Event Press Kit. Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix at UMC AUGUST. presented by Energy Solutions August 12-14, 2016

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1 Event Press Kit Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix at UMC presented by Energy Solutions August 12-14, 2016 All races live on TV Listings Available on presented by AUGUST

2 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , 2016 Press Kit Information... Page Weekend Schedule... 2 Entry Lists... 4 Pronunciation Key... 8 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics Driver/Manufacturer Championship Points Driver/Manufacturer Statistics Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus (Recap) Series Race Recaps Pirelli World Challenge Event and Broadcast Schedule

3 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , 2016 Weekend Schedule Wednesday, August 10 9:00 AM 1:00 PM Facility Open to Pirelli World Challenge Transporters 12:00 PM 3:00 PM Facility Open to Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Transporters 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Pirelli World Challenge Crew Chief Meeting Series Transporter 5:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Full Field Photo Shoot all Classes (cars only) Thursday, August 11 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Registration Registration Building Main Gate 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Tech and Scales Open 8:00 AM 8:45 AM Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB Testing 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup, GTS SprintX Driver Meeting Suite 1&2 9:15 AM 9:45 AM Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB Driver Meetng Suite 1&2 8:55 AM 9:25 AM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Testing 9:35 AM 10:20 AM Pirelli World Challenge GTS & SprintX Testing 10:30 AM 11:15 AM Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB Testing 11:25 AM 12:10 PM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup Testing 12:15 PM 1:00 PM Lunch and Pirelli World Challenge Media Rides 1:05 PM 1:50 PM Pirelli World Challenge GTS & SprintX Testing 2:00 PM 2:30 PM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Testing 2:40 PM 3:25 PM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup Testing 3:40 PM 4:10 PM Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB Practice # 1 4:30 PM 5:00 PM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Testing 5:10 PM 5:40 PM Pirelli World Challenge Sprint X GT and Sprint X GTS Practice # 1 Friday, August 12 7:00 AM 3:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Registration Registration Building Main Gate 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Tech and Scales Open 8:00 AM 8:45 AM PWC Tire Marking TC TCA TCB 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Practice 8:45 AM 9:15 AM Pirelli World Challenge GTS Practice # 1 9:30 AM 10:00 AM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup Practice # 1 10:15 AM 10:45 AM Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB Practice # 2 11:00 AM 11:30 AM Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT and SprintX GTS Practice # 2 11:45 AM 12:15 PM PWC SprintX Tire Marking 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Practice 12:00 PM 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM 1:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge TCA TCB Qualifying 1:05 PM 1:20 PM Pirelli World Challenge TC Qualifying 1:35 PM 2:05 PM Pirelli World Challenge GTS Practice # 2 2:20 PM 2:50 PM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup Practice #2 2

4 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , :45 PM 4:45 PM PWC GTS & GT GTA GT Cup Tire Marking 3:05 PM 3:40 PM Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT and Sprint X GTS Qualifying 3:55 PM 4:25 PM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Practice 4:40 PM 5:30 PM Race # 1 Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB 40 min Saturday, August 13 7:00 AM 3:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Registration Registration Building Main Gate 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Tech and Scales Open 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Warm Up 8:45 AM 9:00 AM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup Qualifying Group 1 9:05 AM 9:20 AM Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup Qualifying Group 2 9:35 AM 10:05 AM Pirelli World Challenge GTS Qualifying 10:20 AM 10:55 AM Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA Qualifying 10:30 AM 11:15 AM OEM Laps 45 minutes 10:30 AM 11:15 AM Pirelli World Challenge Driver Autograph Session 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Race # 1 Pirelli World Challenge SprintX 60 minutes 12:30 PM 1:30 PM Lunch 1:00 PM 1:30 PM Pre Race & March to the Grid Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB 1:30 PM 2:30 PM Race #2 Pirelli World Challenge TC TCA TCB 40 minutes 2:45 PM 3:45 PM Race #1 Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA 45 minutes 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Race #1 Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup 50 minutes 5:15 PM 6:15 PM Race # 1 Pirelli World Challenge GTS 50 minutes 6:30 PM TC TEAMS LEAVE PADDOCK Sunday, August 14 7:30 AM 10:00 AM Pirelli World Challenge Registration/Registration Building Main Gate 7:00 AM 3:00 PM Pirelli World Challenge Tech and Scales Open 8:00 AM 8:30 AM Warm Up Pirelli GT3 Cup 8:40 AM 9:00 AM Warm Up Pirelli GTS SprintX GTS 9:10 AM 9:30 AM Warm Up Pirelli GT GTA GT Cup SprintX GT 9:45 AM 10:20 AM Qualifying Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA 10:35 AM 11:00 AM Pre Race & March to the Grid GTS 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pre Race & Race # 2 Pirelli World Challenge GTS 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch & Car Corral Rides 12:45 PM 1:30 PM Pre Race & March to the Grid Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup 1:30 PM 2:30 PM Race # 2 Pirelli World Challenge GT GTA GT Cup 2:45 PM 3:30 PM Race # 2 Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy USA 45 minutes 3:45 PM 4:00 PM Pre Race & March to the Grid Pirelli World Challenge SprintX 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Race # 2 Pirelli Wolrd Challenge SprintX 60 minutes TIME CERTAIN SCHEDULE All sessions to start and finish on schedule (Times listed are Mountain) 3

5 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , 2016 GT/GTA Combined Entry Lists Class # Driver Hometown Team Car/Sponsor GT 2 Kyle Marcelli Toronto, ON CRP Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra / DeVilbiss, Hawk Performance GT 3 Johnny O'Connell Flowery Branch, GA Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R GT3 GT 6 Austin Cindric Charlotte, NC K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 GT 8 Michael Cooper Syosset, NY Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R GT3 GT 9 Alvaro Parente Porto, Portugal K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 GT 13 Colin Thompson Doylestown, PA K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 GT 14 James Sofronas Villa Park, CA GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R / GMG/Spyder/Mobil 1/Thermal Club GT 33 JD Davison Denver, CO AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GT R GT3/ Nissan/GT Academy GT3 GT R GT 34 Spencer Pumpelly Atlanta, GA RealTime Racing Acura TLX GT / Acura/HPD/RealTime GT 43 Ryan Eversley Atlanta, GA RealTime Racing Acura TLX GT/ Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime GT 58 Patrick Long Manhattan Beach, Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R CA GT 88 Adderly Fong Hong Kong Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 GT 98 Michael Lewis Laguna Beach, CA Calvert Dynamics/CurbAgajanian Porsche 911 GT3R / Calvert Dynamics/Curb Agajanian/Phoenix Performance/Brett King Designs/Boys Republic GT 99 Jon Fogarty Bend, OR McLaren 650S GT3 McLaren 650S GT3 / GainscoAuto Insurance GT 05 Bryan Heitkotter Fresno, CA AE Replay XD Nissan GT R GT 3/ Nissan GT Academy GT R Nissan GT Academy GTA 14 Brent Holden Newport Beach, CA GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R / GMG/Spyder/Mobil 1/Thermal Club GTA 16 Michael Schein Glen Grove, NY Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R / Wright Motorsports GTA 66 Frank Montecalvo Highlands, NJ DIME Racing Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 / Dime R&D GTA 77 Preston Calvert Potomac, MD Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3-R / Phoenix Performance GTA 07 Martin Fuentes Mexico City, Mexico Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia / Hublot, Under Armour GT Cup Entry List Class # Driver Hometown Team Car/Sponsor GT Cup 17 Alec Udell The Woodlands, TX GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup/Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline GT Cup 20 Sloan Urry Salt Lake City, UT TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup/ Security National/Avasis GT Cup 56 McKay Snow Lehi, Utah Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup / UIS GT Cup 00 Corey Fergus Columbus, OH Motorsports Promotions Porsche 991 GT3 Cup / Byers Porsche, US LED GT Cup 08 Alex Welch Englewood, CO GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GMG/Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding 4

6 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , 2016 SprintX Entry List Class # Driver Hometown Team Car/Sponsor SprintX/GT 14 James Sofronas / Villa Park, CA / GMG Porsche 911 GT3 R / Spyder/ Mobil 1/ Thermal Club Brent Holden Newport Beach, CA SprintX/GT 15 Kevin Westcott/TBA Laguna Beach, GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cup CA/TBA SprintX/GTS 19 Parker Chase/TBA New Braunsfels, Performance Ginetta GT4 TX/TBA Motorsports Group SprintX/GT 23 Walt Bowlin / David Tarpon Springs, FL M1 GT Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra Ostella / Toronto, ON SprintX/GTS 29 Harry San Antonio, Performance Ginetta GT4 Gottsacker/TBA TX/TBA Motorsports Group SprintX/GTS 45 Chris Beaufait / Jade Freeland, WA / Racers Edge SIN R1 GT4 / X Border Foods and Wines Buford Brentwood, TN Motorsports SprintX/GT 46 Michael Mills / Kuno Houston, TX / Mills Racing BMW Z4 GT3 / Mills Racing/Airtech Vacuum Wittmer Montreal, Quebec SprintX/GTS 54 Chris Beaufait/Scott Freeland, WA / Racers Edge SIN R1 GT4 / SIN Cars/Racers Edge Motorsports Heckert Ridgefield, CT Motorsports SprintX/GT 63 David Askew / Salt Lake City, UT / DXDT Racing Audi R8 Ultra GT3 James Burke Tooele, UT SprintX/GT 77 Preston Calvert / Andrew Davis Potomac, MD / Athens, GA Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3-R / Phoenix Performance/Brett King Designs/Boys Republic SprintX/GT 07 Max Riddle / Kris Wilson Vancouver, BC / Littleton, CO TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 / Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions SprintX/GT Cup 08 Alex Welch / TBA Englewood, CO / TBA GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup / GMG/Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding SprintX/GT 09 Derek DeBoer / Jason Alexandridis Ashland, OR / Novato, CA TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 / BRM Chronographes/Rebounderz/Rohnert Park/Racing for Cancer/Pirata Della Strada/Simon Ward GTS Entry List Class # Driver Hometown Team Car/Sponsor GTS 8 Anthony Mantella Toronto, ON Mantella Autosport Inc. KTM X Bow GT4 / Gulf GTS 9 Bill Ziegler Ponte Vedra, FL ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4 GTS 10 Lawson Aschenbach Palm Beach Blackdog Speed Chevrolet Camaro Z28 / Blackdog Speed Shop Gardens, FL Shop GTS 11 Tony Gaples Libertyville, IL Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro Z28 / Blackdog Speed Shop GTS 12 Dore Chaponick Jr. Miami, FL ANSA Motorsports KTIM X-Bow GT4 13 Brett Sandberg Allendale, NJ ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4 GTS 14 Nathan Stacy Owesso, OK Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302 Road Racing GTS 19 Parker Chase New Braunsfels, TX Performance Motorsports Ginetta GT4 Group GTS 23 Vesko Kozarov Salt Lake City, UT CA Sport Nissan 370Z NISMO / Nissan/Nismo/Stance GTS 29 Harry Gottsacker San Antonio, TX Performance Motorsports Ginetta GT4 Group GTS 44 Kevin Marshall Incline Village, NB VSA Motorsports Lotus Evora GT4 / Lotus GTS 45 Jade Buford/Chris Brentwood, Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4 / SIN Cars Beaufait TN/Freeland, WA GTS 46 Scott Dollahite Austin, TX SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora GT4 / Lotus GTS 54 Scott Heckert Ridgefield, CT Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4 / SIN Cars/Racers Edge Motorsports GTS 60 Jack Roush Jr. Livonia, MI Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302 / ROUSH PERFORMANCE Road Racing GTS 62 Mark Klenin Lone Tree, CO Klenin Performance Racing Maserati GranTurismo MC / Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Masserati GTS 80 Martin Barkey Huntsville, ON Mantella Autosport Inc. KTM X Bow GT4 / MBRP Sportlab Sawmill Creative GTS 93 Ron Ballard Phoenix, AZ RT Motorsports, LLC Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo / AK&J Sealants GTS 99 Jeff Courtney Milwaukee, WI JCR Motorsports Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo / RecStuff.com, Kenda, and TBA GTS 07 Max Riddle Vancouver, BC TRG AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 / Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions 5

7 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , 2016 TC, TCA, TCB Combined Entry List Class # Driver Hometown Team Car/Sponsor TC 3 Vesko Kozarov Salt Lake City, UT CA Sport Nissan 370Z / Nissan/Nismo/Stance TC 5 John Weisberg Webster, NY BERG Racing Mazda MX 5 / Power Brake/REDCOM/Red Line Oil/Powerflex/Mann's/Miller/MCS TC 7 Jason Fichter Jupiter, FL Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe TC 26 Toby Grahovec Little Elm, TX Classic BMW Motorsports BMW M235iR / Classic BMW TC 27 Gino Carini Milwaukee, WI Classic BMW Motorsports BMW M235iR / Palermos Screaming Sicilian Pizza/Marenzo Construction Group/Classic BMW TC 33 Adam Poland Mount Vernon, TX Doghouse Performance Mazda MX 5 / Edge Addicts TC 34 Kristian San Fernando, CA CA Sport Nissan 370Z / Nissan/Nismo/Stance Boodoosingh TC 40 Steve Kohli Iowa City, IA Parallax Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe / Honda, NDA TC 43 Steve Burns San Antonio, TX Ian Lacy Racing Ford Mustang V 6 Coupe / VP Racing Fuels/Works Garage TC 50 Dinah Weisberg Webster, NY BERG Racing Mazda MX 5 / REDCOM Laboratories/Red Line Oil/Power Brake TC 54 Patrick Gallagher Thornville, OH Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 TC 67 Shea Holbrook Orlando, FL Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe / Bubba Burger TC 69 Anthony Geraci Glen Head, NY S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 / S.A.C. Racing/European Granite & Marble Group, Inc. TC 73 Daniel Moen Rindge, NH S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 / S.A.C. Racing TC 88 Kevin Krauss Fishers, IN Outlier/Scion Group Porsche Cayman / Outlier Scion Group TC 91 Nick Wittmer Montreal, QC Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe / Honda Ste Rose TC 97 Tony Rivera Vista, CA Brass Monkey Racing Nissan 370Z / Tiburon Motorsports TC 99 Brian Lift Crestwood, IL Outlier/Scion Group Porsche Cayman / Call One TC 05 Max Fedler Denver, CO Summit of Everest BMW M235i Racing / PLENCO, Molecule Motorsports TCA 9 Forrest Landy Great Falls, VA Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX-5 Cup / Atlanta Motorsports Group/Excitations.com TCA 12 Jason Wolfe Mt. Vernon, OH Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup TCA 16 Jay Salinsky Miami, FL BERG Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / Fuse Lenses/Regenexx Cayman/Red Line Oil/Redcom/BERG Racing TCA 21 Steven Streimer Sherwood, OR Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / Tech Sport Racing TCA 22 Kevin Anderson Huntington Station, Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / Tech Sport Racing NY TCA 23 Eric Powell Orlando, FL Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / Tech Sport Racing TCA 35 Kris Wright Pittsburgh, PA Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup / Wright Automotive Group TCA 36 Daniel Williams Scottsbluff, NE S.A.C racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / Daniel Williams TCA 38 Samantha Tan Gormley, ON Samantha Tan Racing Honda Civic SI / GPI Global TCA 48 Mason Filippi Alamo, CA Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX5 / Motorizedshade.com TCA 49 Joey Bickers Moorpark, CA Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 Cup TCA 51 Paul Whiting Las Vegas, NV PWR & LDL Speed Shop Honda Civic SI / LDL Speed Shop TCA 66 Johan Schwartz Huntersville, NC Shea Racing Honda Civic Si / Bubba Burgers/Prostrate Cancer Awareness TCA 70 Elivan Goulart Shelton, CT S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com TCA 74 Matthew Fassnacht Madison, NJ S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / S.A.C. Racing/Equity Residences TCA 79 Spencer Patterson Pittsburgh, PA Patterson Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup / Jim Locke Automotive TCB 14 Henry Morse Redondo Beach, CA Hale Motorsports Mazda 2 / MorseGPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep/Bell/Leatt TCB 18 Patrick Wilmot Roswell, GA The Precision Honda Fit / MyBamaHome.com/Track9 Motorsports Group TCB 24 Canaan O Connell Chandler, AZ Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic / Tech Sport Racing TCB 25 P.J. Groenke Richmond Hill, ON Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic / Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano's Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. TCB 55 James Wilson Kyle, TX Black Armor Helmets Mazda 2 / Black Armor Helmets/Mazdaspeed Motorsports TCB 68 Ted Hough Farmington, MN Breathless Racing Mazda 2 TCB 94 Tom O Gorman Mason, OH Black Armor Helmets Honda Fit / TNIA, Black Armor Helmets 6

8 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE AT UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE GT, GTA, GT CUP, GTS, TC, TCA, TCB AND SPRINTX CHAMPIONSHIPS GT/GTA ROUNDS 16 & 17; GT CUP ROUNDS 15 & 16; GTS ROUNDS 14 & 15, TC/TCA/TCB ROUNDS 9 & 10; SPRINTX ROUNDS 3 & 4 UTAH MOTORSPORTS CAMPUS, TOOELE, UT., AUG , 2016 Class # Driver Hometown Team Car/Sponsor TCB 01 Jasper Drengler Shawano, WI Drengler Racing Honda Fit / Chimney Mechanix Utah Motorsports Campus Entry List 100 Entries: GT: 15; GTA: 5; GT Cup: 5; GTS: 20; TC: 19; TCA: 16; TCB: 8; SprintX: 12 (GT 7, GTS 5) 7

9 Pronunciation Keys Pronunciation of some more commonly mispronounced names in the Pirelli World Challenge: Jason Alexandridis Lawson Aschenbach Martin Barkey Austin Cindric Jorge De La Torre Derek DeBoer Scott Dollahite Jasper Drengler Duncan Ende Nick Esayian Charles Espenlaub Ryan Eversley Matt Fassnacht Jason Fichter Ricardo Flores Martin Fuentes Anthony Geraci Lou Gigliotti Toby Grahovec Elivan Goulart P.J. Groenke Dennis Hanratty Bryan Heitkotter Ted Hough Mark Klenin Pierre Kleinubing Steve Kohli Mac Korince Vesko Kozarov Kevin Krauss Alain Lauziere Kyle Marcelli Dan Moen Frankie Montecalvo Álvaro Maia Parente Chase Pelletier Drew Regitz Jack Roush Jr. Michael Schein Johan Schwartz Marc Andre Seguin Patrick Seguin Steve Taake Joe Toussaint Lars Viljoen Alec Udell Sloan Urry Dion von Moltke Al ex an dre dis AH shihn bahk Bark ee Sin drik de la tor eh dee boar Dough la height Dren glur en dee e say in E spin lawbb Evers lee Foss not fick tur Floor ez foo when tees Jer Ahs E ji lah tee Graah hoe vek Gooul art gren kee Han rat tee height caughter Hoe kleh nin kleye u bing Coe lee Core inse Kahhz ah roff Krhouse Low Z air Mar cell ee MOW en Montee cal voh PAIR ent pel tee aye regetts r ow shhh Shine schh wartzz say gehn say gehn tah kee too sawnt Fill Yun U dell Err ree Mole key Oxford American Dictionary Key used. For multi syllabic names, accent the syllable followed by. 8

10 Weekend Facts/Story Leads What: The Pirelli World Challenge Championships continues its 2016 and 27th consecutive season with the Pirelli World Challenge Utah Motorsports Campus Grand Prix. The weekend will feature all eight Pirelli World Challenge classes in action (GT/GTA, GT Cup, GTS, TC/TCA/TCB and SprintX). Television (on CBS Sports Network): GT: Aug. 21, 2 PM GTS: Aug. 21, 4 PM TC: Aug. 25, 8 PM SprintX: Aug. 25, 9 PM (times listed above are Eastern) RACE LENGTHS: Pirelli World Challenge races are a specified length or time limit, whichever comes first. This weekend s race length for the GT/GTA/GT Cup and GTS classes will be 50 minutes, while SprintX races are 60 minutes and TC/TCA/TCB races are 40 minutes. TRACK RECORDS: GT: Qualifying 1: / mph, Johnny O Connell, Cadillac ATS-VR GT3, 2015 Race Lap 1: / mph, Guy Smith, Bentley Continental GT3, 2015 GT Cup: Qualifying 1: / mph, Colin Thompson, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 2015 Race Lap 1: / mph, Colin Thompson, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 2015 GTS: Qualifying 1: / mph, Mark Wilkins, Kia Optima, 2015 Race Lap 1: / mph, Mark Wilkins, Kia Optima, 2015 TC: Qualifying 2: / mph, Vesko Kozarov, Nissan Altima, 2015 Race Lap 2: / mph, Vesko Kozarov, Nissan Altima, 2015 TCA: Qualifying 2: / mph, Patrick Seguin, Honda Civic Si, 2015 Race Lap 2: / mph, Patrick Seguin, Honda Civic Si,

11 Weekend Facts/Story Leads TCB: Qualifying 2: / mph, Joey Jordan, Mazda2 Race Lap 2: / mph, Joey Jordan, Mazda2, 2015 Recent Former Race Winners (2015) GT: Race 1 Johnny O' Connell, Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 Race 2 Johnny O' Connell, Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 GTA: Race 1 Frankie Montecalvo, Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 Race 2 Frankie Montecalvo, Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 GT Cup: Race 1 Alec Udell, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Race 2 Colin Thompson, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GTS: Race 1 Mark Wilkins, Kia Optima Race 2 Michael Cooper, Chevrolet Camaro TC: Race 1 Vesko Kozarov, Nissan Altima Race 2 Vesko Kozarov, Nissan Altima Race 3 Vesko Kozarov, Nissan Altima TCA: Race 1 Jason Wolfe, Kia Forte Koup Race 2 Jason Wolfe, Kia Forte Koup Race 3 Jason Wolfe, Kia Forte Koup TCB: Race 1 Glenn Nixon, Honda Fit Race 2 Johan Schwartz, Chevrolet Sonic Race 3 Joey Jordan, Mazda2 The Most Relevant Road Racing in the World The Pirelli World Challenge Championships have built a legacy around providing fans the most competitive road racing in the world, and the series has earned well deserved praise the past few years from publications such as Autoweek, Car & Driver and RACER Magazine for doing just that. But what really sets Pirelli World Challenge GT, GTA, GT Cup, GTS, Touring Car, Touring Car A and Touring Car B Spec races apart from all other series is the everyday element it brings each event. World class drivers piloting production based cars that come from more than 15 auto manufacturers it s a formula 10

12 Weekend Facts/Story Leads that has and will continue to serve the interests of manufacturers, drivers and, most importantly, automotive enthusiasts and race fans. Changes for 2016 GT/GTA/GT Cup races will no longer feature standing starts as rolling starts are in place for all races in 2016 for these classes. GTS, TC/TCA/TCB races will feature rolling starts for the first races of the weekend, while standing starts will still occur for the second races of the weekend for these classes. The SprintX Class is a new class for 2016 and is open to GT/GTA and GTS teams. SprintX races will take place at the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge headliner events, with the inaugural race for the class having occurred at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park weekend, May There will be a total of six rounds throughout the season, two per weekend Rounds 3 and 4 will run at Utah Motorsports Ranch. SprintX races will be 60 minutes in length and feature mandatory driver and tire changes. These extended sprint races will run as separate races during the Series' headliner event weekends in addition to the existing sprint format championship. Championship points will be calculated as a combined score from the two drivers piloting each car. A mandatory driver change will occur at the 30 minute mark of each race and drivers will be scored on their position as they cross the stripe at the end of that session. The second driver piloting the car then gets behind the wheel and will finish the race. At the race completion, the second driver will accumulate points based on what position that driver finishes the race in. The total combined point total from those two drivers is then calculated and dictates the total points received from that race. FIA driver criteria will be utilized to determine the approved team matching of drivers. For example, FIA listed Bronze drivers can drive with other bronze drivers as well as Silver, Gold and Platinum, while Silver drivers can be matched with Bronze, Silver and Gold drivers. Gold drivers can pair with Bronze and Silver drivers, while Platinum drivers can only be paired with Bronze level drivers. Diverse Championships This weekend, Pirelli World Challenge has 100 cars on the entry list. The GT/GTA entry list includes the Acura TLX GT, Audi R8 LMS Ultra, Bentley Continental GT3, Cadillac ATS V.R, Dodge Viper GT3, Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, McLaren 650S GT3, Mercedes Benz AMG SLS, Porsche 911 GT3 R, and Nissan GT R GT3. GT Cup features the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. GTS features the Chevrolet Camaro Z28, Ford Mustang Boss 302, KTM XBow GT4, Ginetta GT4, Lotus Evora GT4, Maserati GranTurismo MC, Porsche Cayman and the SIN R1 GT4. SprintX features platforms that run in GT/GTS classes. Touring Car features the Porsche Cayman, Nissan 370Z, Honda Accord V-6 Coupe, Mazda MX-5, Ford Mustang and the BMW M235iR. TCA features the Mazda MX-5 Cup, Honda Civic Si, and Kia Forte Koup, while TCB features the Honda Fit, Mazda 2, and Chevrolet Sonic. Local and International Talent There are five Utah-based drivers in the field: SprintX: David Askew, Salt Lake City, UT James Burke, Tooele, UT GT Cup: Sloan Urry, Park City, UT McKay Snow, Lehi, Utah 11

13 GTS and TC: Vesko Kozarov, Salt Lake City, UT Weekend Facts/Story Leads Internationally speaking, there are a number of drivers based in other countries in the field besides the U.S.: GT: Kyle Marcelli, Barrie, Canada Alvaro Parente, Porto, Portugal Adderly Fong, Hong Kong GTA: Martin Fuentes, Mexico City, Mexico GTS: Anthony Mantella, Toronto, Canada Martin Barkey, Huntsville, Canada Max Riddle, Vancouver, Canada TC: Nick Wittmer, Montreal, Canada TCA: Samantha Tan, Gormley, Canada TCB: P.J. Groenke, Richmond Hill, Canada Something for the Fans The Pirelli World Challenge offers great access to the drivers and machinery of the series. According to venue policies, the Pirelli World Challenge allows spectators of all ages to walk through the paddock to meet their favorite drivers and see the sleek race cars moments before they take to the track for competition. Utah Motorsports Campus Fast Facts: The Pirelli World Challenge series makes its ninth appearance at Utah Motorsports Campus (previously Miller Motorsports Park) for its 2016 event following its 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015 events. Jason Wolfe is the all-time UMC Pirelli World Challenge race win leader with four. Vesko Kozarov has three. Tommy Archer, Michael Cooper, Johnny O'Connell, Johan Schwartz, and Jonathan Start have two wins apiece. Thirty-five drivers have scored the forty-five class wins. Twenty-one (46.67%) of the 45 class wins have gone to polesitters. Seven wins have gone to secondplace starters, resulting in a total of twenty-eight front-row wins, or 62.22%. Three winners have come from third, six from fourth, two from fifth, one from sixth, two from seventh, one from eighth, one from eleventh, and one from thirteenth (Jordon Musser in 2011 GTS). The average starting position for UMC Pirelli World Challenge racewinners is

14 Weekend Facts/Story Leads The UMC Pirelli World Challenge victory margin record is second posted by Jason Wolfe in 2014 TCA race two. Sixteen (35.56%) of the 45 UMC class victory margins have been under one second! Kinetic leads UMC Pirelli World Challenge Entrants with six victories! Skullcandy has four. Cadillac, Fiat USA, K-Pax, Realtime, Tri-Point, and Woodhouse have two wins apiece. Thirty-one Entrants have scored UMC Pirelli World Challenge wins. Kia lead the UMC Pirelli World Challenge racewinning marques with six victories. Chevrolet, Honda, and Mazda have five wins apiece. Dodge and Nissan have four each. Acura, Cadillac, Fiat, and Porsche (not counting GT Cup wins) have two victories each. Single wins have been scored by Aston Martin, Bentley, McLaren, Scion, Volkswagen, and Volvo as sixteen marques have scored UMC Pirelli World Challenge wins. GT Tommy Archer (2007 and 2008) and Johnny O'Connell (both 2015 races) are the UMC GT win leaders with two apiece. Eight drivers have won the ten UMC GT races. Dodge's Viper leads the marques with four UMC GT victories. Cadillac has two (ATS-VR GT3), with Bentley, Chevrolet, McLaren and Porsche taking one win each as six marques have scored UMC GT wins. Cadillac and Woodhouse lead the Entrants with two UMC GT triumphs each. Single wins have been scored by Autohaus, Daskalos, Dyson, Gigliotti, K-Pax, and Truspeed as eight Entrants scored UMC GT victories. Seven (70.0%) of the UMC GT wins came from the pole. Two were won from second, one from fourth (Jason Daskalos in 2011) for an average UMC GT racewinner starting position of The UMC GT victory margin record of second was set in 2014 race two. Five of the ten GT races produced sub-one second victory margins! The largest margin has been seconds in 2014 race one! The total victory margin for the ten GT races has been seconds, an average per race of only seconds! Tommy Archer, Guy Smith, and Johnny O'Connell (both 2015 races) lead in UMC GT Fast Qualifier honors with two apiece. Cadillac (ATS-VR GT3 in 2015), Bentley (Continental) and Dodge (Viper) lead in UMC GT Fast Qualifier honors at two each. Guy Smith leads in UMC GT Fast Laps with three; Randy Pobst has two. Bentley (Continental) and Porsche (911 GT3) lead in UMC GT Fast Laps with three apiece. GT Cup Colin Thompson and Alec Udell split GT Cup honors in 2015; each had a win, a Fast Qualifier honor, and a Fast Lap! Each race was won from second starting position! GTS Seven drivers have won the seven UMC GTS races! 13

15 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Chevrolet and its Camaro lead the marques with three UMC GTS wins! Acura, Aston Martin, Kia, and Porsche have one victory each. Seven Entrants have won the seven UMC GTS races! Three (42.9%) of the seven UMC GTS races have been won from the pole! One win came from third, two from fourth, and one from thirteenth (2011). The average UMC GTS racewinner starting position is The UMC GTS victory margin record is second, set in Two of the seven races have featured sub-one second victory margins. Peter Cunningham and Mark Wilkins lead in UMC GTS Fast Qualifier honors with two apiece. Kia and its Optima lead in UMC GTS FQ honors with three to two for Acura and one for Chevrolet. Seven drivers have set the seven UMC GTS Fast Laps! Kia and its Optima lead in UMC GTS Fast Laps with three to two for Chevrolet's Camaro and one each for Ford and Porsche. TC Vesko Kozarov leads in UMC TC wins with three; he won all three 2015 races! No other driver has multiple TC wins as eleven drivers have taken the 13 UMC TC victories! Skullcandy leads Entrants in UMC TC wins with four as it has won the last four UMC TC races! Tri-Point with two is the only other Entrant with multiple UMC TC victories. Nine Entrants have won UMC TC races. Nissan and its Altima are tied for marque leadership in UMC TC wins with four, all scored consecutively as the marque has a current four-race win streak! Mazda also has four wins. Acura, Honda, Scion, Volkswagen, and Volvo each have one as seven marques have posted UMC TC victories. Jeff Altenburg holds the UMC TC record for closest victory margin, second, set in Three UMC TC victory margins have been less than a second. Five (38.5%) UMC TC wins have been taken from the pole! One win was scored from second, one from third, two from fifth, one from sixth, one from seventh, one from eighth, and one from eleventh (Tristan Herbert, 2012 race two) as the average UMC TC racewinner starting position has been 4.0. Adam Poland, with two, is the only driver to earn multiple UMC TC Fast Qualifier honors. Mazda leads the marques in UMC TC Fast Qualifier honors with seven. Vesko Kozarov leads the UMC TC Fast Laps list with three, all set in No other driver has more than one. Nissan has set the last four UMC TC Fast Laps and is tied for marque UMC TC Fast Lap leadership with Mazda. TCA Kinetic Kia Forte Koup entries have won all five UMC TCA races! 14

16 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Niclas Jonsson won the first race, 2014 race one, and Jason Wolfe has won every UMC TCA race thereafter to run up a four-race current win streak! Two (40.0%) of the wins have come from pole, two from second, and one from third for an average TCA racewinner starting position of Jonsson leads in UMC TCA Fast Qualifier honors with two to one apiece for Jason Saini, Patrick Seguin, and Jason Wolfe. Kia's Forte Koup leads UMC TCA marque FQ honors with three to one each for Honda and Mazda. Niclas Jonsson and Patrick Seguin each have two UMC TCA Fast Laps. Honda's Civic Si and Kia's Forte Koup each have two UMC TCA Fast Laps. TCB Johan Schwartz and Jonathan Start lead in UMC TCB wins with two apiece. Six drivers have scored the eight UMC TCB wins. Honda's Fit leads the marques with four UMC TCB wins (scored consecutively, ). Fiat's 500 has two. Chevrolet's Sonic and Mazda's 2 have one win apiece. Fiat USA leads the Entrants with two UMC TCB wins as seven Entrants have scored UMC TCB victories. Glenn Nixon achieved the closest UMC TCB victory margin of second in 2015 race one. Three UMC TCB victory margins have been less than a second and seven have been under seconds! The largest, seconds, was achieved by Joey Jordan in 2015 race three. Four (50.0%) of the eight UMC TCB races have been won from the pole. Three were won from fourth, with the first won from seventh (Jonathan Start, 2012 race one). The average UMC TCB racewinner starting position has been No driver has achieved more than one UMC TCB Fast Qualifier honor. Ford (Fiesta), Honda (Fit), and Mazda (2) each have two UMC TCB Fast Qualifier honors. Mini Cooper has one. Joey Jordan leads in UMC TCB Fast Laps with two as seven drivers have posted UMC TCB Fast Laps. Mazda (Mazda 2) leads in UMC TCB Fast Laps with three. Six marques have posted UMC TCB Fast Laps. 15

