執行緒： 起亞 200 大陸輪胎跑車在宅基報告面臨的挑戰

上週六，我參加了起亞 200 大陸輪胎跑車挑戰賽在家園-邁阿密賽道。雖然我用來支付這是定期進行的比賽首次 Id 自 2009 年以來看到這一系列的一場比賽。

條目數給我的印象 (66) 不同型號的汽車 (20) 競爭的數目一樣。作為提醒，大上午大陸輪胎跑車挑戰有運行在同一種族與汽車等從雪佛蘭 Camaros 和福特野馬下來的大小迷你庫珀和本田公民的兩類。儘管貧富懸殊，制裁的機構已使賽車真正具有競爭力的每個類的內部份好的工作。

期間在 2 附近 200 英里競賽。3 英里長的路，當然在宅基-邁阿密賽車場還有很多的行動和最終的優勝者是條例草案 Auberlen/保羅造船廠拉娜 · 特納賽車寶馬 M3 在 （車沒有 96) 盛大體育 (GS) 類中。萊恩 · 艾理斯/伊恩 · 發咩聲了方格的旗街調諧器 (ST) 類駕駛中調整大眾 GTI APR (車沒有 171）。

車手不得不忍受輕微事故的全部課程黃色多少次令人失望。在圈一種黃色這就意味著起亞遠艦渦輪增壓下運行 25 出 87 所有步伐車是約半圈，它顯示了作為正式領導為獲獎車前。

其他的失望是觀眾出席了巨型滾道的缺乏。正面看臺是幾乎是空的即使對於勞力士大-Am 車前面的主要功能競賽。

如今，我猜比賽觀眾的實際數量並不重要，就像它使用到，因為它是真的讓金融投資值得的良好贊助隊伍的電視報導。

儘管許多團隊從廠家得到一些援助只有真正廠贊助的球隊是從福特、 本田、 起亞、 馬自達和斯巴魯。我在那裡作為起亞的客人，這是最新的製造商聯繫，以輸入與起亞複 Koup 系列。兩輛車團隊管理的動力學賽車在格魯吉亞。由於這是起亞車賽車第一次嘗試，團隊欣然承認上賽季是一個學習經驗。

代托納，在本賽季第一場 Koups 完成第 2 和第 12 在 ST 類。在宅基種族 Nic 瓊/邁克爾 · 茨 (車沒有 10) 完成 7 日在同時亞當布倫斯/特雷弗 · 霍普伍德類 (車沒有 12） 獲得其尾部保險杠後的完成了第 25 在比賽中在某一階段幹掉。儘管低整理現貨宅基競賽中，瓊是第三次以磅為單位，起亞製造商點在第二次後兩場比賽。

正如它的發生及其 NBA 贊助，起亞鼓勵業主參加比賽，有不少起亞擁有家庭為他們的孩子尋求親筆簽名的海報。起亞認為賽車將有助於提高其在美國的形象和也有助於提高未來生產的汽車，起亞工程師從競賽隊獲得寶貴的回饋意見。

作為一個賽車迷它總是很高興見到正常生產汽車製造商積極參加賽車的轎車。 即使有不是很多人實際上參加比賽的人的好處包括技術知識有助於改良品種。

On Saturday I attended the Kia 200 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Although I used to cover races on a regular basis this was the first time Id seen a race in this series since 2009.

The number of entries impressed me (66) as did the number of different models of cars (20) competing. As a reminder, the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge has two classes that run in the same race with cars ranging from Chevrolet Camaros and Ford Mustangs down in size to Mini Coopers and Honda Civics. Despite the disparity, the sanctioning body has down a good job in making the racing really competitive within each class.

During the 200-mile race around the 2. 3-mile long road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway there was plenty of action and the eventual winners were Bill Auberlen/Paul Dalla Lana in the Turner Motorsport BMW M3 (car no 96) in the Grand Sport (GS) class. Ryan Ellis/Ian Baas took the checkered flag in the Street Tuner (ST) class driving the APR Tuned VW GTI (car no 171).

It was disappointing how many times the racers had to endure full course yellows for minor incidents. In all 25 out of 87 laps were run under a yellow which meant that the Kia Optima Turbo pace car was in front of the winning car for about half the laps that it was shown as the official leader.

The other disappointment was the lack of spectators in attendance at the giant raceway. The grandstands were practically empty, even for the preceding main feature race for the Rolex Grand-Am cars.

Nowadays, I guess the actual number of race spectators does not matter as much as it used to since it is television coverage that really makes the financial investment worthwhile for the well-sponsored teams.

Although many teams get some assistance from manufacturers the only truly factory-sponsored teams are from Ford, Honda, Kia, Mazda and Subaru. I was there as a guest of Kia, which is the newest manufacturer to enter the series with a Kia Forte Koup. The two-car team is managed by Kinetic Motorsports in Georgia. As this is Kias first attempt at racing, the team readily admits last season was a learning experience.

At Daytona, in the first race this season, the Koups finished 2nd and 12th in the ST class. In the Homestead race Nic Jonsson/Michael Galati (car no 10) finished 7th in class while Adam Burrows/Trevor Hopwood (car no 12) finished 25th after getting its rear bumper bumped off at one stage during the race. Despite the lower finishing spot in the Homestead race, Jonsson is third in points and Kia is second in manufacturer points after two races.

Just as it does with its NBA sponsorship, Kia encourages owners to attend the races and there were quite a few Kia-owning families seeking autographed posters for their kids. Kia believes that racing will help raise its profile in the U. S. and also help improve future production cars as Kia engineers receive valuable feedback from the race team.

As a racing fan its always great to see manufacturers of regular production cars actively participate in sedan racing. Even if there are not that many people actually attending races in person, the benefits include technical knowledge which helps improve the breed.