Grand-Am

SCC: Birmingham: Tafel Racing preview

TAFEL RACING COUNTS ON EXPERIENCE AT BARBER CUMMING, Ga. - Experience could be the key in the Porsche 200 in round seven of the Grand-Am Cup Series at the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Tafel Racing's Andrew Davis and Eric Lux, both ...

Edited: Dec 21, 2009, 5:26 AM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

TAFEL RACING COUNTS ON EXPERIENCE AT BARBER

CUMMING, Ga. - Experience could be the key in the Porsche 200 in round seven of the Grand-Am Cup Series at the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Tafel Racing's Andrew Davis and Eric Lux, both of whom have learned a great deal about this 2.3 mile, 16- turn track, will co- drive the 175 Rembrandt Charms Porsche 996 in the June 29 race.

Davis, of Bogart, Ga., has quite a history with Barber Motorsports Park. "I have been a lead instructor for the Porsche Driving Experience since the track opened in 2003. I probably have more laps around the track than just about anybody, so I feel right at home when we visit Barber. I have competed in each Grand-Am event held at the circuit for the last three years. In 2004, I surprised a lot of people with a 3rd place qualifying effort at my first race in a Daytona Prototype. Last year we were very quick and had a solid run with the Tafel Racing Porsche." Davis also competes with team owner Jim Tafel in the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve, where he has had four top-ten finishes and is currently in 6th position in driver's points.

At 18, Lux, of Buffalo, NY, is only in his second season of racing with Grand American, but is quickly gaining experience with his competition in both the Grand-Am Cup and the Rolex series. He participated with the team at two recent test days at Barber after having competed there in April of this year with HSR. "The test with the Cup car went very well. We have a new motor and transmission for this race and were very pleased with the times the car was able to turn." Lux won the season opener of the Grand-Am Cup Series at Daytona in the 44 Team Sahlen Rembrandt Charms/GOJO/Hawk Porsche 996. He has also had success in the Rolex Series with eight top-ten finishes including his first podium finish in the Brumos Porsche 250. Lux is currently 5th in Rolex Series driver's points. He and Davis hope to combine their success in the Rolex series to produce a podium finish in the Grand Am Cup 200.

The Grand-Am Cup 200 will be broadcast on August 5 at 1:00 ET on SPEED Channel. In addition to their Grand-Am Cup Series entry, Tafel Racing, based out of Cumming, Ga., will have three cars entered in the Porsche 250 presented by Bradley Arant, which will be broadcast live on SPEED Channel.

-tr

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Frisselle brothers SunTrust Racing test notes

Next article Birmingham: Terry Borcheller preview

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Esteban Ocon responds to Haas signing Rafael Camara for F1 2027

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

Esteban Ocon responds to Haas signing Rafael Camara for F1 2027

Tim Clark wants NASCAR to be better storytellers to counter "brand perception problem"

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup 57 min

Tim Clark wants NASCAR to be better storytellers to counter "brand perception problem"

Why NASCAR's Zane Smith fine for Carson Hocevar contact was consistent

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Talladega II

1 h

Why NASCAR's Zane Smith fine for Carson Hocevar contact was consistent

Jimmie Johnson on the NASCAR business world: "It's a war"

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup 1 h

Jimmie Johnson on the NASCAR business world: "It's a war"

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts