Kinetic
Sunbelt teams overcame several on track incidents to finish
with two cars in the top-10, with six cars maintaining
positions within the top-20 and one in the 21st spot after
the Checkered Flag fell on Friday’s race. Charles
Espenlaub, driving for Tindol Motorsports was forced to
start the race at the end of the field per World Challenge
rules after changing tires prior to the wave of the Green
Flag. He managed to come all the way from dead last
to take 6th place.
“We
had a good run and a good start,” said Espenlaub. “Everything
ran flawless. By the time I was able to reach the
lead pack the tires were gone which kept me from possibly
gaining even more positions. Hopefully we will have
an even better run next time and again show what that Kinetic
Sunbelt power can do!”
Kinetic Sunbelt Engines Managing Director Jim Thompson
commented on the day’s events.
The race didn’t go quite as well as we had planned,” said
Thompson. “We were hoping for a podium finish
but the incidents kept our cars off the podium, that’s
just racing though. I want to congratulate Charles
for driving all the way from the back to 6th. All
of our engines performed very well. Putman was hit
and his car eventually overheated slowly running hotter
and hotter after the incident but everything was running
very well before the then. I want to thank all of
the Kinetic Sunbelt guys especially Rob and Ed for doing
a great job getting us prepared for this season as well
as the hard work here at the track. We are excited about
the next event and hope to grab that podium next time.”
Kinetic Sunbelt Race Results
Fn |
St |
# |
Driver/Hometown |
Car/Sponsor |
Pts |
Laps |
Gap |
Fst Time |
Fst Spd |
6 |
23 |
97 |
Charles Espenlaub
Lutz/FL |
Mazda 6
Mazdaspeed/Tindol/Oakley/Sparc |
20 |
18 |
-26.839 |
2:23.560 |
92.783 |
10 |
4 |
38 |
Seth Thomas
Cumming/GA |
BMW 325i
Bimmerworld |
18 |
18 |
-52.483 |
2:23.839 |
92.603 |
11 |
15 |
95 |
Michael Galati
Olmsted/OH |
Mazda 6
Mazda North America/Tindol |
15 |
18 |
-52.794 |
2:24.809 |
91.983 |
12 |
13 |
8 |
Jason Martinelli
Roxbury/CT |
BMW 325Ci
Techmark Autosport Ltd. |
14 |
18 |
-1:09.837 |
2:25.676 |
91.435 |
13 |
8 |
29 |
James Sofronas
Newport Beach/CA |
BMW 325Ci
Global Motorsports Group |
13 |
18 |
-1:15.091 |
2:24.034 |
92.478 |
15 |
18 |
20 |
Mary Katharine
Delray Beach/FL |
Mazda 6
Bravo! Brands/Tindol Mtspts |
11 |
18 |
-1:19.533 |
2:26.041 |
91.207 |
19 |
6 |
36 |
James Clay
Blacksburg/VA |
BMW 325i
Bimmerworld |
7 |
13 |
Mech. |
2:25.318 |
91.661 |
21 |
9 |
96 |
Charlie Putman
Denver/CO |
Mazda 6
Tindol Motorsports/Pesco Inc. |
|
8 |
Mech. |
2:27.498 |
90.306 |
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