17 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Spotlight Shines on Exciting Championship Battles as Pirelli World Challenge Heads to Utah Motorsports Campus August 9, 2016 / For Immediate Release TOOELE, Utah. As 100 Pirelli World Challenge drivers head to the Utah Motorsports Campus August 11-14, the spotlight is set to shine on heated championship battles that exist across all of the series eight classes. GT and GTA drivers will race Rounds 16 and 17, while GT Cup pilots are set to race in Rounds 15 and 16. SprintX Rounds 3 and 4 will run, while Rounds 14 and 15 are scheduled in GTS. For TC, TCA and TCB classes, this event is the penultimate race weekend as drivers will compete in Rounds 9 and 10. The Pirelli World Challenge Utah Motorsports Campus Grand Prix presented by Energy Solutions marks the ninth time the series will race at the mile road course. Parente Continues to Lead Long, Cooper and O Connell Heading to Utah GT Preview With over 10 world renowned manufacturers represented by some of the top drivers in the world, the GT class features some of the best sports car racing on the planet. With a win in Round 14 at Mid-Ohio, Alvaro Parente stretched his lead in the GT Driver s Championship standings he enters the weekend with 1308 points. The McLaren factory driver looks to add to an already impressive trophy mantle that includes the 2005 British Formula 3 Championship, the 2007 World Series by Renault Championship and the 2015 International GT Open Championship he will drive the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S. K PAX Racing also brings two McLaren 650S GT3s for McLaren GT Academy Driver and 2015 GT Cup Driver s Champion Colin Thompson, and young up and comer Austin Cindric. Thompson dominated in GT Cup last year winning 13 of 18 class races and will pilot the No. 13 K PAX Racing machine. Cindric has raced in a number of series previously including Mazda s Road to Indy s USF2000 series and the Global Rally Cross Championship and will pilot the No. 6 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S. Cindric scored his first career PWC pole at Mid-Ohio. Porsche factory driver Patrick Long, the former PWC 2011 GT Driver s Champion, comes into the weekend second in GT driver s points with Long lost ground to Parente after a frustrating Mid-Ohio weekend where he finished 9 th and 12th. He will pilot the No. 58 Porsche 911 GT3 R for Wright Motorsports. Long also looks to help Porsche repeat as GT Manufacturer s Champions in 2016 Porsche comes into the weekend only two points ahead of McLaren Four time and defending 2015 GT Driver s Champion Johnny O Connell sits fourth in the Driver s Championship heading into the weekend with 1123 points. The Cadillac Factory driver won both races at Utah last year and he will need to come close to matching that performance if he is to keep his 2016 Championship hopes alive. He will pilot the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R GT3. O Connell s teammate Michael Cooper, the 2015 GTS Driver s Champion, comes into the weekend third overall with 1207 points after winning Round 15 at Mid-Ohio. Cooper will drive the Cadillac Racing No. 8 ATS V.R GT3. Nissan Motorsports and Always Evolving return with two GT R GT3s for JD Davison and Bryan Heitkotter. Davison comes into the weekend 6 th in Driver s Championship points he will pilot the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GT R GT3. Heitkotter will drive the No. 05 Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R and comes into the weekend 8th in the championship points standings. Up and coming sportscar racer Kyle Marcelli has been in the mix all season long but comes off a challenging Mid-Ohio where he DNF d in Round 14 scoring zero points. Marcelli currently sits 7th in the championship with 970 points and will drive the No. 2 CRP Racing Audi R8. 16

18 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Absolute Racing enters a Bentley Continental GT3 with Adderly Fong piloting the car. Fong won the 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup and was Vice Champion of the 2015 GT Asia series. Fong will drive the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3. Fong sits 9 th in the championship. Sports car veteran Jon Fogarty enters his second year in PWC and will pilot the No. 99 Gainsco Auto Insurance /Bob Stallings Racing McLaren 650S. Fogarty s impressive racing resume includes 16 career Rolex Series victories, while being the 2007 and 2009 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series Co Champion. Fogarty s best finish of the season so far was a 3 rd in Round 2 at COTA he comes into the weekend 10 th in the championship standings. Calvert Dynamics Racing enters the No. 98 Calvert Dynamics/CurbAgajanian/Phoenix Performance/Brett King Designs/Boys Republic Porsche 911 GT3 R for Michael Lewis. Lewis has joined the Calvert Dynamics team after his previous team, EFFORT Racing, announced a hiatus from competition in Lewis won back-to-back races earlier this year at St. Petersburg. RealTime Racing comes into the weekend with a new look carried over from the Mid-Ohio weekend. Seven-time series Driver s Champion Peter Cunningham owns almost every statistical record in PWC, but he s moved out of his seat to allow another accomplished sportscar veteran to race his Acura/HPD/RealTime Racing s Acura TLX-GT. Spencer Pumpelly will pilot the No. 34 car. Teammate Ryan Eversley has been on a charge recently winning both races at Road America and finishing second in Round 15 at Mid-Ohio. He sits 5 th in the chamipionship standings and will pilot the No. 43 Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT. Rounding out the 15 car GT field is series veteran James Sofronas, in the No. 14 GMG/Spyder/Mobil 1/Thermal Club Porsche 911 GT3 R. Sofronas is set to make his 193st and 194th series starts this weekend. Fuentes Continues to Lead Class Championship, Schein Looks to Continue to Close the Gap GTA Class Preview The GTA driver classification recognizes gentlemen drivers competing in GT class machinery. At season s end, the GTA driver that accumulates the most points will be awarded the GTA Championship and the Sportsman Cup presented by B.R.M Chronographes. Along with the cup, a B.R.M championship chronograph will go to the champion. Martin Fuentes set a series record to open the season with seven straight wins, and he scored his eight win of the season in Round 11 at Lime Rock Park. He comes into Utah weekend still leading the GTA Driver s Championship with 1454 points and will pilot the No. 07 Hublot, Under Armour Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia. Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, has continued his charge to close the gap on Fuentes winning six of the last eight races. He scored back-to-back wins at Mid-Ohio and sits second overall with 1202 points. Frankie Montecalvo, the 2015 GTA Driver s Champion sits third with 1006 points and will pilot the No. 66 DIME Racing Mercedes AMG SLS GT3. Montecalvo won the Round 13 race at Road America. Rounding out the five car GTA field is Brent Holden in the No. 14 GMG/Spyder/Mobil 1/Thermal Club GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R and Preston Calvert in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3-17

19 Weekend Facts/Story Leads R. Holden will make his 19 th and 20 th career PWC starts while Calvert makes his third career GTA start after running in GT Cup earlier this season. Udell Leads Urry Heading to Utah GT Cup Preview GT Cup is a spec class with drivers piloting the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup the 2016 season thus far has featured a tremendous battle between two young, up and coming sportscar talents. Alec Udell, piloting the No. 19 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, won back-to-back races at Mid-Ohio, and has now won the last five races in the GT Cup class. With 1515 points he sits atop the Driver s Championship standings for the class. Sloan Urry, has won four races in 2016 in the No. 20 Security National Mortgage/Avasis TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and is 62 points behind Udell in the battle for the class championship. Corey Fergus, the 2015 TC Driver s Champion, pilots the No. 00 Byers Porsche, US LED, Motul Motorsports Promotions machine. Fergus had an impressive 2015 campaign scoring three TC wins and 13 top 5 finishes. He sits 3 rd in class driver s championship points with Rounding out the five-car GT Cup field is Alex Welch, in the No. 08 GMG/Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and McKay Snow in the No. 56 UIS Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 Cup. Welch will make his 40 th and 41 st series starts while Snow will make his first career PWC start. Mills and Riddle/Wilson Lead Heading into Utah SprintX Preview The new SprintX class featuring GT/GTA and GTS teams debuted earlier this season at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. SprintX races are set to take place at 2016 Pirelli World Challenge headliner events, with Rounds 3 and 4 set for this upcoming weekend. There will be a total of six rounds throughout the season, two per weekend with the finale scheduled for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in October. Races are 60 minutes in length and feature mandatory driver and tire changes. Driver pairings are based on FIA driver criteria. For example, FIA listed Bronze drivers can drive with other bronze drivers as well as Silver, Gold and Platinum, while Silver drivers can be matched with Bronze, Silver and Gold drivers. Gold drivers can pair with Bronze and Silver drivers, while Platinum drivers can only be paired with Bronze level drivers. In SprintX GT, Michael Mills and Kuno Wittmer are set to share duties on the No. 46 Mills Racing/Airtech Vacuum BMW Z4 GT3. Mills is the former 2014 PWC GTA Driver s champion, while Wittmer was a codriver on the team that claimed the IMSA GT-Le Mans class team championship back in Additionally, Wittmer has seven wins in 53 career PWC starts. Mills comes into the weekend leading the GT Sportsman Driver s Championship with 208 points. David Ostella and Walt Bowlin team up on the No. 23 M1 GT Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra. Ostella is a former Indy Lights driver and was the 2013 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada Champion, while Bowlin has 16 PWC starts. Global Motorsports Group has entered the No. 14 Spyder/ Mobil 1/ Thermal Club Porsche 911 GT3 R for sportscar veterans James Sofronas and Brent Holden. Sofronas and Holden have a combined 210 PWC career starts. 18

20 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Rounding out the five-car GT SprintX field are David Askew and James Burke of Salt Lake City, UT / Tooele, UT in the No. 63 DXDT Racing Audi R8 Ultra GT3 and Preston Calvert and Andrew Davis in the No. 73 Calvert Dynamics Phoenix Performance/Brett King Designs/Boys Republic Porsche 911 GT3 R. In the GTS SprintX category, the No. 07 Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 will be driven by Max Riddle and Kris Wilson. Riddle and Wilson are tied for the championship lead with 220 points each. TRG-AMR also has the No. 09 BRM Chronographes/Rebounderz/Rohnert Park/Racing for Cancer/Pirata Della Strada/Simon Ward TRG-AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 entered for Derek DeBoer and Jason Alexandridis. Performance Motorsports Group will enter two teams with Parker Chase and a to-be-announced driver piloting the No. 19 Ginetta GT4, and Harry Gottsacker and a to-be-announced driver piloting the No. 29 Ginetta GT4. Rounding out the five-car GTS SprintX field is the No. 45 X Border Foods and Wines Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4 to be piloted by Chris Beaufait and Jade Buford. In SprintX GT Cup, Kevin Westcott and a to-be-announced driver will pilot the No. 15 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup while Alex Welch and a to-be-announced driver will pilot the No. 08 GMG/Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Sandberg, Aschenbach, Chase and Stacy in Class Championship Picture GTS Class Overview The GTS class has featured some of the best wheel to wheel competition seen in racing in recent years. And 2016 has been no different with six different drivers piloting machinery from five different manufacturers scoring GTS race wins thus far this season. A number of new teams have entered the series bringing new platforms to PWC including ANSA Autosport. Brett Sandberg comes into the weekend leading the GTS Driver s Championship with 1092 points after winning his fourth race of the season in Round 12 at Road America. He will pilot the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4. Teaming up with Sandberg is Dore Chaponick Jr. in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4, and Bill Ziegler who will drive the No. 9 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4. Sandberg s performance thus far has helped KTM stay in the lead in GTS Manufacturer s Points with 90, six points ahead of Chevrolet coming into the weekend (84 points). Leading the charge for Chevrolet is four-time series and two-time GTS champion Lawson Aschenbach piloting the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Z28. Since 2013, a Blackdog Chevy has claimed the GTS Championship Aschenbach did so in 2013 and 2014, with Cooper winning in Aschenbach started off the season with a win at COTA in Round 1, and has since been victorious three more times including in Round 13 at Mid-Ohio. He comes into the weekend only 22 points behind Sandberg with He will team with series veteran Tony Gaples who will pilot the No. 11 Blackdog Speed shop Chevrolet Z28 Gaples sits 8th in the class championship with 630 points. Another team that has entered a new platform in the series is the Performance Motorsports Group. Fifteen year old Rookie Parker Chase pilots the team s No. 19 Ginetta GT4 and has had an impressive season thus far he sits third overall in the championship with 971 points. Parker s best PWC finish of the season has been a second a result he achieved in Round 6 at Barber and in Round 8 at CTMP. He will look to score his first PWC career series win this coming weekend. Parker will team with Harry Gottsacker, in the No. 29 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4. Jack Roush Jr. in the No. 60 ROUSH Road Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302, and 16-year-old phenom 19

21 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Nate Stacy in the No. 14 Rehagen Racing/Stacy Racing machine team up to lead the Ford charge. Roush won back to back races at St. Petersburg and comes into the weekend 6 th in the standings with 801 points. Stacy finished second in Round 13 at Mid-Ohio matching his previous best result of the season (second at COTA in Round 1). Like Chase, Stacy will look to score his first GTS PWC victory this weekend in Utah with 961 points he sits fourth in the run for the class championship. Roush and Stacy as will look to help Ford win its second consecutive GTS Manufacturer s Championship in 2016 coming into the weekend Ford sits in third with 80 points. Scott Dollahite, piloting the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, comes into the weekend fifth with 856 points. Dollahite has been a model of consistency this season recording eight top 5 finishes in 13 starts. Scott Heckert will pilot the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN Cars/Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4. Teaming with Heckert is Jade Buford who has won three races in six starts this season in the No. 45 SIN Cars SIN R1 GT4. Heckert sits 7 th in the championship standings, while Buford sits 10 th. Canadian team Mantella Autosport Inc. brings a two car effort to Utah with Anthony Mantella in the No. 8 Gulf KTM X Bow GT4, and teammate Martin Barkey in the No. 80 MBRP Sportlab Sawmill Creative car. TRG AMR brings an Aston Martin Vantage GT4 for Max Riddle, in the No. 07 Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions machine. Riddle won Round 8 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The 20-car GTS field includes Kevin Marshall, in the No. 44 VSA Motorsports Lotus GT4; Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Schomp/Premiere Copy Klenin Performance Racing Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4; Jeff Courtney in the No. 99 RecStuff.com, Kenda JCR Motorsports Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo; Salt Lake City s Vesko Kozarov, in the No. 23 Nissan/Nismo/Stance CA Sport Nissan 370Z NISMO; and Ron Ballard in the No. 93 AK&J Sealants RT Motorsports, LLC Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo. Grahovec Looks to Build Gap Over Wittmer Touring Car Preview With the event in Utah representing the penultimate weekend for TC, TCA and TCB classes, there are only four races left in the season and the pressure is on for drivers to score maximum points to secure championships. Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 Classic BMW Motorsports BMW M235iR comes into the weekend first in the TC driver s championship with 780 points. Grahovec has two wins in 2016 in Round 2 at COTA, and Round 4 at CTMP and has yet to finish outside of the top 5 in eight races this year. Grahovec is also helping BMW to lead in the Manufacturer s Chamiponship with 64 points. Montreal s Nick Wittmer will drive the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord. He brings an impressive resume having previously won a number of sports car racing championships including back to back Canadian Touring Car Championships in 2009 and Wittmer won Round 3 at CTMP and Round 5 at Lime Rock Park and sits second in the championship with 624 points. Shea Holbrook will pilot the No. 67 Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe she sits third in class with 508 points. In 2014, Holbrook won five races in TCA and finished second overall in class. Teammate Jason Fichter in the No. 7 Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe comes into the weekend 7th in the championship. Wittmer and Holbrook are also helping to lead Honda in the class Manufacturer s Championship (Honda sits third overall with 55 points). Patrick Gallagher comes into the weekend 4 th with 463 points and will drive the No. 54 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5. 20

22 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Anthony Geraci, in the No. 69 S.A.C. Racing/European Granite & Marble Group, Inc. Mazda MX 5 recorded his first career Pirelli World Challenge win at Lime Rock in Round 6 and sits 6th with 448 points. Gallagher and Geraci are helping Mazda to challenge BMW for the Manufacturer s Championship Mazda currently sits second with 58 points. Doing double duty in both GTS and TC is Salt Lake City s Vesko Kozarov, in the No. 3 Nissan/Nismo/Stance CA Sport Nissan 370Z. Kozarov could play spoiler this weekend last year he won all three TC races at Utah. Kozarov teams with Kristian Boodoosingh who will pilot the No. 34 Nissan/Nismo/Stance CA Sport Nissan 370Z. Boodoosingh will make his first career PWC start this weekend. Also poised to potentially play spoiler this weekend is Tony Rivera, in the No. 97 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Nissan 370Z. Rivera won both races at Road America and he ll look to carry that momentum into Utah. The 19-car field also features Daniel Moen, in the No. 73 S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5; Dinah Weisberg in the No. 50 REDCOM Laboratories/Red Line Oil/Power Brake BERG Racing Mazda MX 5; Gino Carini, in the No. 27 Palermos Screaming Sicilian Pizza/Marenzo Construction Group/Classic BMW Motorsports BMW M235iR; John Weisberg, in the No. 5 Power Brake/REDCOM/Red Line Oil/Powerflex/Mann's/Miller/MCS BERG Racing Mazda MX 5; Steve Kohli in the No. 40 NDA Parallax Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe; Steve Burns, in the No. 43 VP Racing Fuels/Works Garage Ian Lacy Racing Ford Mustang; Kevin Krauss, in the No. 88 Alyses Light.com Outlier/Scion Group Porsche Cayman; Brian Lift, in the No. 99 Call One Outlier/Scion Group Porsche Cayman; Max Fedler, in the No. 05 PLENCO, Molecule Summit of Everest Motorsports BMW M235iR; and Adam Poland, in the No. 33 Edge Addicts Doghouse Performance Mazda MX-5. Goulart Leads Talented TCA Field into Utah TCA Class Preview Elivan Goulart, in the No. 70 S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, has had a dominating 2016 season thus far winning five of eight TCA races, and he finished second in each of the other three races. He leads the TCA Driver s Championship heading into the weekend with 865 points. Goulart s performance is also helping Mazda lead the class Manufacturer s Championship with 85 points. Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, enters the weekend 2nd in the driver s championship with 611 points with his best results coming at Lime Rock (two 2nds). Powell teams with Kevin Anderson, in the No. 22 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, who comes into the weekend 5th with 521 points and Steven Streimer in the No. 21 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup. Matthew Fassnacht will pilot the No. 74 S.A.C. Racing/Equity Residence Mazda MX 5 Cup and sits 2nd tied with Powell with 611 points coming into the weekend. Joey Bickers, in the No. 49 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 Cup, comes into the weekend sitting 4th with 603 points after an impressive Road America where he won back to back races (Rounds 7 and 8). Two-time TCA Driver s Champion Jason Wolfe returns to the series and will make his third start of the season in the No. 12 Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup. Wolfe won Round 2 at COTA and last year he swept the weekend at Utah winning all three races. While Wolfe will not be able to score his third consecutive TCA championship in 2016, he could dramatically alter the championship picture in the class if his performance this coming weekend is similar to what he did last year. 21

23 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Others to watch in the 16 car TCA field include Kris Wright in the No. 35 Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup; Jay Salinsky, in the No. 16 Fuse Lenses/Regenexx Cayman/Red Line Oil/Redcom/BERG Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup; Daniel Williams, in the No. 36 S.A.C Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup; Samantha Tan, in the No. 38 GPI Global Samantha Tan Racing Honda Civic SI; Mason Filippi, in the No. 48 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5; Paul Whiting in the No. 51 PWR & LDL Speed Shop Honda Civic SI; 2015 TCB Driver s Champion Johan Schwartz, in the No. 66 Bubba Burger/Prostate Cancer Awareness Shea Racing Honda Civic SI; Spencer Patterson, in the No. 79 Jim Locke Automotive Patterson Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup; and Forrest Landy, Atlanta Motorsports Group/Excitations.com, in the No. 9 Mazda MX-5 Cup. Groenke Leads Morse and O Gorman Heading into Utah TCB Class Preview Touring Car B Spec or TCB is the most cost-effective class category of the series and features some of the most entertaining door to door racing on the planet. Canadian P.J. Groenke in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic enters the weekend as the most experienced competitor in class Groenke finished 6th overall in the TCB championship last year and is set to make his 57 th and 58th PWC career starts at Utah. Groenke has used his veteran savvy to take over the lead in the TCB Driver s Championship with 694 points. While he hasn t yet recorded a race win in the series, he has come very close in the last five races finishing either 2 nd or 3 rd to score valuable championship points. Teaming with Groenke is Canaan O Connell, Johnny O Connell s son, in the No. 24 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic. The younger O Connell makes his first career Pirelli World Challenge start this coming weekend in Utah. Rookie Henry Morse in the No. 14 Hale Motorsports MorseGPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep Mazda 2 recorded his first career series win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Round 3 and comes into the weekend only 36 points behind Groenke with 694. Tom O'Gorman, in the No. 94 TNIA, Black Armor Helmets Honda Fit, vaulted up into third in the Championship standings with back-to-back wins in Round 7 and 8 at Road America. He comes into the weekend with 569 points. Jasper Drengler, in the No. 01 Drengler Racing Chimney Mechanix Honda Fit comes into the weekend 4 th in the standings with 564, while Ted Hough in the No. 68 Breathless Racing Mazda 2 scored a win earlier in the season at Circuit of the Americas and comes into the weekend 5th in the TCB Driver s Championship with 546 points. Rounding out the eight-car field are James Wilson, in the No. 55 Black Armor Helmets/Mazdaspeed Motorsports Mazda 2 and Patrick Wilmot, in the No. 18 MyBamaHome.com/Track9 The Precision Motorsports Group Honda Fit. Event/Circuit: Utah Motorsports Campus: mile Outer Course Qualifying: Friday, August 12 12:45 PM 1:00 PM TCA TCB Qualifying 1:05 PM 1:20 PM TC Qualifying 3:05 PM 3:40 PM SprintX GT and Sprint X GTS Qualifying 22

24 Weekend Facts/Story Leads Saturday, August 13 8:45 AM 9:00 AM GT GTA GT Cup Qualifying Group 1 9:05 AM 9:20 AM GT GTA GT Cup Qualifying Group 2 9:35 AM 10:05 AM GTS Qualifying Race Lengths: 60 minutes (SprintX) 50 minutes (GT/GTA/GT Cup, GTS) 40 minutes (TC/TCA/TCB) Live Internet Telecast (on motortrendondemand.com): Friday, August 12 4:40 PM 5:30 PM Race # 1 TC TCA TCB 40 min Saturday, August 13 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Race # 1 SprintX 60 minutes 1:30 PM 2:30 PM Race #2 TC TCA TCB 40 minutes 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Race #1 GT GTA GT Cup 50 minutes 5:15 PM 6:15 PM Race # 1 GTS 50 minutes Sunday, August 14 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Pre Race & Race # 2 GTS 1:30 PM 2:30 PM Race # 2 GT GTA GT Cup 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Race # 2 SprintX All times listed above are Mountain Television (on CBS Sports Network): GT: Aug. 21, 2 PM GTS: Aug. 21, 4 PM TC: Aug. 25, 8 PM SprintX: Aug. 25, 9 PM All times listed re: CBS broadcasts are Eastern. 23

25 Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics LAST NAME FIRST NAME STARTS WINS TOP 3 TOP 5 TOP 10 FQs CAREER BEST FINISH YEAR & VENUE (MOST RECENT FOR MULTI WINNERS) ADAMS SAM ROAD AMERICA I & II TOURING CAR A ALEXANDRIDIS JASON CTMP I & II SPRINT X GTS ALLEN JOHN MILLER PARK I, II GTS ANDERSON STEPHANIE ROAD AMERICA II TOURING CAR B ANDERSON KEVIN RD AM I, LS III TCA; 14 THUNDERBOLT I & II TOURING CAR ASCHENBACH LAWSON COTA I, CTMP I, LIME ROCK I, MID-OHIO GTS ASKEW DAVID 0 BALLARD RON COTA I, II GTS BARKEY MARTIN LIME ROCK II, ROAD AMERICA I GTS BEAUFAIT CHRIS CTMP I & II SPRINT X GTS BICKERS JOEY ROAD AMERICA I & II TOURING CAR A BOODOOSINGH KRISTIAN 0 BOWLIN WALT CTMP I & II SPRINT X GT BRAUN COLIN CTMP II SPRINT X GT; 12 MILLER PARK GTS BUFORD JADE BARBER PARK I, II, LIME ROCK II GTS BURKE JAMES 0 BURNS STEVE MILLER PARK III TOURING CAR BYRNE PATRICK LAGUNA SECA GTS CALVERT PRESTON ST. PETERSBURG I, II, BARBER PARK II GT CUP CARINI GINO ROAD AMERICA I TOURING CAR A CHAPONICK, JR. DORE ST. PETERSBURG I GTS CHASE PARKER BARBER PARK II, CTMP II GTS CINDRIC AUSTIN MID-OHIO I GT CIPRIANI ALLINE BARBER PARK I GTS COOPER MICHAEL BAR II, M-OH II GT; 15 COTA II, M-O I, MP II, SN II GTS COSMO GUY CTMP I & II SPRINT X GT COURTNEY JEFF ROAD AMERICA II GTS CUNNINGHAM PETER LAGUNA SECA, MID-OHIO I GTS CURTIS BRET CTMP I GTA DAVIS ANDREW COTA II GT DAVISON JAMES BARBER PARK I, ROAD AMERICA III GT 24

26 Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics LAST NAME FIRST NAME STARTS WINS TOP 3 TOP 5 TOP 10 FQs CAREER BEST FINISH YEAR & VENUE (MOST RECENT FOR MULTI WINNERS) DE BOER DEREK ROAD AMERICA I GTS DE LA TORRE JORGE LIME ROCK I GTA DOLLAHITE SCOTT COTA II, BARBER PARK I, II GTS DRENGLER JASPER LIME ROCK I & II TCB ENDE DUNCAN SEARS POINT GT ESAYIAN NICK MILLER PARK I, 10 VIR I GTS ESPENLAUB CHARLES MOSPORT TC EVERSLEY RYAN RD AM I & II, 15 ST. PETE I GT; 10 MID-OHIO I & II TOURING CAR FASSNACHT MATTHEW CTMP I TCA FEDLER MAX ROAD AMERICA I TOURING CAR FERGUS COREY CTMP (MOSPORT) II & III, LAGUNA SECA II TOURING CAR FICHTER JASON COTA III, 14 MOSPORT II TOURING CAR B FILIPPI MASON 0 FLORES RICARDO COTA II TOURING CAR FOGARTY JON COTA II GT FONG ADDERLY ROAD AMERICA II GT FRANCIS, JR. ERNIE CTMP I, RAM III, M-O I, LS III TC; TCA & 7 13 TCB WINS FUENTES MARTIN COTA I & II, ST. PETE I & II, LG B, BARBER I & II, LIME RK II GTA GALLAGHER PATRICK CTMP II TOURING CAR GAPLES TONY SEARS POINT GT GERACI ANTHONY LIME ROCK II TOURING CAR GIBBONS SEAN ST. PETERSBURG II GTS GOTTSACKER HARRY BARBER PARK II, MID-OHIO GTS GOULART ELIVAN COTA I, CTMP I & II, LIME ROCK I, II TCA; 15 CTMP I TC GRAHOVEC TOBY COTA II, CTMP II TOURING CAR; 15 MID-OHIO III TOURING CAR A GREEN CHRIS CTMP II GT CUP GREY NOAH ROAD AMERICA II TOURING CAR B GROENKE P.J ROAD AMERICA II TOURING CAR B 25

27 Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics LAST NAME FIRST NAME STARTS WINS TOP 3 TOP 5 TOP FQs CAREER YEAR & VENUE 10 BEST FINISH (MOST RECENT FOR MULTI WINNERS) GUTHRIE CLINT BARBER PARK II GTS HALE RANDY RD AM III, 14 THUNDERBOLT II, 13 LIME ROCK II TOURING CAR HANRATTY, JR. DENNIS CTMP I, LIME ROCK II TOURING CAR HARDEMAN WILL COTA I, II GT CUP HECKERT SCOTT LIME ROCK I, ROAD AMERICA II GTS HEITKOTTER BRYAN COTA I GT HOLBROOK SHEA BARBER, TBOLT I & II, RD AM I, M-OH II TCA; 11 LONG B TC HOLDEN BRENT CTMP II SPRINT X GT HOUGH TED COTA I TOURING CAR B IMPERATO ANTHONY COTA II GT CUP JOHNSON MICHAEL ROAD AMERICA II TOURING CAR B JORDAN JOEY MILLER PARK III, LAGUNA SECA I, II, III TOURING CAR B KELLY ZACK LIME ROCK I TCB KEMPER DRAKE COTA II TOURING CAR A KLEINUBING PIERRE LAGUNA SECA TC KLENIN MARK CTMP II GTS KOHLI STEVE MID-OHIO III TOURING CAR A KOZAROV VESKO COTA I, 15 COTA III, RD AM I, M-O II & III, MLR PK I, II, III TC KRAUSS KEVIN LAGUNA SECA II, III TOURING CAR KURTZ GEORGE ROAD AMERICA II GTS KWOK GARY MOSPORT III TOURING CAR LANDY FORREST CTMP II TOURING CAR A LAUZIERE ALAIN TORONTO II TC LEWIS MICHAEL JAMES ST. PETERSBURG I, II GT LIFT BRIAN CTMP TC I LONG PATRICK COTA I, CTMP I & II, 12 MLR PK, 11 ST. P I & II, INFINEON I & II GT MANTELLA ANTHONY BARBER PARK I GTS MARCELLI KYLE LIME ROCK I GT 26

28 Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics LAST NAME FIRST NAME STARTS WINS TOP 3 TOP 5 TOP 10 FQs CAREER BEST FINISH YEAR & VENUE (MOST RECENT FOR MULTI WINNERS) MARSHALL KEVIN COTA II GTS McCANN MICHAEL SEBRING GT MICHAELIAN BOB COTA I GTS MILLS MICHAEL CTMP I & II SPRINT X GT MOEN DANIEL LIME ROCK I, II TOURING CAR MONTECALVO FRANK ROAD AMERICA II GTA MORSE HENRY CTMP I TCB NOBLE TOM MILLER PARK I TOURING CAR B O'CONNELL JOHNNY COTA II, 15 CTMP I /II, MP I/II, 14 LB, DET I & II GT O'GORMAN TOM ROAD AMERICA I & II TOURING CAR B OSTELLA DAVID CTMP I SPRINT X GT PALMER ANDREW BARBER PARK II GT PAPPAS TIMOTHY LONG BEACH GTA, 03 ROAD AMERICA TOURING CAR PARENTE ALVARO LONG BEACH, BARBER PARK I, LIME ROCK I & II, M-OHIO I GT PATTERSON SPENCER LIME ROCK II TCA PEGRAM LARRY COTA II GTA PLUMB HUGH SRS PT, LV; 99 VANCOUVER TC; 98 MID-OHIO T2 POLAND ADAM LAGUNA SECA I, 14 ROAD AM II, MILLER PARK I TOURING CAR POWELL ERIC LIME ROCK I, II TCA PUMPELLY SPENCER ST. PETERSBURG I GTS RAINS ANDREW LAGUNA SECA III TOURING CAR A REGITZ DREW BARBER PARK II GTA RICCI DAVE BARBER PARK I GTS RIDDLE MAX CTMP II GTS; 16 CTMP I & II SPRINT X GTS RIVERA TONY R AM I & II TC; 15 COTA I & II, R AM I, II, III TCA; 09 SBG, R AM GT ROBERTS JOHN W LIME ROCK II TOURING CAR RODGERS WILL COTA II, CTMP II, LIME ROCK I TOURING CAR B ROUSH, JR. JACK ST. PETERSBURG I, II GTS RYDQUIST CARL COTA I TOURING CAR SALINSKY JAY MID-OHIO III TOURING CAR B 27

