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Old 04-11-2004, 02:37 PM
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SpeedSource Gives Mazda RX-8 First Win

PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 11, 2004) -- Sylvain Tremblay and David Haskell gave the Mazda RX-8 its first North American professional race win with their Grand-Am Cup Series victory in the Phoenix Sport Touring 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. A good pit stop strategy allowed the pair of drivers to pilot their SpeedSource No. 70 Mazda to a 27-second lead over the polesitting Turner Motorsports No. 95 BMW of Don Salama and Will Turner.

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Absolutely super! Now, if they can just keep improving the car, since its new, the boys at BMW won't lead the series for long.
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Did they show the race on SpeedTV??
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The Phoenix Twin 200s will be broadcast on SPEED Channel on Sunday, April 18, with the Grand Sport race at noon ET and the Sport Touring race at 1 p.m. ET.
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Sunday at 1:00 pm EST on SpeedTV
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Thanks guys. Sure don't want to miss seeing how the 8s kick the others butts on the race track :D
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what's the turner motorsports car? what are they driving?
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Turner drives the bimmer 330i I think.

Great job Dave! Sounds like the car drove great. 27 seconds is a very large lead for your class, was it really ALL pit strategy?
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it looks like the time would have put it 9th overall as well... not too shabby
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Wow! Great news!

1st - Mazda RX8 (No. 70)
2nd - BMW 330i (No. 95)
3rd - Acura RSX-S (No. 27)
4th - Lexus IS300 (No. 3)

I wonder what other cars participate?
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Very sweeeet
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This could be the start of greater things from this fantastic car
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The guys from Turner where their main problem down at homestead a few weeks ago. Nice to see they are getting a better hang of the car :D
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RX-8 beats the rest with even only 2 fresh tires
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