Team Autoparts Warehouse/K-PAX Wins with Volvo C30

Newcomer Robert Thorne, driving the Autoparts Warehouse/K-PAX Volvo C-30, won the season opener of the Nitto Tires United States Touring Car Championship (USTCC) at Sonoma, California on March 11, 2012. Felipe Cabezas, driving the TNI Racing/Performance In Frame Tuning Mazdaspeed 3, was only seconds behind the Volvo. Finishing third in a very impressive debut with a new car and missing all practice and qualifying sessions was Curt Simmons in the Cornwell Tools/Stevens Creek Dodge SRT4. Chris Lock won the iGrille Top Rookie finishing fifth in the Roger Kraus Racing/Rota Wheels Honda Prelude.

In the GT Class, Skip Rebozzi finished first in the Morgan Hill Cross Fit Porsche 911 over Robin Riner's R&D Builders Ford Mustang. Billy Maher's Bavarian Tuning BMW M3 finished third.

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