The 1^st two events of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series were at Daytona International Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Both of these courses were oval tracks with road course infields. Although both very fun courses to drive on, neither challenge the race cars handling ability like Round 3 at Barber Motorsports Park. 

“With the brand new MAZDASPEED3 this will be an exciting challenge to see how well the new 2010 model adapts and handles such a tricky circuit.  To better prepare for this weekend, Team Sahlen will be entering the Thursday Test Day in hopes of fine tuning the MAZDASPEED3 to the twisty circuit.” – states Jay Chapman, Team Manager

Entering Round 3, Team Sahlen is placed in 9^th place in the ST class Team Championship, only 9 points out of 3^rd place.  Ironically, 9^th place is the finishing position Team Sahlen secured at the Homestead-Miami Speedway event. And the 9^th place finish was the best ever finish by at MAZDASPEED3 in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series.

The Barber Motorsports Park race will start at 5 pm Eastern Standard Time. SPEED TV will telecast the race tape delayed on April 17^th at 2:30 pm pm.  

The 2010 Team Sahlen GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series  & Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Campaigns will be supported by Mazda, Mazdaspeed, HRPWorld.com, HAWK Performance, Cool Shirt, Racetech Seats, BBS, Alcon, Mothers Polish, EMCO, TheRaceSite.com, Grassroots Motorsports, Holliday Canopies, Alcon, CM Racing, Genesis Technologies, Endurance Karting, Bell Helmets, Castrol and SpeedSource Engineering.