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Entry List Continental Tire 150 at the Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, NY June 25Th - 28Th, 2015 6/25/2015 14:04 Post-Safety Check Entry List Continental Tire 150 at the Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, NY June 25th - 28th, 2015 6/25/2015 14:04 GS Class Entries NO. DRIVER / HOMETOWN TEAM NAME SPONSOR CAR TYPE 6 Andrew Davis / Athens, GA Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R Robin Liddell / Northampton, England 8 Anthony Mantella / Toronto, Canada Mantella Autosport Gulf/ MBRP Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R Sasha Anis / Ontario, Canada 9 Lawson Aschenbach / Palm Beach Gardens, FL Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R Matt Bell / Los Altos, CA 13 Matt Plumb / Newport, RI Rum Bum Racing The Billfish Foundation/ Rum Bum Film & HD Porsche 911 Hugh Plumb / Unionville, PA Studios/ RumBumGear.com 14 BJ Zacharias / Cincinnati, OH Doran Racing Nissan Nismo GT Academy Nissan 370Z Brad Jaeger / Cincinnati, OH 15 Scott Maxwell / Toronto, Canada Multimatic Motorsports Ford Performance/ Multimatic Ford Shelby GT350R-C Billy Johnson / Miami, FL 41 Nick McMillen / Salem, OR Doran Racing Nissan Nismo GT Academy Nissan 370Z Steven Doherty / Plainfield, IL 46 Trent Hindman / Wayside, NJ Fall-Line Motorsports IHG Rewards Club/ Trim-Tex/ Fall-Line BMW M3 Ashley Freiberg / Bondville, VT 57 Bob Michaelian / Seal Beach, CA Racers Edge Motorsports Legistics/ Ford Performance Mustang Boss 302R Nick Galante / Monterey, CA 78 Chris Beaufait / Freeland, WA James Vance / Stouffville, Canada Racers Edge Motorsports xBorder Foods & Wine/ Ford Performance Mustang Boss 302R 80 Martin Barkey / Huntsville, Canada Mantella Autosport/MBRP MBRP/ The Garage/ Praxair/ Sawmill Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R Kyle Marcelli / Barrie, Canada Creative/ Gulf 89 Ken D'Arcy / Rochester, NY TLSS Motorsports The Little Speed Shop BMW M3 Sam Schultz / Watkins Glen, NY 99 Rob Ecklin, Jr. / Lancaster, PA Automatic Racing Invisible Glass/ Rogue Engineering/ Red Aston Martin Vantage David Russell /Orlando, FL Glare Records 09 Charlie Putman / Denver, CO Automatic Racing Invisible Glass/ Rogue Engineering/ Red Aston Martin Vantage Charles Espenlaub / Lutz, FL Glare Records 158 Jade Buford / Brentwood, TN Multimatic Motorsports Ford Racing/ Multimatic Ford Shelby GT350R-C Austin Cindric / Mooresville, NC ST Class Entries NO. DRIVER / HOMETOWN TEAM NAME SPONSOR CAR TYPE 4 Juan Leroux / Dominican Republic LRT Racing Roux Helmets/ Durex Condoms Honda Civic Si Jorge Leroux / Dominican Republic 5 Stevan McAleer / Cold Spring, NY CJ Wilson Racing ModSpace/ MAZDA Maxda MX-5 Chad McCumbee / Ocean Isle Beach, NJ 11 Phil Bloom / Brooklyn, NY DeMan Motorsport Porsche Cayman Rick DeMan /Brooklyn, NY 17 Spencer Pumpelly / Atlanta, GA RS1 Porsche Cayman Luis Rodriguez Jr. / Palmetto Bay, FL 18 Dylan Murcott / Ancram, NY RS1 Porsche