KONI CHALLENGE SERIES 2007
The KONI challenge is similar to the ROLEX challenge but differ in that KONI is more oriented toward productions cars straight from the showroom. I haven't been following this series from the beginning but here is a recap of their progress so far. Speedsource is one of the top players in this series, other teams consist of Roar Racing and Blackforest Motorsports.
For the PDF of Speedsource's standings in the KONI Challenge, (Click Here)
Event
|
Car Number |
Position
|
Drivers
|
Team
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 |
6 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource
|
63 |
20 |
Scarbrough/ Brumbaugh |
Roar Racing |
|
62 |
27 |
Van Vurst/ Espenlaub/ Whitener |
Roar Racing |
|
| 2 | 69 |
5 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource
|
68 |
16 |
Schlesinger / Haskell |
SpeedSource
|
|
62 |
30 |
Van Vurst/ Espenlaub/ Whitener |
Roar Racing
|
|
02 |
35 |
Lira/ Kennedy |
Blackforest
|
|
| 3 | 68 |
4 |
Schlesinger / Haskell |
SpeedSource
|
69 |
9 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource
|
|
| 4 | 62 |
13 |
Van Vurst/ Espenlaub/ Whitener |
Roar Racing |
69
|
14
|
Armengol/ Allen
|
SpeedSource
|
|
63 |
15 |
Scarbrough/ Brumbaugh |
Roar Racing |
|
| 5 | 69 |
13 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource
|
| 6 | 69 |
8 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource
|
| 7 | 69 |
2 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource |
62 |
16 |
Van Vurst/ Espenlaub/ Whitener |
Roar Racing |
|
63 |
19 |
Scarbrough/ Brumbaugh |
Roar Racing |
|
02 |
20 |
Lira/ Kennedy |
Blackforest |
The eighth event of the KONI Challenge took place at Waktins Glens in New York on July 7th, 2007. Despite the Speedsource # 69 car finishing the race in 12th position they still remain third in the overall point standings for the KONI Challenge. The Blackforest #02 RX-8 was trailing the Speedsource car by two positions finishing in 14th position.
The race results are as follows for the Street Touring (ST) class:
Position
|
Car Number
|
Drivers
|
Team
|
Car
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
12 |
69 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource |
RX-8 |
14 |
02 |
Lira/ Kennedy |
BlackForest |
RX-8 |
n/a |
62 |
Van Vurst/ Espenlaub/ Whitener |
Roar Racing |
RX-8 |
n/a |
63 |
Scarbrough/ Brumbaugh |
Roar Racing |
RX-8 |
The ninth event of the KONI Challenge took place at Barber Motorsports Park on July 21st, 2007.
The race results are as follows for the Street Touring (ST) class:
Position
|
Car Number
|
Drivers
|
Team
|
Car
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
69 |
Armengol/ Allen |
SpeedSource |
RX-8 |
18 |
62 |
Diaz/ Van Vurst |
BlackForest |
RX-8 |
21 |
63 |
Espenlaub/ Smith/ Whitener III
|
Roar Racing |
RX-8 |
n/a |
02 |
Lira/ Kennedy |
Roar Racing |
RX-8 |
For more information about the Speedsource Team and the Mazda RX-8 program, please check out the Speedsource website at the following link. Speedsource Website
For more information about the Grand-Am series please click the following link. Grand-Am Website
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