Ex-S2000 SCCA autocross champion Jason Saini continues to advance his career.

I met Jason at the Gingerman race track in MI a few years back; that

 

DAMN!!! That's no lame ass Grand Am bullshit - congrats dude, you just won in one of the top five saloon series in the world!!!!

 

That is really cool. It's good to see a guy work his way up the ranks from the grassroots nature of autocross to (one of) the top touring car series in this country. Even better is that he is a local guy and a former S2000 owner.

 

With even the inclusion of ALMS, I am curious, what series in North America is better - THAT must be some series and I would gladly wrench or even attend events!!

 

Grand Touring?

 

Congrats Jason. I didn't know that he had moved to the Speed World Challenge Touring Car series (replacing Champion Randy Pobst!!) until reading an article in this month's SportsCar.

That's quite amazing. He was also in the most recent Grassroots Motorsports showing off his "pro" skills in a spec miata. I remember seeing posts from him on here. Congratulations! I'll have to watch the race.

 

Cool! Now he's racing my cousin's team. (and apparently crushed them at Miller)

I should be able to see him then at road america.

 

Do you mean Speed World Challenge Touring - where he is vs Speed World Challenge Grand Touring where 911s, Vipers and so play?

I would assume without even looking, he is in touring as Mazda doesn't have a GT class auto (yet). My perspective, if I had to pick nits would be that Touring is the more competitive of the 2 classes (making his accomplishment even more remarkable) but both classes have the highest level of everything we have seen in US RoadRacing since the real Trans Am series of the sixties/seventies.

 

OK Lude - who's your cousin?

 

Lude - that's cold man, teasing. Come on out with it.