Team Cobalt : Updated

[razoredge]

WARREN, Mich. (January 18, 2006) -- Coming off a successful debut racing season where the Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged entries challenged for the Manufacturer's Championship, Team Cobalt returns for its sophomore season with a trophy firmly in sight as the 2006 Grand-Am Cup season opens at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 27.

"The Cobalt SS Supercharged won three races and a pole positon in 2005, and we finished third in Manufacturer's Championship points," said Ken Wasmer, small car program engineering manager for the GM Performance Division, which provides engineering technical support for the Cobalt entrants.

"We're pleased with our success, but for 2006, our sights are set much higher. This year we want to win the Manufacturer's Championship," Wasmer added.

The 200-mile Grand-Am Cup race on Daytona's 3.56-mile combination infield road course and high-banked oval layout, will take the green flag on Friday, Jan. 27 at 2:15 p.m. EST. The Cobalts will compete in the newly re-named Sport Tuner class.

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http://www.grandamerican.com/News/Article.asp?ID=5551

this ST class in GrandAm racing pits FWD cars against RWD cars on a leveled playing field on road courses across N. America

Edited February 3, 2006 by razoredge

[HarleyEarl]

It's great Chevy is involved in racing...any racing. It creates some excitement about the brand.....it's not just about conveyances from A-B...it's about passion, fun.

[daves87rs]

I wanna race a Cobalt...

[z28luvr01]

Chevy did the Cobalt right....giving it instant street cred via a kickass racing program. I think it's pretty safe to say that the Cobalt name isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

[daves87rs]

Chevy did the Cobalt right....giving it instant street cred via a kickass racing program. I think it's pretty safe to say that the Cobalt name isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

That's what I'm hoping...

[razoredge]

Im behind on this year, I actually missed the race, too busy.

This is a 200 mile race the GS & ST classes run. Not the 24 hour endurance race the "big" cars run. Heres the top ten results for ST

ST 1 Schmitt/ Roush HART / Honda Accord 56 2:08.485 45 84 Red Line Oil/ Honda

ST 2 Plumb/ Plumb Bill Fenton Motorsports / Acura RSX - S 56 2:09.344 47 84 Southern Auto Auction/ Acura Certified

ST 3 Turner/ Salama Turner Motorsport / BMW 330i 56 2:09.504 22 84 Turner Motorsport

ST 4 Curran/ Ja Holtom Georgian Bay Motorsports / Chevrolet Cobalt 56 2:09.466 39 84 Scada Pack

ST 5 Liebl/ Beede Bill Fenton Motorsports / Acura RSX - S 56 2:09.685 46 84 Acura Certified Pre-Owned/ Southern Auto Auction

ST 6 Schlesinger/ Dobson SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 56 2:09.888 36 84 Mazdaspeed Motorsports/ Mazda USA

ST 7 Haskell/ Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 56 2:09.156 54 84 Mazdaspeed Motorsports/ Mazda USA

ST 8 Ji Holtom/ Colembie Georgian Bay Motorsports / Chevrolet Cobalt 56 2:10.318 22 84 Scada Pack

ST 9 Potter/ Tuaty Performance Motorsports / BMW Z4 56 2:11.507 23 84 Performance Motorsports

ST 10 Himes/ Piper/ Briody Piper Motorsport / BMW 330i

all ST cars ran 56 laps, they were one lap behind the GS class at 57 laps

Edited February 3, 2006 by razoredge