{"id":2622,"date":"2021-10-07T18:42:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2021-10-07T18:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:42:39","slug":"team-sahlen-secures-three-victories-at-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/07\/team-sahlen-secures-three-victories-at-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen secures three Victories at Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, entered the Tire\nRack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series at Pittsburgh International Race Complex on\nracing hig.  This was a result of\nsecuring 1st<\/sup> Place in both the Saturday and Sunday Enduros with the\nChampCar Series just a few weeks before at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  With competition fierce in the Tire Rack \u2013\nChampCar Endurance Series, Team Sahlen knew that they would have their work cut\nout for them to even come close to duplicating this result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday was an optional Test Day, and Team Sahlen utilized\nthe opportunity to not only test their \u201cKetchup\u201d & \u201cMustard\u201d Porsche\nBoxsters for the ChampCar event, but to also get some valuable seat time for\ndrivers Jacob Grimm and Joseph Sahlen who would racing the #941 \u201cCharcoal\u201d\nMazda RX7. The Test Day was beautiful blue skies, and team was able to get in\nsome very quality laps around the track. \nThe Test Day was successful with everyone receiving plenty of quality\nlaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday dawned with beautiful blue skies and dry track,\nwhich is exactly how Team Sahlen likes to go racing.  With 60 entries, managing traffic would be\nessential.  Team Sahlen received the \u201cbind\ndraw\u201d starting slots of last on the grid. \n But the Team Sahlen drivers knew\nthat the race was a long 8 hour enduro, and took their time working through\ntraffic.  And then at an hour and half\ninto the race, Team Sahlen was running 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup>\nOverall.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the rest of the race, Team Sahlen would face a\nstrong challenge from the Porsche 944 of Visceral Racing.  Lap after lap, the 2 Porsches dualled it out\nat the front of the pack.  Then as the\ncars pitted for the their last stops of the day, disaster unfortunately struck\nfor Visceral Racing, as their window net fell down after the pit stop.  This short delay for a 2nd<\/sup> stop in\nthe pits, placed the #943 \u201cMustard\u201d with a comfortable lead that lasted to the\ncheckered flag, to secure 1st<\/sup> OVERALL and 1st<\/sup> in C\nClass.  In an eventful day, #941\n\u201cCharcoal\u201d survived several on-track incidents to come home 13th<\/sup>\nOVERALL and 2nd<\/sup> in B Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Sahlen shared his thoughts after the amazing race \u2013 \u201cThat\nwas a very hard fought victory today.  We\nhad some really tough competition from the Visceral 944.  I don\u2019t think we put a wheel wrong all day,\nin what was a near perfect execution on track and in the pits.  The crew prepared a great car that ran\nflawlessly all day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday dawned again with overcast skies and precipitation in\nthe air.  \u201cMustard\u201d would start a lap\ndown due to the Saturday victory.  This\nlap was quickly snatched back by a super great 1st<\/sup> stint by Joe\nSahlen wheeling the Porsche racer ahead of the competition.     As the race continued to unfold, the track\nwould vary from dry to wet.  This put\nextra pressure on the Team Sahlen drivers to be able to maximize lap times with\nthe ever changing conditions.   The\ncompetition on Sunday was even stiffer than the day before, with not only the\nVisceral Racing 944, but the dual entry of RVA Graphics\u2019 BMW a threat all race\nlong.  Some very, very fortunate full\ncourse cautions saw the #943 \u201cMustard\u201d entry sneak out a 1 lap lead with 2\nhours to go in the race.  Despite several\nfull course cautions late in the event, Team Sahlen retained the lap lead to\nsecure the OVERALL victory and Class C win. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race of the day for Team Sahlen though came from the\n#941 \u201cCharcoal\u201d Mazda RX7.  Jacob Grimm\n& Joseph Sahlen built upon their track time from Saturday and put in a\nspectacular drive.  With only a flat tire\ncausing a slight delay in the pits, the rotary rocket ran smoothly all\nday.  And at the conclusion to the race,\n\u201cCharcoal\u201d secured 8th<\/sup> OVERALL and 1st<\/sup> in B Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Grimm shared his thoughts \u2013 \u201cWhat a fantastic\nday.  This is the 10 Anniversary of\nCharcoal racing in ChampCar.  I remember\nbuilding this RX7 and running it in the 25 hours at Nelson that year. We\nfinished 11th<\/sup> out of 72 racers that year. And here we are a decade\nlater, and old Charcoal is not only still running, but having the great\nresult.  I love this car, it is the\nbest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The victories this weekend now places both Team Sahlen\u2019s #942\n\u201cKetchup\u201d entry and #943 \u201cMustard\u201d entries in a tie for 1st<\/sup> place in\nthe Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance Series point standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next event for Team Sahlen will be the Summit Racing \u2013\nAmerican Endurance Racing event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  The event will start on Friday \u2013 October 22nd\nwith practice & qualifying.  Then\nSaturday and Sunday will be an 8.5 hour enduro starting at 8:30 am.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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