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Photo credit: Lori Griffin The first race of the 2012 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season is in the books. Yesterday, RSR Motorsports competed in the the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona with three MINIs and a Honda Civic Si. The morning produced a misting rain as the final practice session took place. [...] The 2012 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season begins this week with the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona. The first of ten races in the series begins on Friday at 1:30pm ET. No live television coverage is available; most races will be shown on a delayed basis on SPEED. However, you can follow the [...] RSR Motorsports has been representing MINI for many years in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Series. So it was surprising to learn that the team run by Randy Smalley just added a Honda Civic Si to the lineup. On Wednesday, RSR Motorsports will take delivery of their new Honda Civic SI, just two days before [...] RSR Motorsports fell a little short in their attempt to capture the GRAND-AM Continental Sports Car Challenge team championship. They had the pole in the No. 198 MINI and were just nine points out of first place going into the final race at Mid-Ohio. But mechanical issues less than 30 minutes from the finish [...] Owen Trinkler and Sarah Cattaneo RSR Motorsports took first and second places in the GRAND -AM Continental Sports Car Series B+ Foundation Heroes 200 in New Jersey yesterday. The No. 198 MINI defended its win there last year. The team of Sarah Cattaneo and Owen Trinkler and got the win, beating out teammates Tom [...] RSR Motorsports picked up a well-known driver for the upcoming GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Road America. From the Grand-Am website: At Road America, Schrader will co-drive the No. 195 MINI with Dicky Riegel in the Street Tuner (ST) class. While this is the first time they have driven together, their [...] RSR Motorsports again entered four MINIs in the race last weekend. They competed in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Memorial Day Classic at Lime Rock and reached the podium in 2nd place with the MINI No. 195 driven by Matt Plumb and Dicky Riegel. RSR Motorsports nearly had a 1-2 finish as [...] RSR Motorsports put two cars in the top ten today taking 6th and 7th place at the Bosch Engineering 200 at Virginia International Raceway. This was the fifth race of the 2011 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season. The team fielded four MINIs for the first time. Ron Farmer and Jason Hart took [...] The RSR Motorsports No. 198 MINI Cooper S placed 3rd this afternoon in the Kia 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, their first podium finish of the season. Sarah Cattaneo and Owen Trinkler picked up 55 points. Sarah is quoted on the GRAND-AM website about their race: “I connect really well with Homestead-Miami Speedway. Last year [...] Next up for RSR Motorsports is the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The team claimed sixth and seventh in the ST class during the season opener at Daytona, a track that is traditionally tough for the MINIs, which carry sponsorship from Cruise America, Thor Motor Coach, and US LED. [...] |
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