I'll say they did!

Driver interviews, pit stop coverage, and a lot of camera time for all 3 cars. I think they got more time than the Compass 360 Civics. If it wasn't for that penalty at the start, who knows how high on the podium the Jade and Owen would have been?

I particularly enjoyed the segment when 196 passed a Beemer later in the race. The Beemer could not out accelerate him and 196 had the line into the next turn.

 

It was the handling that won the day for us. There were a few good shots of the Mini's driving under other cars (BMW you mentioned . . )

We were out accelerated most of the time but our turn exit speeds made the cars look faster than they were. We were able to run our qualifing speeds and all the other cars fell off the pace to match our times.

Real congratulations to the pit crew who turned some of the fastest stops on pit road. When the 198 came in, a stud came out of the right front wheel. Doug Chernis who worked the right side stayed cool . . . removed the lug nut . . . hand threaded the stud back in and then used the gun to tightened the nut and the stud. It was a real save and very cool under pressure. Doug was also responsible for setting the alignments on all three cars.

Randy

 

Jul 28, 2009 3:00AM ET KONI Challenge Series

Rescheduled the time to July 28th

 

Nice job on 4th place, Some talented drivers. Wish they came to west coast, gotta catch it all on Speed now.

 

Got to see the end of the telecast on Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed the pass on the bimmer to get to 4th. The MINI looked great, keep it up! The telecast also mentioned a possible power increase for the MINIs for the next races, which would be awesome. I hope to see you guys on the podium soon!

 

Heading to Canada for the 'Gran Prix Trois Rivieres' on Wednesday morning.

This will be the first race with the new engine package that Grand Am approved recently. They have allowed us to change the CAM and to add a modified RMW head.

GP3R is a tight street course that is very tough on brakes. The cars should perform well there in the shorten event . . . only 90 minutes.

NO TV COVERAGE.

Randy

 

Good luck Team RSR! I'm very happy to hear Grand Am has given you some help. Hope those extra ponies have you challenging for the win.

 

Nice! Go get 'em!

 

No TV coverage is a bummer, make sure you post some video... Good Luck Guys!

 

How sweet would it be, after what Ian did at Road Atlanta this past weekend to have the RSR Minis on the podium in Grand Am at Three Rivers a week later!!!!!!

Good luck Randy!!

 

Great to hear that significant engine mods have been allowed.

Have you/are you going to test them before the race?

 

They have been tested for years now
what more do you want?

Lol

only one car will be prepped for this race
I'm flying from PR tomorrow to tune it

 

Is it pretty much the same stuff we can get from ya Jan?

 

Most of it is off the shelf but we do custom stuff for everyone

 

I'm thinking of a nice motor up to GP3R on Weds., to see the entrie show........should I go or no?

Three cars are running, aren't they?

 

Duh huh?! For some reason I was thinking of something different when I wrote this.

 

Come you'll have a blast ! Finding a hotel may be an issue.

 

Made it! could only find hotel gouverneur, but will be a track for 2 days, so, all is good - maybe see you tomorrow!

 

I see Trevor holding 3rd overall in practice .309 out of 1st.
See the BOOST of the APR cars isn't helping them much as Josh is in 8th.

 

MINI on the Pole

Congrats Owen GOOD JOB RSR! Get the Tranny fixed

1196ST1Owen Trinkler1:14.81273.19113131:14.81273.191RSR Motorsports
Mini Cooper S2171ST2Josh Hurley0.1501:14.96273.045681:17.11471.007APR Motorsport
Volkswagen GTI374ST3Christian Miller0.3051:15.11772.89410121:19.61068.780Compass360 Racing
Honda Civic SI4181ST4Dion von Moltke0.3421:15.15472.85814151:15.51472.511APR Motorsport
Volkswagen GTI5198ST5Adam Burrows0.4121:15.22472.79011141:18.24769.978RSR Motorsports
Mini Cooper S6111ST6Andrew Aquilante0.4661:15.27872.7386151:38.08455.826Subaru Road Racing Team
Subaru Legacy775ST7Karl Thomson0.6711:15.48372.54012121:15.48372.541Compass360 Racing
Honda Civic SI8145ST8Derek Whitis1.0121:15.82472.21411111:15.82472.215Freedom Autosport
Mazda MX-5976ST9Tom Kwok1.1471:15.95972.0864101:17.32970.809Compass360 Racing
Honda Civic SI10189ST10Jocelyn Hebert1.1591:15.97172.0744141:16.01472.03489 Racing Team
Honda Civic SI1127ST11Bret Spaude1.2761:16.08871.964891:17.73270.442Bill Fenton Motorsports
Honda Civic SI1278ST12Charles Putman1.3911:16.20371.85513151:16.58471.498Kinetic Motorsports
BMW 3301329ST13Bill Fenton1.6111:16.42371.6488111:18.30569.927Bill Fenton Motorsports
Honda Civic SI14197ST14Randy Smalley2.0451:16.85771.243451:16.94371.164RSR Motorsports
Mini Cooper S1586ST15Maynard/ Bogart2.0501:16.86271.239771:16.86271.2393D Racing
BMW 33016147ST16Sarah Cattaneo2.1681:16.98071.13015151:16.98071.130Freedom Autosport
Mazda MX-517138ST17Andrew Danyliw3.0731:17.88570.30313141:18.38969.852GS Motorsports
Chevrolet Cobalt SS1895ST18Paul Dalla Lana3.1841:17.99670.2034141:19.00969.303BMW 328i
19146ST19Alfredo Carbonell3.3461:18.15870.05814141:18.15870.058Freedom Autosport
Mazda MX-52024ST20Ari Straus4.8651:19.67768.72212141:20.51368.009V-Pack Motorsport
BMW 330

 

Congratulations, sweet!

With two MINIs qualifying in the top 5 me thinks there is gonna be at least one RSR car on the podium!

 

ON THE POLE!!! Great qualifying, now with a smart race and a bit of luck RSR could get a podium and better yet A WIN!!

 

Lap 3 and the 197 car has big problems.

196 is #1
198 is #6

 

c**p something happened to 198. dropped 9 places by ~40 seconds.

 

I see Owen still holding the lead, Is Who's getting in the car after Owen? Looks like Tevor ran a 1:57 on lap 7... wonder what happened.