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Blackforest Mustang GT Wins Again In Grand Am

The Blackforest Motorsports team and
co-drivers Tom Nastasi and Ian James"It hasn't been easy," Nastasi said of the
maintained their perfect record in therace. "Last week, having to start 30th and
first-ever Grand-Am KONI Challenge Serieswork my way up to the front and then today
visit to Iowa Speedway. The team is proud tospinning on the second lap, and I had to do
take home another victory in Saturday's Grandit all over again. I told everybody, 'I'm
Sport (GS) race. The Blackforest No. 5 teamgiving up qualifying. I'm just starting dead
has  won  all  three  of  the season's races.last.' That seems to be the only way I can do
it."
Going into the weekend's Grand Am event,
Nastasi and James were uncertain that itHe added, "I drove the car hard, and I really
would be a race dominated by the Mustang - aput my head down and drove the wheels off it.
powerful race car equipped with reliable andWe did not change tires, and the car just
the best racing parts that are far betterkept getting better and better and better. We
than the Hummer cold air intake and otherwon our first race together without changing
traditional car parts. The assumptiontires. We learned fast this weekend and we
banished as the car occupied five of the topfigured, 'Let's keep the same tires on it,
ten spots. The victory is the third straightand see what happens.' It worked. Thumbs up
for Nastasi and the Blackforest team, and itto Hoosier Tires for lasting as long as they
is  the  second  in  a  row  for  James.did, and to be able to go to the front. My
partner here did the rest. He did the hard
Co-driving the No. 5 USG Sheetrock/Ramsetpart.  I  just  saved  myself."
Tools Mustang FR500C with Nastasi, James took
the lead from Charles Espenlaub on the ovalJoe Foster started 11th in the No. 55 machine
portion of the 1.3-mile road course with 13and drove the first stint in the race before
laps remaining and held off late challengesturning the car over to Espenlaub. The latter
from both Espenlaub and Jeff Segal to win byled 38 laps before James' late pass. It was
2.551 seconds over Espenlaub in the No. 55Foster's second runner-up result in three
Supercuts/Hyper Sport Ford Mustang GT. Theraces. It can be recalled that foster also
victory was James' second consecutive KONIfinished second in the Fresh From Florida 200
Challenge win and the third straight forseason opener at Daytona while co-driving
Nastasi, the Blackforest team and the Fordwith  Scott  Maxwell.
Mustang.
Foster said, "It was obviously a great run
"Obviously, when we first came here in thefor Hyper Sport and the Supercuts No. 55. To
first session, we didn't think it wouldbe honest, we struggled at the beginning of
potentially be a Mustang track," said James.the weekend, setup-wise, and it was a bit of
"But a lot of times, the actual time sheet isa comeback for us to get the car fast for the
misleading. Although we may not be therace. It took us a couple days to figure out
fastest car at the start, it's a very goodin this case that the older the tires got,
race car. It's very good in traffic. Youthe better the car was for us. Also, the
don't have to be quite as precise in some of(No.) 5 car figured that out as well. It was
the other cars like the BMWs and thea great race. Certainly, up front, it was
Porsches. They can get really fast laps, butclean. It was hard racing with these guys and
as soon as they have a little hiccup or theI  enjoyed  watching  it."
tires start to go away, they can't really use
that great potential so much. We just worked"It makes me realize why I do this, because
on  our  setup.  That  was  our  strategy."it was a lot of fun," intimated Espenlaub.
"I've got to thank Joe Foster for bringing me
James, who led twice for 21 laps, said, "Wein to do this. Joe left me with a great car,
decided to go and practice on old tires, andand we ran as hard as we could. We were a
we did the whole race on one set of tires.little bit conservative the setup. It was an
The car was good at the end. We had a fewinteresting last couple of laps. These guys
minor problems, but no more than anybodyare professionals, and we had a good battle
else. The battle at the end with Jeff andout there. I really respect them for that.
Charles was fun. It was a lot of fun. TheseYou don't want to see a BMW going into a hard
guys were clean and we managed to get by. I'mbraking zone on the last lap, and I made it a
just really happy for Tom and hislittle wide for him.
three-in-a-row,  and  two-in-a-row  for  me."



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