The closing laps between the #00 Georgian Bay Motorsports Chevrolet Cobalt and the #70 Speedsource Mazda RX-8 put on quite a show at Mosport as Jamie turned the heat on to pass Tremblay in Turn 8 with three laps remaining for the class win.

"We just got a little beside each other coming into (Turn) 5 and it was a drag race from there," explained Jamie Holtom on the closing laps. "Luckily our Cobalt has lots of power so it was good coming up the straight. Just on the last lap there was a bit of contact but that's racing. It wasn't a blatant attempt to spin me out or anything, it is just close tight racing and it is great that Grand-Am can produce that. We recognized that the Cobalt was going to be a really strong program so we really backed it 100% and it is starting to show."

Overall race results including all classes :

Place/#/Class/Team/ Time

1. 05 GS Multimatic Motorsports Mustang 82 0.000 1:30.197
2. 99 GS Anchor Racing BMW M3 82 1.317 1:30.170
3. 55 GS Multimatic Motorsports Mustang 82 2.553 1:30.245
4. 96 GS Turner Motorsport BMW M3 82 3.290 1:30.306
5. 13 GS Unitech Racing Nissan 350Z 82 3.845 1:30.149
6. 47 GS TF Racing Mustang Saleen 82 9.462 1:30.823
7. 58 GS Rehagen Racing Mustang Cobra SVT 82 11.180 1:31.151
8. 17 GS Doncaster Racing Porsche 996 82 11.622 1:30.664
9. 7 GS Power Racing Team BMW M3 82 12.163 1:31.307
10. 38 GS BGB Motorsports Porsche 996 82 12.731 1:31.289
11. 40 GS Team Sahlen Porsche 996 82 13.908 1:30.738
12. 60 GS Finlay Motorsports BMW M3 82 20.952 1:29.922
13. 09 GS Automatic Racing BMW M3 82 21.307 1:32.024
14. 84 GS DWW/GorillaRacing.com Nissan 350Z 82 41.899 1:32.667
15. 92 GS Anchor Racing BMW M3 81 1 lap 1:30.175
16. 21 GS Bodymotion Racing Porsche 997 81 1 lap 1:31.754
17. 91 GS Fiorano Racing Porsche 996 81 1 lap 1:31.878
18. 16 GS Zoom Motorsports BMW M3 81 1 lap 1:31.635
19. 90 GS Automatic Racing BMW M3 81 1 lap 1:31.322
20. 00 ST Georgian Bay Motorsports Chevrolet Cobalt 81 1 lap 1:33.848
21. 70 ST SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 81 1 lap 1:33.932
22. 75 ST Kensai Racing Acura RSX - S 81 1 lap 1:34.626
23. 32 ST Franklin American Chevrolet Cobalt 81 1 lap 1:34.683
24. 74 ST Kensai Racing Acura TSX 81 1 lap 1:34.933
25. 95 ST Turner Motorsports BMW 330i 81 1 lap 1:35.104
26. 23 GS Hamilton Safe Motorsports Nissan 350Z 81 1 lap 1:33.354
27. 64 ST Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW 330ci 81 1 lap 1:34.807
28. 65 ST SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 81 1 lap 1:35.548
29. 97 ST Turner Motorsports BMW 330i 81 1 lap 1:35.957
30. 88 GS Knobel Racing Porsche 996 80 2 laps 1:31.584
31. 12 ST TC Kline Racing BMW Z4 80 2 laps 1:35.531
32. 42 GS Team Sahlen Porsche 996 80 2 laps 1:35.011
33. 06 ST Compass360/Racing BMW Z3 80 2 laps 1:35.552
34. 66 ST SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 80 2 laps 1:35.133
35. 24 GS Power Racing Team BMW M3 80 2 laps 1:33.732
36. 71 ST TC Kline Racing BMW Z4 79 3 laps 1:35.810
37. 68 ST SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 79 3 laps 1:35.879
38. 62 ST DEI Racers Group Nissan Sentra SE-R 79 3 laps 1:36.818
39. 67 ST SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 79 3 laps 1:37.258
40. 27 ST Bill Fenton Motorsports Acura RSX-S 79 3 laps 1:35.101
41. 39 ST Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW 330ci 79 3 laps 1:36.012
42. 94 ST Radial Motorsports Acura Integra R 78 4 laps 1:38.632
43. 28 GS Race Prep Motorsports Porsche 996 75 7 laps 1:31.352
44. 36 ST Compass360/Racing BMW Z3 74 8 laps 1:39.898
45. 59 GS Rehagen Racing Mustang Cobra SVT 69 13 laps 1:32.111
46. 93 GS Anchor Racing BMW M3 65 17 laps 1:32.569
47. 11 GS Powell Motorsport Cadillac CTS-V 60 22 laps 1:31.389
48. 48 ST WTF Engineering Chevrolet Cobalt 57 25 laps 1:34.766
49. 18 GS Race Prep Motorsports Porsche 996 44 38 laps 1:31.017
50. 46 ST Franklin American Mortgag Chevrolet Cobalt 34 48 laps 1:36.890
51. 52 GS Rehagen Racing Mustang Cobra SVT 24 58 laps 1:33.566
52. 89 GS LNS Motorsports Porsche 996 16 66 laps 1:33.409
53. 07 GS Powell Motorsport Cadillac CTS-V 7 75 laps 1:44.264
54. 98 ST Stewart Motorsports Acura TSX 1 81 laps 1:49.809
55. 6 GS Zoom Motorsports Porsche 996 0 82 laps No Time
56. 85 GS Knobel Racing Porsche 996 0 82 laps No Time

Some other notes from qualifying, the SS' took both spots on the front row.


