Subi gets pole, wins CTSCC race in Jersey
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Subi gets pole, wins CTSCC race in Jersey
it's about time..................
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Spaude and Aquilante Score First Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Win for Subaru
MILLVILLE, N.J. (May 12, 2012) – The pole-winning teams in both GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge classes completed clean sweeps in the B+ Heroes 200 presented by BCKSTGR at New Jersey Motorsports Park by going on to take their class victories.
Bret Spaude and Andrew Aquilante overcame two significant pit-road penalties to score their first Grand Sport (GS) victory in the No. 35 Subaru Road Racing Team Subaru WRX-STI, while Corey Fergus and Owen Trinkler converted Fergus’ Street Tuner (ST) pole into a class victory in the No. 197 Cruise America/Thor Motorcoach Honda Civic Si.
Despite Spaude’s pole-winning performance earlier in the day, the No. 35 did not lead the race until just nine laps to go. Aquilante battled all the way back from a stop-and-go penalty for contact in the pit lane right of way and a stop-and-go-plus-30-second penalty for hitting pit equipment to take the lead from Charles Espenlaub on Lap 75 of the 83-lap race. Aquilante then kept the field at bay on a restart with four laps remaining to win by 2.224 seconds over Espenlaub.
“This has been quite the three-year project to get here,” said Spaude of what was also Subaru’s first Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS class victory. “We’ve had a lot of trouble and making a Subaru work against the bigger V8 cars has been a challenge, but we’ve finally gotten there.”
Espenlaub and co-driver Charles Putman took second in the No. 48 Safecraft/OMP/Fall-Line Motorsports BMW M3, and the result moved the 2010 GS co-champions into the points lead by eight points, 115-107, over Al Carter and Hugh Plumb, who finished fifth. Third place in GS went to Eric Curran and Lawson Aschenbach in the No. 01 CKS Autosport Chevrolet Camaro GS.R.
Bret Spaude and Andrew Aquilante overcame two significant pit-road penalties to score their first Grand Sport (GS) victory in the No. 35 Subaru Road Racing Team Subaru WRX-STI, while Corey Fergus and Owen Trinkler converted Fergus’ Street Tuner (ST) pole into a class victory in the No. 197 Cruise America/Thor Motorcoach Honda Civic Si.
Despite Spaude’s pole-winning performance earlier in the day, the No. 35 did not lead the race until just nine laps to go. Aquilante battled all the way back from a stop-and-go penalty for contact in the pit lane right of way and a stop-and-go-plus-30-second penalty for hitting pit equipment to take the lead from Charles Espenlaub on Lap 75 of the 83-lap race. Aquilante then kept the field at bay on a restart with four laps remaining to win by 2.224 seconds over Espenlaub.
“This has been quite the three-year project to get here,” said Spaude of what was also Subaru’s first Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS class victory. “We’ve had a lot of trouble and making a Subaru work against the bigger V8 cars has been a challenge, but we’ve finally gotten there.”
Espenlaub and co-driver Charles Putman took second in the No. 48 Safecraft/OMP/Fall-Line Motorsports BMW M3, and the result moved the 2010 GS co-champions into the points lead by eight points, 115-107, over Al Carter and Hugh Plumb, who finished fifth. Third place in GS went to Eric Curran and Lawson Aschenbach in the No. 01 CKS Autosport Chevrolet Camaro GS.R.
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Awesome. What I thought was just as amazing is that 4 BOSS 302 Mustangs were in the top 15. 
I sooo want an STI to play with.
I sooo want an STI to play with.
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New Jersey just seems like a track that would benefit an AWD car. That place is hard on tires.
This should give you guys a woody...
Walkaround of Subaru Road Racing Team #35 WRX STI - YouTube
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Also, the best write up I've seen of the race..
Aquilante And Spaude 'Storm' New Jersey Track, Subaru Team Wins on Home Turf | House of Japan - Japan News Technology Autos Culture Life Style
Aquilante And Spaude 'Storm' New Jersey Track, Subaru Team Wins on Home Turf | House of Japan - Japan News Technology Autos Culture Life Style
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