News
4 OCTOBER 2008
PLUMB BROTHERS TEAM UP TWICE AT VIR
(Alton, VA) 4 October 2008- As many parents can attest,
one of the best ways to settle a sibling rivalry is
to put both contenders on the same team and get them
to focus their competitive instincts against a common
enemy. For brothers Matt and Hugh Plumb, this
weekend will see them go up against a common enemy
of over 100 other racers as they race in both segments
of the Grand-Am KOIN Challenge season-ending Bosch
Engineering Twin Six hours at Virginia International
Raceway.
Matt and Hugh, who teamed for a run to 2nd in the 2006
Grand-Am KONI Challenge Championship together, will
share two different race cars in two different races
this weekend.
The weekend docket is a busy one for the two, as the
brother pairing will first revisit the ST Class together
in the same Bill Fenton Motorsports Honda Civic Si
that Matt won the New Jersey Motorsports round on Labor
Day weekend with Bob Beede before teaming once again
on Sunday in the GS class in the No. 60 Sunset Hills
Winery Ford Mustang with Mike Canney.
“We get along really well and that carries over
to how we work together during a race weekend,” said
Matt, who also starred in Daytona Prototype competition
this year. “So to get to run two races in two
different cars is a great opportunity for us. Hopefully
we can end the year on a strong note with both cars.
Bill Fenton Motorsports does a great job, and hopefully
we can get this car back to the winners circle.”
“It’s really easy for us to race together,” said
Hugh. “I didn’t know much about what this
new Civic was like before this weekend, and Matt had
never driven the Mustang before, so we’ve been
helping each other out as much and it’s gone
really well. Our driving styles are pretty complementary
as well, so that helps with how we set the cars up.
Obviously we are pretty close in our times but we both
want to be faster than the other, so that helps us
push each other that extra bit.”
The weekend got off to a good start, as Hugh set the
fifth fastest time in qualifying for the GS class race,
with Saturday’s ST class event netting a seventh
place finish in race one with Matt, Hugh, and Bob Beede
in the Honda Civic as Bill Fenton Motorsports had both
team entries in the top ten.
Additional information available: www.hughplumb.com and
www.plumbracing.com