Amazing run to the front, ends with disappointment as the 05 Camaro GS.R ended its day early.
Lewisville, TX – June 24, 2010 – Momentum Race Group’s all-pro team of Jeff Altenburg and Jordon Musser put on a great show during the recent GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Emco Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After starting 10th, they fell back to 12th, then rallied to move aggressively into 4th. The starting driver Jordon Musser was able to pick off nearly a car a lap without so much as a scrape on the car. Musser was looking for a way around the third place Ford and second place Chevy when a BMW got a run on him on the right side going through thunder valley heading into turn 12. The two touched which sent Jordon into a tire wall, ending his day early.
“It is a real shame for the whole team. Everybody worked so hard and a mistake on my part ended the day early for us”, said Musser. “Our car was incredible on used tires. Once we got to about lap 4 of the run, the car was perfect. A BMW got a run on us on the outside leading to turn 12. He had less than a ¼ car length on me so I couldn’t see him, when I started moving right to setup for 12 he decided to hold his ground and essentially “pit maneuvered me” out of the way. Jeff Altenburg was extremely fast and I wish he could have got a chance to flex his muscle in the race. But at the end of the day that is racing, and we proved we have a car that can run up front”, said an emotional driver and team manager Jordon Musser.
“The performance of our program was very evident on track this weekend. We put two professional drivers in the seat and ran up front. Even though we took a few races off, Jordon’s engineering never took a day off and we continued to learn what we could with our testing program, the dyno and data from previous races. Momentum Race Group is ready for our first podium and ultimately we will get to the top soon”, said team owner Ray Butler
Momentum Race Group is currently working on a driver and sponsor lineup for the last 3 events of the season and also lining up talent for the 2011 season.
MRG offers “Arrive & Drive” seats in the 2010 Riley Camaro for individual races, as well as full season rides. Interested parties should contact Jordon Musser through the Momentum Race Group website at www.MomentumRaceGroup.com. MRG is supported by the following sponsors: Oakland University, Monster Graphix, AmSource Capital, Safety-Kleen, Vogtland Autosport, Sparco USA, Cars by Kris, and Camaroz28.com.
For more information about the Grand-American Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series, visit www.grand-am.com.
Amazing run to the front, ends with disappointment as the 05 Camaro GS.R ended its day early.
Lewisville, TX – June 24, 2010 – Momentum Race Group’s all-pro team of Jeff Altenburg and Jordon Musser put on a great show during the recent GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Emco Gears Classic at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. After starting 10th, they fell back to 12th, then rallied to move aggressively into 4th. The starting driver Jordon Musser was able to pick off nearly a car a lap without so much as a scrape on the car. Musser was looking for a way around the third place Ford and second place Chevy when a BMW got a run on him on the right side going through thunder valley heading into turn 12. The two touched which sent Jordon into a tire wall, ending his day early. Click to read more
Well, our first Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race is in the books. It has been a long winter preparing and testing for this event, but you never know how it is going to turn out until you are actually at the track. For the most part the weekend was smooth, slowly figuring out the cars with each session.