29 Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics LAST NAME FIRST NAME STARTS WINS TOP 3 TOP 5 TOP 10 FQs CAREER BEST FINISH YEAR & VENUE (MOST RECENT FOR MULTI WINNERS) SANDBERG BRETT COTA II, RD AM II GTS; 13 COTA III, LR I & II, HOUSTON I TC SCHEIN MICHAEL CTMP I & II, LIME ROCK I, ROAD AMERICA I, M- OHIO I & II GTA SCHWARTZ JOHAN CTMP II/III, COTA I/II/III, M-O I/II/III, MP II, 14 BRD I & II, MP II TCB SEGUIN PATRICK CTMP III, MID-OHIO II & III, MILLER PARK I, II, III, LS I, II TCA SNADER AUSTIN LAGUNA SECA III TOURING CAR SNOW McKAY 0 SOFRONAS JAMES ST PETE II, LG B, COTA II, 10 M-O II, 09 LB, LS, 08 TBOLT GT STACY NATHAN MOSPORT III TOURING CAR B STREET PAUL MID-OHIO II TOURING CAR STREIMER STEVE 0 SWEEDLER BILL LONG BEACH GTA TAAKE STEVE COTA I TOURING CAR B TALLMAN LARA MILLER PARK III TOURING CAR TAN SAMANTHA CTMP (MOSPORT) II, MILLER PARK I TOURING CAR A THOMPSON BLAKE ROAD AMERICA I TOURING CAR B THOMPSON COLIN LAGUNA SECA GTC & 12 OTHER 2015 GTC WINS TOUSSAINT JOSEPH MID-OHIO I GTA UDELL ALEC COTA I, BP I, II, CMP I, LR II, RAM I & II, MID-OHIO I & II GT CUP URRY SLOAN COTA II, ST. PETERSBURG I, II, LIME ROCK I GT CUP VANCE JAMES CTMP I & II SPRINT X GTS VILJOEN LARS CTMP I SPRINT X GT VON MOLTKE DION CTMP I SPRINT X GT WASHAY TRAVIS LIME ROCK II TCB WEISBERG DINAH LIME ROCK I & II, 15 CTMP I TOURING CAR WEISBERG JOHN LIME ROCK II TOURING CAR WELCH ALEX MID-OHIO III TOURING CAR WHITING PAUL MILLER PARK III TOURING CAR A 28

30 Driver Performance/Career Driver Statistics LAST NAME FIRST NAME STARTS WINS TOP 3 TOP 5 TOP 10 FQs CAREER BEST FINISH YEAR & VENUE (MOST RECENT FOR MULTI WINNERS) WILLIAMS DANIEL COTA II TOURING CAR A WILMOT PATRICK CTMP I TOURING CAR B WILSON JAMES COTA I & III TOURING CAR B WILSON KRIS CTMP I & II SPRINT X GTS; 15 COTA I, BAR I, II, M-O II, LS GTS WILZOCH ANDY ROAD AMERICA I & II GTA WITTMER KUNO CTMP I & II X GT; 14 TOR I, 10 LB, MP GT; TC WINS 16 CTMP TC I, LIME ROCK I, 10 TORONTO TOURING WITTMER NICK CAR 16 COTA II, 15 COTA III, M-O I/II, MP I/II/III, LS I & III, 5 WINS 14 TCA WOLFE JASON WRIGHT KRIS MILLER PARK I TOURING CAR A ZIEGLER WILLIAM LIME ROCK II GTS; 09 SEBRING, 13 SEARS POINT GT 29

31 Driver/Manufacturer Points 2016 Championship Standings GT Alvaro Parente 1308 Patrick Long 1213 Michael Cooper 1207 Johnny O'Connell 1123 Ryan Eversley 1066 GTA Martin Fuentes 1454 Michael Schein 1202 Frankie Montecalvo 1006 Jorge De La Torre 486 Joseph Toussaint 414 Drew Regitz 344 GT Cup Alec Udell 1515 Sloan Urry 1453 Corey Fergus 1148 Preston Calvert 986 Alex Welch 324 GTS Brett Sandberg 1092 Lawson Aschenbach 1070 Parker Chase 971 Nate Stacy 961 Scott Dollahite 856 SprintX GT Sportsman Michael Mills 208 Dion Von Moltke 200 Brent Holden 188 David Ostella 188 Guy Cosmo 182 Walt Bowlin 168 SprintX GT Pro Colin Braun 200 Kuno Wittmer 194 SprintX GTS Max Riddle 220 Kris Wilson 220 Derek DeBoer 196 Jason Alexandridis 196 Chris Beaufait 180 James Vance 180 GT Porsche 104 McLaren 102 Cadillac 91 Nissan 70 Acura 58 Bentley 52 Audi 38 Mercedes Benz AMG 3 GTS KTM 82 Chevrolet 74 Ford 72 Ginetta 53 Maserati 35 Nissan 0 Porsche 0 30

32 Driver/Manufacturer Points TC Toby Grahovec 780 Nick Wittmer 624 Shea Holbrook 508 Patrick Gallagher 463 Dennis Hanratty 454 Anthony Geraci 448 TCA Elivan Goulart 865 Eric Powell 611 Matthew Fassnacht 611 Joey Bickers 603 Kevin Anderson 521 Samantha Tan 424 TC BMW 64 Mazda 58 Honda 55 Nissan 40 Porsche 7 TCA Mazda 85 Kia 36 Honda 28 Nissan 0 TCB P.J. Groenke 694 Henry Morse 658 Tom O Gorman 569 Jasper Drengler 564 Ted Hough 546 Will Rogers

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40 Driver/Manufacturer Statistics 2016 GT Manufacturer s Statistics Wins Ps. Manufacturer Wins 1. Porsche 5 McLaren 5 2. Cadillac 3 3. Acura 2 Poles Ps. Manufacturer Poles 1. McLaren 6 2. Porsche 5 3. Bentley 2 4. Nissan 1 Cadillac 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Manufacturer Fast Laps 1. McLaren 5 2. Porsche 4 3. Cadillac 3 4. Acura 2 5. Nissan GT Driver s Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Alvaro Parente 5 2. Patrick Long 3 3. Michael Lewis 2 Ryan Eversley 2 Michael Cooper 2 4. Johnny O Connell 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Alvaro Parente 5 2. Patrick Long 3 3. Michael Lewis 2 4. Bryan Heitkotter 1 Michael Cooper 1 Adderely Fong 1 Ryan Eversley 1 Austin Cindric 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Driver Fast Laps 1. Alvaro Parente 5 2. Michael Cooper 3 3. Michael Lewis 2 Patrick Long 2 4. Bryan Heitkotter 1 Ryan Eversley 1 Spencer Pumpelly GTA Driver s Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Martin Fuentes 8 2. Michael Schein 6 3. Frankie Montecalvo 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Martin Fuentes 8 2. Michael Schein 4 3. Frankie Montecalvo 3 Fast Race Laps Ps. Driver Fast Laps 1. Martin Fuentes 7 2. Frankie 5 Montecalvo 3. Michael Schein GT Cup Driver s Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Alec Udell 9 2. Sloan Urry 4 3. Chris Green 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Sloan Urry 8 2. Alec Udell 4 3. Chris Green 2 39

41 Driver/Manufacturer Statistics Fast Race Laps Ps. Driver Fast Laps 1. Sloan Urry 6 Alec Udell 6 2. Chris Green SprintX GT Driver s Championship Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Michael Mills/Kuno Wittmer 2 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Michael Mills/Kuno Wittmer SprintX GTS Driver s Championship Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Riddle/Wilson 2 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Riddle/Wilson GTS Manufacturer s Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Chevrolet 4 2. SIN Car 3 3. KTM X Bow GT4 2 Ford 2 Aston Martin 2 Poles Ps. Manufacturer Poles 1. KTM X Bow GT SIN Car 4 3. Lotus 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Manufacturer Fast Laps 1. KTM X Bow GT SIN Car 4 3. Ford 1 Lotus GTS Driver s Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Lawson Aschenbach 4 2. Jade Buford 3 3. Jack Roush Jr. 2 Brett Sandberg 2 4. Max Riddle 1 Derek DeBoer 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Brett Sandberg 7 Jade Buford 3 2. Scott Dollahite 1 Jack Roush Jr. 1 Lawson Aschenbach 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Driver Fast Laps 1. Brett Sandberg 7 2. Jade Buford 2 Scott Heckert 2 3. Nate Stacy 1 Scott Dollahite World Challenge TC Manufacturers Statistics Wins Ps. Manufacturer Wins 1. Nissan 3 2. BMW 2 Honda 2 3. Mazda 1 Ford 1 Chevrolet 1 40

42 Driver/Manufacturer Statistics Poles Ps. Manufacturer Poles 1. Mazda 3 Nissan 3 2. Honda 1 Lotus 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Manufacturer Fast Laps 1. Mazda 2 Nissan 2 BMW 2 2. Honda 1 Lotus World Challenge TC Drivers Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Toby Grahovec 2 Nick Wittmer 2 Tony Rivera 2 2. Vesko Kozarov 1 Anthony Geraci 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Adam Poland 3 2. Tony Rivera 2 3. Nick Wittmer 1 Carl Rydquist 1 Dennis Hanratty 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Driver Fast Laps 1. Adam Poland 2 2. Toby Grahovec 2 Carl Rydquist 1 Nick Wittmer 1 Dennis Hanratty 1 Tony Rivera World Challenge TCA Manufacturers Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Mazda 7 2. Kia 1 Poles Ps. Manufacturer Poles 1. Mazda 8 Fast Race Laps Ps. Manufacturer Fast Laps 1. Mazda 7 Honda 1 World Challenge TCA Drivers Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Elivan Goulart 5 2. Joey Bickers 2 3. Jason Wolfe 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Joey Bickers 4 2. Elivan Goulart 3 3. Eric Powell 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Manufacturer Fast Laps 1. Joey Bickers 3 2. Eric Powell 2 Elivan Goulart 2 3. Gary Kwok 1 World Challenge TCB Manufacturers Statistics Wins Ps. Manufacturer Wins 1. Mazda 5 2. Honda 2 3. MINI 1 41

43 Driver/Manufacturer Statistics Poles Ps. Manufacturer Poles 1. Mazda 5 2. MINI 2 3. Honda 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Manufacturer Fast Laps 1. Mazda 6 2. MINI 1 Honda World Challenge TCB Drivers Statistics Wins Ps. Driver Wins 1. Will Rodgers 3 2. Tom O Gorman 2 3. Ted Hough 1 Henry Morse 1 Travis Washay 1 Poles Ps. Driver Poles 1. Will Rodgers 3 2. Travis Washay 2 3. Ted Hough 1 Noah Grey 1 Tom O Gorman 1 Fast Race Laps Ps. Driver Fast Laps 1. Ted Hough 2 Will Rodgers 2 2. Henry Morse 1 Travis Washay 1 Noah Grey 1 Tom O Gorman 1 42

44 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GT Driver s Scoreboard Winner s Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Patrick Long Patrick Long 99.14* Bryan Heitkotter COTA 2 Johnny O Connell Bryan Heitkotter Michael Cooper * St. Petersburg 1 Michael Lewis Michael Lewis * Michael Lewis St. Petersburg 2 Michael Lewis Michael Lewis Michael Lewis Long Beach Alvaro Parente Alvaro Parente * Michael Cooper * Barber 1 Alvaro Parente Michael Cooper * Alvaro Parente Barber 2 Michael Cooper Alvaro Parente Alvaro Parente * CTMP 1 Patrick Long Patrick Long Patrick Long CTMP 2 Patrick Long Patrick Long Patrick Long * Lime Rock 1 Alvaro Parente Alvaro Parente * Andrew Palmer Lime Rock 2 Alvaro Parente Andrew Palmer Alvaro Parente * Road America 1 Ryan Eversley Adderly Fong Ryan Eversley Road America 2 Ryan Eversley Ryan Eversley Michael Cooper Mid Ohio 1 Alvaro Parente Austin Cindric * Alvaro Parente Mid Ohio 2 Michael Cooper Alvaro Parente Spencer Pumpelly * Utah 1 Utah 2 Sonoma 1 Sonoma 2 MRLS * Denotes Track Record 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GT Season At A Glance RACE DATE CIRCUIT DISTANCE # OF # OF # OF # OF # OF VIC MARGIN # OF LEAD (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 4 6 COTA March 4 6 COTA March St. Pete March St. Pete April Long Beach April Barber April Barber May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road Amer June Road Amer July Mid Ohio July Mid Ohio August Miller 1 August Miller 2 Sept Sonoma 1 Sept Sonoma 2 Oct. 7 9 MRLS Total Average

45 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GTA Driver s Scoreboard (* Denotes Track Record) Winner s Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes * Martin Fuentes COTA 2 Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes * St. Petersburg 1 Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes * Martin Fuentes * St. Petersburg 2 Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes Frankie Montecalvo Long Beach Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes * Martin Fuentes * Barber 1 Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes * Frankie Montecalvo Barber 2 Martin Fuentes Frankie Montecalvo Frankie Montecalvo * CTMP 1 Michael Schein Michael Schein * Michael Schein CTMP 2 Michael Schein Michael Schein Michael Schein * Lime Rock 1 Michael Schein Martin Fuentes * Martin Fuentes Lime Rock 2 Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes Martin Fuentes * Road America 1 Michael Schein Frankie Montecalvo * Frankie Montecalvo Road America 2 Frankie Montecalvo Frankie Montecalvo Frankie Montecalvo * Mid Ohio 1 Michael Schein Michael Schein * Michael Schein Mid Ohio 2 Michael Schein Michael Schein Martin Fuentes * Utah 1 Utah2 Sonoma 1 Sonoma 2 MRLS 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GTA Season At A Glance RACE DATE CIRCUIT DISTANCE # OF # OF # OF # OF # OF VIC MARGIN # OF LEAD (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 4 6 COTA March 4 6 COTA March St. Pete March St. Pete April Long Beach April Barber April Barber May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road Amer June Road Amer July Mid Ohio July Mid Ohio August Utah 1 August Utah 2 Sept Sonoma 1 Sept Sonoma 2 Oct. 7 9 MRLS Total Average

46 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GT Cup Driver s Scoreboard Winner's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Alec Udell Sloan Urry * Sloan Urry COTA 2 Sloan Urry Sloan Urry Sloan Urry St. Petersburg 1 Sloan Urry Sloan Urry * Sloan Urry St. Petersburg 2 Sloan Urry Sloan Urry Alec Udell Barber 1 Alec Udell Alec Udell * Alec Udell Barber 2 Alec Udell Alec Udell Alec Udell * CTMP 1 Alec Udell Chris Green C. Green/A. Udell CTMP 2 Chris Green Chris Green Chris Green * Lime Rock 1 Sloan Urry Sloan Urry * Sloan Urry Lime Rock 2 Alec Udell Sloan Urry Alec Udell * Road America 1 Alec Udell Alec Udell Alec Udell Road America 2 Alec Udell Alec Udell Alec Udell Mid Ohio 1 Alec Udell Alec Udell * Sloan Urry Mid Mid Ohio 2 Alec Udell Sloan Urry Alec Udell * Utah 1 Utah2 Sonoma 1 Sonoma 2 MRLS * Denotes Track Record 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GT Cup Season at a Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 4 6 COTA March 4 6 COTA March St. Pete March St. Pete April Barber April Barber May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road Amer June Road Amer July Mid Ohio July Mid Ohio August Utah 1 August Utah 2 Sept Sonoma 1 Sept Sonoma 2 October 7 9 MRLS October 7 9 MRLS Total Average

47 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Sportsman Driver s Scoreboard Winner's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) CTMP 1 Michael Mills Michael Mills Lars VilJoen CTMP 2 Michael Mills Michael Mills Lars VilJoen Utah 1 Utah2 MRLS 1 MRLS Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Sportsman Season at a Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG May CTMP May CTMP August Utah 1 August Utah 2 October 7 9 MRLS October 7 9 MRLS Total Average Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GTS Driver s Scoreboard Winner 's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) CTMP 1 Max Riddle/Kris Wilson Max Riddle Kris Wilson CTMP 2 Max Riddle/Kris Wilson Max Riddle/Kris Wilson Max Riddle Utah 1 Utah2 MRLS 1 MRLS Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GTS Season at a Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG May CTMP May CTMP August Utah 1 August Utah 2 October 7 9 MRLS October 7 9 MRLS Total Average

48 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GTS Driver s Scorecard Winner's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Lawson Aschenbach Scott Dollahite * Brett Sandberg COTA 2 Brett Sandberg Brett Sandberg Brett Sandberg * St. Petersburg 1 Jack Roush Jr Jack Roush Jr Brett Sandberg St. Petersburg 2 Jack Roush Jr Brett Sandberg Nate Stacy Barber 1 Jade Buford Jade Buford Jade Buford Barber 2 Jade Buford Jade Buford Jade Buford CTMP 1 Lawson Aschenbach Lawson Aschenbach * Brett Sandberg * CTMP 2 Max Riddle Brett Sandberg Scott Dollahite Lime Rock 1 Lawson Aschenbach Brett Sandberg * Brett Sandberg * Lime Rock 2 Jade Buford Brett Sandberg Brett Sandberg Road America 1 Derek DeBoer Jade Buford Brett Sandberg Road America 2 Brett Sandberg Brett Sandberg Scott Heckert Mid Ohio 1 Lawson Aschenbach Brett Sandberg Scott Heckert * Utah 1 Utah2 Sonoma 1 Sonoma 2 MRLS MRLS * Denotes Track Record 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GTS Season At A Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 5 8 COTA March 5 8 COTA March St. Petersburg March St. Petersburg April Barber April Barber May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road America June Road America July Mid Ohio August Utah 1 August Utah2 Sept Sonoma 1 Sept Sonoma 2 October 7 9 MRLS October 7 9 MRLS Total Average

49 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge TC Drivers Scorecard Winner's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Vesko Kozarov Nick Wittmer Carl Rydquist COTA 2 Toby Grahovec Carl Rydquist Toby Grahovec CTMP 1 Nick Wittmer 97.7 Adam Poland Adam Poland CTMP 2 Toby Grahovec Adam Poland Nick Wittmer * Lime Rock 1 Nick Wittmer Adam Poland Dennis Hanratty Lime Rock 2 Anthony Geraci Dennis Hanratty Adam Poland Road America 1 Tony Rivera Tony Rivera Tony Rivera Road America 2 Tony Rivera Tony Rivera Toby Grahovec Utah 1 Utah 2 MRLS 1 MRLS 2 * Denotes Track Record 2016 Pirelli World Challenge TC Season At A Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 3 6 COTA March 3 6 COTA May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road America June Road America August Utah 1 August Utah 2 Oct. 7 9 MRLS 1 Oct. 7 9 MRLS 2 Total Average

50 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge TCA Drivers Scorecard Winner's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Elivan Goulart Joey Bickers Eric Powell COTA 2 Jason Wolfe Eric Powell Elivan Goulart CTMP 1 Elivan Goulart 91.8 Elivan Goulart Joey Bickers 91.9 CTMP 2 Elivan Goulart Joey Bickers 91.9 Gary Kwok Lime Rock 1 Elivan Goulart Elivan Goulart * Elivan Goulart * Lime Rock 2 Elivan Goulart Elivan Goulart Eric Powell Road America 1 Joey Bickers Joey Bickers Joey Bickers Road America 2 Joey Bickers Joey Bickers Joey Bickers Utah 1 Utah 2 MRLS 1 MRLS 2 * Denotes Track Record 2016 Pirelli World Challenge TCA Season At A Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 3 6 COTA March 3 6 COTA May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road America June Road America August Utah 1 August Utah 2 Oct. 7 9 Mazda Raceway 1 Oct. 7 9 Mazda Raceway 2 Total Average

51 Performance Charts 2016 Pirelli World Challenge TCB Drivers Scorecard Winner's Speed Fastest Speed Fastest Speed Circuit Winner (mph) Qualifier (mph) Race Lap (mph) COTA 1 Ted Hough Will Rodgers Ted Hough COTA 2 Will Rodgers Ted Hough Ted Hough CTMP 1 Henry Morse 83.3 Will Rodgers Will Rodgers 83.4 CTMP 2 Will Rodgers Will Rodgers 83.4 Henry Morse Lime Rock 1 Will Rodgers Travis Washay Travis Washay Lime Rock 2 Travis Washay Travis Washay Will Rodgers Road America 1 Tom O Gorman Tom O'Gorman Noah Grey Road America 2 Tom O Gorman Noah Grey Tom O Gorman Utah 1 Utah 2 MRLS 1 MRLS 2 * Denotes Track Record Pirelli World Challenge TCB Season At A Glance RACE # # # # # VIC # OF DISTANCE OF OF OF OF OF MARGIN LEAD DATE CIRCUIT (MILES) LPS ENT. QUAL. ST. FIN. (SEC.) CHG March 3 6 COTA March 3 6 COTA May CTMP May CTMP May Lime Rock May Lime Rock June Road America June Road America ` August Utah 1 August Utah 2 Oct. 7 9 Mazda Raceway Oct Mazda Raceway 2 Total Average

52 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus O Connell and Montecalvo Sweep in GT and GTA in Round 17 at Miller Motorsports Park. Thompson Wins GT Cup Round 15 TOOELE, Utah - Johnny O Connell, of Flowery Branch, Ga. scored his second straight GT win and fourth of the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season in Round 17 at Miller Motorsports Park and the Ford Grand Prix presented by VP Racing Fuels. Frankie Montecalvo, of Highlands, N.J. also won his second straight race in GTA, while Colin Thompson, of Doylestown, Pa. in GT Cup won the Round 15 race. As the light sequence went out for the standing start, pole sitter O Connell in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 got the launch off he needed to protect the racing line into turn 1. JD Davison, of St. Petersburg, Fla., in the No. 33 Nissan AE/ReplayXD/NISSAN NISMO GT-R GT3 followed closely in second ahead of Andy Pilgrim of Boca Raton, Fla. in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 and Bryan Heitkotter of Fresno, Calif. in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy NISSAN NISMO GT-R who then continued to battle, with Pilgrim going through to third a few corners later. Championship points leader Ryan Dalziel, of Windermere, Fla. in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing World PMO Porsche 911 GT3R was also on the move on the opening lap, advancing to fourth from his starting position of eighth. In GTA, class pole sitter Montecalvo, in the No. 66 Bayshore Racing DragonSpeed Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3, took the lead through turn 1 and slotted into ninth overall in the race ahead of Martin Fuentes, of Mexico City, Mexico, in the No. 07 ScuderiaCorsa/Hublot/Samsung/UnderArmour Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia, who slotted into 15th overall and second in class and Henrique Cisneros, of Miami, Fla. in the No. 30 MOMO NGT Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia, in 17th overall and third in class. In GT Cup, pole sitter Alec Udell, of The Woodlands, Texas, in the No. 17 Euroworld Motorsports/Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup launched cleanly to take the lead over Thompson, in the No. 11 Porsche of Bucks County/Penn Valley Constructors/Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes/Austin Hatcher Foundation Kelly-Moss Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Mitch Landry, of Lake Charles, La. in the No. 97 Deep South/VersaCrane Landry Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup slotted into third in class. On the second lap, Dalziel would continue to move, getting around Pilgrim s Cadillac for third while O Connell began to build a gap over Davison s Nissan. On lap three, Guy Smith of Beverley, England in the No. 20 Team Bentley Bentley/Breitling/Mobil1 Bentley Continental GT3 came into the picture as he moved around Heitkotter for fifth, and two laps later, he passed Pilgrim for fourth place in the Black Rock Hairpin. In GT Cup on lap six, a tremendous battle ensued with Udell and Thompson. Thompson passed Udell through turn 3. Udell would then drive his No. 17 machine alongside Thompson s No. 11 machine through turns 4, 5 and 6 with Thompson ultimately winning the drag race through the Witchcraft section of the track to take the lead through the section of the track called the Attitudes. Thompson s pass of Udell was named the MOMO GT Cup Turning Point of the race. On lap 7, Phil Fogg, Jr., of Portland, Or. in the No. 18 Zoro/TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup passed Landry for third in class. In GT, Smith continued to pick up the pace, and he quicky caught Dalziel, who was running third as those two began a near-race long battle for the final podium position. A bit further back, Ryan Eversley of Atlanta, Ga. in the No. 43 RealTime Racing RealTime/Acura Motorsports/HPD Acura TLX-GT got around Montecalvo for eighth overall. The lead margin went up and down as the race developed, as O Connell and Davison worked their way through lapped traffic. 51

53 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus On lap 11, Salt Lake City s Sloan Urry, in the No. 02 Engel & Volkers TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup moved into third in GT Cup. Through lap 11, Montecalvo still led in GTA over Fuentes and Cisneros. On lap 17, Cisneros ran wide on turn 1 allowing Eric Lux, of Buffalo, N.Y. in the 08 Rembrandt Charms/Monticello Motor Club DragonSpeed Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 to move into third. The pass netted Lux the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award. On lap 19, Smith looked for a way around Dalziel as the scrap intensified. On lap 21, Dalziel ran a defensive, low line into turn one, as Smith put his Bentley on the outside of the corner. Exiting the corner, the two cars made contact, with Smith briefly going off course. On lap 25, Dalziel s EFFORT teammate Michael Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing Curb-Agajanian Porsche 911 GT3R tried to get under Heitkotter s Nissan in the first corner. This time, however, the outside line would work as Heitkotter kept the spot before Lewis made the move stick a lap later, the same lap in which Smith passed Dalziel. Smith s pass earned him the Cadillac ATS-V Move of the Race Award. On lap 27, Lux passed Fuentes into second in GTA. As the checkered flew, it was Cadillac, Nissan and Bentley in the top three in GT at Utah. O Connell won over Davison with Smith in third. Dalziel would finish fourth, ahead of the second Cadillac of Pilgrim in fifth spot. In GTA, Montecalvo won over Lux and Fuentes, while Thompson finished ahead of Udell and Urry. Championship contender Olivier Beretta, of Monte Carlo in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari of Ontario/Toronto/Alberta Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia finished 10th. This was a great points weekend, O Connell said. We had a good car yesterday, but the guys at Cadillac Racing improved it even more and just made it a little easier to drive today. James Davison was all over me in his Nissan. He even tried flashing his lights at me late in the race, I just ignore that stuff. He is a great young talent. We are a fourth quarter team. We are going away from this weekend second in the points. Two good wins and a lot of points going into Sonoma in one week. We had a good car in the beginning and I was in the middle of the GT battle, said Montecalvo. I was holding my position strong. I was looking at the points and the championship run too. I wasn t going to block the GT cars. The DragonSpeed guys again gave a great car and is a tremendous weekend with two GTA wins. I think we were pretty strong running in the Top 10 overall, but I really got killed in traffic in the end. I got chopped with some slower cars and (Mike) Skeen got me. Then, right at the end of the race, I got chopped again and (Olivier) Beretta and (Peter) Cunningham were able to slip by. But it was fun racing with those experienced guys. I wanted to keep our car clean and in one piece as we have a quick turnout for Sonoma next week. With three races left in the season, anything can happen for the championship. Thanks to my teammate Eric (Lux) for his second place and stealing some points for me. It was tough starting second behind Alec (Udell), said Thompson. He gave me a great run. He is a class act and it s tough to pass him. After a few creative moves, I was finally able to get it done going into turn one. I opened up a decent gap but not enough if I made a mistake. It was nice when the leaders from the other group caught up to us. I was able to slingshot a little of bit of a bigger gap at that point. That brought us home the 11th win this year and I think the second championship in a row for us. It was a phenomenal weekend for us overall. 52

54 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Of note, Dalziel won the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award for gaining four positions when the lights went out. Dalziel also won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining five positions during the race. In GT, Dalziel holds a slim lead over O Connell who moves into second in the drivers championship ahead of Beretta in third. Montecalvo now leads in GTA over Cisneros. Thompson continues to lead in GT Cup. GT, and GTA drivers now head to Sonoma Raceway August for Rounds 18 and 19 of the Championship, while GT Cup drivers get set for Rounds 14 and

55 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus O Connell and Montecalvo Win in GT and GTA in Round 16 at Miller Motorsports Park. Udell Wins Round 14 in GT Cup TOOELE, Utah Johnny O Connell, of Flowery Branch, Ga scored his third GT win of the Pirelli World Challenge 2015 season in Round 16 at Miller Motorsports Park for the Ford Grand Prix presented by VP Racing Fuels. Frankie Montecalvo of Highlands, N.J scored his fifth win in GTA, while Alec Udell, of The Woodlands, Texas scored his second win of the season in GT Cup in Round 14. From the rolling start, O Connell in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 was briefly challenged on the outside in turn one by James Davison of St. Petersburg, Fla. in the No. 33 Nissan AE/ReplayXD/NISSAN NISMO GT-R GT3, but the Nissan driver couldn t make the outside move work. Davison then fended off teammate Bryan Heitkotter of Fresno, Calif. in the No. 05 AE Replay XD NISSAN GT NISMO GT-R GT3. After qualifying on pole, Guy Smith of Beverley, England in the No. 20 Team Bentley Bentley/ Breitling/Mobil1 Bentley Continental GT3 was forced to start at the back of the GT field following a post-qualifying technical infraction. Smith got to business quickly moving up to 16th on the opening lap. In GTA, pole sitter Montecalvo in the No. 66 Bayshore Racing DragonSpeed Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 led the class through lap one from the start and sat eight overall after lap one, with Martin Fuentes, of Mexico City, Mexico in the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa/Hublot/Samsung/UnderArmour Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia in second and Eric Lux, of Buffalo, N.Y., in the 08 Rembrandt Charms/Monticello Motor Club DragonSpeed Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 in third. In GT Cup, class points leader Colin Thompson of Doylestown, Pa., in the No. 11 Porsche of Bucks County/Penn Valley Constructors/Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes/Austin Hatcher Foundation Kelly- Moss Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup led Alec Udell, in the No. 17 Euroworld Motorsports/Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and Salt Lake City s Sloan Urry, in the No. 02 Security National/Engel & Volkers TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in third. A full-course caution would fly during the opening lap as the No. 95 Swisher Racing Turner Motorsport BMW E89 Z4 GT3 sat wounded outside of turn 1. The No. 95 machine contacted with several cars as competitors went three abreast through the corner. On the lap 4 restart, O Connell and the front runners launched cleanly. Behind them championship contender Olivier Beretta, of Monte Carlo in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari of Ontario/Toronto/Alberta Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia spun on the front straight but was able to continue without significant damage to the car. Into turn 1, O Connell was just ahead of another pass attempt by Heitkotter on his teammate Davison. From there, O Connell would slowly stretch and manage his lead throughout the race ahead of Davison and Heitkotter.Montecalvo maintained his GTA class lead running 8th overall in the race, with Fuentes second in class and 10th overall. GTA championship points leader coming into the weekend Henrique Cisneros, of Miami, Fla, in the No. 30 MOMO NGT Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia moved into third in class and 14th overall in the race. Thompson, Udell and Urry held their positions in GT Cup. On lap five, Smith continued his drive through the field, and was now up to ninth overall. He moved a lap later on Montecalvo over eighth overall. 54

56 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus That gave Smith access to a near-race long battle among a number of cars, with Ryan Dalziel, of Windermere, Fla. in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing World PMO Porsche 911 GT3R leading a train from fifth to tenth while Nicky Catsburg of Kirchanschoring, Germany in the No. 25 Blancpain Racing Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 ran relatively uncontested in fourth for the duration of the 50-minute race. On lap 7, the contest for the GT Cup lead got taken up a notch as Udell passed Thompson, with Thompson taking the lead back on lap 9. Meanwhile, Smith would move his Bentley around Peter Cunningham of Milwaukee, Wis. in the No. 42 RealTime Racing RealTime/Acura Motorsports/HPD Acura TLX-GT for seventh, and spent a number of laps looking for a way by Michael Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing Curb- Agajanian Porsche 911 GT3R but not succeeding. In GTA, Montecalvo continued to manage his class lead. While all this was going on, Chris Dyson of Pleasant Valley, N.Y. in the No. 16 Team Bentley Dyson Racing Bentley/Breitling/Mobil1 Bentley Continental GT3 pitted for a new left front tire, significantly dropping him back through the field. The battle in GT Cup continued as Thompson, under pressure from Udell, ran wide and allowed Udell to take the class lead. On lap 21, the two ran side-by-side for corner after corner, with neither driver giving an inch. As Udell pulled slightly ahead, Thompson blinked in turn one and lost control, spinning and giving Udell the victory as Thompson would still manage to come home second. On lap 24, there was a shuffle in GT that saw Cunningham advance to seventh behind the two EFFORT Porsches, bringing Andy Pilgrim of Boca Raton, Fla. in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-VR GT3 with him. Smith dropped back to ninth where he would ultimately finish. The GTA points leader Cisneros also found his way off course late in the race, falling back to finish fourth in GTA behind Eric Lux of Buffalo, N.Y. in the No. 07 Dragonspeed Rembrandt Charms/Monticello Motor Club Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 in third and Fuentes Ferrari, which finished second in GTA. In turn 1 a lap later, Pilgrim got around Cunningham for seventh overall, where he would finish ahead of the No. 42 Acura in eighth. Ryan Dalziel and Michael Lewis were fifth and sixth at checkered flag, respectively. As the checkered flew, O Connell scored his first victory since winning at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in May. Davison would follow in second ahead of Heitkotter in third position. Montecalvo won over Fuentes, and Lux. Udell took the win over Thompson and Urry. I got a good start. It s always better to be on the pole for those rolling starts, said O Connell. James (Davison) and I were neck and neck heading down into turn one. I took a little bit of a defense line going down in there. The Nissan of JD did a great job of getting me to go in deep into the corner. Then he got into the marbles on the outside and I was able to pull out a bit. I really like the circuit here. It suits me and it has a nice rhythm for me. I am very happy to be back in victory lane. Hopefully I can get another one on Sunday. This was a critical weekend for everyone at Cadillac Racing. They have really been digging deep lately. It s one of those deals that the car is fast and I just didn t want to blow it. Man, this GT division is just so competitive right now. It is tough to collect these trophies this year. 55

