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ARLAN Motorsport/Moton 2-Way Motorsport shock equipped Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car, driven by Bob Faieta, from Tujunga, Calif., Clinches 2008 IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge championship.

October 19, 2008
- Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA

Bob Faieta clinched the 2008 IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Championship Platinum Class) yesterday in the final race of the season. In his Arlan Motorsport/Moton Suspension Technology 2008 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car.

Faieta is the series' first double champion also winning the championship in 2007. Faieta won Saturday's Round 13 starting from the pole posting a 0.985 second qualifying margin on his series competitor Dino Steiner. Faieta led flag to flag.

Sunday for Round 14 Faieta started third behind Dino Steiner and Patrick Kelly who had both turned slightly faster laps during Saturday's race. On the start going into the Andretti hairpin (turn 2) Faieta dove under series competitor Steiner (Alex Job Racing) and held him at bay. While others hounded Steiner throughout the green flag laps, Bob kept his cool head and finished second behind Kelly (Kelley-Moss Racing) with third place going to Galen Beiker (Werks II/P7 Racing) who had a great weekend turning some of the fastest laps and beating Steiner (fourth place finish).

After going into the weekend tied in points with Steiner, but with 9 race wins to Steiner's 3 race wins, Faieta only had to keep the points tied to win the championship. Bob ended up 8 points ahead and 10 wins for his second consecutive series championship.

Faieta's teammate and team principal Steve Goldman finished on the podium in the Gold Class for 2006 & 2007 911 GT3 Cup cars in Saturday's Round 13 continuing his move up the order this season. Goldman hit by another car at the start of Sunday's Round 14 suffered a flat tire but he dove for the pits and got the tire changed just before a yellow caution and was able to return and stay on the lead lap. In spite of the pit stop he was able recover and work his way back to 5th position in a race plagued by caution periods.

In The Gold Class (2006-2007 997 GT3 Cup Cars) Tony Rivera in his Moton Motorsport equipped car broke an axle on the warm-up lap ending his round 13 hopes of extending his streak of victories to 13 and pitted. Sunday he started from 32rd position and charged to a second in class and 6th overall position in what looked more like a NASCAR champion's car. The normally immaculate Orange GT3 Cup car at the end had a row of tire marks down the passenger side from making room to pass more than once.

Rivera in the Moton equipped GT3 Cup already secured the 2008 championship at Petite LeMans (Road Atlanta) earlier this month.

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IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Series

The IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge doesn't allow professional drivers, so the field is filled with talented club racers who have an opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities, and learn what it takes to enter professional racing.

One of the big issues with the series is car to car contact - not allowed in club racing. To be in the points you have to finish, so learning to stay out of trouble and to avoid those drivers who think the rules are for everyone else while fighting for position can be difficult.

IMSA officals have demonstrated they intend to enforce sportsman like behavior though and have already sent drivers home that don't practice good clean racing. Bob has been working hard this season to avoid such drivers and get out front with enough lead to stay clear of trouble.

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