2012

Simon | June 5, 2012

pr06-01-12_1 Nürburgring 24 Hours
Audi Earns Overall victory in Nürburgring 24 Hours NÜRBURGRING, GERMANY (May 20, 2012) – Audi has achieved yet another milestone by overcoming tough competition, an extreme pace, and erratic weather to conquer the Nürburgring 24 Hours. In the 40th running of the Eifel classic, the brand recorded its first overall victory with the new Audi R8 LMS Ultra. The German driver quartet of Marc Basseng, Christopher Haase, Frank Stippler, and Markus Winkelhock shared driving duties in the car entered by Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Christian Abt, Michael Ammermüller, Armin Hahne, and Christian Mamerow from Team Mamerow Racing completed the one-two success. The competition around the Nordschleife was regarded as a particularly brutal test of endurance this year. The pace of the eight different brands represented in the GT3 class was unusually high, and while many leading teams were struck by technical defects, the Eibach Springs Audi GT3 race car ran technically reliable for 24 hours.

COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS)
Billy Moyer Jr. Knocks Down First Win of 2012 BATESVILLE, AR (May 16, 2012) – It’s not been the start to the 2012 campaign that Billy Moyer Jr. had been hoping, but he got things on the right track by piloting his Eibach Springs sponsored #21jr Dirt Super Late Model to the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series feature win at Crawford County Speedway in Van Buren, Arkansas. Moyer Jr. began his night by winning the first heat race to earn the New Vision Graphics Pole Position for the 35 lap feature. He would grab the lead at the drop of the green flag, and never looked back on his way to the $2,000 win.

SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour
Thorn Earns Third Consecutive Las Vegas Win BAKERSFIELD, CA (May 15, 2012) – Driving the Eibach Springs adorned #43 Four Star Fruit/Hronis Racing Ford for Campbell Motorsports, Derek Thorn continued his dominance over the Las Vegas Bullring by winning the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour sanctioned Blackjack 121. The Lakeport, CA native started off the night at Vegas by setting fast-time with a blistering lap of 14.475 around the hot slick speedway. The task for the 121 lap feature would be daunting, as an 11 car inversion was pulled. Starting 11th in the 27 car field, Thorn wasted no time going to the front as he took over the second position by the twentieth circuit. Thorn stole the lead on lap 36 and began to work his way through lapped traffic before a caution on lap 91. Thorn pulled away to a ten car length advantage and cruised home for the final 30 laps and took the well-earned victory. Including his SRL and Super Late Model Open Show wins at Las Vegas, the victory is Thorn’s third straight at the fast 3/8ths mile paved venue. With the win, Thorn is a mere seven points shy of the Eibach Springs sponsored SRL Southwest Tour points standings lead.

ADAC GT Masters
Callaway wins in Round Two of the ADAC GT Masters ZANDVOORT, HOLLAND (May 6, 2012) – The ADAC GT Masters put on a fine spectacle as it premiered at the Dutch circuit at Zandvoort. Daniel Keilwitz and team-mate Diego Alessi emerged victorious in the ‘League of Super Sports Cars’ against the two local drivers den Boer and Simon Knap . The victory represents a home win for Callaway Competition’s Eibach Springs equipped 6.2-litre V8 Corvette engine built by Amsterdam-based engine tuner Aart Andriessen and the first Corvette victory in the ADAC GT Masters since 2009.

IMCA Modifieds
Carter Wins Again at Southern Iowa Speedway; Second at Marshalltown Speedway OSKALOOSA, IA (May 17, 2012) – IMCA Modified rookie Cayden Carter proved his Will to Win once again at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa after rallying from the fourth position to first in eight laps on his way to victory lane. The win follows a runner up position in the number 10c IMCA Modified, a career best at the 3/8mile high banks, less than a week earlier at the Marshalltown Speedway in Marshalltown, Iowa. Carter currently sits second in IMCA Modified National Rookie points standings, and fifth overall in IMCA Modified Iowa State points standings as of May 23, 2012.

ATS Formula 3 Cup
Lotus Formula 3 Team Wins Two of Three Zandvoort Races ZANDVOORT, HOLLAND (May 5, 2012) — Experienced Formula 3 driver, Jimmy Eriksson, captured the victory in the first race of the 2012 ATS Formula 3 Cup series’ debut at the Dutch dune circuit at Zandvoort. The Swede racing for the German Team Lotus made perfect use of his experience to just wait for the mistake of the previous leader, as Eriksson passed the leader on the final lap of the 30-minute race to secure the well deserved 25 points for the race win. In the third and final race, Kimiya Sato made it to the highest step on the podium. Sato had a lightning start from the second row to take the lead and ultimately capture the second race victory of the weekend for the Lotus Formula 3 team.

Hangtown Motorcross Classic
Dungey and Roczen finish 2-3 at Hangtown Motorcross Classic RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (May 20, 2012) — Red Bull/KTM Factory riders Ryan Dungey and Ken Roczen opened their outdoor season with flair by scoring podium finishes at the FMF Hangtown Motocross Classic. After missing the start in the opening Moto, Dungey powered from twelfth at the step-up jump to advance two places at the close of the first lap. The Eibach Springs equipped KTM 450 SX-F continued to pick off riders before taking over the third position with three circuits remaining, scoring a podium finish in the first outdoor race of the season. In the second Moto, Dungey was able to move into the runner up position at the first corner and managed narrow the gap to less than a second behind the leader before settling for second podium finish in as many races and second overall in points for the event.

In the first 250 class race of the day, Ken Roczen opened his account for the season by snatching the holeshot and battled for the number one spot throughout the race before settling for second in his first Moto of his outdoor career. In the second Moto, Roczen raced teammate Marvin Musquin to finish with yet another visit to the podium. With his combined second and third place finishes, Roczen earned third overall in the 250 division.

United States Auto Club (USAC)
McQueen Racing Picks Up Third in Santa Maria SANTA MARIA, CA (May 12, 2012) – Cautiously avoiding over-aggressive drivers, Bakersfield’s Shannon McQueen finessed the Eibach Springs adorned McQueen Racing #7 midget to a podium third-place run in the stellar 21-car USAC-Western Midget Car Series field at the 1/3-mile Santa Maria Speedway. McQueen clocked the third fastest despite battling a very hard, dry slick, deteriorating track in qualifying and advanced three positions to finish third in her heat race. After starting fourth on the grid for the feature event, McQueen fell to fifth early before clawing her way back to third for a podium finish.

Formula 3 Euro Series
Podium Finish for Michael Lewis at Brands Hatch LONGFIELD, KENT, ENGLAND (May 19, 2012) – After qualifying 4th quick for Round 4 of the Formula 3 Euro Series, Michael Lewis was confident that he would do well for this morning’s race, and that confidence shined through as he finished the race in an impressive 3rd place. Lewis quickly vaulted into the third position at the start in his K&N Engineering, Eibach Springs PREMA Powerteam Mercedes-powered Dallara F312 Formula 3 car. Lewis fought off challenges from the fourth place competitor and maintained his third place position for the remainder of the 56-lap race to earn his first podium of the season. The second F3 Euro race of the day was a 20-minute sprint featuring 17 drivers. Because this second race has an inverted starting order of the top-8 from the first F3 Euro race, Lewis started in 6th position. The lights went out to begin the race and Michael made a bold start and immediately moved into 4th place by halfway through the first lap. Toward the latter stages of the race, Lewis held off any attempts to lose the position to score his second top five finish of the weekend.