57 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus It was a great race for me with the GT guys, said Montecalvo. But I was in a solid position in GTA so I didn t really want to mix it up with them. We had a good gap behind us and I wanted to play it safe. There were guys bumping and sliding. It was very good racing. It was fun to watch from my standpoint. It is good for me to race with those guys who have so much experience. It s great to build off what you can learn from those guys. And use it next time when you really need it. It s going to be a standing start tomorrow. And everyone knows what that brings. I m glad we get to start up front up again. Colin didn t give me anything today, said Udell. Then he ended over cooking it a bit and that gave me some breathing room. We had a really good battle. We were side-by-side through turns four, five and six. We didn t give anything to each other today. I have to give it to the guys from GMG Motorsports. They put a great car together for me today. I think it will be another great race in GT Cup on Sunday too. Of note, the Optima Best Standing Start Award went to Fuentes for gaining four positions when the lights went out to start the race. The Cadillac Move of the Race Award went to Guy Smith for his march up through the field to finish ninth overall. The MOMO GT Cup Turning Point of the Race was Udell s pass into the lead over Thompson. The Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the race was awarded to Mike Skeen of Charlotte, N.C. in the No. 2 CRP Racing DeVilbiss/Hawk Performance Audi R8 LMS Ultra for his pass of Fuentes on lap 18. Cadillac driver Pilgrim won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining four positions during the race. O Connell had the fastest lap in GT and will start on pole for Sunday s Round 17 race, while Montecalvo will also start of pole in GTA after securing the fastest lap in class during the race. Udell will start on pole in GT Cup for Sunday s Round 14 race. 56

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59 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Cooper Wins GTS Round 14 at Miller Motorsports Park TOOELE, Utah - Michael Cooper, of Syosset, N.Y. scored his third GTS win of the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season in Round 14 at Miller Motorsports Park and the Ford Grand Prix presented by VP Racing Fuels. Salt Lake City s Vesko Kozarov finished second, while Ben Clucas, of Northampton, England was third. From the standing start, pole-sitter Cooper driving the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro Z28 got the launch he needed to take the lead heading into turn one, as Ben Clucas, of Northampton, England driving the No. 36 Kinetic Motorsports/Kia Racing PutOnTheBrakes.Org Kia Optima slotted into second ahead of Jack Baldwin of Marietta, Ga. in the No. 73 GTSport Racing Umphrey s McGee Porsche Cayman S. One victim of the standing start was GTS points leader coming into the race Andrew Aquilante, of Chester Springs, Pa. in the No. 32 Phoenix American Motorsports Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, who failed to get away cleanly and fell back through the field to finish in 12th. Through the Black Rock Hairpin on the opening lap it was Clucas moving on Cooper to take the lead, with Baldwin following closely in third and Vesko Kozarov of Salt Lake City, Utah in the No. 23 Nissan/Skullcandy/Stance Nissan 370Z. Clucas earned the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start award for moving into first after starting fourth. By lap five, it was Clucas and Cooper setting the pace and pulling a slight gap over Baldwin s Porsche. Baldwin then closed, as Cooper hassled Clucas, and the Porsche driver was able to drive into second. Cooper wouldn t let the pass stand though as he moved back around Baldwin on lap nine. Cooper in the Black Dog Camaro then closed in on the race leading Kia, with Cooper making the move through the Attitude complex of corners to take the lead on lap 13. Kozarov was on the move too, as he got past Saturday winner Mark Wilkins, of Toronto, Ont. in the No. 38 Kinetic Motorsports/Kia Racing PutOnTheBrakes.Org Kia Optima for fourth and continued his momentum on lap 16, moving into third place around Baldwin. Then the focus shifted to the battle for second, as Clucas was holding off Kozarov and Baldwin in a threecar fight for second place. On lap 22, Kozarov found his way around Clucas for second with a move in turn four. The pass gave Kozarov the Cadillac Best Move of the Race Award. Coming to the line and checkered flag, it was a photo-finish for the final podium spot with Clucas edging Baldwin by sixth thousandths of a second. Wilkins would complete the top five after a late race duel with Andy Lee of Colorado Springs, Colo. in the No. 20 BestIt Racing Chevrolet Camaro, who finished sixth. Tony Gaples of Libertyville, Ill. in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shot Chevrolet Z28 won the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award with his multi-corner move on lap 19 to get around Nathan Stacy, of Owasso, Okla. in the No. 14 Rehagen Racing Folds of Honor Ford Mustang Boss 302. In addition, Gaples earned the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger honors by advancing four spots during the race. Yesterday s consolation prize in the GTS race was having fastest race lap and we were able to start on the pole today, said Cooper. These Blackdog Speed Shop guys stayed late last night trying to figure out what was going on with car in Saturday s race. They were combing through data and my feedback. And they sorted it out for today. 58

60 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus And, obviously, we had a great car. I knew from last year that was about the only place on the track that I could get by Ben (Clucas for the lead). I just stayed on the throttle and ran it to the outside. Then as they try to get back to the right, I was able to stuff it down on the inside of the turn for the pass. I was planning it for awhile and he defended it once. I thought he knew it was coming. He waited just a little bit too long to defend it. And I was able to move in there and get the pass. I m not sure I had enough for Michael (Cooper). It was about all of the car I had, said Kozarov. The guys don t make very many mistakes in the GTS division. The GTS class is fantastic competition. All of the cars run about the same times. You really have to scrap at it to run up front. That s what we want. We don t want it easy. We just didn t have enough for Michael today. So we ll take second and move on to the next race. I got a good start and a good first lap. Then I was trying to hang onto the lead but just couldn t quite do it, said Clucas. It was nice to have a really, good clean race with Michael (Cooper) and the Nissan (Veski Kozarov) and Jack (Baldwin) too. It was fun but, when you are leading, you obviously want to win. Michael tried to make a move a couple of laps earlier but I knew he might try it right there. But I really didn t want to go defensive into that corner. It would really slow me down then. It was still pretty early in the race and I couldn t defend every corner. He made a good clean move and I had to concede it to him. With the win, Cooper takes the lead in the driver championship with 1220 points, with Aquilante in second with 1188, and teammate Kurt Rezzetano, of Phoenixville, Pa, in the No. 37 Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302 in third with GTS drivers now head to Sonoma Raceway August for Rounds 15 and 16 of the Championship. Watch Rounds 13 and 14 on CBS Sports Network Tuesday, September 1 (time TBA). 59

61 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Wilkins Wins GTS Round 13 in Utah TOOELE, Utah - Mark Wilkins, of Toronto, Ont. took his first win of the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge GTS season with a flag-to-flag drive in Round 13 of the GTS season at Miller Motorsports Park at the Ford Grand Prix presented by VP Racing Fuels. With the green flag in the air, Wilkins in the No. 38 Kinetic Motorsports/Kia Racing PutOnTheBrakes.Org Kia Optima led into turn one, with teammate Ben Clucas, of Northampton, England driving the No. 36 Kinetic Motorsports/Kia Racing PutOnTheBrakes.Org Kia Optima following closely and slotting into second as the two Kia entries started on the front row with Wilkins on the race pole. At the same time, Dean Martin, of Westland, Mich. in the No. 50 Rehagen Racing/Picture Cars East Ford Mustang Boss 302 executed a pass for sixth on Andy Lee of Colorado Springs, Colo. in the No. 20 BestIt Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Lee battled back, however, grabbing the position from Martin and pulling a gap. Championship points leader Andrew Aquilante, of Chester Springs, Pa., in the No. 32 Phoenix American Motorsports Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302 qualified 13th but elected to start last on fresh tires. The Road America winner moved up five positions to 11th on the opening lap to win the Optima Batteries Best Start Award. At the front of the field, it was Jack Baldwin of Marietta, Ga. in the No. 73 GTSport Racing Umphrey s McGee Porsche Cayman S that closed on the leading pair of Kias by lap three, with a five-car train for the race lead, also including Vesko Kozarov of Salt Lake City, Utah in the No. 23 Nissan/Skullcandy/Stance Nissan 370Z and Michael Cooper of Syosset, N.Y. driving the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro Z28. Martin fell back to seventh at this point, and faced pressure from a closing Kurt Rezzetano, of Phoenixville, Pa. in the No. 37 Phoenix American Motorsports Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, as well as his Phoenix teammate Aquilante, who had worked his way up to eighth. By lap 9, Kozarov, went wide in turn one, trying a move on Baldwin, allowing the driver of the No. 73 machine to stay in third place. As Baldwin continued to stay with the lead group, Kozarov stayed with him, while Cooper fell back a bit, losing touch with the leaders. The battle at the front of the field intensified on lap 13 as Baldwin moved on Clucas, challenging the Kia for second position. This allowed Wilkins to extend his lead a bit over second and third. Three laps later it was Kozarov who challenged Baldwin for third place in turn one. The Nissan driver couldn t make the move stick, but increased Baldwin s urgency, as the Porsche attacked Clucas and those two went side-by-side for second, with Clucas keeping the spot. A lap later Baldwin tried the same move again, this time executing the pass and grabbing second place ahead of the Kia of Clucas. Lee also tracked down Cooper, as the two Camaro drivers battled, with Lee taking the fifth spot on lap 20. Back at the front, Kozarov followed Baldwin s initiative, passing Clucas to take third on lap 21 while Baldwin was chasing down Wilkins for the lead. With two laps to go, Baldwin had closed to seven tenths off Wilkins. Coming to the white flag, onto the front straight, Baldwin pulled his Porsche alongside the Kia. A few corners later, with the final circuit of 60

62 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Miller Motorsports Park winding down, Baldwin put his No. 73 on the inside of Wilkins, but couldn t make the pass stick, with Wilkins taking his first win of the season over Baldwin, with Kozarov finishing third. Aquilante, the points leader coming into the race, finished 10th. He won both the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger for gaining seven positions during the race. Tony Gaples won the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award for his pass on Mark Klenin, of Lone Tree, Colo., in the No. 62 Schomp Auto/Invisible Glass/Premier Copier Klenin Performance Racing Aston Martin GT4, while the Cadillac Move of the Race Award went to Jack Baldwin for his pass of Clucas. The Top 5 were covered by almost nothing there for first part of the race, said Wilkins. We knew that tire wear was going to be an issue. We were driving as hard as we could but we didn t want to drive the tires off the car. I knew Jack was going to be strong. He has been at the end of the race. We had just enough today. I m not sure if the result would have been the same with one more lap. So I m very happy it ended when it did. It s a tough battle because, if you looking in the mirror, you not concentrated on your lines on the track. Then you make mistakes. I just kept my head down and we got good results for Kia. I gave it all I had, Baldwin said. The guys gave me a great car and that is all we had today. At every race, we put it out there and there is nothing left. The Kias just have straightaway speed and they have to be weak for me to do anything with them. I thought I had a shot at him at the end but it would have taken two or three more laps. And Mark would have had to run it up high in a corner to give me an opening. But Mark is really good. I know Vesko (Kozarov) was right there and I knew he was running hot. So was I. He tried to pass down in turn one and I saw it coming. I let the kid try it. Vesko is an excellent driver too. This GTS class has a lot of very good drivers. It was pretty scrappy race, for sure, Kozarov said. I didn t have enough for Mark or Jack though. If there is any chance, I jammed up in there and see if it will work. I made a run on Jack and, if he is in shooting distance, I m going to try to take him down. To be honest, I didn t really pass Ben (Clucas). He went wide on his own. I will take another podium though. It s a busy day for me (with three races). Next up for GTS drivers is the second and final GTS race of the Miller Motorsports Park weekend, scheduled to take place at 9:45 a.m. Mountain time on Sunday, August 23. With the fastest lap of the Round 13 race, Cooper will start on pole. 61

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64 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Kozarov and Wolfe Sweep the TC and TCA Weekend at Miller. Jordan Scores First Series Win in TCB TOOELE, Utah - Vesko Kozarov of Salt Lake City, Utah swept the Touring Car class at Miller Motorsports Park in Round 15 at the Ford Grand Prix presented by VP Racing Fuels, taking the victory in the third race of the weekend, and making it three in a row. Jason Wolfe of Mount Vernon, Ohio also won his third straight race in TCA while Joey Jordan, of Fallbrook, Calif. scored the victory in his series debut weekend in Pirelli World Challenge. As the lights went out for the standing start, Kozarov in the No. 3 Skullcandy Team Nissan Nissan Altima took the lead over Alex Welch of Englewood, Colo. in the No. 16 HPA Motorsports VW Jetta GLI. It was Kozarov s last session of a busy day that saw him take the TC win earlier in the morning and finish third in the GTS race just prior to the TC start. In TCA, it was championship points leader Wolfe in the No. 36 Kinetic Motorsports Wolfe Trucking Kia Forte Koup leading from the standing start, backing up his victory performance from the Saturday morning race at Miller. Championship contender and directly trailing Wolfe in points, Patrick Seguin of Ottawa, Ont. in the No. 39 Team OST Racing helpkevinproject.com Honda Civic Si followed closely for the opening portion of the race. In TCB, Jordan s fast lap from the morning race earned him pole position in the Protomotive Corksport/Minxnails.com Mazda 2. Jordan launched off the line, and was another car leading flag-to-flag, to earn his first victory in his debut weekend. Later on the opening lap, drama ensued as John Weisberg of Webster, N.Y. in the No. 50 Berg Racing REDCOM Laboratories/Red Line Mazda MX5 slowed and dropped positions, but was able to continue. A few moments later, smoke erupted off the back of the No. 00 Motorsports Promotions USLED/Axis Roofing/AERO/RSS/Motul Porsche Cayman of Corey Fergus of Columbus, Ohio. Fergus retired without completing a lap, a hit to his title hopes as he came into the weekend leading the TC points standings. By lap 4, Welch was busy with Ernie Francis Jr. of Davie, Fla. in the No. 98 Breathless Racing Time4Learning Mazda MX-5, who stayed with the VW driver for lap after lap, looking for a way by. On the same lap, Seguin mounted his most serious challenge to Wolfe, but couldn t get by, eventually falling back behind Wolfe s Kia. Ernie Francis Jr. of Davie, Fla. in the No. 98 Breathless Racing Time4Learning Mazda MX-5 made his move on lap seven, quickly getting past Welch for second place. Welch then immediately came into the pits with an apparent problem. He was able to rejoin the race, but unable to get back out on the lead lap. As Wolfe built up his TCA lead over Seguin, Kris Wright of Pittsburgh, Penn. in the No. 34 Kinetic Motorsports Wright Automotive Group Kia Forte Koup had moved up to fourth, but went off course, losing two spots. In TCB, Jordan was methodically building up his race lead over Johan Schwartz of Huntersville, S.C. driving the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing/ZERO Cancer Chevrolet Sonic, who ran solidly in second for the race. As the race came to a quick close, Weisberg had moved his Mazda MX-5 into striking distance of thirdplace-running Steve Burns, of San Antonio, Texas, in the No. 43 Ian Lacy Racing VP Racing Fuels Ford Mustang V6. Burns was able to keep Weisberg at bay, until the two caught a trio of TCB cars involved in their own race. Burns went high and couldn t find a way by, while Weisberg went low, passing four cars in 63

65 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus one move, and taking over third place. That move earned Weisberg the Cadillac Move of the Race Award. Despite smoke coming from Weisberg s car on the closing lap, he was able to hold on to take the final podium spot in TC behind Kozarov, who won, and Francis Jr., in second. Wolfe took top honors in TCA with Seguin and Tony Rivera of Vista, Calif. in the No. 86 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Scion FR-S rounding out the podium. In the TCB class, Jordan led Schwartz and Glenn Nixon of Mission, B.C. in the No. 58 Racing.ca LaptopScreen.com/ClubRacing.com/Nixon Prosports/HPD Honda Fit to the checkered flag. Marc Sherrin of Lucas, Texas in the No. 27 Steadfast Motorsports Steadfast Funding Ford Fiesta earned the Optima Best Start Award for advancing seven positions as the lights went off. The VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award went to Paul Whiting of Pahrump, Nev. in the No. 70 Compass360 Racing Honda Performance Development Honda Civic Si who advanced eight positions during the event to finish fourth. The Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the race went to P.J. Groenke of Toronto, Ont. in the No. 8 P.J. Groenke Racing Verax.ca/Tundra/Mulligan Gold/Clairhaven Ltd/Clorox Pool&Spa/Martinrea International Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Warp Speed Computers Inc. MINI Cooper. Groenke s move was on two cars: Tom Noble of Medina, Minn. in the No. 48 Shea Racing BIR Performance Driving School/West Real Estate MINI Cooper and Ted Hough, of Farmington, Minn. in the No. 66 Shea Racing BubbaBurger/LucasOil/Coolshirt Honda Fit. I feel pretty good after all of the races today, said Kozarov. I m ready to drink some champagne tomorrow. It was a great weekend in the TC class. I was hoping for a little better result in the GTS class. But you always do when you don t win. The TC program was pretty straight forward and the Nissan car ran great. That one was rough. It s all about the traffic. Patrick (Seguin) and I were dead even. He was right on my bumper until we hit traffic, said Wolfe. Then I was able to manage it a little better. We were running a little hotter than we would like in the afternoon race. And we might lose a mile an hour or so. But that happens to everyone. At the end, I was trying to baby it through with the TCB guys and not ruin their race. Then I was able to pop through and get some air to the finish. This weekend was pretty crazy for us. We broke an axle yesterday and we were scrambling for parts. Luckily, Corksport came through and drove all night from Seattle with a new axle, said Jordan. We were able to put it together at the last minute for the morning race. We had to start from pit lane as we got there right at the green flag. I was able to find my way up to third in that one. In the afternoon race, I was able to keep it consistent and come away with the win. Of note, TC championship points contender Adam Poland, of Mount Vernon, Texas in the No. 33 EASTEX Motorsports Mazda MX-5 did not start the race. 64

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67 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Kozarov and Wolfe Score Second Wins in a Row at Miller Motorsports Park. Schwartz Wins in TCB TOOELE, Utah Salt Lake City s Vesko Kozarov scored his second win in a row at Miller Motorsports Park at the Ford Grand presented by VP Racing Fuels. Jason Wolfe, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, won his second race in a row as well in TCA, while Johan Schwartz, of Huntersville, S.C., scored his ninth win of the season. John Weisberg, of Webster, N.Y. in the No. 50 Berg Racing REDCOM Laboratories/Red Line Mazda MX-5 was on the TC pole as the lights went out on the standing start. The Mazda had a solid getaway from the line, but Alex Welch of Englewood, Colo. in the No. 16 HPA Motorsports VW Jetta GLI challenged on the inside heading for turn one, while Ernie Francis Jr. of Davie, Fla. in the No. 98 Breathless Racing Time4Learning Mazda MX5 flew around on the outside, taking the lead as the field exited the first turn. Behind them, Friday s winner Kozarov in the No. 3 Skullcandy Team Nissan Nissan Altima was forced to start last after a post-race technical infraction from Round 13. Kozarov was on the move as well, going from eighth to fourth in the opening set of corners and continuing to advance. While this was all happening, championship contender Adam Poland of Mount Vernon, Texas in the No. 33 EASTEX Motorsports/RPM Motorsports Mazda MX-5 pulled off with a reported coolant hose issue. In TCA, Patrick Seguin, of Ottawa, Ont. in the No. 39 Team OST Racing helpkevinproject.com Honda Civic Si took the lead over Jason Wolfe of Mount Vernon, Ohio in the No. 36 Kinetic Motorsports Wolfe Trucking Kia Forte Koup and Emilee Tominovich of Clarksville, Md. in the No. 72 Compass360 Racing Children s Tumor Foundation/HPD/Racing4Research.org Honda Civic Si. Tominovich won the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award for gaining six positions when the lights went off. TCA pole-sitter and 2008 Rookie-of-the-Year Jason Saini of Chicago, Ill. in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda RX-8 encountered issues and fell back to ninth. In TCB, the opening laps saw a lead battle between Glenn Nixon of Mission, B.C. in the No. 58 Racing.ca LaptopScreen.com/ClubRacing.com/Nixon Prosports/HPD Honda Fit, Johan Schwartz of Huntersville, S.C. driving the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing/ZERO Cancer Chevrolet Sonic, and Andrei Kisel of North Vancouver, B.C. in the No. 57 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com MINI Cooper. By lap two, Kozarov was still on the move in TC, getting past Welch for second and setting his sights on Francis Jr. and the race lead. In TCB, Schwartz would move on Nixon for first into turn 1 on the second lap as the three TCB leaders would continue to battle for the lead. On lap three, Wolfe moved his Kia around Seguin s Honda for the TCA lead. A lap later, Kozarov s Nissan was challenging Francis Jr., making the move for the lead on lap four and pulling a gap to take the eventual race win. In TCA Wolfe and Seguin ran nose-to-tail battling, while Schwartz was leading an entertaining race in TCB over Kisel and Nixon, with Nixon moving ahead of his teammate on lap nine into second and looking to challenge Schwartz. While Kozarov led Francis Jr., one of the best battles in the race was for fourth, as Corey Fergus of Columbus, Ohio in the No. 00 Motorsports Promotions USLED/Axis Roofing/AERO/RSS/Motul Porsche Cayman found his way by Weisberg. 66

68 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus On lap 12, Kris Wright of Pittsburgh, Pa. in the No. 34 Kinetic Motorsports Wright Automotive Group Kia Forte Koup moved into third in TCA, with Tony Rivera of Vista, Calif. in the No. 86 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Scion FR-S in fourth and Tominovich in fifth. Rivera moved past Wright two laps later to take third place. Fergus and Weisberg would meanwhile follow nose-to-tail in fourth and fifth in TC until lap 16, when they caught Welch s VW who was running third. On lap 17, Fergus made a move for third on Welch, but Fergus ran out of road, as Weisberg capitalized to take fourth, demoting Fergus back to fifth. Later in the lap, Weisberg and Welch would make contact coming onto the front straight. Weisberg s Mazda would spin and continue, while Welch held onto third ahead of Fergus for the remainder of the lap. Fergus Porsche would find its way by for the final podium spot a lap later, earning him the Cadillac ATS-V Move of the Race for the pass, with Welch finishing fourth and Weisberg completing the top five. In TCA, Wolfe edged Seguin for the victory with Rivera in third. In TCB, Schwartz would hold on for the race win, also taking the StopTech Brake Late Finish First Award. Nixon was second in TCB, ahead of Joey Jordan of Fallbrook, Calif. in the No. 47 Protomotive Corksport/Minxnails.com Mazda 2 who finished third after charging through the field. Jordan won both the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award for passing nine cars after starting in the pits and also took home the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for improving 11 spots overall during the race. I got another good start, said Kozarov. It was a little entertaining in the early laps but all went smoothly. We cleaned up the car pretty well last night and I thought the car was really tuned up for this morning s race. Being cooler this morning was very good for us too. This afternoon s race will be tougher in the hotter conditions. I had a horrible start as my hand slipped right off the shift knob, explained Wolfe. We had to work our way back up then and I used traffic to my advantage to get the lead. The first half of the race was super critical to be smooth and consistent. I had to watch my tires again this morning with the front wheel drive car. Even with the cooler conditions, the tires wear about the same. So at the beginning of the race, you really have to pull that gap since you know how the car works at the end. I really like this track, especially the long corners. It s fun to drive. We had a little problem with shifter linkage on Friday as the little clip came off, Schwartz said. And the gearbox was stuck in fifth gear with two laps to go and leading, I figured I just needed to hit my marks for the win. Glenn (Nixon) put the pressure on me the whole time in today s race. I didn t to get too rattled because he was all over me. It got a little hairy when Glenn tried to make an inside pass. If I would have turned in, we would have collected each other. I thought it was a little ambitious, to be honest. Fortunately nothing happened because both of us could have been out on that one. 67

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70 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus Kozarov Wins Round 13 at Miller Motorsports Park. Wolfe and Nixon Win in TCA and TCB TOOELE, Utah - Salt Lake City s Vesko Kozarov scored the TC win at Miller Motorsports Park for the Ford Grand Prix presented by VP Racing Fuels. Jason Wolfe, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, won in TCA and Glenn Nixon, of Mission, B.C. won in TCB. For Kozarov, it s his fifth win of the season and third straight. Wolfe scored his fourth win of the season, while Nixon won his fifth race of the season. From the rolling start, Alex Welch of Englewood, Colo. who had started third in the No. 16 HPA Motorsports VW Jetta GLI charged into the TC lead into turn one, but wasn t able to hold it as Corey Fergus of Columbus, Ohio in the No. 00 Motorsports Promotions USLED/Axis Roofing/ AERO/RSS/Motul Porsche Cayman grabbed the lead after starting on the outside of the front row. Kozarov in the No. 3 Skullcandy Team Nissan Nissan Altima had qualified on pole but was forced to start seventh due to a penalty issued from Round 12 at Mid-Ohio. The local driver wasted no time at the drop of the green, quickly passing four cars and assuming the third position by the middle of the opening lap. While the battle for the lead was going on, TC championship contender Adam Poland, of Mount Vernon, Texas in the No. 33 EASTEX Motorsports/RPM Motorsports Mazda MX5 pulled off near the end of lap 1 and did not finish. In TCA, pole sitter Wolfe, in the No. 36 Wolfe Trucking Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup took the lead through turn 1 over second on the grid Patrick Seguin, of Ottawa, Ont. In the No. 39 helpkevinproject.com Team Ost Racing Honda Civic Si. Through lap 1, Wolfe s teammate Kris Wright, of Pittsburgh, Pa., in the No. 34 Wright Automotive Group Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup, who had started seventh on the TCA grid rocketed up to third. Wright earned the Optima Batteries Best Start Award for gaining four positions off of the start. In TCB, pole sitter Nixon, in the No. 58 LaptopScreen.com/ClubRacing.com/Nixon Prosports/HPD Honda Fit took the lead through turn 1 with class points leader Johan Schwartz, of Huntersville, S.C., in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing/ZERO Cancer Chevrolet Sonic who started third, battling with Andrei Kisel, of North Vancouver, B.C., in the No. 57 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com MINI Cooper, who had started second. Schwartz passed Kisel for second on lap 2. With one lap in the books, pole sitter Ernie Francis Jr. of Davie, Fla. in the No. 98 Breathless Racing Time4Learning Mazda MX-5, moved back up to challenge for the lead into turn one. Fergus defended which allowed Kozarov to further close on the lead pack. On lap three, it was a three-car fight for the lead also including Welch, and a lap later, Kozarov moved on Francis Jr. for second. On lap five, Kozarov passed Fergus for the race lead, while John Weisberg of Webster, N.Y. in the No. 50 Berg Racing REDCOM Laboratories/Red Line Mazda MX-5 joined the battle at the front of the field. In TCA, Wolfe had gained a two-second lead over Seguin, while Seguin gapped Wright by six seconds. Nixon, Schwartz and Kisel were nose to tail in TCB. On lap six, Tony Rivera, of Vista, Calif., in the No. 86 Tiburon Motorsports Brass Monkey Racing Scion FR-S, who had started fourth on the day, moved back up to pass Wright for third. Kozarov started to gap the field by lap seven, having pulled out a three-second lead in two laps, while Francis Jr. used a lapped car as a pick to get around Fergus for second position. Welch followed in his 69

71 Last Time at Utah Motorsports Campus VW, moving to third and demoting Fergus to fourth as Weisberg moved in on the Porsche driver. Welch was awarded the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race for his move around Fergus. By lap 11, Weisberg moved around Fergus, while Kozarov managed a 3.5 second race lead. Two laps later, Francis Jr. turned up his pace, and started to take time out of the Nissan s margin. In TCB, Schwartz ran side-by-side with Nixon through turn 6 and the Witchcraft section of the track finally making the pass for the lead through the Attitudes and turns 16, 17 and 18. Schwartz was awarded the Cadillac ATS-V Move of the Race for the pass. In TCA, Wolfe maintained his lead over Seguin and Rivera. Soon after, Schwartz s Sonic suffered a mechanical issue and he dropped back allowing Nixon to regain the lead. Van Svenson, of Hyde Park, N.Y. in the No. 2 Hack Racing Chevrolet Sonic moved into second with Nixon s teammate Wei Lu, of Richmond, B.C. in the No. 58 Racing.ca/Nixon Prosports/LaptopScreen.com/Miniusa.com MINI Cooper moving into third. By the final lap, the TC lead margin was down to 1.3 seconds, with Kozarov winning over a charging Francis Jr. by.411 seconds. Welch would complete the podium in third, with Weisberg and Fergus following. Wolfe completed the flag-to-flag win never being challenged, while Nixon took the win in TCB. Of note, Nixon won the StopTech Brake Late Finish First Award, while Canadian Samantha Tan of Gormley, Ont. in the No. 38 Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining eight positions during the race. It was a pretty run today and Ernie (Francis Jr.) was really coming back strong at the end, said Kozarov. We expected the tire degradation with the front wheel car. But it was good race and I had come through some traffic early on the start. But it went pretty clean. We don t have that much straightaway speed, so the key to get away at the start if possible. We ll be tuned up Saturday for the standing start now. We ll make it happen. I got a good start and then I tried to manage the tires, said Wolfe. I wanted to be consistent. That was important. This is really a fun track. It s so much better than the west track. On the rolling start, the Civic (Patrick Seguin) was right with me on my door and then I was able to open it up a bit on him. Now, on Saturday, we ll have a standing start and I m usually pretty good on those. So I m ready for it. Johan (Schwartz) had a gearbox problem at the end, said Nixon. We had a very good race and it s a fun track. I m very happy for Wei (Lu in third) in getting his first podium of the year. We had a good draft going with Andrei (Kisel) but we got split up with traffic. It was good race for points and we hope to have another one on Saturday. Then we ll have a fighting chance going into (Mazda Raceway) Laguna Seca. My start was good but I hoping that my teammates would have been in there a little closer at the start. I was hoping to have drafting partners today but that didn t work out. TC, TCA and TCB drivers now get set for Round 14 on Saturday scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Mountain time. Kozarov had the fastest lap in TC during the race and will start on pole, while Jason Saini, of Chicago, Ill., in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda Mazda RX-8 had the fastest time in TCA and will start first on the grid in class. Svenson will start on pole in TCB after having the fastest lap in class. 70

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73 Mid-Ohio GT/GTA Rd.15 GT Cup Rd.14 Lexington, Ohio Number-two GT qualifier Michael Cooper (Syosset, N.Y.) took the top spot on the podium on Sunday s Round 15 GT/GTA competition at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio presented by Honda Racing HPD. In GTA, Glen Cove, N.Y. s Michael Schein completed the sweep and secured his second win of the weekend, while GT Cup contender Alec Udell (Woodlands, Texas) did the same and repeated his trip to the top step in victory lane. Cooper, driving the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-V.R. GT3, could only manage a seventh-place finish in Saturday s competition, but a 1: second lap time in that race was good enough for a P2 start in Sunday s Round 15 competition, just seconds behind pole-sitter Alvaro Parente (No. 9 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3). A lead pass during the first lap of the race put Cooper in front, where he remained for 38 laps the entirety of the race and secured his second 2016 win with a second margin of victory. RealTime Racing s Ryan Eversley, piloting the No. 43 Acura TLX-GT, started Round 15 in the fourth row of the grid at P8, but also threaded through traffic during the first lap and quickly found himself in second place. Throughout the fifty minutes of competition, Eversley held off challengers while putting pressure on Cooper, but could not find the opportunity to overtake and finished the race in second place. The battle for third place was waged by Parente and Cooper-teammate Johnny O Connell (Flowery Branch, Ga.) in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-V.R. GT3. In Lap 28, as GT competitors lapped traffic, Parente ran off-line in an attempt to further close the gap to Eversley. This off-track excursion required Parente to enter the pits clean off his car s grill, the move that allowed O Connell to more-easily move in to third place. O Connell managed to hold the spot for the remaining laps of the race and placed him on the podium again, his first appearance since Round 10 at Lime Rock where he also finished third. First, I have to go back to Saturday with the race and getting the second fastest lap, said Cooper. Generally, I will get an update on lap times during the races. Usually it is not a constant update. But those updates just kept coming on Saturday. With ten minutes, I told the team that I don t need any more updates. I know what I need to do. I knew the fastest lap would be made on the last lap. I couldn t advance my position in the race so I made sure I could get a fast lap late. With the second fastest race lap, it secured us a spot on the front row. The track was super slick on line Saturday. So for the start of today s race, Alvaro (Parente) would have the inside going into turn five. I knew it might be a little slick for him. I wouldn t be at a disadvantage being on the outside on the back straight. So that was the move I took and ran side-by-side up and over the hill. And he got loose coming out of turn five and I was able to clear him for the lead. I ran hard for two laps before I looked up and saw Ryan (Eversley) coming. I couldn t believe it and I had to defend against him for quite a while. He had pressure on him throughout the race. Then Alvaro was really coming and close the gap on us. He was very strong at the end but got caught up in traffic at the end. Ryan kept me honest the entire race. Saturday s racing surface was so slippery. Maybe the slickest dry track surface I have ever been on. I think it caught a lot of people out yesterday. Today s track wasn t quite so bad. Traffic was the hardest part of today s race. The guys at the back of the field today weren t giving us an inch in the race. It was very hard to get around them. I m now looking forward to going to Utah next. It s a track I like and I have had a lot of success there too. I got a run on Michael Lewis at the start and he left me a lane on the outside, said Eversley. So I went soft on the brakes into Turn Four and tried to keep Parente outside of me. We went through the Esses and I used the Acura TLX power to get a gap. I m really happy to have a weekend like this here in front of so many Honda associates! In GTA, Schein s win and fast lap time in Saturday s race afforded him the pole position in the class, where he drove the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R to the top of the podium again. Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, entered Round 15 as the overall GTA points leader and managed to retain the position with a second place finish and the record-setting competition fast lap (provisional) of 1: seconds in the next-to-last lap of the race. 72

