Burrows/Hopwood on Autoblog

As part of the KIA announcement, fan favorite Autoblog picked up the story...

Burrows and Hopwood Signed to Kinetic Kia effort

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 3, 2009) – The all-new 2010 Kia Forte Koup’s motto – “One Hot Ride” – took on a new meaning today as Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled its U.S. motorsports program at the 2009 SEMA Show. KMA has teamed with the Kinetic Group to build and campaign two Forte Koups in the 2010 GRAND-AM KONI Sports Car Challenge Series in the Street Tuner (ST) class.


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Riley sets record...

Fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG), the Lucas Oil/Lessman Streamliner proved to be the world's fastest CNG vehicle when it hit an official speed of 323mph

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WIlden gets some hometown love after championship win

2009 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Champion Kenny Wilden got some attention from the papers at home...

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Mustang Challenge Hits AutoBlog...

This story (2010 Hurst Mustang to serve pace duties for Ford Racing Mustang Challenge) even got the attention of every OCD car junkies favorite website...

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Trading Paint

Burrows and Hopwood, SCDA, and Motion Dynamics Put Sunday Group Management Behind the Wheel
By Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood

LEE, N.H. (Aug. 14, 2009) - No doubt that many of you are familiar with Sunday Group Management's lead motorsports scribe Matt Cleary. When not producing multiple releases every race weekend from the confines of the media center, he's often seen in the Rolex, KONI and Mustang Challenge paddocks, darting between transporters, capturing vital data points from driver, team owners and engineers alike. Additionally, Matt has been both our Media and Driver Manager since we started in the KONI Sports Car Challenge in 2007.

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Bell wins at Trois Rivieres

Trois Rivieres, Que- (16 Aug 2009) –Matt Bell checked another career accomplishment off his list on Sunday as he drove to his second Grand-Am KONI Sports Car GS Class victory with an impressive 2.7-second win in the challenging Grand Prix du Trois Rivieres.

Bell shared the victory with fellow Turner Motorsport driver Don Salama, who qualified the BMW M3 third on the grid and started the 90-minute race before turning the controls over to Bell. The victory puts Bell’s name on the same roster of champions at the track with names like Villeneuve and Rahal as the event celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2009.


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Segal Wins Glen

(Watkins Glen, NY) 8 August 09—Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato scored their first Rolex Sports Car Series victory of the 2009 season with a strong drive in the No. 69 FXDD Mazda RX-8 on Friday night at Watkins Glen. The Crown Royal 200 win was the second visit to Gatorade Victory Circle at the famed upstate New York circuit for Segal and Assentato, as the two triumphed along with co-driver Nic Longhi in the 6 Hours of the Glen last season.

The Friday night Glen victory followed an intense two-hour battle as the GT Class raced the sprint event alongside the Daytona Prototypes for the first time in three years, making every lap a high speed traffic jam on the 2.45-mile “short course.”

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Riley Camaro picks up "Momentum.."

The Chevrolet Camaro is set to battle the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger in the KONI Sports Car Challenge race series under the banner of Momentum Race Group. The Dallas-based race outfit will run a two-car team featuring a 2010 Camaro prepared by Riley Technologies and a lineup of well-seasoned drivers including SPEED World Challenge veterans Robb Holland and Jeff Altenburg...more here

Riley Ready with Camaro

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (July 9, 2009) - After months of anticipation, America's hottest new car has started to hit the streets nationwide and before the end of the year, will be hitting the tracks as well.

The all-new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has been making a big impression wherever it rolls up, and Riley Technologies expects the machine to have a similar effect when it makes a competition debut in the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge in the season-ending event Oct. 2-4 at Virginia International Raceway.

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Buddy Rice set for Grand-Am return

Buddy Rice got his year off to a flying start with a victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, but things have been a little quiet for him since then. However, the 2004 Indianapolis 500, champ will return to the cockpit next month, again in Grand-Am Rolex Series competition...

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Window Dressing

Again...Picked a little bit better in terms of ones that "don't die instantly..."

Hopefully.

KONI Champs site goes live!

Check out the newest offering from SGM, as http://konichamps.wordpress.com/ has now gone live with updates about Trevor Hopwood and Adam Burrows, the 2007 KONI Challenge champions.

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Adam Burrows, Trevor Hopwood To-Do List:
KONI Challenge Championship Check (2007)
Pole Position @ Lime Rock Park Check (2007)
Podium At Lime Rock Park


Lakeville, CT (20 May 2009)—No points for finding what’s yet missing on this list--it’s pretty clear what the champs have in mind for this Saturday as they team up once again in the No. 198 Fischer Skis MINI Cooper for the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge ST Class event at Lime Rock Park.