For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Sunoco 200 Challenge then let me give you some brief background information. Sunoco provide the fuel for certain race series, and in return they run a competition for their drivers. Because Sunoco sponsor so many series, they run a big collaboration between British GT, the MINI challenge, Britcar, Radical Challenge, the F3 cup and the GT cup (of which Chris and Mika are competing in). The better you do in your championship the more points you score, but you also compete against the people in championships you aren’t a part of, which adds a different dynamic to the competition.
The prize is also something not to shake your head at. The winner of the competition gets a place in the Sunoco liveried Ford Mustang that races in the 200-mile endurance race at the prestigious Dayton 24 race in America. This specific competition is only open to amateur/gentleman drivers, so is fair across the board.
With such an awesome prize avaliable Chris and Mika were both exceptionally excited to be in with a chance of winning a drive at the Daytona 24. It gave them more of an inter-team rivalry than before, which is hard to belive considering how much they compete over lap times!
Chris has managed to get a firm grip and lead from Mika after the round at Brands Hatch where Chris scored a staggering 22.50 points for his efforts in the solo sprint race, and makes beating the fellow Aston Martin GT4 and Porsche GT3 all worth it to see him shoot up the standings. Meanwhile Mika is left to rue his mistakes and sit firmly below his dad with 0 points. Will he be able to bounce back and climb up the board and win a chance at something he never dreamed of? Or will Chris be able to push on and fight for the opportunity of a lifetime?
You can pretty much write both of those off as currently Chris sits in 81st place, almost 100 points behind the leader after only two races. As for Mika, hes down in 137th with 0 points, and the only reason he isnt even further down at the bottom is the fortune of having ‘B’ as the first letter in his surname.
Oh well !