{"id":8968,"date":"2024-06-07T18:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=8968"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:32:38","slug":"team-sahlen-ready-for-3rd-annual-6-hours-of-pittsburgh-endurance-karting-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/team-sahlen-ready-for-3rd-annual-6-hours-of-pittsburgh-endurance-karting-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen ready for 3rd Annual 6 Hours of Pittsburgh Endurance Karting event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EK_FB_Banner_a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EK_FB_Banner_a-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EK_FB_Banner_a-1-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Team Sahlen, presented Optima Batteries, will be entering the\n6 Hours of Pittsburgh with the Endurance Karting series on June 30<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; Drivers for Team Sahlen will be Wayne &amp;\nWill Nonnamaker. The duo will be competing against 19 other teams. The Karts will\nbe Dino chassis with Honda GX270 engines all equally prepared by the Endurance Karting\nseries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Wayne and Will recently competed in the K1Speed 12 Hours of\nCanton.&nbsp; This event provided excellent\nseat time for the duo in their preparations for this weekend\u2019s 6 hour event on\nthe beautiful Pittsburgh International Race Complex Kart Track.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5957-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5957-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5957-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5957-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5957-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5957-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This season will mark the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> running of the 6\nhours of Pittsburgh.&nbsp; Team Sahlen has\ncompeted in both events, securing 7<sup>th<\/sup> and 8<sup>th<\/sup> OVERALL in\nthe last 2 season respectively.&nbsp; The last\ntime that Wayne and Will drove as an exclusive duo in Endurance Karting was way\nback in 2000, when the drove to a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place overall, narrowly\nmissing out on 1<sup>st<\/sup>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Will Nonnamaker shared his thoughts in advance of the event \u2013<em> \u201cI am really excited about this year\u2019s event.\u00a0 The entire team at Endurance Karting does a fantastic job in providing an excellent experience.\u00a0 The Karts are all super fun to drive while also being very equal.\u00a0 We have learned a lot since last year and as well we add a radio comm system that we utilized in the Canton 12 hours that should be very useful in this 6 hour event.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MG_7694.cr2_-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MG_7694.cr2_-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MG_7694.cr2_-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MG_7694.cr2_-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MG_7694.cr2_-2.jpg 1406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Practice starts at 8 am, and if followed up by a qualifying\nsession at 10:40 am.&nbsp; The race will start\nat 11:15 am with a LeMans style start.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>2024 Team\nSahlen Campaign Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">honeybeeBase.com,\nMalco Products, Porsche Beachwood, ECS Tuning, Tarett Engineering, Guard\nTransmission, HubstandsPRO, Maxima Racing Oil, Pagid Brakes, NGK Spark Plugs,\nCM Racing Products, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, Design Engineering Inc.,\nHard Brakes, Forgeline Wheels, Optima Batteries, All-Fit Automotive, Winding\nRoad Racing, &amp; Capri Tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5948-Edited-2-1024x956.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5948-Edited-2-1024x956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5948-Edited-2-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5948-Edited-2-768x717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5948-Edited-2-1536x1434.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5948-Edited-2-2048x1912.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Sahlen, presented Optima Batteries, will be entering the 6 Hours of Pittsburgh with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8968","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\/8968","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=8968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8974,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions\/8974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}