ArmsUp Motorsports Claim their First Ever SCCA National Championship Podium
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - ArmsUp Motorsports driver Revere Greist scored a third place finish in the Formula Continental class at the SCCA National Championship Runoff's. Greist led a very strong showing by the ArmsUp squad as the team placed four cars in the top seven in Saturday's race at Elkhart Lake's Road America. Greist's podium was his first podium in his first Runoffs appearance and was the best result to date for ArmsUp Motorsports in SCCA's top event.
Revere Greist battles for the FC lead in the early going. Greist would go on to finish third in his first Runoffs appearance.
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ArmsUp Motorsports Qualifies Five Cars In the Top-10 at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - ArmsUp Motorsports showed their strength this week in qualifying for the SCCA National Championship Runoff's held for the first time at the famed Road America racetrack. After three days of qualifying ArmsUp Motorsports drivers occupied five of the top-ten qualifying positions in the 25 car Formula Continental category.
Revere Greist will take his first SCCA Runoff's green flag from the second position.
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Revere Greist and ArmsUp Motorsports Claim 2009 SCCA Cen Div Championship
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - The 2009 SCCA Central Division Championship has come to a close with Revere Greist claiming the Formula Continental class Championship. The title was both Griest's and ArmsUp Motorsports first SCCA point's championship in the Formula Continental division. Greist claimed the title on the strength of two victories and three podium appearances scoring the most Formula Continental national points of any driver in the country in the process.
Revere Greist hopes to turn his Central Division FC Championship into Runoff's Gold.
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ArmsUp Motorsports Secures One More Entry For The SCCA Runoffs FC Field
BYERS, Colo. - Kirk Kindsfater secured his entry in the 2009 SCCA Runoffs, later this month at Road America, by placing second in the Saturday "Last Chance National" Formula Continental race at High Plains Raceway in Byers, CO. The racetrack, in it's first year of operation, is about an hour east of Denver and is owned and operated by the Colorado Region of the SCCA.
Kirk Kindsfater earned a spot in the 2009 SCCA Runoffs last weekend at the Last Chance National in Byers Colorado.
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ArmsUp Motorsports Claims Three Top Fives at SCCA Kettle National
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - Jim Victor led his ArmsUp Motorsports teammates Joe Tovo and Jeff Pietz to a triple top-five finish in the Formula Continental Class of the SCCA Kettle National. Victor took home a second place result with Joe Tovo, who made his first start as an ArmsUp driver, fourth and Jeff Pietz fifth. It was a solid result for the team as the ArmsUp drivers continue to build momentum going into the SCCA Runoffs.
Jim Victor took home a second place finish in FC at the SCCA Kettle National.
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ArmsUp Motorsports Grabs Two SCCA National Wins in Two Weeks
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - Revere Greist and Pat McGinnis each came home with SCCA Formula Continental National wins for ArmsUp Motorsports in a two week span. Greist and the ArmsUp team put in a dominating performance at the SCCA Cat National sweeping the top two positions in FC with Greist winning and Kirk Kindsfater running a close second. One week later Pat McGinnis scored his maiden FC triumph during the SCCA Heat Wave National at the Gateway International Speedway. The two wins provide some good momentum for the team as the SCCA National Championship Runoffs draw ever closer.
Revere Greist scored his first victory Formula Continental win at Road America during the CAT National.
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Revere Greist Scores Runner-Up Finish at the SCCA June Sprints
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. - Revere Greist brought ArmsUp Motorsports a runner-up finish during the 54th running of the SCCA June Sprints in Formula Continental. The Elkhart Lake based team had a full fleet of cars, with seven drivers competing in FC and one Formula Atlantic car running. Kirk Kindsfater, Jim Victor and Pat McGinnis all joined Greist with top-10 results behind the wheel of their ArmsUp Motorsports prepared Formula Continental machinery.
Revere Greist (left) celebrates his second consecutive June Sprints podium finish.
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ArmsUp Motorsports goes Three for Four at Road America
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - ArmsUp Motorsports won three of four races this weekend and SCCA Susie Bonneau Memorial Double Regional. The team's first race at Road America of the 2009 season saw Jeff Pietz take his maiden Formula Continental (FC) victory in race one of the double header weekend. Jim Victor and Jose Paredes each earned a buckeye for a race victory with Victor scoring the race two FC win and Paredes taking home the Formula Atlantic (FA) top spot in race one.
Jeff Pietz celebrated his first Formula Continental victory at Road America last weekend.
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ArmsUp Motorsports Scores Three Top-Fives in SCCA May National
South Beloit, Ill. - ArmsUp Motorsports placed three drivers in the top-five of the Formula Continental Class at the SCCA May National event. Returning to the Blackhawk Farms racetrack for the second time in two weeks Revere Greist once again led the ArmsUp team in the running order with a second place drive. Kirk Kindsfater and Jim Victor put in very solid drives to come home fourth and fifth respectively with John Greist coming home in the eighth position.
Revere Greist in the number 58 car dives under the number 81 car of Niki Coello to take the lead in turn one of the Blackhawk SCCA May National
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ArmsUp Motorsports' Revere Greist Scores First SCCA National Victory
SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. - Revere Greist scored his first SCCA National Formula Continental (FC) race victory in dominating fashion this weekend at the Blackhawk Farms Raceway. After taking the pole in Saturday's qualifying session Greist led flag to flag leading two former SCCA National Champions across the line. The victory established Greist and ArmsUp Motorsports as one of the pairings to beat in the ultra competitive SCCA FC Central Division. Greist's win capped a strong weekend for the ArmsUp team with Jim Victor, John Greist, Kirk Kindsfater and Pat McGinnis all finishing inside the top-10 in the large 17-car FC field.
Revere Greist scored his first SCCA National Victory this weekend at Blackhawk Farms
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