Cayman Adam Isman / Vancouver, Canada 19 Connor Bloum / San Diego, CA RS1 Porsche Cayman Greg Strelzoff / Los Angeles, CA 23 Terry Borcheller / Vero Beach, FL Burton Racing Excelda/ Gold Eagle / 303 / Sta-Bil BMW 128i Mike LaMarra / Brighton, MI 26 Andrew Carbonell / Miami, FL Freedom Autosport Mazda/ SemperFiFund.org Mazda MX-5 Liam Dwyer / Bethesda, MA 31 Ethan Low / Clearwater, FL Bodymotion Racing Visit St. Pete-Clearwater, FL/ Delaware Porsche Cayman Jason Rabe / Millville, NJ Investments/ Bodymotion 34 Christian Szymczak / Torrance, CA Alara Racing Mazda MX-5 Justin Piscitell / Patterson, NY 36 Matthew Dicken / Goshen, KY Strategic Wealth Racing Strategic Wealth Designers Porsche Cayman Corey Lewis / Nazareth, PA 37 Zack Meyer / Toronto, Canada MINI John Cooper Works MINI JCW Stephen Simpson / Capetown, South Africa Team 38 Dan Rogers / Anchorage, AK Next Level European Porsche Cayman Seth Thomas / Cumming, GA 42 Wayne Nonnamaker / North Canton, OH Team Sahlen Sahlen's Porsche Cayman Will Nonnamaker / North Canton, OH 43 Joe Sahlen / Elma, NY Team Sahlen Sahlen's Porsche Cayman Jeff Segal / Miami, FL 44 Sarah Cattaneo / Scottsdale, AZ CRG-I Do Borrow Cruise America/ Thor Motorcoach Honda Civic Si Owen Trinkler / Nashville, TN 52 Remo Ruscitti / Vancouver, BC MINI John Cooper Works MINI MINI JCW Cody Ellisworth / Juniper, FL Team 56 Jeff Mosing / Austin, TX Murillo Racing Porsche Cayman Eric Foss / Dallas, TX 64 Ted Giovanis / Highland, MD Team TGM JKTG Foundation/ T. Giovanis & Company/ BMW 328i David Murry / Cumming, GA David Murry Performance 65 Brent Mosing / Lafayette, LA Murillo Racing BMW 328i Tim Probert / Houston, TX 66 AJ Riley / Stamford, CT Riley Racing Riley Mazda Mazda MX-5 Jameson Riley / Stamford, CT 74 Jim McGuire / Tiburon, CA Compass360 Racing AERO Advanced Paint Technology/ Audi S3 Nico Rondet / San Francisco, CA Children's Tumor Foundation 75 Paul Holton / Tallahassee, FL Compass360 Racing AERO Advanced Paint Technology/ Audi S3 Kyle Gimple / Winder, NV Children's Tumor Foundation 81 Andrie Hartanto / Concord, CA BimmerWorld Racing BMW 328i Tyler Cooke / Matthews,NC 83 Greg Liefooghe / San Francisco, CA Next Level European Red Line Oil Porsche Cayman Eric Zimmermann / Atlanta, GA 84 James Clay / Blacksburg, VA BimmerWorld Racing OPTIMA Batteries BMW 328i Jason Briedis / Ocean View, DE 86 Sam Schechter / Washington, D.C Crucial Motorsports BMW 128i Aaron Nash / Altamonte Springs, FL 87 Derek Jones / Philadelphia, PA Rebel Rock Racing Ingersol Rand Porsche Cayman Mat Pombo / Atlanta, GA 88 Nate Norenberg / Plymouth, MN Rebel Rock Racing Ingersol Rand Porsche Cayman Ramin Abdolvahabi / Palm Beach Gardens, FL 92 John Schmitt / Sunbury, OH HART Honda of America Mfg./ Honda HPD Honda Civic Si Steve Eich / Marysville, OH 93 Chad Gilsinger / Marysville, OH HART Honda of America Mfg./ Honda HPD Honda Civic Si Kevin Boehm / Marysville, OH GS = 15 ST = 31 Total = 46.
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