Las Vegas, NV (04.15.10): Byron Payne and the NGM team pushed through a tough weekend at Barber Motorsports Park. Contact between teammates ended the Barber 200 early for the #34 NGM BMW at the 2010 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series' Barber 200.
Payne returned to the seat of the ST-class #34 Next Generation Motorsports BMW 330 with teammate Squeak Kennedy for the second time in 2010. With a new motor installed, after mechanical failure at the last round in Miami, the #34 seemed to suffer a little on power. Kennedy would qualify the car in the 24th starting position (of 30) for Sunday's Barber 200.
Settling into a workable pace, the duo of Kennedy and Payne ran as high as 15th. With about 10 minutes remaining in the race, there would be contact between Payne in the #34 and the #36 NGM BMW, driven by Chris Brown. Brown was able to continue while the #34 of Payne was not. "It's very unfortunate what happened out there. It was simply a case of one not seeing the other. We had hoped to be stronger here, but just didn't have what we needed this weekend..."
The Barber 200 will be aired Saturday, 4/17 @ 3:00 PM ET. on SPEED TV.
Official results for GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series' Barber 200 can be found on the GRAND-AM website > www.grand-am.com
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Byron Payne is a professional driver with many years of experience. Byron has spent the last several years as a professional driver and instructor for various racing-promotion events, manufacturers, hot-lap events, and driving schools. Byron’s racing resume includes Formula Atlantic, Formula Ford, Formula Super Vee, Formula British Vauxhall Lotus, Formula 3 Test Driver, Indy Lights, shifter karts in Russia, The Jim Russell Scholarship Winner, and was named Formula Super Vee Rookie of the Year!
Next Gen Motorsports, formerly Fountain Motorsports, is a race team, racing BMW’s in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST class. NGM also offer repair services for other race cars and general automotive repairs. Next Gen also offers auto parts, racing parts and supplies. We are located in Ontario NY off of Route 104 and we serve all of Rochester NY and all surrounding areas in upstate NY.
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