Fall-Line Makes History


Fall-Line Motorsports Makes History with E92 M3 V8 March 15, 2009--Homestead, FL Fall-Line Motorsports becomes first team to take BMW E92 M3 V8 to a top ten finish in North American Pro Racing. The 2nd round of the 2009 Grand-Am Koni Sportscar Challenge series was held at the Homestead Miami Speedway today, and the Fall-Line Motorsports, HRE Performance Wheels, B.R.M Chronograph, Original BMW Parts, DINAN, Sparco # 28 machine was out to make a statement, and they did with a 6th place finish in the Grand-Am Fan Appreciation 200. After being toward the bottom of the time charts during the test day Thursday, the Fall-Line team stepped it up, and went 8th and 10th in practice, and qualified in a strong 13th position on the 28 car grid. "With the weather in Chicago being what it is, we've had to use the races as our test time with this new car, and its hard to sort out chassis problems during a race weekend" said co-driver and co team owner Mark Boden. "That said, its impressive to me that our guys have built a car that has now run 2 complete races, and only missed 3 laps, and those were not due to any mechanical issue". The Fall-Line Motorsports car took the green with Boden in the seat, and ran a strong first stint. "The starts of these races are ultra competitive" continued Boden. "The rule set that Grand-Am has for this class keeps all the cars so equal that at the starts you have to push really hard because there is constant pressure all around you. Its tough to not overdrive the car" Boden pitted the car during the first and only caution period at the 46 minute mark, and put co-driver and co-team owner Steve Jenkins in the car. "Mark did everything right today" said Jenkins. "He gave me a perfect car, and the teams pit stop was awesome! I couldn't believe it when they said we came out of the stop in 8th position" Jenkins ran the car as high as 2nd place for several laps, before needing to pit for fuel and rear tires with about 40 minutes to go in the 2-1/2 hour race. "We had talked about doing rears at the second stop before the race, but man was I surprised at how bad they got" continued Jenkins. "This car is so hard to drive, its loose into the corner, its loose out of the corner, and the rear tires just get way overheated if you drive it even the slightest bit too hard. The car weighs so much that you just cant keep the tires under you when your racing hard. After getting the fuel and rear tires, I had to be so smooth so as not to ruin the tires, it was really difficult and took a lot of concentration." After the second stop the #28 was firmly in 6th spot with 5th in their sights and closing. "The 32 car was ahead of me with Todd Lamb driving" laughs Jenkins. " Todd and I have a little history of prodding each other about some NHL team rivals, so I really wanted to catch him. He did a masterful job of slowing me in the hairpin onto the banking, and then forced me into the low groove in the banking. I almost got him, but had a blast trying!" The #28 car is headed back to Chicago where the warmer temps of spring await, and the team plans to test and improve the chassis before the 3rd round at NJ Motorsports Park in May. Fall-Line Motorsports, Mark Boden and Steve Jenkins would like to thank our Partners: www.fall-linemotorsports.com www.hrewheels.com www.brm-manufacture.com www.laurelbmw.com www.dinancars.com www.sparcousa.com www.4feathersracing.com Steve Jenkins Fall-Line Motorsports 847-480-9804

Fall-Line Motorsports Makes History with E92 M3 V8

March 15, 2009--Homestead, FL

Fall-Line Motorsports becomes first team to take BMW E92 M3 V8 to a top ten finish in North American Pro Racing.

The 2nd round of the 2009 Grand-Am Koni Sportscar Challenge series was held at the Homestead Miami Speedway today, and the Fall-Line Motorsports, HRE Performance Wheels, B.R.M Chronograph, Original BMW Parts, DINAN, Sparco # 28 machine was out to make a statement, and they did with a 6th place finish in the Grand-Am Fan Appreciation 200.

After being toward the bottom of the time charts during the test day Thursday, the Fall-Line team stepped it up, and went 8th and 10th in practice, and qualified in a strong 13th position on the 28 car grid. "With the weather in Chicago being what it is, we've had to use the races as our test time with this new car, and its hard to sort out chassis problems during a race weekend" said co-driver and co team owner Mark Boden. "That said, its impressive to me that our guys have built a car that has now run 2 complete races, and only missed 3 laps, and those were not due to any mechanical issue".

The Fall-Line Motorsports car took the green with Boden in the seat, and ran a strong first stint. "The starts of these races are ultra competitive" continued Boden. "The rule set that Grand-Am has for this class keeps all the cars so equal that at the starts you have to push really hard because there is constant pressure all around you. Its tough to not overdrive the car"

Boden pitted the car during the first and only caution period at the 46 minute mark, and put co-driver and co-team owner Steve Jenkins in the car. "Mark did everything right today" said Jenkins. "He gave me a perfect car, and the teams pit stop was awesome! I couldn't believe it when they said we came out of the stop in 8th position"

Jenkins ran the car as high as 2nd place for several laps, before needing to pit for fuel and rear tires with about 40 minutes to go in the 2-1/2 hour race. "We had talked about doing rears at the second stop before the race, but man was I surprised at how bad they got" continued Jenkins. "This car is so hard to drive, its loose into the corner, its loose out of the corner, and the rear tires just get way overheated if you drive it even the slightest bit too hard. The car weighs so much that you just cant keep the tires under you when your racing hard. After getting the fuel and rear tires, I had to be so smooth so as not to ruin the tires, it was really difficult and took a lot of concentration."

After the second stop the #28 was firmly in 6th spot with 5th in their sights and closing. "The 32 car was ahead of me with Todd Lamb driving" laughs Jenkins. " Todd and I have a little history of prodding each other about some NHL team rivals, so I really wanted to catch him. He did a masterful job of slowing me in the hairpin onto the banking, and then forced me into the low groove in the banking. I almost got him, but had a blast trying!"

The #28 car is headed back to Chicago where the warmer temps of spring await, and the team plans to test and improve the chassis before the 3rd round at NJ Motorsports Park in May.

Fall-Line Motorsports, Mark Boden and Steve Jenkins would like to thank our Partners:

www.fall-linemotorsports.com
www.hrewheels.com
www.brm-manufacture.com
www.laurelbmw.com
www.dinancars.com
www.sparcousa.com
www.4feathersracing.com

Steve Jenkins

Fall-Line Motorsports

847-480-9804