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10.04.08 -- BMW Oktoberfest at the Glen RACE Report: Rainy Days and Bad Luck Strike
10/02/08: Going in to, what was supposed to be, the final race for Team Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes / VBD Graphics proved to be certain in motorsport that you can never be to complacent! Driver Greg Shaffer, owner of Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes, was sitting in1st place for the 2008 North American BMW Series points race before entering the famed Oktoberfest race at Watkins Glen International Raceway. After a very successful testing day on Thursday in the dry and throwing down the, overall, 3rd fastest lap time during the Friday race practice, trouble struck! Friday's afternoon qualifier was a very wet and foggy one! After finding good grip during the opening laps of the qualifier, Greg lost his coordinates in the fogged-in "chute" area of turn 5. Shaffer said "after we were starting to ramp up speed and find grip around the outside line of the track, i went from one lap to the next only to find that Turn 5 was completely socked in with fog and got a little too far in to the middle of the track coming down the hill, hit the pavement sealer area (SLICK AS ICE in the rain!) and it proceeded to snap my car to the inside metal barrier of the track...." The impact forced the passenger shock tower in some 4" and broke a vital engine arm component and left the team out of the points race on Saturday. After heavy determination and brilliant work from Cory, Howie, Paul and Brian, the team found a frame shop in the village of the Glen, had the car pulled out and the new engine arm installed just in the nick of time to make the starting grid for Sunday's point race!!! You would have had to been there to see this recovery! Well, since Team MAM/VBD didn't get a proper qualifier on Saturday, they were forced to start at the back of the pack for Sunday. No problem right? WRONG! POURING down rain again and at that point it was too tough to make the push to the front of the pack. 4 heavy impacts on other racecars forced race control to end the race at 12 minutes in from the green flag and we finished 3rd in class. After a review of the BMW Series rulebook, the officials had decided that since the race did not meet 50% of its run time under green flag condition, NO points were awarded to any of the teams. SO, the team is prepping the car and is heading off to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, AL on November 14-16 to settle the score and aim for the championship title! Stay tuned.....

08.02.08 -- Race Report: BMW Series 07/25/08 Summit Point 2 Races net 2 Wins!
07.28.08 -- (07/28/08) Greg Shaffer, owner of Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes / VBD Graphics in Harrisonburg, VA, takes top honors in the heavily contested D-Modified class this past weekend at Summit Point! Greg also finished 3rd overall each day behind 2 very fast C-Mod cars driven by Chuck Stickly and Barry Battle. Greg took to the track on the Saturday morning qualifier and left nothing on the table, turning his fastest offiicial lap time ever (1:20.093) at the very technical 2 mile road course in WV. "Summit Point is my home track and i have trained, raced and worked there as an instructor for over 10 years now... Bimmerworld gave us the right stuff we needed to make the E36 BMW stay at the front of the pack in DM and we cannot thank James Clay (owner of Bimmerworld in Dublin, VA) enough for his excellent technical support over the weekend while tuning in a new JRZ suspension on the car" Shaffer said. Once again, hats off to the superb local crew based in Harrisonburg of Cory Bradburn, Howie Dunbrack, Paul Hansen and Brian Bass. Special thanks to all of the local customers and friends who made the trek up on Saturday to support the team! Next major race in the BMW is the Octoberfest event at Watkins Glen. The Tire Rack BMW CCA Race Series makes their annual stop at Summit Point Motorsports Park in Summit Point, WV. Be sure to check out "motorsport page" for a few minutes of in-car race video!

06.11.08 -- Race Report - Mosport Canada. VICTORY!!
After 12 hours of transport to Ontario Canada to visit the famed Mosport International Raceway, Greg Shaffer and Team Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes / VBD Graphics walked away with top honors in the D-Modified Class!! The format for the weekend was 2 sprint races on Saturday followed up by a short enduro on Sunday. Each day, driver Greg Shaffer, put the widebody BMW 3 series on the DM pole and 3rd overall. Thanks once again to crew members Cory Bradburn, Howie Dunbrack and Paul Hansen for making the trek! This latest sweep of victories puts Team MAM/VBD firmly in the #1 points position for the North American BMW Series!! Next stop HOME TURF at Summit Point Raceway on July 25-27th.

04.26.08 -- April 18,19,20 VIR BMW Race. 3 Days = 3 Podium Finishes!!
April 20th, 2008. Greg Shaffer, owner of Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes and driver of the E36 VBD BMW, just returned home from VIR (Virginia International Raceway) where the team competed in the BMW CCA Series for the North American Championship Points Race. Shaffer's team had great success during all 3 races. Friday, the team took 2nd place, Saturday 1st Place and Sunday 2nd Place in the heavily competetive D-Modified Class. Over 70 BMWs were on hand to compete and it was a wild weekend of racing. The team's next race is at Mosport International Raceway in Canada. Currently the team is sitting 1st in points in North America. Thanks once again to racecrew technicians: Cory, Howie, Paul and Brian.

02.25.08 -- Victory in South Carolina!! BMW Series Sweep...
Feb. 22nd / 23rd: CMP (Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC) was host to Round 2 in the BMW CCA Road Racing Series. Greg Shaffer, driving the Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes / VBD Graphics entry BMW 325i Widebody took top honors (and set the new Track Record in D-Modified Sunday) in the Saturday endurance race finishing 1st overall and 1st in class. For Sunday's sprint race, Greg qualified in position 3 and went on to win the D-Modified class and get a 3rd overall. Special thanks to crew members Cory Bradburn, Howie Dunbrack and Paul Hansen for excellent race support over the weekend. Thanks to Sponsors: UUC Motorwerks, Bimmerworld.com.

01.06.08 -- Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes / VBD Graphics Hits XBox!!
Released: Dec. 20th, 2007. XBox Forza 2 Motorsports game designers contact Greg Shaffer w/ Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes for consent to use BMW e36 Widebody BMW CCA Racecar in Forza 2 Motorsports game w/ Livery by Victory by Design, Shaffer's sister company located on site.

01.05.08 -- Shaffer to race Late Model Stock Car in 2008
Mid Atlantic Motorwerkes owner Greg Shaffer has signed a deal for 2008 with Hughes Motorsports in Richmond, VA to race a limited schedule at famed Southside Speedway in Richmond for the 2008 season. "Hughes Motorsports has a very successful history in Late Model at Southside and we are looking forward to the oppurtunity presented to us for 2008, stay tuned!"

12.06.07 -- Podium Finish at 13 Hour at VIR !! 74 Car Field!
Released: November 10th Greg Shaffer and co-driver Rick Ellinger, Team owner of RC Imports in Rockville, MD finished with podium honors in the intense 74 car field battle to take 3rd place in top class ITE and 5th overall in the VIR 13 Hour Endurance 'Headlight Brigade' Race held on November 6th at Virginia International Raceway. Sailing into the evening, the Benz team picked off several cars to finish 3rd in ITE and just several laps off the overall winner of the race. A near flawless drive with only 1 small mechanical error sent the RC Imports team to the podium for the 3rd time in the '07 season of the Kumho Tires Endurance Series.