74 Starting from the last qualifying row, local Ohioan Michael McCann (North Canton, Ohio) (No. 82 Yeti/McCann Racing Dodge Viper GT3R) came back from an incident early in Saturday s race that prevented him from finishing to claim the third spot on the podium. This is veteran McCann s second straight series appearance this year after returning at Road America last month. It was a tough start for us today, Schein explained of his first-place finish. Martin (Fuentes) got a little bit of jump on me and we were side-by-side in a few corners. So I stayed aggressive and I think I got him in turn eight for the class lead. I was on the inside there and he was outside when I took the lead. It was a lot different race than Saturday. It was green flag for the entire 50 minutes and it felt qualifying the whole way. I just had to be on it the entire time. I saw Martin in my mirror the whole time. There were parts of the race where I would gap him and I would relax just slightly and he would be closing. Then I had to push harder. But the car stayed beneath me the full race and I am happy to get the double win this weekend. It was a lot of hard work. It feels great. Udell s win today continues the young upstart s continuous winning streak this year to five. The No. 20 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup driver provisionally set the lap record in GT Cup competition for Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course at 1: Urry takes the second spot on the podium again and continues his charge to recapture the lead in points. Local competitor Corey Fergus also the podium in the same position (third) for the second time this weekend. Udell stated, It wasn t easy today. I had a good battle with Sloan Urry in the first couple of laps. We bumped a little early but I was able to pull away later in the race. I think we had a better car today than Saturday. We made some changes overnight that we felt would help for today and I think the team was right with those changes. I was able to run away a bit later in the race. I just stayed patient and looked for the right opportunities to move up in the field. It s a good points weekend for us and keeping our goal of the championship right in our sights. I m flying back to Houston and then driving to South Carolina tomorrow to get ready for my junior year at Clemson. So it s a busy week before we head to Utah Motorsports Campus for the next PWC race. Of note, the following awards were issued for the Optima Batteries Best Start Award went to Ryan Eversley (GT No. 43) for his 6-position gain; the Cadillac Move of the Race Award was given to Michael Cooper (GT No. 8) for his pass for the lead during Lap 1; the KIA Turning Point of the race was determined to be Alvaro Parente s (GT No. 9) late-race trouble; the MotorTrendOnDemand.com Clean Pass was awarded to Spencer Pumpelly (GT. No 34 RealTime Racing Acura TLX-GT) overtake of Patrick Long (GT No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R) in Turn 4 on Lap 28 and the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger award was given to JD Davison (GT No. 33) for his movement of 11 positions up from his point on the qualifying grid. In each class, the best laps were turned by: Spencer Pumpelly (GT No. 34 RealTime Racing Acura TLX- GT) with a 1: in Lap 27; Martin Fuentes (GTA No. 07) with a 1: in Lap 37; and Alec Udell (GT Cup No. 17) with a 1: in Lap 22. All three of those laps provisionally set the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course lap records in competition for each respective class. Watch extended coverage of the Pirelli World Challenge on CBS Sports Network starting Sunday, August 7, at 4 p.m. Eastern. 73

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76 Mid-Ohio GT/GTA Rd. 14 GT Cup Rd.13 LEXINGTON, Ohio Alvaro Parente of Porto, Portugal secured the GT Round 14 win at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio presented by Honda Racing HPD. In GTA, Glen Cove, N.Y. s Michael Schein took the top of the podium, while GT Cup points leader and Woodlands, Tex. native Alec Udell posted another class win. Parente, driving the No. 9 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3, came into the weekend with a small lead in points but managed to qualify for P2 next to teammate Austin Cindric in the pole position, in spite of the lack of practice on-track Friday due to inclement weather. Taking advantage of a full-course yellow just after the rolling start, Parente put himself in the position to overtake Cindric in the third lap in Turn 5. Even with two more full-course yellow conditions in the 30-lap race, Parente managed to keep a lead over Cindric until the checkered flag. Cindric, 17, driving the No. 6 K-PAX McLaren 650S GT3 car, finished just seconds behind Parente to secure second place from his qualifying pole position, running a fastest lap of only 0.2-seconds behind Parente s. Bryan Heitkotter, of Fresno, Calif., held the stellar third-place position he earned in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GT-R GT3 during qualifying while simultaneously planning attacks for second place positioning and fending off fourth-place qualifier and finisher Jon Fogarty in the No. 99 Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing McLaren 650S GT3. Said Parente, Mid-Ohio is a very unique track. It s not like anything really in Europe. It s a tricky place too. You seem to be sliding before you get grip. But it is fun to drive. I think Austin (Cindric) got a little loose and wide as we came on to the back straightaway and I was able to get a run on him for the lead (on lap three). He is a very talent young driver. He may be only 17 years old but he has a lot of racing laps under him already. He has a very bright future in motorsports. While the U.S. tracks are new to me this year, I am having a very fun time. He continued, Of course, we had a tough first weekend at Austin (COTA) but since then it s been a great time. Obviously, winning is always nice too. The K-PAX team is doing a great job with the cars as you could see today. Poor Colin (Thompson, Parente s teammate) has had some really tough luck this year and it happened again today to him. Having been a McLaren factory driver for five years, I do have a lot of experience with these types of cars. I m not that old (age 31) but I do help Austin and Colin, who are 17 and 21 years old. I think we have a very good relationship as teammates. It s a fun experience racing in the U.S. this year. In GTA, Michael Schein drove the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R from his record-setting qualifying pole position consistently through the race traffic and yellow-flag conditions to take the top of the podium in the class. GTA points leader Martin Fuentes, piloting the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, avoided an incident early in the race that took out number-two GTA qualifier Michael McCann (No. 82 McCann Racing Dodge Viper GT3) allowing Fuentes to move into second position from P3 where he qualified and ultimately held on to take the second step on the GTA podium. Joseph Toussaint (No. 90 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R) made his fourth season start from the back of the GTA qualifying grid but a trip to the GTA podium, running in third place. Schein explained, The start of the race was pretty wild with many spins and cars going off track. I had to concentrate on my lines and be ready for each restart. The Wright Motorsports crew did a great job with the Porsche 911 since we tested here last week. I think that gave us a head start over the other guys due to Friday s cancelled practice session due to the rain. Once we started running consistently with no yellow flags in the race, I could drive a good pace and stay out front. As for the championship, I missed three races early in the year and Martin (Fuentes) won the first seven races, so I need him to have some trouble in the next few events to close in on him in the points. My goal now is just to go and win races. Then we will see how the points fall at the end of the year. He concluded, Overall, it was a very good race for us. 75

77 Porsche GT Cup s field saw qualifying record-setter Alec Udell (No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) hold off repeated attacks from number-two qualifier Sloan Urry (No. 20 TruSpeed Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) and P3 holder Corey Fergus (No. 00 Motorsports Promotions Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) as they strategically jockeyed for the lead. Ultimately, the trio finished the race in the same order in which they qualified. I got a good start but Sloan (Urry) made a some aggressive moves and we touched a few times, Udell stated. Luckily I was able to open up a gap and get the win. It was a very competitive race. This win helps towards our goal of the championship. I ll drive to Clemson (S.C.) next week for my junior year in college. It s a 14-hour drive from Houston. I ll get moved into my house there and start school in two weeks. I m majoring in mechanical engineering and we start to work on car-based activities this year. In the meantime, I ll race at Utah before school starts in the middle of August. It s been a busy summer with my racing and my internship in Austin also. But I m anxious to get back to school and see a few football games too. Go Tigers! The Optima Batteries Best Start Award went to Udell (GT Cup No. 17) for his 6-position gain. The Cadillac Move of the Race Award was given to Alvaro Parente (GT No. 9) for his pass of Austin Cindric (GT No. 6) to take the lead during lap three. The KIA Turning Point of the race was determined to be Pat Long s (GT No. 58) avoidable-contact penalty and subsequent service of the assigned drive-through penalty. The MotorTrendOnDemand.com Clean Pass was awarded to Bryan Heitkotter (GT No. 05) for his pass of Jon Fogarty (GT No. 99) for third place. The VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger award was given to Alec Udell (GT Cup No. 17) for his movement of 8 positions up from his point on the qualifying grid. In each class, the best laps were turned by: Alvaro Parente (GT No. 9) with a 1:20.778; Michael Schein (GTA No. 16) with a 1:21.790; and Sloan Urry (GT Cup No. 20) with a 1: GT, GTA and GT Cup classes next take to the track on Sunday at 11:15a.m. for GT/GTA Round 15 and GT Cup Round 14. Live streaming will be available on MotorTrendOnDemand.com while live timing will be available at World-Challenge.com. Watch extended coverage on CBS Sports Network starting Sunday August 7th at 4p.m. Eastern. 76

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79 Aschenbach Wins Mid-Ohio GTS Rd.13 Lexington, Ohio Lawson Aschenbach won in GTS Round 13 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio presented by Honda Racing HPD. Nate Stacy, tying his second best career finish, finished second from a seventh place qualifying position while top qualifier Brett Sandberg rounded up the podium at third. The single GTS race of the weekend opened with a standing start and Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports/KTM XBow GT4, sitting in pole posititon. Jade Buford (No. 45 SIN Cars/Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4), Lawson Aschenbach (No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro), and Jeff Courtney (No. 99 RecStuff.com/Kenda/TBA Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo) started from P2 through P4, respectively. A slow launch from Sandberg allowed Aschenbach to pass before the first turn while contact between Buford and Courtney drew a yellow flag as both cars left the track. The lap three restart found Aschenbach, Martin Barkey (No. 80 Mantella Autosport KTM XBow GT4), Stacy (No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302), and Sandberg holding the top four positions. By lap four, Stacy had maximized the advantage of the previous yellow flag condition and had moved up one position from his third-place restart and five positions from his seventh place starting position into second place, just behind Aschenbach. An incident during lap six brought the full-course yellow flag out again, effectively closing the leads developed from the previous yellow flag condition. Upon the return to green flag conditions in lap eleven, Stacy continued to challenge Aschenbach for the lead while a battle for third developed among Jack Roush, Jr., in his No. 60 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302, Scott Dollahite in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, Tony Gaples in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevolet Camaro Z28, Barkey and Sandberg. During lap fourteen, Barkey ran off-line and dropped from fifth to twelfth position and out of the third-place battle, while Scott Heckert, driving the No. 16 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, managed to resurrect a last-place qualifying position into a competitive aim at the third-place finish. After quite a few laps of Roush, Jr., holding off Sandberg for the third place spot, Sandberg was finally able to take an inside line on turn nine of lap 22 to capture third place. Shortly after, Heckert was able to take Roush, Jr., and position himself for third place contention with Sandberg, but ran out of time as the checkered flag dropped, stopping his charge from last qualifying position at fourth place. The starts have been the story of the year for us, Aschenbach explained. If we don t start well, we can t get the lead. We are down on straight line speed so it is very difficult to pass. I m not going to lie. I got fortunate today with the front row having trouble off the line. I don t know how much room was between each car but I somehow figured out how to put a big ole Camaro in that spot and take the lead. It s a lot easier to control the race from the lead than from behind. Aschenbach also remarked, I was surprised about the pressure from Nate (Stacy). He was throwing down some mega laps today. Our strength is cornering with the Camaro. We know have to a lead and manage our tires. Then hope no one can catch us. I was flat out the whole time today. There was no managing the tires. Nate was very fast and I needed to hold the lead. For the last couple of races, we have struggled. Road America was a huge hit to our championship run. This team fights back and we found some stuff this weekend to help us in the future too. The big thing here with the big heavy car is patience. I have driven open-wheel cars and many different sports cars here. It s a constant battle of dealing with weight and corner speed. We have to pick our placement in each corner. We set our car up with quite a bit of understeer to save the tires too. I got a good start and it looked like I had chance to get by Lawson (Aschenbach) for the lead on the back straight, said Stacy, but he had the inside and the braking point too. That was probably the closest we were going to get to passing up. Luckily Jack (Roush Jr.) held up (Brett) Sandberg for a long time too. This is my fourth race at Mid-Ohio and it s a great race track. Very fun. We had a bit of speed on Lawson on the 78

80 straightaways and he had us on the straightaways. He was able to pull away a bit late in the race. But overall it was a very good race for our team. On his mis-start from pole position, Sandberg surmised, I don t know if it was the reflection of the sun on the light board but I couldn t see the first light. I never saw the initial set of lights come on and I was late when the second set lit. So I was sitting there waiting when everyone took off. Jade (Buford) might have done the same thing, because he didn t go either. And he got collected at the start (with Jeff Courtney). I fell back dramatically and had to work my way back into contention. I had a good race with Jack (Roush Jr.) for third and I think his tires might have worn a little more with the bigger car. I was able to get into third at that point. I knew I needed to get by him between turns four and twelve. Luckily I was able to and get back on the podium. This is Aschenbach s fourth win of the season. Watch extended coverage of this weekend s GTS race on CBS Sports Network, premiering on Thursday, August 11th at 10p.m. Eastern or catch the archived Live Stream beginning August 14th on MotorTrendOnDemand.com. With the postponed GTS race added to the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, GTS competitors next hit the track at Utah Motorsports Park on August 12th for Rounds 14 and 15. Results and points are provisional until posted Final. Of note. Roush Jr. was the winner of the Optima Batteries Best Start Award, gaining six positions at the start, while Stacy won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award by advancing five spots Saturday. Sandberg s pass of Roush Jr. for third place on lap 23 was voted the Cadillac ATS-V Best Move of the Race while the KIA Turning Point of the Race was the contact between Courtney and Buford on lap one. Heckert recorded the best lap of the race with a 1: and also collected the MotorTrendOnDemand.com Clean Pass with the turn five pass of Jason Alexandridis. 79

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82 Eversley, Montecalvo and Udell Score Victories at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Ryan Eversley, Frankie Montecalvo and Alec Udell won in Sunday s GT/GTA Round 13 and GT Cup Round 12, respectively, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America presented by Cadillac. Weather conditions for the 50-minute race saw overcast skies following early morning rain with a relatively dry track and temperatures in the low 70s and climbing quickly. The clock started on the race after the first processional lap, with Race Control issuing an extra pace lap due to slightly damp track conditions as a result of heavy rain earlier in the morning. From pole, Saturday winner Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX-GT, fended off an early challenge from second-on-the-grid Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT-R, while Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, pulled into third and J D Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3 followed in fourth from seventh on the field completed the first lap of the race. In GTA, Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME Racing Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3, launched cleanly from pole into first and 14th overall, with Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3-R, in 17th overall and second in class followed by Andy Wilzoch, in the No.45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche GT3R. GTA championship points leader Martin Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, was in fourth but running off the pace with a mechanical issue. A full-course caution was brought out on the opening green-flag lap as GTA driver Michael McCann s No. 82 McCann Racing Yeti GT3R Dodge Viper GT3 made contact with the wall in turn one. McCann was not injured. With the field behind the safety car, Eversley led Heitkotter, Fong and Davison with Peter Cunningham, in the No. 42 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/RealTime Acura TLX-GT, in fifth and Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing ATS-V.R., in sixth after starting ninth, while Patrick Long, in the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, ran in seventh. GT Cup saw Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, lead from pole followed by Sloan Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Corey Fergus, in the No. 00 Motorsports Promo Byers Porsche, US LED, Motul Porsche 911 GT Cup. The green flag came back out on lap seven and Eversley led Heitkotter while behind them, contact saw Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8, spin in turn one with the incident also involving Michael Lewis, in the No. 98 Calvert Dynamics/Curb-Agajanian Phoenix Performance/Brett King Designs/Boys Republic Porsche 911 GT3R. Lewis would receive a drive-through penalty for the contact. A few corners later, Austin Cindric, in the No. 6 K-PAX Racing REV Group/Fleetwood RV McLaren 650S GT3, and Jon Fogarty, in the No. 99 Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing McLaren 650S GT3, made contact in turn five, sending Fogarty spinning. Cindric received a drive-through penalty for the contact. In GTA, Montecalvo maintained his lead over Schein and Wilzoch on the restart, while Udell stayed out in front over Urry and Fergus in GT Cup, followed by Alex Welch, driving the No. 08 GMG Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Preston Calvert, in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Lap eight saw issues for O Connell, who lost multiple positions with Long, Cooper, and Alvaro Parente, in the No. 9 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S passing the four-time and defending Pirelli World Challenge GT Champion. O Connell would continue to drop back during the race. Montecalvo would move up to 10th overall by lap eight, with Schein up to 16th and Wilzoch up to 19th in GTA, while Udell stretched his lead over Urry in GT Cup to a full second. An unscheduled visit to pit road for Davison on lap nine erased any chances of a strong run for the Nissan driver in the GT class. By lap 10, Eversley continued to lead, but only by.914 seconds over Heitkotter, with.677 seconds back to Fong in third, who was followed by Cunningham and Long. 81

83 Montecalvo continued his charge in GTA on lap 10, continuing to lead and now up to eighth overall, followed by Schein who was up to 13th overall and second in class, but some 19 seconds behind the Mercedes driver. In GT Cup, Udell had taken off, with a four-second lead over Urry and another second back to Fergus in third.cooper moved past Long for fifth on lap 11 with a pass in turn one, and then proceeded to close in on fourth-place running Cunningham, passing him on lap 14 into Canada Corner. The pass was awarded the Cadillac ATS-V Best Move of the Race. In GTA, Montecalvo s lead was up to 31 seconds over Schein, with Wilzoch in third. Fuentes retired from the race on lap 16 even though he was running off the pace, Fuentes continued to complete laps in order to collect valuable points based on completing 50 percent of the race distance. As Eversley s lead built to 3.5 seconds on lap 17, Cooper closed on Fong for the final podium spot while Heitkotter slowed on the front stretch with an issue, sending him dropping down the running order from a potential second place finish at Road America. Eversley would go on to take the victory, sweeping the Road America weekend for RealTime in the No. 43 Acura, with Fong and Cooper completing the podium and Cunningham and Long finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. In GTA, Montecalvo scored a dominating flag-to-flag win, finishing seventh overall with a 41-second lead on Schein in second, with Wilzoch completing the class podium.udell marked a flag-to-flag win in GT Cup, his second victory in as many days, scoring the win over Urry by eight seconds, with Fergus on the final podium spot. The Optima Batteries Best Start Award went to Colin Thompson, in the No. 13 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3, who improved five positions on the opening lap. Thompson was also the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger, with a nine-place gain during the race to finish eighth overall. The Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race went to Marcelli who passed two cars in turn 14 on the last lap. On the green, Bryan (Heitkotter) and I went side-by-side into turn one, said Eversley. I knew he had a little more aero than we did but I felt we were going to have a good race here. I think he waited for me to brake into turn one. I was a little conservative into turn one due to the wetness on the inside of the pavement. We went side-by-side down into turn three and I just stuffed it into the corner. Of course, I got sideways and almost looped the darn thing. Then the yellow came out with the Viper hitting the wall in turn one. So the restart we were single file and I got a good start and held the lead. Our Acura is very fast in a straight line but, when we get behind people, we lose a lot of front grip. You saw that Peter (Cunningham) was fast yesterday when he was out by himself. But today he was stuck behind guys at the start and that hampered his pace. That was my goal for me was to be fast at the start and run in the clean air. Actually, I was happy for the long yellow period because it helped dry the track more. I don t mind driving in the wet but a lot of dumb things happen in the rain. Myself included. On Saturday, we tried to save the tires a bit in the middle of the race. But today, knowing there was only about 20 minutes left in the race, I just put my head down and drove hard to the finish. The race went great for us compared to Saturday, said Montecalvo. The car hasn t been good lately and we think it was from some of the damage with the crash at Long Beach. We had a failure at Long Beach that got me in the wall. We ll be receiving a chassis for Mid-Ohio. So I m excited to start fresh there with new car. I really stayed out of trouble today and tried to stay up with Ryan (Eversley, overall winner). I think we were seventh overall and we want to move up into the GT field. I want to think positive with the new chassis now. The upcoming tracks line up better and better for us. We just have to forget about the past races now and move forward for the rest of the season. At that start of the race, I used some of the yellow period to find where the grip was around the track. I was looking for wet spots on the track. But everything was pretty good. It was unfortunate that we had a car (McCann) in the wall in turn one at the start. That took away some of the racing time for us, said Udell. I was surprised how quickly the track dried today during the yellow flag session. But that meant we could push as hard as we wanted to the end of the race. The GMG crew put 82

84 together another great car for me. I wasn t entirely satisfied with the car on Sat urday and the team made some changes that helped today. So we showed it today with being a little quicker. I m very happy how the car performed. Now we are looking forward to continuing the success we have had in recent races. Hopefully stretching the point gap. Results are provisional until posted final. Of note, Parente finished sixth on the day and continues to lead the GT Driver s Championship. Fuentes and Udell continue to lead the GTA and GT Cup Driver s Championships respectively. Watch extended coverage of the weekend s races from Road America on CBS Sports Network at 3 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, July 3. GT, GTA and GT Cup drivers and teams next take to the track at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, July

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86 Eversley, Schein and Udell Score Pirelli World Challenge Victories at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Ryan Eversley, Michael Schein and Alec Udell won GT, GTA Round 12 and GT Cup Round 11, respectively, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America presented by Cadillac. Weather conditions for the 50-minute race were 81 degrees with sunny skies. With Race Control issuing a wave off on the first attempted rolling start, Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX-GT, got a run when the green flag flew from the outside of the front row and passed pole-sitter Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, for the race lead heading for turn one. On the run toward turn five, Peter Cunningham, in the No. 42 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/RealTime Acura TLX-GT who had started third, also passed Fong for second, with Fong trying to re-pass Cunningham through turn 5 but going too deep into the corner and losing multiple positions. That left the Acura teammates Eversley and Cunningham one-two, with Patrick Long, in the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, in third and Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing ATS-V.R., in fourth at the conclusion of the frantic opening green flag lap while Fong ran in fifth. In GTA, Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME Racing Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3, launched cleanly into the lead from pole in class, with Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3-R, in second and Championship points leader Martin Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, in third. In GT Cup, Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, took the early lead from pole ahead of Sloan Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Corey Fergus, in the No. 00 Motorsports Promo Byers Porsche, US LED, Motul Porsche 911 GT Cup. On lap three in GT, JD Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3, was on the move, passing Alvaro Parente, in the No. 9 K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S, for sixth position, leaving Parente to battle Michael Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS-V.R., for seventh place. A lap later in GTA, Fuentes dropped off the pace, falling to the back of the field and coming into the pits. Up front, Montecalvo led Schein by over 1.5 seconds with Andy Wilzoch, in the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche GT3R, who had moved up into third place. Meanwhile, in GT Cup, Udell continued to lead Urry and Fergus with Alex Welch, driving the No. 08 GMG Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, in fourth place and Preston Calvert, in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, in fifth. After rejoining the race, Fuentes would head back to the pits a lap later, with right rear damage forcing him to retire before the 50 percent completion point of the race, and as per the series rule book will score no points, impacting his Championship lead, while title-rival Montecalvo remained in the GTA lead overall, 10th in the overall order at that point in the race over Schein and Wilzoch. At the 15-minute mark on the race, working lap seven, Eversley had pulled a 2.9 second gap over Cunningham, with another 1.7 seconds back to Long in third, while O Connell was under attack from Fong for fourth, with Fong passing O Connell for fourth and Davison following through and around O Connell for fifth. On lap nine, Eversley s lead was up to 3.5 seconds, while Parente passed O Connell for sixth, with a reported mechanical issue on O Connell s No. 3 hampering his pace. In front of them, Fong had pulled Long in from two seconds back and pressured the Porsche driver for third place. O Connell continued to drop back, nursing his car as both Cooper and Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8, moved past the red Cadillac. 85

87 On lap 11 at the half-way point of the race, Fong executed a pass on Long to take third in GT, and found himself 4.7 seconds behind Cunningham in second place, and 8.7 seconds out of the lead. Fong s pass on Long won him the Cadillac ATS-V Best Move of the Race. At the same time, Montecalvo had fallen back to 12th overall, while Schein continued in 17th overall, with that two running one-two in GTA while in GT Cup, Udell stayed out front and added to his growing lead. By lap 17, Eversley s lead was holding steady, while the action was focused on a multi-car battle for fifth featuring Davison, Parente, Cooper and Marcelli. In GTA, Schein had closed the gap to Montecalvo for the class lead, which h ad come down from nine seconds to just 2.3 by lap 19. In GT Cup, Udell s lead was up to 4.7 seconds over Urry with Fergus holding third. At the checkered, Eversley would lead a one-two RealTime finish ahead of Cunningham, with the No. 43 driver scoring his fourth career Pirelli World Challenge victory. After starting on pole, Fong recovered after falling back to finish third ahead of Long and Davison. In GTA, Schein charged on Montecalvo, passing him for the lead on lap 21 to take the victory, his fourth of the 2016 season, over the Mercedes driver, with Wilzoch finishing third holding off a late charge from Michael McCann, in the No. 82 McCann Racing Yeti GT3R/McCann Racing/Dodge Viper GT3, who finished fourth. Udell would go on to take the checkered for the win in GT Cup, his sixth of the 2016 season, over Urry and Fergus. With the fastest lap of the race, Eversley will start on pole on Sunday ahead of Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT-R, and Cunningham in third and Fong in fourth. In GTA, Montecalvo will start on pole for Sunday, and Udell will start on the GT Cup pole. The Optima Batteries Best Start Award went to Colin Thompson, in the No. 13 K-PAX Racing Pfaff/McLaren Toronto McLaren 650S GT3, who improved three positions; while the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race went to Parente for his pass on Cooper. Urry was the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger of the race winner for gaining six positions during the race. I got a good start and Adderley (Fong) and I went into turn one side-by-side, said Eversley. I think the Acura TLX-GT V-6 had a little bit more in the straight and I grabbed the lead. He tried a big maneuver in Turn 5 and almost took us both out. But I was able to get away at that point. After PD (Cunningham) was in second, I knew I wouldn t have any trouble with anyone else like that. I was trying not to have Mr. Road America himself catch me. I have always enjoyed coming to this track and I won last year in Honda in another series. So to get the win in RealTime Racing s background is very special. I have been here almost all month doing a variety of things so it is like a second home to me. We did a two-day test here two weeks ago and really learned a lot about the Acura. I can t say enough about the HPD and Acura folks for their assistance with our team. We ran old tires and worked on the aero (dynamic) balance quite a bit. When I got clear in turn one, I felt I had a good chance of running up front. The Bentley (Fong) came back towards us at the end a bit but we watching our pace to finish with the win. It s obvious that the Acura is fast in a straight line and we have the cornering speed of some of the other cars. Getting a win here helps us with the points too. I think I had a good place to break for turn five but Adderley went a lot deeper and flew by me, said Cunningham. So I tucked in behind Ryan and was following him. It s a great 1-2 finish for Acura and RealTime Racing right here at our home track. Just hope to repeat it again on Sunday. It was a fun race and I didn t make an ideal start, said Schein. I was a little conservative and there was a lot of action in front me. I was just too cautious at the start and I didn t stick with the people I w anted to. Then I got behind early. Like we saw at Lime Rock, the Wright Motorsports crew do an excellent job in setting up the car. I saw Frankie (Montecalvo) had some problems and I was catching him. He went wide in the carousel and I was able to capitalize and move by him. I m going to keep pushing until the end of the season to close the gap on the point lead. 86

88 We led the race from green flag to checkered and that it is what you always want to do, said Udell. The car was great and we had a little bit of tire wear. We were able to keep a little bit of a gap to Sloan (Urry). My GMG team is doing a great job and we are fine tuning the car each time out this year. I learned a lot about that when I attended the young drivers academy for Porsche this winter at Barber Motorsports Park. We were able to take the information from last year here and apply it to this weekend. The Porsche is a little faster than the Mustang I drove here a year ago in another series and I had to adapt to the speed and the car. But things are going well right now. Looking forward to Sunday s race. Results are provisional until posted final. GT, GTA and GT Cup next take to Road America for their second and final race of the weekend, scheduled for 9:55 a.m. Central on Sunday. Watch the race live at motortrendondemand.com and follow live timing on world-challenge.com. 87

89 Sandberg Wins GTS Round 12 at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Brett Sandberg won in GTS Round 12 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America presented by Cadillac. Milwaukee s Jeff Courtney finished second, while Scott Heckert finished third. Weather conditions for the 50-minute race saw temperatures in the mid 80s and a few clouds on a beautiful day in Wisconsin. With the lights going out for the standing start, pole-sitter Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4, took the early lead ahead of Scott Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, who moved into second from fourth on the grid as Martin Barkey in the No. 80 Mantella Autosport MBRP Sportlab Sawmill Creative KTM X-Bow GT4, fell back to third. On the run up to turn six on the opening lap, Dollahite and Barkey made contact, with the incident also involving Jade Buford, in the No. 45 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, with all three drivers finding themselves in the grass and falling back through the field. The incident would have the worst effect on Dollahite, who was forced to visit pit road with reported suspension damage. That left Sandberg in the lead over Saturday winner Derek DeBoer, in the No. 09 TRG-AMR BRM Chronographes/Rebounderz/Rohnert Park/Racing for Cancer/Pirata Della Strada/Simon Ward Aston Martin Vantage GT4, and Ernie Francis Jr., in the No. 98 Breathless Racing Beta Tools/Liquid Performance Ford Mustang. Of note, Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, went from 18th to ninth on the opening lap, earning him the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award. By lap two, the action saw Francis Jr. holding off a charging Courtney, in the No. 99 JCR Motorsports RecStuff.com/Kenda Maserati GranTurismo, in fourth with the battle also including Anthony Mantella, driving the No. 8 Mantella Autosport Inc. Gulf KTM X-Bow, running in fifth as Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, also closed in from sixth bringing Buford and Aschenbach, who was now up to eighth, with him. After a spirited fight, Courtney passed Francis Jr. for third on lap four with a move to the inside of turn five, while at the front, Sandberg was leading DeBoer by seconds. Lap six saw Stacy enter pit road with an overheating car while Francis Jr. had his hands full, leading a tight race for fourth with Buford, Mantella and Max Riddle, in the No. 07 TRG -AMR Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions Aston Martin Vantage GT4, following. Buford made his move in turn five on lap seven, taking over the fourth position in front of Francis Jr. Riddle was the next to pass Francis Jr., taking over fifth lap later on the front straight. Aschenbach continued his move through the field, passing Mantella for eighth on lap eight, as Heckert, in the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, had moved up to seventh and then passed Francis Jr. for sixth. The moves for Aschenbach continued on lap 10, passing Francis Jr. for seventh in turn 14 and bringing Mantella with him, with Francis Jr. then re-passing Mantella. The half-way mark of the race had Sandberg in the lead with a second gap over DeBoer, who was under attack from Courtney for second place. Courtney made an attempt at the pass on lap 15, powering under DeBoer down the front straight and taking second exiting turn one, and finding himself some 4.8 seconds behind Sandberg with 15 minutes to go. The move gave Courtney the Cadillac ATS-V Best Move of the Race Award. DeBoer was then passed by Buford exiting Canada Corner, demoting DeBoer to fourth while Heckert had worked his way up to fifth on lap 17, followed by Riddle, Mantella and Aschenbach. Heckert then took over fourth place, passing DeBoer to fall in line behind his Racers Edge teammate. 88

