Nastasi Hopeful for VIR
by CP Staff, Photos by Wes Duenkel
This weekend is Round 4 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16. The combined Daytona Prototype/GT race is 250 miles (77 laps)/400 kilometers or two hours and 45 minutes, whichever comes first.
Among the entrants in the GT class is Tom Nastasi, veteran KONI Challenge driver and owner of the #15 USG/Guardian Blackforest Motorsports Ford Mustang.
The Crawford-buit, Roush Yates-powered Mustang has shown great speed since its first appearance last year, but has been plagued by reliability issues.
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About the track and upcoming race, Nastasi remarkerd, "It's one of my favorite tracks; I've won there before. We didn't have the right setup last year, but I think this will be a better year. (Co-driver) Jean-Francois Dumoulin likes the track too. It's a V-8 track, which will suit us very well. We're hoping for a top five there."
Setting his sights higher, defending Rolex Series GT champion Dirk Werner hopes to defend his VIR win last season and close a small gap in the GT driver standings.
Werner is back in the #87 Porsche GT3, a car identical to the one which he co-piloted to last year's VIR 400 triumph with then co-driver Bryce Miller.
The green flag for the race is scheduled to fly this Sunday, April 27, at 1 p.m. ET. The race will air on SPEED at Noon ET on Sunday, May 3.
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