Customer John George Sprints Through Watkins Glen

Posted on October 2, 2011 by in What's New

Team Boothman Tests Updates to the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Challenge Car

Team Boothman has been busy these last few weeks and took it to Watkins Glen this past weekend to test the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Challenge Car out before the big event in December. One of the big items they were testing this weekend was tires as they ran sessions on both Hoosiers and Kumhos. Below is a in-car footage from Friday’s session with John George driving. The team had the Hoosier tires on and ran a 2:03.600. That’s as fast as a Continental Tire Series Mustang and the SCCA GT3 track record is a 2:04.5!

We’ll continue to post updates on Factory Fives running in this year’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill as we get closer to the big event.

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