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Falken Earns Four Podiums At The Optima Ultimate Street Car Series In Sonoma’s Wine Country

SONOMA, CA – Add two firsts and two thirds to the growing number of achievements Falken Tires entrants have garnered from competing in the popular Optima Ultimate Street Car Series, whose latest round took place last weekend at Sonoma Raceway in the beautiful wine country of Northern California.

The 2022 season brings exciting changes to the series. Now run in conjunction with the ageless TransAm Championship, SVRA (Sportscar Vintage Racing Association) and the SpeedTour Series, the competitive driving program is playing before bigger crowds and larger venues, attracting more entries and tougher contests, particularly among the grassroots motorsports classes.

Among those running Falken Azenis RT660 tires were 2021 GTS National Champion Bob Sobey, driving a 2013 Nissan GTR, who took first in the GTS Class, followed by Jordan Priestley, fielding a Tesla Model 3 Performance, who earned third in the same class.

Mike Maier brought home a third place in his 2017 Ford Mustang in the GT Class and David Carroll, running a vintage 1974 Chevrolet Blazer, had the right skills and Falken tires to earn first in the GT Truck class.

“This was a fantastic weekend of high performance,” said Gerald Alvarado, Falken’s Motorsports & Events Supervisor. “Sonoma Raceway has it all; a great road course, dragstrip and paddock area where DriveOptima could handle all five of its key segments that test each vehicle’s capabilities, handling and engineering workmanship. I’m proud of what our Falken teammates were able to achieve in a very crowded field of qualified entrants.”

Those five segments include Road Rally, Acceleration and Braking, Autocross, the Falken Tire Road Course Time Trial, and Design & Engineering.

Round 3 will take place May 20-22 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. For more information on the Ultimate Street Car and the DriveOptima series, visit www.ultimatestreetcar.org.