90 On lap 18 and as the clock counted down with nine minutes to go, Courtney had upped his pace, bringing the lead gap down to seconds. Heckert then made the move for third place on his teammate, outbraking Buford into turn five and slotting into third on the charge up the hill to turn six. Sandberg would go on to take the victory, flag-to-flag, at Road America, with Courtney finishing second after making up some ground on the leader. Heckert completed the podium ahead of teammate Buford, who finished fourth as Mantella rounded out the top five. Riddle completed the race in sixth, while Aschenbach s move through the field saw the Camaro driver finish seven, with DeBoer and Francis Jr. following. George Kurtz, in the No. 04 TRG-AMR Crowd Strike Aston Martin GT4, completed the top 10 on Sunday afternoon in Elkhart Lake. Riddle was named the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger, improving 11 positions during the race. It was an eventful weekend for us, said Sandberg. I thought we were going to have a pretty good day Saturday when I saw Lawson (Aschenbach, GTS point leader) go off on the first lap. But then we had our suspension issues. I was really excited to be on the pole today. We made some changes with the X-Bow s setup as we thought conditions would be different with the IndyCar rubber. And it paid off. The crew have worked extremely hard to get the car where it is right now. That is exciting for the ANZA Motorsports team. I think the GTS series is going to continue to grow. It s testament to the series and the balance of all of the cars involved. It s tough to balance all of the different cars. It showed on Saturday. I don t think I seen a battle that close with that many different makes this year. The GTS series is only getting better and better. Surprisingly, I m a little disappointed today, said Courtney. I thought I had a car to win. Both days I had bad starts. It was tough to work my way up the field. Saturday, I kind of got bull rushed and trapped at the start. I drove hard to get up to eighth. Today, my right rear got pushed in and I caught up with some littler cars before I could get a clear track. Nothing came easy today. I thought we had a car to win. It still feels good to be on the podium. We tested here and I felt good about the car. I missed the opportunity to win in GT with the Viper a few years ago and that still stings. I think everybody has their spots out there on the track. It s tough to balance all of the different cars in the GTS class. We are very happy to be the first team to put the Maserati on the podium. If the future manufacturers who are rumored to come to GTS come into the series, it will be a fantastic category. Obviously, the GT3 class is a great show, but t he GT4 cars could be even better racing. It was a very hectic race. We started third on the grid but we have been struggling with standing start, said Heckert. I dropped back to fourth or fifth and I was elated with that, to be honest. I knew we had the pace to run up front. Then, in turn six, I think second and third got together and I had to go to the grass to avoid them. From there, I came from 14th and just ran qualifying laps to the finish. I had to be as aggressive as I could be. We did have the pace and we had a good race to finish third. It s funny when you are racing the same car (Jade Buford) as you have. You know the car s strengths and weaknesses. It s the only car in the field as my car. I notice I was a little stronger on the brakes and that helped me get by Jade. The racing on Saturday in GTS was outstanding and today would have been good too if the start wasn t jumbled up. Coming from NASCAR, this type of racing is much different but I really like it. It is very fun and exciting for the fans. Results are provisional until posted final. With the win, his second of the 2016 season, Sandberg takes over the lead in the GTS Driver s Championship. Watch extended coverage of the weekend s races from Road America on CBS Sports Network at 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, July 7. Next up, GTS drivers and teams visits Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, July

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92 DeBoer Wins Pirelli World Challenge GTS Round 11 at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Derek DeBoer won GTS Round 11, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America presented by Cadillac. Weather conditions for the 50-minute race were 81 degrees with very light scattered cloud cover. With the green flag out on the rolling start, pole-sitter Jade Buford, in the No. 45 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, went side-by-side with Brett Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4, with the two continuing side-by-side through turn three, with Buford powering into the lead heading down the straight toward turn five as Sandberg fell back through the field. Scott Heckert who had started 5th in the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, also went off on the opening lap, sending him back through the order. The action saw Martin Barkey in the No. 80 Mantella Autosport MBRP Sportlab Sawmill Creative KTM XBow GT4, promoted to second, while a few corners later, championship points leader Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, went off course, re -joining the race with damage and then coming in to pit road. Aschenbach would later re-join the race with 12 minutes remaining. After lap one, Buford led Barkey with Scott Dollahite, in the in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, in third and DeBoer, in the No. 09 TRG-AMR BRM Chronographes/Rebounderz/Rohnert Park/Racing for Cancer/Pirata Della Strada/Simon Ward Aston Martin Vantage GT4, in fourth with Sandberg back up to fifth. On lap three the action at the front of the field was intense, with Dollahite passing Barkey for second on the outside on the front straight, while Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, found the run-off area in turn one, bringing out a full-course caution. On the same lap Max Riddle, in the No. 07 TRG-AMR Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions Aston Martin Vantage GT4, pitted, also dropping him through the order. Riddle retired with a mechanical issue. The green flag came back out on lap five with the GTS field bunched for the restart heading up the hill to start the long front straight at Road America. Buford led Dollahite while Barkey and DeBoer battled for third, with DeBoer taking the position on the run to turn five. Dollahite continued to pressure Buford on lap six, with just.118 seconds separating the top two as DeBoer closed in while coming under attack from Barkey, who was looking to find his way back to a podium finish. On lap eight, DeBoer passed Dollahite for second in turn five as the two went side-by-side up the hill with Dollahite s right side wheels tearing up the landscaping, with DeBoer taking the position into turn six. A lap later it was DeBoer making moves again with a turn-one pass for the race lead, with Buford moving back to second and falling into another battle with Dollahite. Barkey and Sandberg followed in a five-car fight at the front of the field. A move into Canada Corner on lap 10 gave Barkey position three as DeBoer continued to lead Buford. While all this was happening, Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, ran in sixth on lap 12, and there was another tight race for seventh featuring Ernie Francis Jr., in the No. 98 Breathless Racing Beta Tools/Liquid Performance Ford Mustang, Jeff Courtney, in the No. 99 JCR Motorsports RecStuff.com/Kenda Maserati GranTurismo, and Heckert. More tight racing continued at the front of the field on lap 13, with Dollahite moving back ahead of Barkey with a turn 1 pass for third place, while DeBoer was leading a closely-following Buford. A few corners later, Barkey tried to re-take third with an outside move in turn five, running wide and surrendering fourth place to Sandberg in turn 7, a quick right-hander. A lap later Sandberg slowed dramatically, limping back to pit road, eventually re-joining the field late in the race. It was a four-car train for the lead on lap 16, with just over 13 minutes to go, with DeBoer leading Buford, Dollahite and Barkey. Buford pounced on DeBoer coming out off Canada Corner, as the two went side-byside aggressively through turn 13. DeBoer and Buford then would challenge one another again down the 91

93 front straight with DeBoer s outside line into turn one seeing him maintain the lead in his Aston Martin as Barkey had passed Dollahite for third place. Barkey s late-race move on Dollahite earned him the Cadillac ATS Best Move of the Race Award. Behind them, Heckert passed Francis Jr. for sixth. Race Control issued a full-course caution on lap 17 with just over eight minutes remaining as Bill Ziegler s No. 9 ANSA Motorsports KTM X-Bow GT4 made contact with the wall exiting turn six. With clean-up needed, the race ended under yellow-flag conditions with DeBoer taking the checkered flag ahead of Buford, Barkey and Dollahite. Stacy completed the top five ahead of Heckert in sixth. It was DeBoer s first career Pirelli World Challenge victory. In addition, DeBoer won the VP Racing Hard Charger, improving eight positions during the race to take the victory. Harry Gottsacker, in the No. 29 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, won the Optima Batteries Best Start, advancing six positions on the opening lap. Fast laps will set the grid for Sunday afternoon s GTS race, featuring a standing start. Sandberg, with the fastest lap of the race will start on pole ahead of Barkey and Hecker and Dollahite. The second and final GTS race of the Pirelli World Challenge weekend at Road America is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. Central time. Watch the race live at motortrendondemand.com and follow live timing on worldchallenge.com. Jade and I had pretty equal speed on the straights, said DeB oer. I seemed to have a bit more in the braking zone and that was my only opportunity to make a pass. I was able to keep him behind me. I was abusing the tires and sliding quite a bit. I don t know if I could have kept him behind me for another two or three laps. We came out here with TRG guys and tested at Road America. It was my first time here. I just love it. We have a big fund raising for a little guy, Mason Gordon, back home (in California). He is fighting brain cancer and we wanted to put a smile on his face today. I m brand ambassador for Racing for Cancer and we raise money for the program through our racing. It was a really big honor to help the organization. We have Mason s name and all of his supporters names on the rear wing of the car. The new GT4 cars are great for the fans too. The PWC series is doing a great job balancing all of the different types of cars. And the racing is very good. It was pretty exciting from my viewpoint today, said Buford. Derek did a great job holding me off tod ay. He was good. Maybe I would have had a chance to get the lead with a few more laps. I was trying every angle I could today. I think the Pirelli World Challenge is doing an amazing job with the new GT4 cars in GTS right now. They have done an outstanding job with the BOP (Balance of Performance). The racing today was great with my car being better in one area and Derek s car better in other areas. This GTS series is going to a tremendous direction right now. I m thrilled to be on the podium with these guys (DeBoer and Buford), said Barkey. We mixed it up well with the three of us as well as others. It was good clean racing. Anytime we can battle with these guys, it s a blast. Great job by the Mantella Autosport team today. The track was a little slower today and little greasier than Friday. I was fighting some conditions I hadn t seen in practice. I managed those very well and we got to the podium again. It s exciting to race a GT4 car in the GTS series. It is the way of the future for this class. I have the easy job. They just strap me in the car and drive it. Results are provisional until posted final. Watch extended coverage of the weekend s races from Road America on CBS Sports Network at 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursday July 7. 92

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95 Rivera, Bickers and O Gorman Sweep at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Tony Rivera, Joey Bickers and Tom O Gorman all scored their second consecutive TC, TCA and TCB wins in Round 8, respectively, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America presented by Cadillac. Weather conditions for the 40 minute race saw cloudless skies and temperature reported at 80 degrees. From the standing start, Rivera, in the No. 97 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Nissan 370Z, started from pole and went side by side with TC points leader Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports, for the opening two corners before powering into the TC lead in turn three. Behind them, Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, moved into third ahead of Patrick Gallagher, driving the No. 54 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5. Wittmer then dropped back on the opening lap, allowing Gallagher to re take third and Dennis Hanratty, Jr., in the No 4 KRUGSPEED Racing/Beta Tools/OG Racing/Winmax Brakes Lotus Exige, was promoted to fourth at the same time as Rivera ended the opening lap with a four car length lead on Grahovec s BMW. In addition, Shea Holbook, in the No. 67 Shea Racing BUBBABurger/LucasOil/KoniShockAbsorbers Honda Accord V 6 Coupe got around Kevin Krauss, in the No. 88 Outlier/Scion Group Alyses Light.com Porsche Cayman for fifth place on lap two. In TCA, pole sitter Bickers, in the No. 49 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 Cup, launched cleanly into the lead from the standing start while Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, rocketed up to second from his fifth starting position. As they crossed the stripe to complete their first four mile lap of Road America, Bickers led Powell with Elivan Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup, in third place. In TCB, pole sitter Noah Grey, in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports Solvang Brewing Co/Kelly Benefit Strategies/Foundation Fighting Blindness Mazda 2, battled Michael Johnson, in the No. 24 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic, for the lead on lap one. As the came to the line to complete the first lap, Johnson led over Grey and O Gorman, in the No. 94 Black Armor Helmets TNIA Honda Fit, with P.J. Groenke, in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano s Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. Chevrolet Sonic, in fourth. On lap three, Grahovec passed Rivera for the race lead, with Rivera then taking the lead back a few corners later in turn one. In TCA, Bickers continued to lead Powell with Sam Adams, in the No. 48 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX5, passing Goulart for third place. Through lap four, Grey re gained the TCB lead as O Gorman passed Johnson and closed in on Grey for the lead. Johnson ran in third, with Groenke in fourth. Lap six saw Wittmer nursing his car back to the pits missing a wheel, while up front, Rivera continued to lead Grahovec by.5 seconds, with Gallagher in third and Hanratty in fourth. Moving up to fifth was John Weisberg, in the No. 5 BERG Racing Power Brake/REDCOM/Red Line Oil/Powerflex/Mann s/miller/mcs Mazda MX 5, passing Holbrook. By lap six, Bickers MX 5 began to emit wisps of smoke as Adams closed on Powell in TCA and then passed him for second. Powell tried to battle back running on the bumper of the No. 48. Bickers continued to build a lead as the race developed. 94

96 A lap later Grey had dropped off the pace and fell back to sixth in TCB, while O Gorman took over the lead ahead of Johnson and Groenke. Ted Hough, in the No. 69 Breathless Racing Mazda 2, had moved into fourth and Jasper Drengler, in the No. 01 Drengler Racing Chimney Mechanix Honda Fit, in fifth. In TC, Weisberg continued his progress, passing Hanratty for fourth on lap seven, with Holbrook closely following in sixth place. Holbrook then got around Hanratty in TC on lap eight for fifth place, and Krauss closed on the fifth place battle between Holbrook and Hanratty from seventh with Andrew Rains, in the No. 44 Rains Racing National Bank of Commerce/PLK Investment Partners/Honda Motorsports Alabama Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, following in eighth. On lap 11 Race Control issued a full course caution with Lara Tallman, in the No. 34 CA Sport Nissan/Nismo/Stance Nissan 370Z, off in turn 12 with roughly 13 minutes remaining in the 40 minute race. The green flag flew to restart the race with just under four minutes left on the clock. Rivera held the lead in TC with Grahovec in second while cars fanned out and took evasive action deep in the field on the frantic restart. In TCA, Bickers launched cleanly into the lead with cars behind him running three wide on the exit of turn five and Goulart moving into second after the three wide moment with Adams and Powell going up the hill toward the left that is Road America s turn six. TCB saw O Gorman maintain his race lead in hopes of a weekend sweep as Hough moved into second ahead of Groenke in third and Johnson right behind him. At the checkered, Rivera s led was just.728 seconds, with the No. 97 driver sweeping the weekend with two wins in TC in two days, and his fifth straight in TC at Road America dating back to the 2015 season. Grahovec finished second in class after challenging Rivera on the last lap. Weisberg passed Gallagher on the last lap to finish third by.236 seconds, with Gallagher in fourth, Hanratty in fifth and Holbrook in sixth. In TCA, Bickers swept the weekend taking the victory over Championship leading Goulart in second, Adams in third and Spencer Patterson, in the No. 79 Patterson Racing Jim Locke Automotive Mazda MX 5 Cup in fourth. O Gorman also swept the weekend in TCB with a five car length win over Hough in second and Groenke in third. Hough was the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger, advancing 14 positions during the race. James Wilson, in the No. 55 Black Armor Helmets Mazda 2, won the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award with a nine place improvement on the opening lap. Goulart took home the Cadillac ATS V Best Move of the Race for his pass on Adams in turn eight. Today s race was not as eventful as Thursday s race, said Rivera. I had a little bit more breathing room today, especially before the caution. I knew that Toby (Gravohec) was slowing a little bit before the full course caution. But for the restart, I was nervous that his car was cooling down and I knew he would give me a hard run. I tried real hard not to look in my mirrors but I did. I tried to focus on not making any mistakes. Earlier in the race, I did make a couple of mistakes. He then closed the gap and I was able to open it later. The tires were getting slippery later in the day. There was a lot of different rubber on the track today and a lot of racing too. I just love racing here. I would love it if I was just testing by myself here at Road America. It s such a great track. I m happy to be back in the winner s circle again. The first part of the race before the full course caution came out I was able to build a little lead, said Bickers. I was trying to do consistent laps. A few laps before the caution came out, we had smoke in the cabin. I wasn t sure what was going on and I was little scared. I didn t know if I had a fire or what was happening. Then the steering got pretty heavy. It made the car (Mazda) pretty difficult to drive. Actually, it was more difficult under caution because I was going slow. No power steering in the makes it very tough to drive. When we went back to green, I just told myself to keep my head down and go. The heavy steering really is tough and it also affects the handling of the car. You can t really have the turn in that you normally have. You just are struggling to turn the car. I didn t want to over drive the car. It was difficult to keep it on the exits of the corners. 95

97 Today s race was very different than Thursday, said O Gorman. We got a great start. I was going to hook up with Noah (Grey) and try to pull away. But he missed a shift in the middle of the track and I was able to go. I kept my head down and got a good gap until the full course yellow. We had a wild restart with TC, TCA and TCB all mixing it up on the front straight. It was a little of bit of madness. And everyone raced with each other and I was able to get away again. It s incredible to win again today. It is one year since I started in the Pirelli World Challenge and I was able to score a double win this weekend. I was always fighting a bit of pace with my old 2010 car but the 2015 Honda Fit was what I needed to push me over the edge and get to the top of the podium. Results are provisional until posted final. With his second place finish, Grahovec continues to lead the TC Driver s Championship, while Goulart continues to lead in TCA, and Groenke takes over the lead in TCB. TC, TCA and TCB drivers and teams next head to Utah Motorsports Campus, in Tooele, UT, August for Rounds 9 and 10 of the 2016 Championship. Watch extended coverage of races from Road America in an expanded format on CBS Sports Network Thursday, July 7 at 8 p.m. Eastern. 96

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99 Rivera, Bickers and O Gorman Win in TC, TCA, TCB Round 7 at Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Tony Rivera, Joey Bickers and Tom O Gorman scored victories in TC, TCA and TCB Round 7, respectively, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Road America presented by Cadillac. The 40 minute race was held under overcast skies with light rain being reported by corner stations in certain areas of the track. With the green flag out on the rolling start, second on the grid Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports drag raced side by side down the long Road America front straight with pole sitter Rivera, in the No. 97 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Nissan 370Z with the driver of the BMW taking lead on an outside pass through turn 1. Rivera reclaimed the lead later in the lap and as they crossed the line to complete the first lap he led over Grahovec with Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, slotting into third. In TCA, pole sitter Bickers, in the No. 49 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 Cup, launched cleanly into the lead on the start and maintained his position as Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, and Kris Wright, in the No. 35 Kinetic Motorsports Wright Automotive Group Kia Forte Koup, followed in second and third on the opening lap. Sam Adams, in the No. 48 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5, fell back to fourth in the early going after starting from second. In TCB, it was pole winner O Gorman, in the No. 94 Black Armor Helmets TNIA Honda Fit, out front over Michael Johnson, in the No. 24 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic, while P.J. Groenke, in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano s Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. Chevrolet Sonic, moved into third from fourth on the opening lap. By lap three the trio of leaders in TC separated themselves from the rest of the field, with Rivera leading Grahovec and Wittmer in a three car train. Meanwhile, Vesko Kozarov, driving the No. 3 CA Sport Nissan/Nismo/Stance Nissan 370Z, had moved up to fourth in class ahead of Patrick Gallagher, driving the No. 54 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5. A full course caution came out at the 10 minute mark on lap four of the race with a report of cars off in turn five. As the safety car collected the field, it was Rivera leading Grahovec and Wittmer in TC. Gallagher was in fourth, with Shea Holbook, in the No. 67 Shea Racing BUBBABurger/LucasOil/KoniShockAbsorbers Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, rounding out the top five ahead of Dennis Hanratty, Jr., in the No 4 KRUGSPEED Racing/Beta Tools/OG Racing/Winmax Brakes Lotus Exige. In TCA, Bickers led Powell with Elivan Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup, in third. In TCB, O Gorman had regained the lead after a massive battle with Johnson and Groenke, while Noah Grey, in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports Solvang Brewing Co/Kelly Benefit Strategies/Foundation Fighting Blindness Mazda 2, ran in fourth place. When the green flag flew to restart the race for lap seven, Rivera launched cleanly to hold down the race lead in TC, while Wittmer moved past Grahovec for second spot. Bickers, meanwhile, continued to lead in TCA with Goulart moving up to second with Adams in third, while Powell dropped through the field and came into the pits. TCB action saw O Gorman narrowly maintain his race lead ahead of Groenke and Johnson. On lap nine, the action dialed up at the front of the field as Wittmer jumped into the lead and fought off challenges from both Grahovec and Rivera. Bickers continued to pull a gap in TCA, three seconds up on Goulart, while in TCB, O Gorman s margin of lead was just.151 seconds before falling victim to Groenke, who passed him for the lead as the TCB field continued to fight it out. 98

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103 Parente, Fuentes and Udell Win in GT/GTA/GT Cup Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Conn. Alvaro Parente, Martin Fuentes and Alec Udell won in GT, GTA and GT Cup, respectively at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock presented by Bentley on Saturday. It was Round 11 of the season for GT and GTA and Round 10 for GT Cup. Weather conditions saw scattered clouds and 89 degree temperatures at the race start. From the perfect rolling start, Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing Pfaff/McLaren Toronto McLaren 650S, took the lead from the pole ahead of Patrick Long, in the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, and Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing ATS V.R. In GTA, Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, led the opening lap over Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME Racing Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3. In GT Cup, it was Sloan Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, out front after the first lap ahead of Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. On lap three it was three wide in GT for fourth at turn one, with Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT, holding the spot ahead of Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8, and JD Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3. Davison earned the Optima Batteries Best Start Award for gaining five positions on the first lap. At the 10 minute mark of the race, Parente led Long by 1.2 seconds, with another 1.8 seconds back to O Connell in third, who had a slight margin on Eversley and Marcelli. In GTA, Fuentes led Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R, by 1.7 seconds Schein had Montecalvo who slotted back into third. In GT Cup, Urry led Udell by.608 seconds as those two drivers stretched a gap over their fellow GT Cup competitors. On lap 16, Eversley had closed the gap on O Connell and challenged the Cadillac for position. Up front, Parente s lead was down to just.565 seconds as the leaders worked through traffic. As the leaders went through the GT Cup field, Udell was able to pass Urry for the class lead, scoring the Cadillac Move of the Race Award. In addition, Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, passed Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R, for seventh on lap 20. Mid way through the race O Connell suffered a flat right rear tire, dropping him down the order, and promoting Eversley to third, Marcelli to fourth and Davison to fifth while Parente had built a small gap over Long for the lead. In GTA, Fuentes continued to lead, while Udell had stretched his GT Cup lead by seconds. With 12 minutes to go, Parente s lead held steady at.858 seconds, while most of the GT action saw Eversley fighting Marcelli off for third, while Davison was holding off Fong for the fifth position. Fuentues continued to lead in GTA, while Udell s lead stretched to seconds over Urry in the GT Cup class. Marcelli eventually got past Eversley in the late stages of the race in the No. 2 Audi, winning the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race. With the checkered flag out, Parente would take his second GT win in as many days, with Long, Marcelli, Eversley and Davison completing the top five. Davison would also win the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining seven positions during the race. In GTA, Fuentes would take the win ahead of Schein and Montecalvo. 102

104 Udell took top honors in GT Cup, followed by Urry and Corey Fergus, in the No. 00 Motorsports Promo Byers Porsche, US LED, Motul Porsche 911 GT Cup. Results are provisional until posted final. GT action from Lime Rock Park will air on CBS Sports Network Thursday June 9 at 8 p.m. Eastern. Pirelli World Challenge next heads to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and the famed Road America, June ##Quotes## Alvaro Parente: It s been a fantastic weekend. I m happy we did well, it s a great weekend for us. A big thanks to K PAX and McLaren, it s great moment for all of us. Martin Fuentes: We are happy to pull this off. It was one of the hardest races of my life. I m always pushing. Thank you to Scuderia Corsa and everyone involved in the win. Alec Udell: It s been a hot one here at Lime Rock. I really have to give it to the guys at GMG though. We compromised bit on the setup yesterday expecting rain and it didn t pan out like we anticipated. Today we had a full dry setup and it worked well. I was lucky to get around Sloan in the GT traffic. Once again I had a great race car, the car was awesome at the end of the race and stayed consistent the whole way through. 103

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106 Parente, Schein and Urry Win in Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTA/GT Cup at Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Conn. Alvaro Parente, Michael Schein and Sloan Urry won in GT/GTA Round 10, GT Cup Round 9 respectively for the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock presented by Bentley. Temperatures were in the mid 80s with scattered clouds and high humidity. From the rolling start, Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, took the early lead with a move going into turn one on the outside of pole sitter Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing Pfaff/McLaren Toronto McLaren 650S, who slotted into second ahead of Patrick Long, in the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R. Rounding out the top five were Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8, and Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing ATS V.R. after the opening lap. Palmer s opening lap pass earned him the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race. In GTA, pole sitter Martin Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, held off Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME Racing Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 on the start with Race Control issuing a warning to the two drivers for contact as they battled for the GTA lead. Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R, slotted third place. In GT Cup, pole sitter Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, led early over Alec Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Corey Fergus, in the No. 00 Motorsports Promo Byers Porsche, US LED, Motul Porsche 911 GT Cup. Just a few minutes into the race the story turned back to the leaders, as Parente ran just a few tenths behind Palmer s Bentley as those two traded fast laps and started to develop a gap on Long in third. In GTA, Fuentes was managing a close one second lead over Montecalvo, as Urry held onto the lead over Udell. At the 10 minute mark, as the GT leaders were working through traffic, Parente looked high and then low into turn one to take the race lead back from Palmer. The deft pass won Parente the Cadillac ATS V Best Move of the Race. Parente would then pull a gap and a big race lead over Palmer, who continued to lead a closing Long followed by Marcelli and O Connell. In sixth was Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3. Through lap 21, Fuentes continued to lead over Montecalvo and Schein in GTA, while Urry led in GT Cup over Udell and Fergus. Montecalvo then pulled off in turn one with a mechanical issue, allowing Schein to pull into second. Montecalvo eventually retired from the race pulling his car off the track in the chicane area after trying to limp the car back to the pits. At the 27 minute mark, Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT, passed Austin Cindric, in the No. 6 K PAX Racing Pfaff/McLaren Toronto McLaren 650S, for seventh with a move on the front straight as the drivers worked through traffic. The pass moved Cindric back to eighth with Michael Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R., running in ninth. As the race neared, hit and passed its halfway mark, Palmer was busy holding off Long and Marcelli for second place as the three cars ran nose to tail around the 1.5 mile circuit. Long was able to get alongside the Bentley multiple times but couldn t make a pass stick. A bit behind them, O Connell ran in fifth while Fong closed in on the red Cadillac before O Connell was able to gap him again. In GTA, Fuentes continued to lead Schein by two seconds, while Urry had built a 14 second lead on Udell. 105

107 With eight minutes to go, Palmer went off course in turn one following contact with Long, which sent Palmer down a number of positions Race Control handed Long a drive through penalty for contact. With Long serving the penalty, Marcelli and O Connell found themselves second and third, respectively. In GTA, Schein closed to within a second of Fuentes late in the race and pulled up to the bumper of the Ferrari with two laps to go igniting a battle for the class lead. Schein then passed Fuentes for the lead through the chicane section of the track. Ahead of them in GT, Parente took the checkered flag for the GT victory, and Marcelli scored his best finish of the season with a second place. O Connell completed the podium and was followed by Fong in the Bentley, and teammate Palmer, who managed to salvage a fifth place finish despite the earlier contact with Long. Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT, finished sixth, winning the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger, advancing four spots during the race. Long came home seventh in the No. 58 Porsche after the penalty, just behind Eversley and in front of Cooper s Cadillac in eighth. In GTA, Schein took the victory ahead of Fuentes, with Jorge De La Torre, in the No. 4 Delgac LLC Aston Martin Vantage GT3 finishing third. In GT Cup, Urry led from flag to flag to win ahead of Udell, winning by about a second after Udell closed the gap late in the race. Fergus completed the podium. Of note, Colin Thompson, in the No. 13 K PAX Racing Pfaff/McLaren Toronto McLaren 650S GT3, earned the Optima Batteries Best Start, advancing three positions on the first lap. Saturday s grid will be set by fast laps from Friday s event, with Palmer on the GT pole, Fuentes on the GTA pole and Urry starting first in GT Cup. That was a great race. It was the pace we planned, said Parente. I lost the first position in the first corner of the first lap, so that wasn t great. But then I made the pass, and it felt good to get that top position back. It was great. I was pushing from then onwards. I was very comfortable with the car. It s a very abrasive track, but the bite isn t there. It s flowing, and I like that. I maximized it. Big thank you to all the guys. They did a great job and I m very proud of all the work we did leading up to this. Let s see what happens tomorrow. I m very happy. It was really a wild race, said Schein. I never had a win like that before, a late pass for the lead. At the start of the race they (Fuentes and Montecalvo) had a decent lead on me. I let the race settle in and run my pace. Wright Motorsports set up the car for the long run and it really showed. At the end of the race I was able to run quicker laps and slowly but surely reel them in. In the last 10 minutes we had the best car on the track. This Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R was awesome today. We had a few issues with the car and handling and also my wrist has been giving me some troubles, said Urry. The wrist is still there, but the guys fixed the issues and the car is handling really well. It s the best it s been in a while, I owe it to them. It really came together well. I almost threw it away but luckily the gap was big enough so we were able to retain and keep the lead. 106

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109 Jade Buford Takes Win in GTS Round 10 at Lime Rock Park Lakeville, CT Jade Buford won Saturday s GTS Round 10 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock Park presented by Bentley. The 50 minute race was held under light cloud cover and temperatures in the high 80s. From the standing start, pole sitter Brett Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, got a solid launch into the lead heading for turn one, but it was Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, who took the outside line around Big Bend and came out first. Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, slotted into third in the early stages of the race. The early big mover was Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Klenin Performance Racing Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Maserati Maserati GranTurismo, who charged from eighth to fourth on the opening lap, earning him the Optima Batteries Best Start Award. Klenin came under attack from Hugh Plumb, in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, on lap five, who had closed in on the Maserati for position. Running in sixth at the time was Jack Roush Jr., driving the No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Boss 302. By lap six, the race was mimicking Friday s Round 9 GTS race with Aschenbach leading Sandberg by about half a second while Chase followed 1.6 seconds behind them. While Aschenbach kept his Camaro ahead of Sandberg s X Bow, Chase slowly closed the gap from third place, bringing it down with each lap until he caught the leaders, making it a three car fight for the race lead at Lime Rock. A full course caution came out on lap 14 for cars stopped on course on the back straight. The green flag came back out with 30 minutes remaining the race, with Aschenbach again leading into turn one while Sandberg had to defend second place from Chase into turn one. On the move, Plumb had moved up to fourth and Roush Jr. got around Klenin to take fifth. Chase then came under fire from Plumb, who had picked up the pace in the second half of the race. Up front, Sandberg managed to get alongside Aschenbach but could not execute a pass for the lead. The 20 minute mark saw a tight race for the lead, with 1.2 seconds covering Aschenbach, Sandberg, Chase and Plumb as the four cars essentially ran nose to tail. Buford, in the No. 45 Racers Edge Motorsports Sin R1 GT4, was another car on the move, as he cleared both Klenin and Roush Jr., moving up to fifth place on lap 30. Buford earned the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race for his move on Roush Jr. A lap later, Chase ran wide in turn one and Plumb took his opportunity, with the two making contact and Plumb spinning exiting the turn and Chase running off course. Chase maintained third, while Plumb had dropped back down the order, promoting Buford to fourth and Roush Jr. to fifth. Chase then received a drive through penalty for contact and racing room, per Series Officials. With 10 minutes to go, Sandberg continued to challenge Aschenbach in a close race for the lead, while Buford ran third ahead of Roush Jr., and Klenin, while Martin Barkey in the No. 80 Mantella Autosport MBRP Sportlab Sawmill Creative KTM X Bow GT4, ran in sixth with Scott Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, in seventh. 108

110 With five minutes left, Sandberg got to the inside of Aschenbach down the back straight, as the two went improbably side by side through the chicane and up the hill, and then continued side by side for a thrilling moment in West Bend, before Aschenbach powered back into the lead down the hill. Two laps later Sandberg tried another pass, and this time scored the lead exiting the right hander onto the back stretch, earning him the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race Award. Sandberg then lost control in the chicane before Lime Rock s uphill, and collected Aschenbach in an explosion of bodywork as he spun. With three minutes left on the clock, Buford now had a 9.2 second lead over Roush Jr., with Aschenbach and his damaged No. 10 in third, followed by Dollahite and Chase. The race would go full course caution at that point for the damaged car of Sandberg, with Buford taking the Pirelli World Challenge victory and Barkey and Aschenbach completing the podium. Of note, Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, earned the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger, advancing seven positions to finish sixth. We definitely took advantage of other people, making all the right moves so they kind of gave that to me, said Buford. I just kind of knew we had to give it our all. Doing standing starts in this car is tricky but with some practice it s getting easier. Of note, prior to the race going full course caution with just under three minutes remaining in the race, Roush Jr. s progress was impeded by a safety vehicle on course resulting in a number of lost positions. A post race ruling moved him to the position he was in prior to being impeded, and the final results have Roush Jr. scoring a second place finish. Results are now final. 109

