DNN Motorsports’ Four Year Honda Challenge Domination

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The Streak: DNN Motorsports’ Four Year Honda Challenge Domination

By Rob Krider January 07, 2020I’m going to start this story by telling you the ending first. Long story short: we won the 2019 NASA Honda Challenge 4 National Championship at Mid-Ohio, presented by Toyo Tires. When I say “we” I’m referring to Double Nickel Nine Motorsports because even though I was in the driver’s seat smashing on the gas pedal when the checkered flag flew in Ohio, I didn’t singlehandedly win the championship. The team won, I’m just a small part of it.

What made it special wasn’t just that our car crossed the line First. It was that both of our team cars crossed the line First and Second, marking the fourth consecutive year where our blue and orange Acura Integras both finished on the podium at NASA’s biggest Honda Challenge race in the country.
Rob Krider and Keith Kramer finish 1-2 in Honda Challenge 4 at the 2019 NASA National Championships.

That four-year accomplishment is what we refer to as “The Streak.” Our streak isn’t the story of a professional racing team with massive budgets and unlimited resources. This is the story of a few autocrossers who got together and built an Integra for the 24 Hours of LeMons and later moved on to NASA Honda Challenge, where we won the big show — four times in a row.
DNN Motorsports at the 2019 NASA Championships from left to right: Crew chief for the 38 car Stephen Young (who refuses to look at a camera), crew chief for the 33 car Brandon Lindlahr (who has number 33 and 38 tattooed on his body… DEDICATION!), driver of the 38 car Rob Krider (author of this story), spotter for the 38 car Jim Krider (in the wheelchair, the patriarch of the Krider Racing family), spotter for the 33 car Travis Kramer (Keith’s son), driver of the 33 car Keith Kramer (the man who makes DNN Motorsports happen).
Reality BitesAfter we won our latest Nationals, my teammate Keith and I jumped up and down on the podium and ceremoniously sprayed champagne everywhere for the fourth time in a row now. It is the crowning moment as a racecar driver at the National Championships: laughing with the Toyo Tires girls, picking up some hardware for the trophy case, and spraying champagne. That moment is the

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Toyo Tires ensures the podium is a proper affair at the NASA National Championships.