Rum Bum Racing’s Gian Bacardi and Matt Plumb took the overall victory in today’s Fresh From Florida 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The pair beat out fellow BMW M3 drivers, Charles Putman and Charles Espenlaub of Fall-Line Motorsports, by just 0.107 seconds.

Andy Pilgrim, also of Fall-Line Motorsports, was today’s top lap leader, leading the field for a total of 29 laps, in the 66 lap race. Despite this, he and teammate, Mark Boden, only managed an 11th place finish.

In the ST Class, it was Compass360 Racing’s David Thilenius and Lawson Aschenbach who came out on top in their Honda Civic Si.

Results:

POS   NO. CL  DRIVERS
  1   13  GS  Bacardi / Plumb
  2   48  GS  Espenlaub / Putman
  3   41  GS  Miller / Pumpelly
  4   37  GS  Gue / Seafuse
  5    6  GS  Bell / Bucknum
  6   45  GS  Borcheller / Hendricks
  7   60  GS  Mason / Winchester
  8    9  GS  Carter / Plumb
  9   59  GS  Caddell / Wilden
 10    6  GS  Musser / Orr
 11   46  GS  Boden / Pilgrim
 12   23  GS  Carroll / Ende
 13   97  GS  Hand / Marsal
 14   88  GS  Ellis / Wellon
 15   35  GS  Aquilante / Spaude
 16   17  GS  Ackley / DiPippo
 17   11  GS  Panzer / Snyder
 18    7  GS  Heath / Potter
 19    1  GS  Baas / White
 20   52  GS  Finlay / Michaelian
 21   79  GS  Hall / Prusinski
 22   83  GS  Cosmo / Tetreault
 23   89  GS  Abello / Armengol
 24   74  ST  Aschenbach / Thilenius
 25   81  ST  Heumann / Thomas
 26   26  ST  Carbonell / O'Doski
 27   77  ST  Theetge / Theetge
 28   75  ST  Eversley / Lutz
 29   92  ST  Gilsinger / Johnson / Schmitt
 30   42  ST  Leroux / Leroux
 31   18  ST  Battle / Dayton
 32   24  ST  Schultz / Straus
 33   28  ST  Ellis / Hacquard
 34   49  ST  Novich / Pobst
 35    8  ST  Schroeder / Smith
 36   43  ST  Nonnamaker / Sahlen
 37   67  ST  Becker / Tallman
 38  181  ST  Hurley / Stadtlander
 39  171  ST  Halpin / Sweeney
 40   25  ST  Long / Whitis
 41    0  GS  Sellers / Willsey
 42   69  ST  Harding / Milarcik
 43    5  GS  James / Nastasi
 44   12  ST  Burrows / Hopwood
 45   50  ST  Hart / Lira
 46   66  ST  Riley / Riley
 47   27  ST  Dempsey / Edwards
 48   51  ST  Buras / Corthell / Wilson
 49   16  GS  Jeannette / Montecalvo
 50   29  GS  Buford / Empringham
 51   39  ST  Collyer / Conway
 52   22  ST  Lepper / Schmidt
 53   68  GS  Kozarov / Ortiz
 54   55  GS  Atterbury / Cates
 55  197  ST  Cattaneo / Mirzayan
 56   15  GS  Foster / Maxwell
 57   54  GS  Anthony Jr. / Edwards
 58   80  ST  Clay / White
 59   76  ST  Combs / Liefooghe
 60   38  GS  Jenkins / Stanton
 61   99  GS  Hillestad / Waddell
 62   36  ST  Brown / Olson
 63   53  GS  Click / McGovern
 64   40  GS  Gutierrez / Llano
 65   57  GS  Longhi / Masessa
 66   61  GS  Johnson / Roush Jr.
 67  196  ST  Smalley / Trinkler
 68   10  ST  Jonsson / Lally
 69   86  ST  Prey / Sigal
 70   21  ST  Danyliw / Holtom
 71   30  ST  Bocchino / Lamb
 72    8  ST  Mosing / Saini
 73   96  GS  Auberlen / Dalla Lana
 74    5  GS  Altenburg / Nowicki
 75   34  ST  Giovanis / Kennedy
 76    2  GS  Click / McGovern
 77    4  GS  Kelly / Said
 78    7  GS  Hickham Jr
 79   72  GS  Longhi / Masessa
 80   78  GS  DiLeo / Foss
 81   56  GS  Click / McGovern

The Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series spent the weekend at VIRginia International Raceway, which wrapped up with two split class races.

Saturday’s race saw the ST class take to the track for their final race of the season. Lawson Aschenbach, Ken Dobson, and Jamie Holtom of Georgian Bay Motorsports took the win in their Chevrolet Cobalt SS. Close behind was the Compass360 Racing entry driven by Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood. Finishing in third place was the sister car to the winning entry – the Georgian Bay Motorsports machine driven by Lawson Aschenbach, Eric Curran, and Jamie Holtom.

On Sunday it was time for the GS class to hit the track for their final race of 2008. Finishing in the top two positions were the Ford Mustangs of Rehagen Racing. The first one driven by Mike Canney, Hugh Plumb, and Matt Plumb, and the second one piloted by Dean Martin, Ryan Phinny, and Jack Roush Jr.

The full results from both races can be found here:

2008 Virginia International Raceway Split Classes Results

The final points standings for both classes have been updated and are available at the following location:

Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series: 2008 Standings

The BGB Motorsports Porsche 997 driven by Jon Miller and Craig Stanton won the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series race held on August 30, 2008 at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

The top ranking ST team was the Bill Fenton Motorsports Honda Civic driven by Bob Beede and Matt Plumb.

The class leaders were:

Grand Sport:
1. BGB Motorsports – Porsche 997 – Jon Miller, Craig Stanton
2. Motorsport Technology Group – BMW Z4 M – L.-P. Dumoulin, Billy Johnson
3. Turner Motorsport – BMW M3 Coupe – Matt Alhadeff, Bill Auberlen
4. Rehagen Racing – Ford Mustang GT – Dean Martin, Jack Roush Jr.
5. CMA Motorsports – Ford Mustang GT – Mark Ackley, Todd Snyder

Street Tuner:
1. Bill Fenton Motorsports – Honda Civic SI – Bob Beede, Matt Plumb
2. Georgian Bay Mtspts – Chevy Cobalt – Lawson Aschenbach, Jamie Holtom
3. ICY/ Phoenix Racing – Subaru Legacy – Andrew Aquilante, Kristian Skavnes
4. Classic BMW/ Plano – BMW Z4 – Al Lamb, Leo Maia
5. RSR Motorsports – Mini Cooper S – Owen Trinkler, BJ Zacharias

The full results from this race can be found at:

2008 New Jersey Motorsports Park Results

The updated standings are available from:

2008 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Standings