{"id":2703,"date":"2021-10-28T20:44:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2021-10-28T20:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:44:51","slug":"team-sahlen-sweeps-the-weekend-at-mid-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/team-sahlen-sweeps-the-weekend-at-mid-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen sweeps the weekend at Mid-Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, entered the Summit\nRacing \u2013 American Endurance Racing series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on a\nhigh after securing 4 OVERALL Victories in a row over the past 2 months   This\nwas a result of securing 1st<\/sup> Place in both the Saturday and Sunday\nEnduros with the ChampCar Endurance Series at both Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course\n& Pittsburgh International Race Complex. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday was a morning Practice Session, and the afternoon\nbeing a Qualifying Session.  Team Sahlen utilized\nthe morning track time to not only get some early laps in the #43 \u201cRetro\u201d Audi\nR8 and #42 \u201cPepper\u201d Porsche Cayman, but to also shake down the #41 \u201cSalt\u201d Porsche\nCayman and #943 \u201cMustard\u201d Porsche Boxster. Although the track was damp and\ncold, the session time was good to ensure all was working well.  The afternoon was a time to lay down some\nfast laps.  And to start of the times,\nthe #42 \u201cPepper\u201d rolled out and secured 4th<\/sup> in the Class 4\ngrid.  Not to be out done, the #43 \u201cRetro\u201d\nmade a bold statement for the weekend, securing the OVERALL and Class 5 Pole\nPosition, setting a new American Endurance Racing track record in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday morning saw a very, very cold and wet track.  This made for some tricky driving\nconditions.  Many cars spun even on the\npace laps, including the #42 \u201cPepper\u201d. \nEven as the green flag fell, cars found it even difficult to try and tip\ntoe around the twisty Midwest track.   The\nconditions continued through the 1st<\/sup> 3 hours of the race.  As Noon time arrived, the track had finally\nstarted to dry.  At this point, the Team\nSahlen Audi started to move to the front of the pack.  This continued until an unfortunate gearbox\nglitch put the R8 in permanent 5th<\/sup> Gear Mode.  A momentous drive by Wayne Nonnamaker over\nthe last stint saw \u201cRetro\u201d rise back to challenge for the OVERALL victory.  The dog fight with the VAC BMW lasted lap\nafter lap.  Then at the checkered, \u201cRetro\u201d\ncrossed the line 1st<\/sup> with just a .08 Margin of Victory. Along with the\nvictory, Wayne Nonnamaker surpassed the 4000 Lap mark in the Summit Racing \u2013\nAmerican Endurance Racing series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wayne Nonnamaker shared his thoughts \u2013 \u201cWhat a challenging\nrace.  Keeping up the momentum was the\nkey to keeping the Audi turning quick laps to contest for the victory.  This was relatively easy with clear track,\nbut this is endurance racing with multi classes on the track at the same time.  And in traffic is where I had the most\nchallenge to keep the R8 rolling along.  And\nthen to win by .08 seconds is just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the transmission issue, Team Sahlen made the decision\nto switch the #43 \u201cRetro\u201d Audi R8 for the #41 \u201cSalt\u201d Porsche Cayman.  The main issue for Team Sahlen was broken\npulley on the motor on the #42 \u201cPepper\u201d Porsche. The crew dug in deep and\nswitched the motor with the spare.  This\nwork was finally completed at 2 am.  The Sunday\n8 hour race started in the dry.  Team\nSahlen methodically worked through traffic, and at the 3 hour mark, the team\nwas in 1st<\/sup> Place in both Class 5 and Class 3.  Then the expected rains came, and changed the\nwhole complexion of the race.  The track\nbecame nearly impossible to navigate. \nSurvival became the essence of the day. \nFor the remaining 5 hours of the race, Team Sahlen focused hard to manage\nthe conditions and secure a strong finish for the day.  As the race came to a close, amazingly, the #42\n\u201cPepper\u201d Porsche secured 1st<\/sup> OVERALL and 1st<\/sup> in Class\n5.  And the #41 \u201cSalt\u201d Porsche survived\nto secure a solid 7th<\/sup> OVERALL and 3rd<\/sup> in Class 3.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will Nonnamaker shared his thoughts \u2013 \u201cThat was some very treacherous\nconditions.  There was absolutely no grip\non the track.  Then the defroster on \u201cSalt\u201d\nstarted to have issues. I was able to squeegee the inside of the windshield twice\na lap, but still seeing the track was near impossible.  I was never more happy for a race to end than\ntoday\u2019s race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the weekend, Wayne Nonnamaker was able to secure the Top\nDriver in Points Scored.  His total of\n400 points was the most all time by a driver over a weekend in the Summit\nRacing \u2013 American Endurance Racing series. \nThis giant point total moved Wayne all the way up to 5th<\/sup> in the\nseason Driver Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next event for Team Sahlen will be the Tire Rack \u2013\nChampCar Endurance Series at Sebring International Raceway.  The event will start on Friday \u2013 December 17th<\/sup>\nwith open test & tune.  Then Saturday\nand Sunday will be a 7 hour enduros starting at 9 am.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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