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112 Aschenbach Victorious in Pirelli World Challenge GTS Round 9 at Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Conn. Lawson Aschenbach won GTS Round 9 in the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock Park presented by Bentley. Brett Sandberg finished second, while Scott Heckert finished third. The 50 minute race was held under sunny, 83 degree weather. From the rolling start, Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, took the lead with a power move on the outside of the Big Bend corner (turn 1) over pole sitter Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4. In the early going, Aschenbach was able to pull out a lead, while Sandberg held off Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, for second place while Heckert, in the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, ran in fourth narrowly ahead of Scott Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora. On lap nine, Heckert was able to get around Chase for third with a move through Big Bend as Chase fell back to fourth and had to contend with Dollahite who moved in for the pass from fifth. On lap 13, Sandberg, running alone, had cut Aschenbach s gap from three seconds to two, while Heckert led Chase and Dollahite in an exciting battle for the final podium spot, with Dollahite getting around Chase for fourth. On lap 16, Sandberg was continuing his pace, and the lead margin was down to seven tenths of a second. The caution flag flew on lap 18 and the safety car was deployed for various debris around the 1.5 mile Lime Rock Park track. With the track cleaned up, the green flag came back out with Aschenbach pulling a gap through turn one as Heckert tried a move on Sandberg but could not execute the pass for second place. Jack Roush Jr., driving the No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Boss 302, moved up to seventh on lap 24 with a move on Anthony Mantella, driving the No. 8 Mantella Autosport Inc. Gulf KTM XBow GT4. With 20 minutes to go, Aschenbach s restart lead was eliminated as Sandberg had once again caught the Camaro Z28 with the race s focus on the battle for the lead. Following them, Heckert ran third, Dollahite in fourth and Chase in fifth. In the later stages of the race, Mantella s No. 8 machine spun as a number of cars battled for position, promoting Roush Jr. to sixth and Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302 to seventh. Stacy would then lead a train of cars fighting for seventh, with Jade Buford, in the No. 45 Racers Edge Motorsports Sin R1 GT4, challenging for the position after dropping back with an issue earlier in the race. The battle would culminate in some light contact coming out of Big Bend, which would cause Buford to lose some real estate and one track position. Up front, Aschenbach was able to keep Sandberg at bay for the run to the checkered flag to take the victory, with Sandberg finishing second by.269 seconds. Heckert finished third with Dollahite and Roush Jr. completing the top five. Some late race shuffling saw Harry Gottsacker, in the No. 29 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, finish sixth with teammate Chase in seventh. Stacy and Buford followed. With the fastest time in the Friday race, Sandberg will start on pole for Saturday s Round 10, with Aschenbach on the outside of the front row. I had to work for that one (win), said Aschenbach. We definitely weren t the fastest car here today. That goes to the XBow. My goal today was similar to race two at Mosport (CTMP). We seem to be very good in 111

113 about the first five to 10 laps of a race. Then it is about managing the race and tires. I knew when I got the lead that I could gap him earlier in the race. But I also knew he would be coming up at the end of the race. I was really focusing on the places I was better than him. That was the downhill in West Bend (Turn 7) and breaking into turn one. But elsewhere he was much faster. This is a great rebound after race two in Canada. All of the guys at Blackdog worked overtime to get the Camaro ready for today. I want to thank Chevrolet too. It s a great weekend for an American company with an American car and an American driver winning on Memorial Day. I think that s the way it should be. It was good race but I just couldn t make the move to get to the lead, said Sandberg. I thought I had him at one point but I hit one of the curbs so hard that I thought I broke something on the car. We can t come close to what Lawson does over the curbs. With the smaller and lighter car, we have to be careful on the bigger curbing. No matter what I did, I just couldn t make a run on him. I couldn t get even a little bit of a draft to make a pass. It was a little frustrating. I was getting temperature readings too and the car was overheating. I kept trying to get some clean air. But it was hard. We had the pace but it was so hard to make the pass. I think if I had gotten by Lawson that I could have pulled away. But it didn t happen today. It s hot out there and that makes it hard in these closed cockpit cars, said Heckert. I had really good speed right off the bat. I had to fight off the Ginetta (Chase) and tried to stay with the top two because I knew they would pull away. They did get away and I just pushed really hard to attempt to get to them. So that kind of wore out the rear tires. I had to fall back a bit late in the race but, overall, we had a good pace. I m getting better with each race in this car. I m learning more on what I need from the car too. The biggest hurdle right now is getting used to the car. At the start, I was happy to stay in fourth. I figured the top four would pull away. I didn t want to get involved in a first lap scuffle. Of note, the Optima Batteries Best Start went to Mantella for gaining four positions on the first lap. The Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race was awarded to Chase for his pass on Stacy. Dollahite won the Cadillac ATS V Best Move of the Race for his pass on Chase and the VP Race Fuels Hard Charger Award went to Stacy for gaining six positions during the race. For Aschenbach, it s his third win of the 2016 and he continues to lead the GTS Driver s Championship over Sandberg who moves into second over Parker Chase. 112

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115 Geraci, Goulart and Washay Win TC/TCA/TCB at Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Conn. Anthony Geraci, Elivan Goulart and Travis Washay won in TC, TCA and TCB, respectively at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock presented by Bentley, round 6 of the 2016 Touring Car season taking place on Saturday. From the standing start, Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, took the lead on the outside over Dennis Hanratty, Jr., in the No 4 KRUGSPEED Racing/Beta Tools/OG Racing/Winmax Brakes Lotus Exige, who was passed in the esses by Anthony Geraci, in the No. 69 S.A.C. Racing European Granite & Marble Group, Inc. Mazda MX 5, while Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports ran in third. In the TCA class, Elivan Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup, led early ahead of Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup. In TCB, P.J. Groenke, in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing, Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano s Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. Chevrolet Sonic, led lap one over Travis Washay, in the No. 30 Indian Racing Summer MINI Cooper. Will Rodgers in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports Solvang Brewing Co/Kelly Benefit Strategies/Foundation Fighting Blindness Mazda 2, ran third. In TC, Hanratty received a drive through penalty for movement before the start. As Hanratty hit pit road in his Lotus, Grahovec was promoted to third and followed by John A. Weisberg, in the No 5 BERG Racing Power Brake/REDCOM/Red Line Oil/Powerflex/Mann s/miller/mcs Mazda MX 5, and Adam Poland, in the No. 33 Doghouse Performance Edge Addicts Mazda MX 5. In sixth was Shea Holbook, in the No. 67 Shea Racing BUBBABurger/LucasOil/KoniShockAbsorbers Honda Accord V 6 Coupe. Early in the race the focus was on two battles for the lead, as Geraci challenged Wittmer in TC and Washay challenge Groenke in TCB with Rodgers right there in third place. On lap four, Geraci took the point, passing Wittmer in turn one for the race lead as the leaders diced through the TCB traffic. In TCA, Goulart had built up a safe 2 second lead over Powell. The TCB leaders continued to mix it up, with Washay leading lap eight over Rodgers and Groenke. The TC class saw a terrific battle for second with Wittmer leading Grahovec and Poland as the three challenged one another around the seven turn Lime Rock layout. Poland was then reported off course in turn one on lap 16, while Grahovec was able to pass Wittmer for second place. At roughly the half way point of the race, Powell had caught Goulart in TCA for the lead. In TCB, Washay led Rodgers by 2.8 seconds, with another 3.1 seconds back to Groenke in third. Up front, in TC, Geraci continued to lead, with 1.7 seconds back to Grahovec. In addition, Weisberg was able to pass Wittmer for third in TC, while the TCA leaders went at it in their pair of MX 5s. It didn t take long for Weisberg to catch Grahovec s BMW for second place and took the position on lap 25. In the closing stages of the race, Geraci had a 4.5 second lead in TC while Goulart had a 3 second lead in TCA. In TCB, Rodgers had caught Washay and brought the gap down as the battle began for the class lead. The battle would culminate as Rodgers made contact with a TCA car in turn one, sending him spinning off course. In the closing moments of the race, Weisberg had brought Geraci s four plus second margin down to just half a second as traffic came into player, with the two cars briefly touching managing traffic. 114

116 Geraci would hold down the lead, however, running to the checkered flag ahead of Weisberg in second and Hanratty in third place in TC ahead of Grahovec, who won the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race. Weisberg scored the Cadillac Best Move of the Race with his pass for second. In TCA, Goulart took the victory with Powell in second. TCB saw Washay scored the class win as Rodgers and Groenke completed the podium. Rodgers scored the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Awards as well the Optima Best Start Award. Results are provisional until posted final. Touring Car class action from Lime Rock Park will air on CBS Sports Network Thursday June 9 at 9:00p.m. Eastern. Pirelli World Challenge next heads to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and the famed Road America, June ##Quotes## Geraci: It s unbelievable. The racing was amazing, thank you to Mazda, all my sponsors and European Granite. I thought I had it for a while and then I saw him (John A. Weisberg) creeping up on me and I thought, I ve got to put it in gear.' Goulart: I m so proud of my Dad and the team here, it was a phenomenal job. The car was taking a little while to come in and Eric (Powell) caught up, and I though, alright, I better get a move on. Washay: This track is a real high speed track. If you have to slow up it s really going to throw you off. I saw that gaggle coming in and thought, I have to stay awake in there. We drove the tires off the car, there wasn t a lot left. This is my home track, I got married over there that s my church. 115

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118 Lakeville, Conn. Nick Wittmer, Elivan Goluart and Will Rodgers won Friday s TC, TCA and TCB Round 5, respectively at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock presented by Bentley. The race was run under mixed conditions, with 82 degree temperatures and light rain off and on. With the field lined up perfectly for the rolling start, drama ensued when the green flag flew as TC pole sitter Adam Poland, in the No. 33 Doghouse Performance Edge Addicts Mazda MX 5, ducked into the pits with a mechanical issue. With the hood going up on his car in pit lane, Poland s team worked to remedy to issue, but he retired from the race without completing a single lap. That allowed Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, from the second row on the grid, to charge under Dennis Hanratty, Jr., in the No 4 KRUGSPEED Racing/Beta Tools/OG Racing/Winmax Brakes Lotus Exige, for the race lead in turn one from the start. Tony Rivera, in the No. 97 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Nissan 370z, was third in TC after the opening lap ahead of CTMP winner and points leader Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports. TCA pole sitter Elivan Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup, led on lap one with Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, slotting into second. In TCB, Henry Morse, in the No. 14 Hale Motorsports MorseGPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep/Hale Motorsports/Bell/Leatt Prep Mazda 2, took the lead at the start over Will Rodgers in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports Solvang Brewing Co/Kelly Benefit Strategies/Foundation Fighting Blindness Mazda 2. Pole sitter Travis Washay, in the No. 30 Indian Racing Summer MINI Cooper, was shuffled back to third on the opening lap. A few laps later Rivera pitted his TC Nissan with a trail of smoke following the car in an apparent mechanical failure. In TCB, the action was intense as Washay moved back into the lead over Rodgers, with P.J. Groenke, in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing, Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano s Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. Chevrolet Sonic, in third and Morse in fourth. In TCA, Goulart had opened up a one second margin on Powell with Kris Wright, in the No. 35 Kinetic Motorsports Wright Automotive Group Kia Forte Koup, in third place. Just five minutes into the race the TC lead duo had separated themselves with Wittmer s Honda pacing a close race over the Lotus of Hanratty, with a few seconds back to Grahovec, now in third as the skies darkened overheard. As the TC class cars worked traffic on lap 11, John Weisberg, in the No 5 BERG Racing Power Brake/REDCOM/Red Line Oil/Powerflex/Mann s/miller/mcs Mazda MX 5, was able to move from sixth to fourth in just a handful of curves, passing Anthony Geraci, in the No. 69 S.A.C. Racing European Granite & Marble Group, Inc. Mazda MX 5 and then overtaking Shea Holbook, in the No. 67 Shea Racing BUBBABurger/LucasOil/KoniShockAbsorbers Honda Accord V 6 Coupe. The action continued in TCB with Washay leading by.381 over Rodgers, with Groenke following closely in third. A few laps later, Groenke moved around Rodgers into second place, while Morse, who had fallen back pulled off with a mechanical problem. At about the 15 minute mark of the race, Hanratty lost some ground in the Lotus Exige, and dropped back to fifth as precipitation slowly picked up as Geraci moved to second and Grahovec to third, with Weisberg in fourth. Race Control later ordered Hanratty to pit road for a drive through penalty for contact. 117

119 On lap 18, Goulart continued to lead in the TCA class with Powell in second and Wright solidly in third. In TCB, the racing was exciting with Rodgers re passing Groenke for second as the overall TC leaders diced through the TCB leaders, also allowing Rodgers to pass Washay for the lead in the process. On lap 21, Weisberg moved around Grahovec for third place with a move in the right hand corner coming on the backstretch. A full course caution came out late in the race, with Holbrook off course in turn one. The race ended under caution with Wittmer taking the win in TC ahead of Geraci in second and Weisberg completing the TC podium. In TCA, Goulart scored the victory with Powell in second and Kevin Anderson, in the No. 22 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, finding his way to third late in the race. In TCB, Rodgers took the victory ahead of Washay and Groenke. Of note, the Optima Batteries Best Start went to Matthew Fassnacht in the No. 74 S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup for gaining three positions on the first lap. The Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race and the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race went to Weisberg for his pass of Grahovec. The VP Racing Hard Charger Award went to Zack Kelly, in the No. 24 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic for gaining six positions during the race. With the fast laps during the race, Hanratty will start on pole in TC, Goulart starts on pole in TCA, and Washay starts on pole in TCB. Like CTMP, the car was on top, all the adjustments we have made have paid off, said Wittmer. HPD has helped us with the car. I really love this track. I took the hole shot right into corner one, flipped my mirror up and settled in with consistent laps. With this track, with the small lap times, it s hard to pass, if you re up front you re safe. There are no scratches on the car, it is ready for tomorrow. It s been pretty good here, the team did a great job with the car, said Goulart. I really have no complaints. Being a home track this has a special meaning. It s really nice to be here and get a win, and try to do it again tomorrow. It was a crazy battle. I was really busy that race, maybe more so than ever before, said Rodgers. Traffic started coming into play and PJ (Groenke) got past me. I got back into it and managed the traffic better than other guys, and I found my way back to Travis (Washay) and made the pass before the yellow came out. It was an epic race, it was a lot of fun. It wasn t the cleanest race we ve ever been in but they don t call it the bullring for nothing. 118

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121 Long, Schein and Green Win in GT, GTA and GT Cup at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Patrick Long, Michael Schein and Chris Green won in Sunday s GT, GTA and GT Cup race, respectively, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Canada presented by Audi at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The 50 minute GT/GTA Round 9, GT Cup Round 8 race was held in slick overcast conditions. The race started behind the safety car with two additional pace laps due to a damp race track from a quick rain shower just before the race. With the green flag out for a rolling single file start, Long, in the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, took the lead from pole ahead of Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT, and Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT, in third. In GTA, Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R, led from class pole ahead of class points leader Martin Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, and Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME Racing Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3. In GT Cup, pole sitter Green, in the No. 09 Pfaff Motorsports Castrol, Glasurit, KPMG Porsche GT3 Cup, led the first lap ahead of Alec Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Sloan Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. As the GT cars furiously fought for position on the opening lap, running two and three wide, there was contact heading into turn 4 between Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, and Eversley, who were also racing with JD Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3. It ended a potential promising day for Fong and Eversley, who both retired with crash damage. With the caution out, Long led behind the safety car with Davison in second, Palmer in third, Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8, in fourth and Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R in fifth. The green flag re appeared with just under 27 minutes to go after a lengthy but necessary clean up, with Long getting a solid restart ahead of Davison, while Palmer was followed closely by Marcelli and Heitkotter. In GTA, Montecalvo worked his way past Fuentes for second in class and 14th overall on the track, while Green continued to lead in GT Cup stretching the margin over Udell to 2.3 seconds and Urry to 8 seconds. Among the movers was Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing ATS V.R, who passed Andrew Davis, driving the No. 76 Calvert Dynamics Phoenix Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R, for ninth on the restart lap with a move in turn five. In GTA, Fuentes would fight back, going side by side with Montecalvo through turn five in an exciting fight for position, and gaining second back for good in the run to the checkered flag in his Ferrari. With 15 minutes to go, Long continued to lead a close race with Davison followed with a gap of one second and another half second back to Palmer while some corner stations reported moderate rain, which didn t last long as the sun came back out for the conclusion of the race. With nine minutes to go on lap 23, Davis made a move on O Connell down the back stretch for ninth place while the leaders maintained their order at the front of the field with Long starting so stretch a gap over Davison and Palmer, with another five seconds back to Marcelli in fourth. With the checkered flag out, Long would sweep the weekend at CTMP with his second straight win with the No. 58 machine leading every lap of the race. Davison, Palmer, Marcelli and Heitkotter completed the top five. 120

122 In GTA, Schein would make it a weekend sweep as well, taking the Sunday win, ahead of Fuentes and Montecalvo. In GT Cup, Green would take his first ever Pirelli World Challenge victory, with Udell and Urry completing the podium in second and third, respectively. Of note, O Connell was awarded the Optima Batteries Best Start for gaining four positions on the first lap. The Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race went to Davison for his pass on Fong. The Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race went to Fuentes for his pass on Montecalvo and the VP Racing Hard Charger Award went to Green. It was a good day and we ve been quick all weekend, said Green. It was my first time on the Pirelli tires in the Cup car. I really enjoyed the tires on the car. It s been a special weekend not only because it s home but also because it s the big Castrol Victoria Day Speedfest weekend and because Castrol is my title sponsor. I have a lot of fans, family and friends out her this weekend. I just needed to stay out of trouble today with the changing track conditions. The Pfaff Motorsports guys did a great job on the car. I m happy to bring this one home for them and me as well. It s really the perfect weekend for the team, myself and Patrick, said Schein. Double pole, double win. The race was interesting with the rain. It was hairy at the start it was really wet in the beginning coming out of turn five. You really had to be smooth on the throttle application and make sure you didn t light the tires up and spin the car. Once it settled in a little bit and it dried out and the dry line formed, I was able to stick with the guys in front of me and I saw behind me that the cars were kind of dropping away from me. Maybe three quarters into the race I mellowed out a bit I saw the rain coming back. I didn t want to make any mistakes and bring the car home in one piece. We have a short turnaround with Lime Rock coming up. It was a good race, I m happy for sure. It took a few minutes to get up to green flag racing after a delayed start which was a great call by Race Control and then having a yellow flag after the first racing lap. Once we got into a rhythm it was still as tricky all the way through the race. Absolutely qualifying laps. I think I bit through my drink bottle as I was holding on so tight through turn four as it was completely wet on slicks. The good thing was that the first half of the track was dry so you could get heat into the tires and then grit and bare through turn four and five. CTMP is a place that definitely makes you think twice when you have mixed conditions like that on slick tires. Luckily we were able to hold on. It was a very tight race up front. This is fun series. We are looking to push on to Lime Rock next week. GT, GTA and GT Cup teams now head for Lime Rock Park, May for a double race weekend. Results are provisional until posted final. Watch the enhanced race coverage from CTMP on CBS Sports Network, Sunday, May 29 at 12:00 noon Eastern. 121

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124 Long, Schein Win in GT/GTA Round 8, Udell Scores Win in GT Cup Round 7 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ont Patrick Long, Michael Schein and Alec Udell won in Saturday s GT, GTA and GT Cup race, respectively, at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Canada presented by Audi at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. GT/GTA Round 8 and GT Cup Round 7 of the 2016 season was held in 70 degree, sunny weather conditions. On the rolling start, pole sitter Long, in the No. 59 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, took the lead into turn one with Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT, in second and Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT, in third, ahead of Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3. In GTA, pole sitter Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R, took the lead from the start, running 16th overall, with class Championship points leader Martin Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, in second and 17th overall. In the GT Cup class, Montreal s Chris Green, in the No. 09 Pfaff Motorsports Castrol, Glasurit, KPMG Porsche GT3 Cup, led early from pole over Alec Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Sloan Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Early on, Long managed a one second gap over Palmer as the two worked lap traffic and continued to try to pull away from the field, unable to get very far from Eversley s Acura, which ran closely behind in third with Fong in fourth and JD Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3, completing the top five. Davison earned the Optima Batteries Best Start Award, advancing two spots on the opening lap. Behind them, Toronto s Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8, led a closely following Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R, who also led a train of cars included K PAX Racing Pfaff/McLaren Toronto McLaren 650S GT3 teammates Alvaro Parente and Austin Cindric running in the No. 9 and 6 cars respectively. In 10th was Andrew Davis, driving the No. 76 Calvert Dynamics Phoenix Performance Porsche 911 GT3R, who was holding off the Cadillac Racing teammates of Michael Cooper and Johnny O Connell running in the No. 8 and No. 3 Cadillac ATS V.Rs respectively. By lap four, Schein continued his GTA lead ahead of Fuentes by just about two seconds, while Bret Curtis the No. 96 Turner Motorsport Spectra Resources/United Steel BMW M6 GT3, was in third place in class. Through lap 15, positions held steady in each of the classes, but GT Cup saw drama just two laps later when a tire puncture brought Green into the pits promoting Udell to first in class. In GTA, on lap 19, Fuentes began to close on Schein, but the Porsche driver was able to pull a gap on the Ferrari as the two worked through slower traffic. While Long led cleanly from flag to flag in GT, it was a game of pace between himself and the second place Bentley of Palmer, as the two traded quick laps back and forth for the duration of the race, with the gap fluctuating between one and two seconds to the checkered flag. Palmer finished second with Eversley in third and Fong and Davison completing a diverse top five (Porsche, Bentley, Acura, Bentley, Nissan) with Marcelli s Audi in sixth at the end of the 50 minute race, that ran without a caution. Despite a continued attack from Parente s McLaren, Heitkotter finished seventh with Parente in eighth, Cindric in ninth and Davis 10th, ahead of the Cadillac team pairing of Cooper and O Connell. For Long, it is his seventh career Pirelli World Challenge win and second of In GTA, Schein marked his first ever Pirelli World Challenge victory ahead of Fuentes and Curtis, while in GT Cup, Udell took his seventh career PWC win and fourth this season, and takes the lead in the Driver s Championship. 123

125 Of note, Peter Cunningham, in the No. 42 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/RealTime Acura TLX GT, won the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race, as well as the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger for gaining eight positions during the race; Davison, in his Nissan, also won the Cadillac Best Move of the Race for his pass on Marcelli. It s ironic how things happen sometimes in the sporting world, said Long. From a points perspective, it was a strong day for Porsche and myself. It gives us a fighting spirit for the championship with those top three guys. It s wild how racing works. You find the highs and lows linked together. It s similar to Austin this year when we had a win and then in race two we ended up in the fence on lap one. The lesson to learn for me is to keep my head and focus as much as I can. From a wide prospective, you find out who you friends are at the toughest point. With Effort Racing taking a sabbatical for the rest of the year, it was a very quick turnaround to try and find a home. Fortunately, John Wright, Bobby Veggleoni and Michael Schien stepped up and said they had a space in the truck and we would like to have you in the team. I have worked with all of them over the past three seasons so it has been easy to get up to speed with them on a personality standpoint. I had to learn a different balance of a race car. We started out here on Thursday and we had a lot of work to do just to get the driver up to speed with how the car was setup. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is a very special and unique place. They have done a great job in getting best out of this circuit with some safety issues. And, on the racing line, you have a lot of grip. The ideal race line used to be a lack of grip. Mosport, as it was formerly known, wasn t always my favorite race track. But after today, I ll be looking forward to my next trip up here. It s funny how things work out. I was Belgium for a race and I had a lot of phone calls and text messages. I knew something was going on and it was a lot of downs and ups. There were a lot of people wanted to know if Michael Lewis and I wanted to come race with them. That s the spirit of the Pirelli World Challenge and, specifically, the Porsche family of teams. We look after each other and share information. Porsche takes this type of racing very seriously. The competition and customer portion of it. It was a great run for the team with a double win (with Patrick Long), said Schein. I knew I had the pace to keep it up front today. Basically in my head I needed a clean start. I got up to a pro car and it was tough to pass. Martin (Fuentes) started to catch me and then the race started to get a little interesting in my head. Luckily I was able to pass that pro car and open up the gap a little bit. I worked with Patrick in the past but his presence this weekend helped me right away. I was all for him to join our team. Having someone with his talent and experience to talk to about information. I was very fortunate today. Sometimes others bad luck gives you good luck, said Udell. It would have been nicer to fight with Chris (Green) for the win. He was very fast today and this is basically his home track. I have been chasing him all weekend as he knows the track so well. We were able to get close to Chris in qualifying with a tenth off the pole. The Gods were smiling down on me when he had the tire problem. Initially, Chris car got sideways right in front of me. I had to avoid him and just pace myself after that. I have to give it to the GMG crew. They put a great car together and gave us a win today. GT class teams and drivers next take to the 10 turn, mile road course on Sunday for their final race of the weekend, scheduled for 3 pm Eastern. Watch the race live on Motortrendondemand.com. Long will lead the field to the green flag after posting the fastest lap of the race in GT on Saturday. Results are provisional until posted final. Watch the enhanced race coverage from CTMP on CBS Sports Network, Sunday May 29 at 12pm Eastern. 124

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127 Riddle Wins at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in GTS Round 8 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Max Riddle won GTS Round 8 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Canada presented by Audi at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Fifteen year old Parker Chase, and 16 year old Nate Stacy finished second and third respectively. The 50 minute race was held in sunny, 60 degree weather conditions. From an exciting standing start, pole sitter Brett Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, and Saturday s Round 7 winner Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro Z28, made contact in turn one, which sent both cars spiraling back through the field with damage. Aschenbach and Sandberg both pitted for repairs, going laps down. That promoted Riddle, in the No. 07 TRG AMR Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions Aston Martin Vantage GT4, fresh off a SprintX win moments prior to the GTS race, to the front of the field, ahead of Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Klenin Performance Racing Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Masserati Maserati GranTurismo, and Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4. in third. The action continued on lap two with Chase doing everything in his power to hold off Scott Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, and Jack Roush Jr., driving the No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Boss 302, in the battle for third, with Dollahite eventually moving around Chase for third place. A full course caution was displayed on lap four, as James Vance, in No. 45 the Racers Edge SIN R1 GT4, made contact with the wall in turn five. With the restart occurring with under 30 minutes to go, Riddle kept the lead while Roush Jr. passed Chase for fourth and then passed Dollahite a lap later for third. Dollahite then had to fend off an attack from a persistent Dore Chaponick Jr., in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, who had moved up to fifth around Chase. On lap 13, as cars battled for position, contact ensued between Roush Jr., and Dollahite that ended both drivers days in the tire barrier in turn three, and brought out the safety car for a full course caution with Riddle leading, Klenin second and Chaponick Jr. now in third ahead of Chase. With the incident cleaned up, the field resumed green flag racing with just over five minutes remaining. Riddle led a four car train into turn two as the leaders diced for the top spot at CTMP. Among the late movers was Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, who moved to fifth in the late stages and battled with Chase for fourth. Chase, meanwhile, got around Chaponick Jr. for third when his attack on Klenin failed to materialize in the final corner on lap 21. With two laps to go, Riddle continued to lead Klenin by a slim margin with Chase in third and the late charging Stacy now up to fourth coming to the white flag. Chase then pulled off a pass on the inside of Klenin out of the final corner coming to the white flag. Heading on the back straight on the final lap, Riddle led with Chase quickly closing and Klenin right on his bumper in third. With Riddle heading for the checkered flag and Chase in second by just three tenths, Klenin slid through the final corners, nearly losing control of his Maserati and handing third place to Stacy in the Mustang. It was still a career best finish for the Maserati driver. Scott Heckert, in the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, completed the top five in round eight of the GTS season. Of note, GTS Driver s points leader Aschenbach ended up 12th, just one position behind Sandberg who finished 11th. Tony Gaples, in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro Z28 won the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award for gaining seven positions on the first lap. Chase won both the 126

128 Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race Award and the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race for his pass on Chaponick. Stacy won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining 10 positions during the race. Results are provisional until posted final. Watch the enhanced race coverage of Round 8 from CTMP on CBS Sports Network June 2 at 8pm Eastern. GTS teams now head to Lime Rock Park, May for Rounds 9 and 10. This whole weekend has been magical taking the win on my home track in my home country in front of a lot of fans, it couldn t be better, said Riddle. Congratulations to Parker (Chase) and Nate (Stacy) for their amazing races. This whole weekend has been great, I found out my finance is pregnant, and three wins (two in SprintX, one in GTS), and a third (GTS Round7), and four podiums, the whole weekend has been one of the wildest ever. I couldn t be happier. It was a good race, we have been struggling all weekend, said Chase. We qualified 14th yesterday and I didn t expect to do this good today. We started ninth and got up to third. I was just shooting for points and to do as could as I could. The yellows really helped us. The race went pretty well, we started 13th with a bit of rough start and got the car underneath us, said Stacy. We were trying to save tires, and the double yellows helped us. On the restart we were sitting sixth and trying to get as much as we could as possible can t wait for next weekend. 127

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130 Aschenbach Wins GTS Round 7 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Lawson Aschenbach won GTS Round 7 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Canada presented by Audi. The 50 minute race was held in overcast 65 degree weather conditions. From pole on the rolling start, Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, led into turn one, but the action was for second place as Scott Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora and Vancouver BC s Max Riddle, in the No. 07 TRG AMR Adobe Road Winery, LaSalle Solutions Aston Martin Vantage GT4, went side by side with Riddle slotting into second on the opening lap. As the 15 car GTS field stormed into turn five, contact forced Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Klenin Performance Racing Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Maserati Maserati GranTurismo, into a spin. Klenin continued but was scored last after the first lap. Of note, Jack Roush Jr., driving the No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Boss 302, was up to fourth from his seventh starting position earning him the Optima Batteries Best Start Award. Scott Heckert, in the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, then made a nice pass on Toronto s Anthony Mantella, driving the No. 8 Mantella Autosport Inc. Gulf KTM X Bow GT4, for fifth position on lap three. As the race continued, Aschenbach slowly opened a gap over Riddle, Dollahite and Roush Jr. The action turned to Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, Brett Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, and Huntsville, Ontario s Martin Barkey, in the No. 80 Mantella Autosport MBRP Sportlab Sawmill Creative KTM X Bow GT4, who locked themselves into a scrap for seventh. Sandberg made his move on lap 10, with an outside pass on Stacy after battling the Mustang driver for five laps. A bit further up the track, Heckert had caught Roush Jr. and was looking for a way past the Mustang. On lap 12, and for second place, Dollahite had caught Riddle as those two battled back and forth. On lap 14, Sandberg made a move on Mantella, taking sixth place on a charge forward, and passed Heckert for fifth two laps later. For second, Dollahite passed Riddle to take over the position in his Lotus on lap 17, earning him the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race Award, and Riddle continued to follow the Lotus closely, taking the position back a few laps later as a great battle developed. At this point, Aschenbach s lead was up to just under nine seconds. It didn t take long for Sandberg s X Bow to reel in Roush Jr. either, as attention turned to those two as they battled for fourth place and they closed on the Aston Martin/Lotus pairing in second and third. It was an outside move by Sandberg on lap 22 that promoted him to fourth place ahead of Roush Jr. He then quickly caught Dollahite for third. The Lotus driver put up a fight, but Sandberg slid past for the position and set his sights on Riddle in second place as the clock clicked down from 12 minutes. While Dollahite ran fourth, it was Roush Jr. in fifth fending off a train of cars led by Heckert. Sandberg caught Riddle for second, while those two had made ground on Aschenbach, who s lead was down to seven seconds with eight minutes left in the race. While Sandberg passed Riddle in turn five, Riddle quickly passed him back, but it was a move a couple of corners later that gave Sandberg second for good, giving him the Cadillac ATS V Best Move of the Race Award. 129

