\nwill be an 8 hour enduro starting at 9 am.&nbsp;\nSunday will be a 7 hour enduro.&nbsp;\nThe races will be televised on Champcarlive &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ChampCarEnduranceSeries\/videos\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ChampCarEnduranceSeries\/videos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6290-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6290-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6290-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6290-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6290-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6290-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2021 Team Sahlen Campaign Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>honeybeeBase.com, Porsche Beachwood, Audi Mentor, ECS\nTuning, Tarett Engineering, Guard Transmission, , HubstandsPRO, Maxima Racing\nOil, Brothers Grimm Landscaping, NGK Spark Plugs, CM Racing Products, Mothers\nPolish, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, Design Engineering Inc., Hard Brakes,\nForgeline Wheels, Optima Batteries, All-Fit Automotive, Mazdaspeed, Winding\nRoad Racing, Performance Friction Brakes &amp; WIX Filters.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, will be returning back to race with the Tire Rack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476\/revisions\/2478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}