“I’ve been racing here since 1970,” Jim Holtom said. “This is my home track. I grew up 20 miles north of here and I used to sneak onto this track on hot summer nights in my ’65 Chevy Biscayne and go out and race in the middle of the night all by myself. I know this track. I have multiple 24-hour races here and a lot of time. It’s a scary track. It’s a track, to be honest, where I think bravery is maybe a little more important than skill. It’s not a tentative track. It’s something you can’t be at all tentative about. You’ve got to just steer and put the gas down and go for it. I love this track. I hate it when it’s wet or when it’s alternating between wet and dry, but the car is hooked up well. We still have a few more things to do with it, but the handling is absolutely spectacular.”

It was another banner day for the new Chevrolet Cobalt, as Tom Lepper made it a 1-2 sweep for the American pocket rocket by placing the No. 32 Franklin American Mortgage Cobalt on the outside of the front row. Lepper logged a best time of 1:34.922 (93.260 mph) in the car he will share with Bo Roach. The qualifying performance comes on the heels of last weekend’s Chemung Canal Trust 200 at Watkins Glen, where three Cobalts finished inside the class top five.

“It’s pretty cool, we’re doing our best for Chevy,” Lepper said. “I had a little bit of a problem in that I put a little bit too old of a tire on the rear. It took me an extra lap or two to get really up to temperature. I just trusted the tires and trusted the car and drove on in and boom, it worked. It’s a great, great place. I haven’t run here since ’89 and it’s good to be back. The Franklin American Cobalt pulled us through.”

Starting third in ST will be Don Salama in the No. 95 Turner Motorsport BMW 330i with a qualifying lap at 1:34.932 (93.250 mph), followed by Daniel Colembie in the No. 12 TC Kline Racing BMW Z4 at 1:35.088 (93.097 mph). Eric Curran placed the No. 27 Bill Fenton Motorsports Acura RSX-S fifth on the grid at 1:35.227 (92.961 mph), with Tim Pappas sixth in the No. 97 Turner Motorsport BMW 330i at 1:35.292 (92.898 mph).

Billy Johnson qualified seventh in the No. 64 Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW 330ci at 1:35.453 (92.741 mph), followed by Ed Magner, who qualified eighth in the No. 48 WTF Engineering Chevrolet Cobalt at 1:35.457 (92.737 mph). David Haskell starts ninth in class at 1:35.627 (92.572 mph), and Toronto’s Michael Thornley completed the top 10 in the No. 74 Kensai Racing Acura TSX at 1:35.960 (92.251 mph)

I'm not surprised it did well on the track. Regardless of what many misinformed people believe, the Redline/ Cobalt cars handle extremely well due to there excellent balance. The Redline/ Cobalts have a 59/41 front to rear weight bias.

For comparison, the SRT 4 is at 64/36 and the RSX S is at 61/39.


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--2004 silver Saturn Ion Redline--

Here's a great picture of the RX-8 it battled and beat to take the win.

48. 48 ST WTF Engineering Chevrolet Cobalt 57 25 laps 1:34.766

bahahaha theres a team name if i ever saw one



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^^^yea i read about them a while ago.....pretty funny

they have been doing good in the series for a first year car.....cnat wait to see what they have for the future

SonicFireGT wrote:48. 48 ST WTF Engineering Chevrolet Cobalt 57 25 laps 1:34.766

bahahaha theres a team name if i ever saw one

My initial thoughts exactly! LMFAO

It's great to see it beating rx'8s, rsx's, and bmw's in its first year on track. I look forward to seeing what more tuning brings.

The show you how to build an EXACT GRAND AM CUP COBALT in the new GM PERFOMARANCE BUILD BOOK. Picture by picture details, part numbers, suppliers. etc. They even make complete body panels (the whole car) in carbon fiber.

Nicccce, that was pretty cool to read about. Is there a link to check out more pictures of it?

Have a good one,
Justin

justin.....here is a little info i was reading a few months ago about the cars.....there is probably more on the site about them

here

I actually ended up watching the whole 2:30 hour race and the cobalt did awesome, the 32 cobalt was in the front the first half of the race until his tire man at the pit screwed up then they lost some possitions but if the acura was doing well then it would of been and even better race but it was coool to see cobalts in the front



~*Gilles*~

I was at the track and they looked really strong, I was impressed by all three of them near the middle of the race they got spread out more due to piting. The Scada Pac car looks great his hood was flapping up the back straight though and I was surprised it was still there after a while. Those new Mustangs sound like V6's when they go into corner eight kinda odd. I only watched the race till about 5:00 and then went back to the small track for the solo1 guys. The Miata race wasn't too bad either pretty entertaining.


Ryan Butchart 1 man, 1 car, 1 lap at a time.

Forget the stock SS model, I want one of these!

They look street legal, are they? (I don't follow Grand Am racing...)


George (geozinger)
'95 Sunfire GT-my second Pontiac from Hell!
'97 Cavy Beater-still running like a champ!
'04 Sunfire - my kid's car, but I get the bills...
'09 Pontiac G6 - Sport Package 1

dave needs to add a drooooling smiley over here , LOL


those pics are freakin sweet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team WTF is Mantfarts team I believe.