APR Motorsports, contenders in both classes of the Grand Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, performed well in the season’s opening event, the Fresh From Florida 200, run before the Grand Am Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona International speedway. The team is optimistic for the rest of the season.
The team fielded three cars, an Audi S4 in GS Class and the two VW GTi’s in ST. All three ran well, and all three finished, despite unavoidable bad racing luck.
Director of Motorsport for APR, Jeff Mishtawy, said “APR and their engineering team proved once again their abilities to prepare the cars for competition. The S4 and the GTi’s were in excellent condition and ready for the race. I’m excited about the rest of the season as our development progresses and the drivers continue to settle in.”
Drivers Ian Baas and Mark White in the Audi S4, competing in its first race, finished 19th, two laps behind the leaders, after qualifying 36th. The car ran as high as fifth until a flat tire late in the race put the car out of contention.
Mark White said in an APR press release, “My hat is off to APR for taking the Audi S4 from concept to execution in such a short period of time. It’s incredibly difficult to develop a solid racecar from a brand new-to-the-market street car because there is no blueprint to follow.”
The team fielded three cars, an Audi S4 in GS Class and the two VW GTi’s in ST. All three ran well, and all three finished, despite unavoidable bad racing luck.
Director of Motorsport for APR, Jeff Mishtawy, said “APR and their engineering team proved once again their abilities to prepare the cars for competition. The S4 and the GTi’s were in excellent condition and ready for the race. I’m excited about the rest of the season as our development progresses and the drivers continue to settle in.”
Drivers Ian Baas and Mark White in the Audi S4, competing in its first race, finished 19th, two laps behind the leaders, after qualifying 36th. The car ran as high as fifth until a flat tire late in the race put the car out of contention.
Mark White said in an APR press release, “My hat is off to APR for taking the Audi S4 from concept to execution in such a short period of time. It’s incredibly difficult to develop a solid racecar from a brand new-to-the-market street car because there is no blueprint to follow.”
