{"id":2863,"date":"2021-12-22T22:29:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2021-12-22T22:29:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:29:49","slug":"team-sahlen-concludes-2021-season-at-sebring-international-raceway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/22\/team-sahlen-concludes-2021-season-at-sebring-international-raceway-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen concludes 2021 season at Sebring International Raceway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, entered their\nfinal event of the season at Sebring International Raceway with the Tire Rack \u2013\nChampCar Endurance Series.  The event would\nbe dual 7 hour enduros on Saturday and Sunday. \nTeam Sahlen entered the race weekend on a 6 race win streak, spanning\ntwo different series and 3 different race weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday was a full test day. \nThis provided the team with the opportunity to shake down their Porsche\nBoxsters.  The day was one of a bit of trepidation,\nas Team Sahlen had the unfortunate situation of only having junkyard motors to\nrace with.  The fear was soon founded as\none of the motors let go in Ketchup.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is where the story of the weekend begins, as the star\nof the weekend was the Team Sahlen crew. \nJumping into action, the Team Sahlen crew quickly installed another junkyard\nmotor into Ketchup before the end of the Test Day.  Despondingly, this motor too expired as soon\nas it went out on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This left Team Sahlen with only 1 car, \u201cMustard\u201d, to run the\nSaturday race.  Starting mid pack of the\n100 car field, Joe Sahlen quickly made quick time moving to the front, settling\ninto 5th<\/sup> place at the 1 hour mark. \nThen as the hours rolled forward in the race, Team Sahlen continually\nmoved forward, eventually topping the charts in 1st<\/sup> place.  Unfortunately, the \u201cjunkyard blues\u201d struck\nagain, as the motor went south in \u201cMustard\u201d that saw retirement with only 1\nhour to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the weekend wasn\u2019t over quite yet, as Team Sahlen\nsecured another junkyard motor.  And again\nthe start of the weekend was the Team Sahlen crew as they jumped into action to\ninstall the motor.  This process took\nuntil 1 am, with many, many complications along the way including seized header\nbolts, seized motor that required shifting the cams, and a broken power\nsteering seal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Sunday dawned, the team had hopes that all would work\nout.  And with Wayne Nonnamaker at the\nwheel, \u201cKetchup\u201d started in 80th<\/sup> place.  Within 2 Laps Wayne had made it to 10th<\/sup>\nplace.  Then the \u201cballoon burst\u201d, and\nthis junkyard motor too soon expired.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Nonnamaker shared his thoughts after the deliriously tough weekend \u2013 \u201cSometimes in racing you are the windshield and sometimes you are the bug.\u00a0 We have been very fortunate to have been the windshield with some great success in 2021.\u00a0 And a weekend like this is going to happen in racing from time to time.\u00a0 But for me the most amazing thing about this weekend was the spirit of the entire Team Sahlen crew.\u00a0 Facing one disappointment after another, not one member of the team put their head down and gave up.\u00a0 4 motors in one weekend would depress almost anyone. But not this crew, even as we were loading up on Sunday, with the race still going on, the whole crew was laughing and joking with talk already towards the 2022 season.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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