Team Sahlen had their best all around weekend of the 2008 Season at the Barber Motorsports Park race weekend.  The #43 finished in 8^th place.  Plus, the #42 racer finished in 9^th place, and captured the coveted SUN TRUST Most Improved Award.  This is the 3^rd event in 2008 that Joe Sahlen and Will Nonnamaker have captured the award for moving up the most spots in the race.

The tone for the weekend was set in Practice Session #1, with Wayne Nonnamaker setting the 5^th fastest time in GT.  This trend continued as Team Sahlen placed in 9^th in P3 and 8^th in P4.  Then in Qualifying, Joe Nonnamaker secured 14^th on the full 21 Car GT grid.  

"All the testing and development that the team has been working towards really is starting to pay off for the team. The crew has been working extra hard every weekend to get us to this point." - states Joe Nonnamaker

At the start of the race, Joe Nonnamaker and Joe Sahlen steered their Corvettes clear of any mishap and drove a very solid race.  When the mandatory 45 minute pit stop arrived, Wayne and Will Nonnamaker took over the controls of the #43 and #42 racers respectively.  

"I just kept taking each lap one at a time.  When we pitted on lap 25, we had already moved up 10 spots overall.  Just surviving those laps with the heat was difficult." - stated Joe Sahlen