The final 2009 season race of the KONI Challenge Series was won by Bret Seafuse and James Gue at Virginia International Raceway. The JBS Motorsports team raced their #37 Trumansburg ShurSave Mustang GT to the checkered flag beating out the second place finishers (Andrew Hendricks and Terry Borcheller / #28 BMW M3) by just 1.305 seconds.
Seafuse and Gue, who celebrated their second win of the season, finished second in the final points standings – each with 309 points. Ahead of them was Ken Wilden, of Rehagen Racing, who was crowned the KONI Challenge Series champion for 2009. Wilden, who also celebrated two victories in 2009 lead the field with 317 points.
In the ST class, the race victory went to Derek Whitis and Tom Long in the #145 Mazda MX-5 of Freedom Autosport. Christian Miller, despite finishing 21st in today’s race, retained the championship lead with 15 points ahead of Andrew Aquilante, who finished second in the ST final points standings.
Top GS Finishers of the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Race in Virginia:
Pos No Class Car Drivers
1 #37 GS Mustang GT Bret Seafuse
James Gue
2 #28 GS BMW M3 Andrew Hendricks
Terry Borcheller
3 #8 GS Porsche 997 Daniel DiLeo
Eric Foss
4 #96 GS BMW M3 Bill Auberlen
Matt Bell
5 #91 GS BMW M3 Charles Putman
Charles Espenlaub
Top ST Finishers of the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Race in Virginia:
Pos No Class Car Drivers
19 #145 ST Mazda MX-5 Derek Whitis
Tom Long
20 #95 ST BMW 328i Paul Dalla Lana
Will Turner
21 #146 ST Mazda MX-5 Mark Pombo
Andrew Carbonell
22 #75 ST Honda Civic Si Randy Pobst
Jamie Holtom
23 #111 ST Subaru Legacy Kristian Skavnes
Andrew Aquilante
Top GS Drivers in the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Final Points:
Pos Name Points
1 Ken Wilden 317
2 James Gue 309
Bret Seafuse 309
3 Matt Bell 288
4 Dean Martin 287
5 Jack Roush Jr 272
Top ST Drivers in the 2009 KONI Challenge Series Final Points:
Pos Name Points
1 Christian Miller 296
2 Kristian Skavnes 281
Andrew Aquilante 281
3 Randy Pobst 263
4 Andrew Carbonell 259
5 Ian Baas 236
Bill Auberlen and Matt Bell worked together this weekend at Daytona International Speedway to grab this season’s first Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series victory. Auberlen was in the car for the final stint andended up leading 22 of the final 25 laps.
In the ST Class, Lawson Aschenbach and Pete Iannucci came out on top with their Georgian Bay Motorsports Cobalt SS.
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:
The overall winners of this week’s KONI Challenge Series race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah were Matt Alhadeff and Bill Auberlen of Turner Motorsport. Just behind them in second was the TRG Porsche driven by Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly.
Eric Curran and Jamie Holtom, the leaders in the Street Tuner (ST) class, finished 17th overall in the final results.
The Top-5 Finishers Included:
1. Turner Motorsport – BMW M3 Coupe – Matt Alhadeff, Bill Auberlen
2. TRG – Porsche 997 – Duncan Ende, Spencer Pumpelly
3. Rehagen Racing – Ford Mustang GT – Billy Johnson, Ray Mason
4. Hyper Sport – Ford Mustang GT – Joe Foster, Scott Maxwell
5. Rehagen Racing – Ford Mustang GT – Mike Canney, Hugh Plumb
To view the full results from this race, please use this link:
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
This weekend’s KONI Challenge races saw both classes run in separate events.
First up was the Street Tuner class race that saw Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood race to the win in their Acura TSX on Saturday, August 16. Behind them was the BMW Z4 of Toby Grahovec and Pierre Kleinubing in second, followed by the Chevrolet Cobalt SS co-piloted by Jamie Holtom and Andy Lally in third.
On Sunday, August 17th, the Grand Sport GT class drivers undertook their race at Trois-Rivieres where Marc-Antoine Camirand and Andy Lally scored the victory. Following the leading BMW M3 Coupe, were two Ford Mustang GTs finishing out the top three. The first driven by James Gue and Bret Seafuse, the latter driven by Billy Johnson and Ray Mason.
For the complete results of both races, please see the following page:
Andy Lally and Scott Schroeder won this year’s Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series race at Iowa Speedway on Sunday. The pair racing in The Racer’s Group Porsche 997 beat out BGB Motorsports’ Jon Miller and Craig Stanton, also in a Porsche 997, who finished in second place.
The top scoring team in the Street Tuner class was Georgian Bay Motorsports with Lawson Aschenbach and Jamie Holtom sharing the driving duties of their Chevrolet Cobalt SS.
The top finishers of the race were:
1. TRG – Andy Lally, Scott Schroeder
2. BGB Motorsports – Jon Miller, Craig Stanton
3. Turner Motorsport – Matt Alhadeff, Bill Auberlen
4. JBS Motorsports – James Gue, Bret Seafuse
5. Automatic Racing – Jeff Segal, Jep Thornton
For a complete list of the results, please see this page:
