Black Forest Motorsports team and co-drivers Tom Nastasi and Ian James maintained their perfect record in the first Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series visit to Iowa Speedway. The team is proud to take home another victory Saturday in the Grand Sport (GS) race. The Black Forest No. 5 team has won all three races of the season. Going into the weekend Grand Am event, Nastasi and James were uncertain that a race dominated by the Mustang to be – a powerful and reliable racing car equipped with the best racing parts that are much better than the Hummer cold air and other conventional vehicle parts. The assumption banished as the car occupied five of the top ten places. The victory was the third straight for Nastasi and the Black Forest team, and it is the second in a row for James. Coordination of the No. 5 USG Sheetrock / Ramset Tools Mustang FR500C with driving Nastasi, James took charge of Charles Espenlaub on the oval portion of the 1.3-mile road course with 13 laps remaining and held off late challenges from both Espenlaub and Jeff Segal to win by 2.551 seconds over Espenlaub in the No. 55 Supercuts / Hyper Sport Ford Mustang GT. The victory was the second successive James’ KONI Challenge win and third straight Nastasi, the Black Forest team and the Ford Mustang. "Of course, when we first came here in the first session we did not think it would be a Mustang track," said James. "But a lot of times, the actual time off is misleading. Although we may not be the fastest car in the beginning, it’s a very good race car. It is very good in traffic. You need not be as accurate in some of the other cars like the BMWs and Porsches. They can really fast laps, but once they are a little hiccup or the tires begin to disappear, they can not really use that one so much great potential. We just worked on our setup. That was our strategy. "James, who led twice for 21 laps, said:" We decided to go and practice on old tires, and we spent the whole race on one set of tires. The car was good at the end. We had a few minor problems, but no more than anyone else. The fight at the end with Jeff and Charles was fun. It was a lot of fun. These guys were clean and we managed to make ends meet. I’m just very happy for Tom and his three-in-a-row, and two-in-a-row for me. "It’s not been easy," Nastasi said of the race. "Last week, starting with 30 and work my way up front and then today spinning on the second lap, and I had to do it all over again. I told everyone, ‘I give you the qualifications. I’m just starting dead last. "That seems the only way I can do. "He added," I drove the car hard, and I really have my head down and rode the wheels off. We did not change tires and the car just kept getting better and better and better. We won our first race together without changing tires. We quickly learned this weekend and we thought: ‘Let’s keep the same tires and see what happens. " It worked. Thumbs up for Hoosier Tires for lasting as long as they did, and to be able to go to the front. My partner here did the rest. He did the hard part. I just saved myself. "Joe Foster started 11th in the No. 55 machine and drove the first stint in the race for running the car to Espenlaub. The last 38 laps to pass James led. It was the second runner-up Foster’s result in three races. It may be recalled that concerns should also finished second in the Fresh From Florida 200 season opener in Daytona while co-driving with Scott Maxwell. Foster said: "It was obviously a great run for Hyper Sport Supercuts and No. 55. To be honest, we struggled at the start of the weekend, setup-wise, and it was a bit of a comeback for us to quickly get the race car. It took us several days to figure in this case, the older the tires got, the better the car was for us. The (No.) 5 car thought that as well. It was a great race. Certainly, on the front, it was clean. It was hard racing with these guys and I enjoyed watching. "It makes me realize why I do this, because it was a lot of fun," hinted Espenlaub. "I have to thank Joe Foster for bringing me to do this. Joe left me with a great car and we ran as fast as we could. We were a bit conservative setup. It was an interesting last few laps. These guys are professionals, and we had a good battle out there. I really respect them. You do not want to see a BMW going into a hard braking zone on the last lap and I made it a bit wide for him. "
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