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SOUTH BELOIT, Wis. - Jim Victor scored his second victory of the season on Sunday at Blackhawk Farms in South Beloit, Illinois. The ArmsUp Motorsports
driver put in a dominating performance leading every lap en route to the SCCA Fall Sprints Formula Continental race win. Victor's win was part of a
1-2 ArmsUp sweep as Rick Balsley came home second from sixth place on the grid with a fine drive. Revere Greist capped off the weekend by taking the
Formula Continental pole on Saturday in what was the final event of the 2008 season for ArmsUp Motorsports.
ArmsUp Motorsports had four drivers
set to compete for 2008's final race weekend. Revere Greist, John Greist, Jim Victor and Rick Balsley, took to the track Saturday morning for the
first and only practice session before qualifying. John Greist and Balsley had not seen the two-mile Blackhawk circuit until the morning practice
session and both drivers had their work cut out for them.
Saturday afternoon's qualifying would prove a successful endeavor for the ArmsUp
team with Revere Greist scoring the FC pole. Jim Victor put in a solid run to put his number seven Smith Barney car just behind his teammate on the
grid. Rick Balsley improved greatly from the practice session as he continued to come to grips with the Van Diemen to run sixth. John Greist struggled
in qualifying after a mechanical gremlin cut his practice short, leaving John toward the tale of the field.
With Revere Greist forced to skip
Sunday's race due to prior commitments, Jim Victor inherited the pole and never looked back when the green-flag dropped. Jumping out to a couple of
second lead, Victor had the race in hand half way through the 24-lap event. Getting a solid start in the midfield, Balsley ran sixth to the halfway
point pressuring the fifth place car as the both dealt with lapped traffic. John Greist drove conservatively as he worked his way through slower
traffic during the first three quarters of the race.
At lap 18 of the 24 lap affair the caution flag flew for a stalled car erasing Victor's
lead. During the caution attrition began to take its toll with FC cars dropping out which allowed Balsley to assume the second position during the
caution. John Greist's weekend took a turn for the better as he advanced positions during the caution despite stalling his car when the field came to
a stop on the track for the safety team to move the stalled car.
When the race resumed Victor was able to pick up right where he left off,
storming away from the field to take the checkered flag. Balsley and Greist were both able to keep their noses clean of lapped traffic to finish
second and fifth respectively completing a successful weekend for the ArmsUp Motorsports Team.
"This is a testament to this ArmsUp Motorsports
team," an excited Jim Victor said after the race. "Even though it was the last race of the season, these guys never stopped trying to improve the
car. That's what makes this team so great; they keep working to make the car better all the time. So I really want to thank them for a fantastic
season."
ArmsUp Motorsports now enters the winter break. The team will return to the Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin workshop to prepare for the
2009 season. A lot of plans are in the works for the team's return to the SCCA National Championship Runoffs which will be held for the first time at
their home track of Road America.
Formed in 1995, ArmsUp Motorsports is one of the premier SCCA Formula Continental and Formula Atlantic racing
teams. Based in Elkhart Lake, Wis ArmsUp Motorsports is a full service prep shop for Formula Continentals, Formula Atlantics, and Vintage racing cars.
For more information please visit the official ArmsUp website at www.ArmsUpMotorsports.com.
Jim Victor after claiming his second win of the season at the SCCA Fall Sprints Regional
(Photo Courtesy ArmsUp Motorsports)
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