Posted (05/04/2008) -
At the recent ROLEX event held at Virginia International Raceway, the #42 Corvette captured 7th place in the GT race out of 27 entries.
At the end of the tape delayed broadcast of the race on SPEED Channel, it was announced that #42 had been awarded the SUN TRUST Most Improved Award. To win this award, a competitor must improve more positions than any other car in their class. The #42 Corvette accomplished this task by improving 13 positions. After starting in 20th position, Joe Sahlen gained 6 positions to 14th, before handing over to Will Nonnamaker. From there, Will worked his way through traffic to net a 7th pace, for an additional 7 positions.
"We almost had this award at Homestead, so to come back one race later and capture the SUN TRUST is great. The crew has worked so hard and its great to be able to give something back to them. I can't say enough about the level to which Joe has risen as a starting driver. He moved up each lap of the race and gave me a car in one piece; that is all a finisher could ask." - states Will Nonnamaker
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