131 In the end, Aschenbach would lead every lap to take the win his 20th career PWC win. Sandberg and Riddle completed the podium with Dollahite in fourth. Heckert rounded off the top five with teammate James Vance, in No. 45 the Racers Edge SIN R1 GT4, following in sixth and winning the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining seven positions during the race. Roush Jr. followed in seventh with Mantella and Stacy in eighth and ninth. Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, finished 10th in the all green flag, sprint race. The GTS drivers and teams close out their weekend in Canada with Round 8 of the season, scheduled for 10:15am Eastern on Sunday. With the fastest lap of Saturday s race, Sandberg will start on pole for the standing start alongside Aschenbach, who leads in GTS Driver s Championship points. My biggest thing today was the start, said Aschenbach. With the new rules and the way they are waving the green flag, you have to be on it right away. I was trying to get my tires warm enough on the warm up lap so I could gap everybody early. I just put pedal to the medal the first three laps and we got a good gap at that point. And the guys behind me were all bunched up and battling for position. I was able to build that gap through the middle of the race and that allowed me to save the tires a bit towards the end. When Brett got around Max, I knew I had to start pushing hard again. Brett was quite a bit quicker than us at the end. The Chevrolet Camaro was flawless today. We showed up really fast here. The Black Dog guys have done a great job between races to get ready for the next two races at Mosport and Lime Rock. We came here with a car that only need minor tweaks on it rather than throwing the book at it. Since we started this program four years ago, we have strived to produce consistent cars throughout the season. I think that showed today that the hard work is paying off. Overall, we were really happy with the car, said Sandberg. We struggled early here as we suffered on straight line speed. But we improved our pace throughout the weekend and we are working hard on our race craft. On Sunday, we start on the pole and our car leads to run in the lead. The GTS class is quite evenly matched with the Camaro, Aston Martin and the Mustang fast on the long straight. Then our cars work well through the tighter corners. We lose a large margin on the back straight that we need make up the difference in corners 1 through 5. It s hard but we can do it. We make it in different places with the other GTS cars. The consistency of setting up the car has paid off for us this year. We had a great race with Brett (Sandberg) at the end of the race and good battle with Scott (Dollahite) in the Lotus, said Riddle. Our race went as good as our car could go. The Balance of Performance is good right now as we are all running similar lap times. Lawson (Aschenbach) was in a class of his own today. The team is trying not to stress me out too much about who is coming up behind me. They were telling me about my pace compared to Lawson s and my laps times. My favorite thing about the Pirelli World Challenge is the door to door racing. That is why I came back to it from rally car competition. Door to door racing is where it is at for me. Especially a track like this as you can go two wide through a lot of corners. 130

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133 Grahovec, Goulart and Rodgers Win in Round 4 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Toby Grahovec, Elivan Goulart and Will Rodgers won on Saturday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the TC, TCA and TCB classes, respectively, in Round 4 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Canada presented by Audi. The 40 minute race was held in overcast 59 degree weather conditions. With the red lights switching off for the standing start, Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports, launched from third and into the lead through turn one, passing Friday s Round 3 winner Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, and pole sitter Adam Poland, in the No. 33 Doghouse Performance Edge Addicts Mazda MX 5, in what was about to become a race long battle for the lead. In TCA, Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup, took the lead over pole sitter Joey Bickers, in the No. 49 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 Cup. Goulart moved up from third to first, with Bickers in second and Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, up to third from seventh, earning him the Optima Batteries Best Start Award. In the TCB class, pole sitting Will Rodgers in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports Solvang Brewing Co/Kelly Benefit Strategies/Foundation Fighting Blindness Mazda 2, moved into the lead with Henry Morse, in the No. 14 Hale Motorsports MorseGPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep/Hale Motorsports/Bell/Leatt Prep Mazda 2, in second and Tom O Gorman, in the No. 94 Black Armor Helmets TNIA Honda Fit, making moves to third after starting in fifth. Grahovec led lap one in TC ahead of Wittmer, who passed Poland for second, while Dennis Hanratty, in the No. 4 KRUGSPEED Racing Beta Tools/OG Racing/Winmax Brakes Lotus Exige, followed in fourth position, and Patrick Gallagher, driving the No. 54 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5, in fifth. A caution then flew for contact between Randy Hale, in the No. 17 Hale Motorsports TransAero Mazda MX 5, and Brian Lift, in the No. 99 Outlier/Scion Group Call One Porsche Cayman. On the restart on lap six, Gallagher moved around Hanratty for fourth, while the Lotus dropped back after going off course. Up front, in TC, Wittmer was challenging Grahovec for the race lead down the long Mario Andretti back stretch while the MX 5 duo of Poland and Gallagher followed closely, as those four cars would feature in a race long battle for the lead. In TCA, Goulart continued to lead over Bickers and Powell, while Rodgers continued out front in the TCB class over Morse and O Gorman. As the lead group TC battled, Poland and Gallagher passed Wittmer who ran wide exiting turn seven, quickly recovering back to second as Grahovec led for the time being. On lap eight, Wittmer powered past the BMW down the back stretch for the race lead, while Jason Fichter, in the No.7 Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, joined the battle for third, temporarily making it three wide with Gallagher and Poland. Poland then moved ahead of Gallagher and Fichter for third. The halfway point of the race saw Wittmer build his lead slightly, while Poland passed Grahovec for second temporarily while Gallagher followed. That trio then closed on Wittmer for the race lead while trading spots and ducking in and out of slower traffic in an incredible race at CTMP. On lap 11, TCB leaders Rodgers and Morse had been able to pull a gap on O Gorman while running nose to tail while Goulart continued to lead in TCA. Up front in TC, Grahovec then executed a daring move for the lead in turn five, passing Wittmer and bringing Poland and Gallagher with him. 132

134 Gallagher then closed on Grahovec for the TC lead, while Wittmer had passed Poland for third. Gallagher then made a move stick exiting turn two, on the outside, to take the race lead, earning him the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race. With the clock ticking down, the leaders carved through TCA traffic, at one point going three wide through traffic down the Mario Andretti Straightaway as Wittmer led a charging Grahovec, Gallagher and Poland with seven minutes to go on the timed, 40 minute race clock. Grahovec then pulled passed Wittmer on the back straight on lap 19 to take the race lead, as Wittmer s car began to lose grip in the final moments of the race. A full course caution followed as Morse, went off into the tire wall at the exit of turn three. With only minutes remaining in the race, Race Control issued the checkered flag with Grahovec ahead of Wittmer, Gallagher and Poland. Grahovec would also score the StopTech Brake Late Finish First Award, as well as the Cadillac ATS Best Move of the Race Award for his pass for the lead. In TCA, Goulart took the win ahead of Bickers and Powell, who scored the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger for advancing 10 positions during the race. In TCB, Rodgers scored the win ahead of O Gorman and P.J. Groenke, in the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano s Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/Pelto Agri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. Chevrolet Sonic. For Grahovec, it s his second win of the season and he closes out the weekend continuing to lead in the TC Driver s Championship, while Goulart, completes the weekend sweep with his fourth career win Goulart continues to lead in the TCA Driver s Championship. For Rodgers, it s his second win in four starts thus far in That was one of the most fun races I have ever had, said Grahovec. I couldn t tell you how many times we all (top four) passed each other. I was insane. I got an awesome start and it looked like (Nick) Wittmer spun his tires a little bit too. I got around (Adam) Poland on the outside of turn one. It was back and forth between the four of us the entire race. It was pretty crazy going through lapped traffic and back markers. We were all going flat out and our lap times with incredible. It was like (one minute) 30.5 every lap. I couldn t believe it. We were side by side in turns two, fourth and five. That just doesn t happen too often. This place is awesome to race and the fans are great here too. Our BMW is quite a bit heavier than the Mazdas so we have set up our passing for the back straightaway. I was looking in my mirror the entire because everyone was just on top of each other. It was just crazy race and I m so glad to win it here. The start was exciting because I really couldn t see the (starting) light, said Goulart. I stood up on the edge of my seat a little. As soon as I did that, the light went out and we were off. I said, I gotta go! and I hit the start just right. (Joey) Bickers put the pressure on but I was able to get a clean run on the straightaway. We made some changes to the car overnight and the Mazda was fantastic today. I could put the car wherever I wanted. The SAC crew did a great job. Later in the race, I lucked out a little in traffic and Joey got stuck in traffic. So I opened up the gap at that point. I started out with a good start. I got ahead right away. Henry (Morse) came up on me a little bit in the middle of the race, said Rodgers. Unfortunately, he did have the little wreck in turn three late in the race. I m glad he is okay. It s tough to see a teammate do that, let alone another competitor. I think he realized it was close to the last lap and he was trying to make up some ground. This TC guys were putting on a spectacular race and they were flying by us in the TCB division. I don t know why I have won the second races of the weekends at COTA and here at CTMP. Maybe it is the drive to win. Maybe you don t get the race you want in the first one and you push harder in the second one. 133

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136 Wittmer, Goulart and Morse Win Round 3 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ont. Nick Wittmer, Elivan Goulart and Henry Morse won on Friday afternoon at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the TC, TCA and TCB classes respectively, in Touring Car s Round 3 at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Canada presented by Audi. The 40 minute race was held under clear, 70 degree weather conditions. At the drop of the green, TC pole sitter Adam Poland, in the No. 33 Doghouse Performance Edge Addicts Mazda MX 5, led a huge field of cars into turn one, but it was Montreal s Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, making the move from his fourth starting position with a decisive outside on Dennis Hanratty, in the No. 4 KRUGSPEED Racing Beta Tools/OG Racing/Winmax Brakes Lotus Exige to take over second place. Through the first lap, Hanratty tried to battle back attempting to pass Wittmer for second while TC points leader coming into the weekend Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports, slotted in fourth place in class after starting third. TCA pole sitter Goulart, in the No. 70 S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup, launched into the lead with Matthew Fassnacht, in the No. 74 S.A.C. Racing/Equity Residences Mazda MX 5 slotting into second, and Joey Bickers, in the No. 49 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 into third. TCB pole sitter Will Rodgers, in the No. 65 Solvang Brewing Co./Kelly Benefit Mazda2 held the lead at the start, with Tom O Gorman in the No. 94 TNIA/Black Armor Helmets Honda Fit in second, and rookie Morse, in the No. 14 Hale Motorsports Morse GPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep/Hale Motorsports/Bell/Leatt Prep Mazda 2 following closely in third. In TCA, Gary Kwok, in the No. 6 M&S Racing M&S Produce Honda Civic Si, was on the move, up to sixth in class from last, but the action would stop temporarily as a full course caution flew after contact on the exit of turn 5 between Bickers and Dinah Weisberg, in the No. 50 BERG Racing REDCOM Laboratories/Red Line Oil/Power Brake Mazda MX 5. Kris Wright, in the No. 35 Wright Automotive Group Kia Forte Koup, Kwok and Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup came together trying to avoid Bickers and Weisberg. As the safety car picked up the field while cleanup occurred in turn 5, Poland led over Wittmer, Hanratty and Grahovec in TC, while in TCA, Goulart led Fassnacht and Bickers, with Gormley, Ontario s Samantha Tan, in the No. 38 Samantha Tan Racing GPI Global Honda Civic Si, following in fourth and Kevin Anderson, in the No. 22 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup, in fifth. Of note, Anderson earned the Optima Batteries Best Start Award making up 11 positions on the opening lap. Anderson would also win the VP Fuels Hard Charger finishing 15th overall on the day after starting 36th. In TCB, at the time of the caution, Rodgers led O Gorman and Morse. Completing the top five were Patrick Wilmot, in the No. 18 The Precision Motorsports Group MyBamaHome.com/ Track 9 Media MINI Cooper, and Ted Hough, in the No. 69 Breathless Racing Mazda 2. With the green flag back out on lap 9, Wittmer pounced in TC, this time going to the inside through turn one and taking the lead from Poland. Poland fought back, challenging Wittmer later in the lap, but fell victim to Hanratty s Lotus, who passed Poland down the Mario Andretti Straightaway backstretch. Grahovec followed, taking third away from Poland in a frantic restart lap. Poland responded, taking third back while Wittmer tried to pull a gap in the lead. In TCA, Goulart launched cleanly into the lead on the restart with Fassnacht and Bickers following. In TCB, Rodgers continued to lead O Gorman and Morse as the TCA and TCB held their positions. The action was in TC for the moment, where the shuffling continued for second, as Poland was able to continue his recovery charge, taking second place back from Hanratty, and then went to track down Wittmer for the race lead with 16 minutes to go. 135

137 Poland caught Wittmer, but lost control coming out of turn one, and spun with the bumper of his MX 5 gently touching the inside wall. He was able to get back under power after the dramatic spin and recovery, rejoining the field but further back in the pack. Poland would finish in 10th on the day. That left Wittmer alone to build his lead, while Grahovec was able to get around Hanratty for second late in the race, with Wittmer taking the TC win ahead of Grahovec s BMW and the yellow Lotus piloted by Hanratty. As the TCA race evolved, Goulart pulled a.963 lead on Bickers, while in TCB, O Gorman closed on the bumper of Rodgers while Morse closed on O Gorman, as the top three ran nose to tail. On the final lap, Bickers and Fassnacht would close on Goulart with the three crossing the line nose to tail. The final two laps in TCB turned into a heated battle as the leaders traded positions through turns four and five on lap 17, with Rodgers commanding the race lead back as the cars pulled onto the long Mario Andretti Straightaway. Morse continued to attack, going side by side with O Gorman down the back stretch and then grabbing the lead in turn four on the second last lap of the race as the three TCB leaders continued to fend one another off. With the white flag in the air, O Gorman managed to get around Rodgers while Morse went around both to take the lead down the back stretch, taking the victory ahead of O Gorman and Rodgers. Finishing fourth in TC was Patrick Gallagher, driving the No. 54 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5, who passed Shea Racing teammates Jason Fichter, in the No.7 Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, and Shea Holbook, in the No. 67 Shea Racing BUBBABurger/LucasOil/KoniShockAbsorbers Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, after a multiple lap three car battle for fourth. While Gallagher came home fourth it was Holbrook in fifth with Fichter in sixth. The Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass Award went to Gallagher for his move on Holbrook. He also won the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race for the same pass. The TC win for Wittmer was the second of his career, with the first also coming in Ontario, on the Streets of Toronto in For the 15 year old Morse, it s his first career Pirelli World Challenge win in his third series start. Goulart scores his third career win and second in as many years at CTMP. Wittmer also won the StopTech Brake Late Finish First Award. I have raced on a lot of Canadian tracks but I would consider Mosport or CTMP now as my home track, said Wittmer. I have been coming here since 1999 and have competed here up to five or six times a year. It s all about starts and I got a good one today. If you aren t awake at the green flag, it s going to be three or four times harder to grab the lead. It was a perfect start for me. I couldn t ask for a better start. Honestly, my car was the same since COTA. I finished second at COTA and put the car in the trailer. I have three race cars I work on for customers. I m a mechanic, car builder and racer. Customers come first and my race car comes last. I was going to do a full suspension change before this weekend but I didn t have the time. I thought if it s not broke, don t fix it. Let s just go to Mosport like this and the car was awesome. Adam (Poland) and the Lotus (Hanratty) were so fast and they were right on me. I just had to drive hard and get the finish. It s great to be back at CTMP. Last year was my first Pirelli World Challenge race and I won here, said Goulart. My SAC team did a phenomenal job. It was fantastic race for us as it was all about managing the gap. I knew my challengers were coming and they were knocking on the door. I knew (Joey) Bickers and my teammate Matt (Fassnacht) were going to be right on my tail. So I had to watch their runs to maintain the gap to the checkered flag. This track is so legendary that it is one of the favorites of many of the drivers. It s great to win here again. With the TC B Spec it is always about being smooth with the faster cars flying around you, said Morse. And cars coming up on you at an inconvenient time. I heard that faster cars were coming around me on the last lap. On the double apex turn five, I saw the two leaders come together and that little bit of contact would 136

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140 Cooper Wins GT Round 7 at Barber. Fuentes and Udell Sweep Weekend in GTA and GT Cup BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Michael Cooper scored his first career Pirelli World Challenge GT win in Round 7 at the Grand Prix of Birmingham presented by Porsche, part of the 7th annual Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Martin Fuentes and Alec Udell scored their second victories in as many days in GTA and GT Cup. The race was held under clear, sunny 65 degree weather conditions. When the green flag flew, second on the grid Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R, drag raced door to door down the front straight and into turn 1 with pole sitter Alvaro Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3. Cooper was able to get his car to the apex of the turn first and grabbed the lead. Parente slotted in behind with Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R, moving into third. EFFORT Racing teammates Michael Lewis and Patrick Long in the No. 41 Curb Agajanian Porsche 911 GT3 R and the No. 31 World PMO Porsche 911 GT3 R notched 4th and 5th respectively. Cooper s move to the lead was awarded the Cadillac ATS V.R Move of the Race. In GTA, pole sitter Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 Dime R&D Mercedes Benz AMG SLS GT3, held the lead over Fuentes, in the No. 07 Hublot/Under Armour Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia, and Joseph Toussaint in the No. 90 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R. In GT Cup, pole sitter Udell, in the No. 17 Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, held the lead over Corey Fergus, in the No. 00 Motorsports Promotions Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Sloan Urry, in the No. 20 Security National/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in second and third respectively. By lap 3, Cooper had built a second lead over Parente and by lap 5 he extended it to seconds. In GTA, Montecalvo held a comfortable lead over Fuentes, while in GT Cup, Udell pushed out to an eight second lead leaving Fergus and Urry to battle behind him. Through lap 8, the leaders in their respective classes held positions. In GTA, Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, moved up into third in class. Schein though would have to come into pits for mechanical a mechanical issue two laps later, allowing Drew Regitz, in the No. 19 iracercoaching.com Audi R8 LMS GT3, up into 3rd. Schein would later rejoin the race. Through lap 18, Cooper, Parente, O Connell, held their respective positions in GT while Long passed Lewis for fourth. Montecalvo, Fuentes, and Regitz held the top 3 positions in GTA, while Udell, Fergus, and Urry held top 3 in GT Cup. Farther back in the field a great battle developed for positions 8 through 11 with JD Davison, in the No. 33 Nissan/GT Academy GT3 GT R, Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2 DeVilbiss Hawk Performance Audi R8 LMS Ultra, Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, and Andrew Davis, in the No. 76 Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Porsche 911 GT3R, all dicing for position. On lap 33 with under four minutes remaining in the race and moving through lapped traffic, Parente closed the gap on Cooper and through segments of the track closed right up on the bumper of the Cadillac ATS V.R. O Connell closed his gap to Parente and the three leaders ran nose to tail. A lap later, Fergus Porsche came together with the No. 23 M1 GT Racing Audi R8 GT3 driven by GTA driver Walt Bowlin through turn 3. The 00 machine ended up safely off course beached in the gravel. Bowlin was issued a drive through penalty for the contact. Fergus day was unfortunately over. On the last lap, Montecalvo s Mercedes encountered a mechanical issue and he slowed on track allowing Fuentes to pass for the lead. Regitz and Schein inherited second and third. At the checkered, Cooper came across the line seconds ahead of Parente, and seconds ahead of O Connell. Long and Lewis finished fourth and fifth. In GTA, Fuentes scored his seventh consecutive win of the season, with Regitz and Schein finishing second and third in class respectively. Udell secured his 139

141 third GT Cup win of the season, Urry finished second, while Preston Calvert, in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, finished third. Of note, the Optima Batteries Best Start Award went to the Jon Fogarty, in the No. 99 Gainsco Auto Insurance McLaren 650S GT3, for gaining five positions on the first lap. Fogarty also won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining six positions during the race. The Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race Award went to Long for passing Lewis. We got down into turn one side by side initially, said Cooper. I was able to carry speed around the outside and I was able to get on the throttle quickly into turn two. I knew from Saturday that was the move I had to do if I wanted the lead. I was definitely trying to conserve tires until 20 minutes to go. I was slowly starting to use them more and more to the finish. Luckily, in 2012, I had a Touring Car that wasn t easy on tires. So I really had to work on my tire management game. It helped today. I was getting a little tired of the second and third place trophies in my locker in the Cadillac truck. I didn t get a great start yesterday and I apologized to my crew guys and said it wouldn t happen again. Once I got past Alvaro (Parente), it was all about managing my tires and my pace. Today I actually think the McLaren was quicker than we were. I learned Saturday how hard it is to pass here after following Alvaro the whole race. So I felt if I could hold the lead that it would be tough for him to pass too. I could pull a gap on him in the fast corners but he was quicker in the slower turns. I remember when I was in the TC car with the faster cars are coming up behind you. So I kind of had a feeling of what the slower drivers are thinking. Traffic is always tough at a place like Barber that s hard to pass. So I left some room to negotiate the lapped cars when moving through traffic. It worked well for me today. I m going for my second degree in college (Long Island University) but only taking one class this semester. So my college classes are a little lighter this year working with my new Cadillac team. I did have a full load of classes a few years ago when my racing schedule was lighter. It can be tough balancing both. To win races you have to be fast sometimes and lucky other times, said Fuentes. Today, luck definitely helped us. We weren t fast and we were just trying to keep ourselves in second. Third place was catching up fast as was fourth place. I was actually struggling today. Then (Frankie) Montecalvo had a mechanical problem while in the lead. So when the Mercedes had trouble, we inherited that first place with three laps to go. But we will definitely take the win and move on to Canada for the next race. We made some changes on the car from Saturday s race and it definitely didn t help today. But we had the Irish with us today and took the win. We will test before CTMP (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on May 19 22) and improve the car. It will be important for the rest of the season. This is a short track and there is always a lot going on, said Udell. I like that aspect of it. You never really get any time to think too much about anything as you are driving. It s all about reacting to what is around you. Since last year, I had a little bit of coaching from Patrick Long and Andrew Davis here at the Porsche Driving Academy and it definitely helped coming to this weekend. There were a few places I was losing time last year and I was able to improve this year. It was exciting to come back and this track is such a great facility. The scenery around here is like nothing else in motorsports. I have to go back to school tonight (Clemson University) since we have finals this week. I currently have a full load of classes but my professors have been great to work with my racing schedule. I have been very fortunate to be able to do both. However, it does make it busy right now as I do have school and racing at the same time. On that first corner there, I probably should have tried to brake a little bit later, but the tires weren t 100% ready, said Parente. It seemed like Cooper had a little bit more in the first quarter of the race. Then we had a little bit more in the middle and end of the race. Johnny suddenly finished right next to us, and that was pretty interesting. If I had kept my lead, it would probably have meant that we would have won. It was a tough race, but I ll take second place. I knew early on that I didn t have the car that Michael and Alvaro had today, said O Connell. Congratulations to Michael on his first win. We just didn t have the overall speed. I was able to really look after my tires so when we got to 10 minutes to go I could get back to them. I was able to reel them back in, but I needed a couple more laps. Great weekend for Cadillac getting four podium finishes. That is a good all around team result. 140

142 Results are provisional until posted final. In GT, O Connell continues to lead in the Driver s Championship with 638 points, over Cooper with 622 and Parente with 613. Fuentes continues to lead the GTA Driver s Championship, while Urry leads Udell 644 to 624 in GT Cup. GT/GTA and GT Cup drivers now head north of the border to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, May Watch the CBS Sports Network broadcast from Barber Motorsports Park on May 1, 4 PM Eastern. Parente Wins GT Round 6 at Barber. Fuentes and Udell Take Victories in GTA and GT Cup 141

143 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Alvaro Parente scored the win in GT Round 6 at the Grand Prix of Birmingham presented by Porsche, part of the 7th annual Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Martin Fuentes was victorious in GTA, while Alec Udell won GT Cup Round 5. The race was held under clear, sunny 77 degree weather conditions. When the green flag flew, pole sitter Michael Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R GT3, drag raced with Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3, down the front straight. Parente won the race through turn 1 to take the lead. Cooper s teammate, four time and defending 2015 GT Driver s Champion Johnny O Connell slotted in behind Cooper in 3rd in his No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R. In GTA, pole sitter Fuentes, in the 07 Hublot, Under Armour Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, maintained his position in class, 15th overall in the race, while Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 Dime R&D Mercedes Benz AMG SLS GT3, slotted in behind second in class and 16th overall. In GT Cup, pole sitter Udell, in the No. 17 Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, led over Corey Fergus, in the No. 00 Byers Porsche/US LED Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. By lap 3, Parente held a.629 lead over Cooper and was seconds up on O Connell. JD Davison, in the No. 33 Nissan/GT Academy Nissan GT3 GT R, moved up to 4th from his starting position of 8th. On the same lap, Montecalvo entered the pits with a mechanical issue but would later return to the track. With Montecalvo in the pits, Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, picked up the chase of Fuentes, while Joseph Toussaint, in the No. 90 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, slotted in third in class. On lap 5, Udell continued to build a lead in GT Cup, as fellow competitor Sloan Urry, the GT Cup points leader heading into Barber, in the No. 20 Security National/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, spun through turns 5 and 6. Prior to the spin, Urry was pursuing Fergus for second. The driver of the No. 20 machine righted his car and re joined the race. On lap 8, Race Control issued a full course yellow to remove the wounded No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 driven by Colin Thompson. Thompson s machine contacted the wall on the inside of turn 4. After the race, Thompson said it was a possible mechanical issue that had caused him to go off track. The safety car picked up the field with Parente, Cooper, O Connell, Davison and Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 Nissan GT Academy Nissan GT R GT3 the top 5 in GT, while Fuentes, Schein and Toussaint were the top 3 in GTA, and Udell, Fergus, Preston Calvert, in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, the top 3 in GT Cup. On the Lap 13 restart, Parente launched cleanly into the lead, with Cooper and O Connell in pursuit. Both Fuentes and Udell continued to lead in their respective classes. Farther back in the field, a pitched battle emerged in GT for positions 11 through 14 with Austin Cindric, in the No. 6 K PAX McLaren 650S GT3, Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Racing Acura TLX GT, Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2 DeVilbiss/Hawk Performance Audi R8 LMS Ultra and Jon Fogarty, in the No. 99 Gainsco Auto Insurance McLaren 650S GT3, all dicing for position. For the balance of the race, Parente maintained a roughly three car lead over Cooper and at the checkered, he scored his second career PWC win in as many races crossing the line seconds ahead of Cooper, and seconds ahead of O Connell. In GTA, Schein had closed up on Fuentes but the driver of the No. 07 machine hit his marks and defended well and Schein never got close enough to attempt a pass for the lead. For Fuentes, it s his sixth consecutive win in what has been a dominating start to his 2016 season. Udell never came under pressure during the race and crossed the line ahead of Fergus and Urry it s the second win of the 2016 season and fifth of his PWC career. Of note, Davison won the Optima Batteries Best Start award, gaining four positions on the first lap. Patrick Long, in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing/World PMO Porsche 911 GT3R, won the Motortrendonline.com Clean Pass of the Race award for his pass on Heitkotter to secure 5th on the day. Cooper was awarded the 142

144 Cadillac ATS V.R Move of the Race for deftly moving around lapped traffic near the end of the race to ensure his second place finish. Peter Cunningham, in the No. 42 Acura/HPD/RealTime Acura TLX GT, was awarded the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger for gaining seven positions during the race. It looked a lot calmer in the race than it was inside my car as this was a very difficult race, said Parente. Early in the race I knew I would have trouble with my rear tires. I was fighting with my car more than I wanted to. I had to drive hard but I didn t want the rear tires to go away. I knew that the smallest mistake and Cooper would get by me. And O Connell was right there too. There were two critical parts in the race that I had to be careful. There were some big moments for me today. We haven t had too much trouble this year with the car but it is something I need to watch for in Sunday s race. I am beginning to get used to the tracks and the new team here in North America. Obviously, I know the McLaren 650S very well as I helped develop the car. The team plays a big part in helping me this year as it s my first time racing in the U.S. I m still learning several things here like starts and restarts. In Europe, we start with lights and here it is with the flag. K PAX has helped me a lot with these things. To win a race in America and Europe is still the same. It s very competitive. This win really tastes good because the series is so competitive and I am new to the Pirelli World Challenge too. I was really fighting big time for the win today. So it feels so good to get to the top of the podium. Plus I did it on the track this time (rather than the Long Beach win in post race). This race was very different from the previous races this year, said Fuentes. Mike (Schein) really gave me a battle today. And from the start, Montecalvo was battling me for the lead. I was able to get away a little bit but the yellow flag from Colin s (Thompson) spin put the pack very close. Some of the GT drivers were not on a good pace and here at Barber and it is tough to pass. So I had to run right behind the GT drivers and Mike was very close and challenging me for the lead. If we would have had 100 more yards in the straightaway, I think he would have passed me. It was a good race with Mike today and I m very glad I got the win. Last year was difficult for me as I was learning all of the tracks since it was my first year in PWC. It was great to get my first win here last year at Barber. Now, we have such a tremendous start with six wins that I can t say enough about the Scuderia Corsa team and the Ferrari 458 Italia. We did a lot of practice here in the off season too. We had a great race as we led from the beginning and really didn t look back, said Udell. The guys from GMG Motorsports gave me a great car today and I give them the credit. Second place in points isn t the place I want to be right now. But there is a lot of time left in the season and I hope we can grab the point lead in the near future. I m in a good position now, being just 12 points behind Sloan (Urry). I hope to close up the point gap on Sunday and then head to Canada (CTMP) for a real battle. I think we have an attainable goal to lead the championship after the Canada round. I made a mistake at St. Pete that put us back a little but the team did a great job getting the car back together and very competitive. We had a good race in the second St. Pete event and I even set fastest lap. On the start I didn t have my engine RPM up enough and I was a little slow reacting, said Cooper. Parente nailed the start and just got by me. I was making some gains on some parts of the track on him before the yellow. Maybe if it went a few more laps at that time I would ve had a shot at him. When the tires cycled through after the yellow I just couldn t get back to him to make a pass. Tomorrow I start second. We will take a look at everything tonight and see if we can go a little a quicker. Results are provisional until posted final. GT/GTA and GT Cup drivers next take to the track on Sunday starting at 9:15am Central for Rounds 7 (GT/GTA) and 6 (GT Cup). With the fastest race laps in Saturday s race, Parente (GT), Montecalvo (GTA) and Udell (GT Cup) will start on pole in their respective classes. Watch the race live at motortrendondemand.com and follow live timing and scoring at world challenge.com. 143

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146 Buford Wins GTS Round 6, Completes Weekend Sweep at Barber Motorsports Park BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Jade Buford capped off an almost perfect weekend with a victory in Saturday s Round 6 GTS race at Barber Motorsports Park at the Grand Prix of Birmingham presented by Porsche, part of the 7th annual Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Parker Chase and Scott Dollahite finished second and third respectively. When the lights went out for the standing start, pole sitter Buford, in the No. 45 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, stalled allowing the field to surge by. Second on the grid, Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro Z28, drag raced into the lead with Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, slotting into second. Chase, in the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, moved up into third from his sixth starting position. With Buford momentarily unable to re fire his machine, Race Control issued a full course yellow. Before the field could come back around to the front straight, Buford was under way and pushed to catch up to the back of the field for the restart on lap 3. On the restart, Aschenbach launched cleanly into the lead with Dollahite and Chase in pursuit. By lap 7, Aschenbach held a second lead over Dollahite with Scott Heckert, in the No. 54 SIN Cars/Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, up to third and making a charge. By lap 10, Heckert passed Dollahite for second through turn 8. While the drivers of the No. 54 and 46 machines battled for position, Aschenbach was able pull to out to second lead. And by the next lap his lead was up to seconds. Farther back in the field an intense duel raged for 8th between Ernie Francis Jr., in the No. 98 Breathless Racing/Beta Tools/Liquid Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, and Jack Roush Jr., in the No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302. The two Mustang drivers traded the position back and forth as the race continued. By lap 14, Heckert started to reel in Aschenbach as the leaders caught the back of the field and made their way through traffic. Aschenbach s lead was down to a.670 seconds. And by lap 18, Heckert had closed in on Aschenbach and down the back straight leading into turn 8 passed the driver of the No. 10 machine for the lead. By lap 19, Heckert built a lead of seconds over Aschenbach with Dollahite remaining in third seconds behind the leader. Of note, Buford was on the charge and had worked his way through most of the 22 car field up into 5th. By lap 23, Dollahite closed on Aschenbach for second while Chase pursued in 4th. On the same lap, Dollahite passed Aschenbach through turn 8 allowing Chase to close on the No. 10 machine, while Buford had now closed on the bumper of Chase No. 19 machine. Buford then executed a deft pass of both Aschenbach and Chase down the front straight as the three when three wide. Buford squeezed through turn 1 and into third. He was awarded the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race for the pass. Buford then set his sights on Dollahite for second and by lap 26 had closed on the Evora and executed the pass for position. Behind them Aschenbach and Chase battled for fourth. On lap 27, drama ensued when leader Heckert spun through the esses in the turn 10/11 section of the track allowing Buford into the lead, with Dollahite into second. Chase, who had passed Aschenbach earlier in the lap, slotted into third. Heckert righted his machine and slotted back into 5th. On lap 29, Chase had tracked down Dollahite and through turns 5 and 6 passed for second. 145

147 At the checkered, Buford completed the sweep of the weekend with an amazing last to first victory. Chase would finish seconds behind the leader for second, with Dollahite seconds behind Chase. Aschenbach and Heckert completed the top 5. Of note, Tony Gaples, in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, won the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start award for gaining five positions off of the start. Kevin Marshall, in the No. 44 VSA Motorsports Lotus GT4, was awarded the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining 10 positions during the race. The start was a rookie mistake on my part, said Buford. I really just psyched myself out with the standing start. I knew what to do and I had practiced numerous times. A thousand times in my head. Coming from IMSA, we only have rolling starts. I saw the lights go out and I said to myself to go. I just didn t hear go in my head. I just made a rookie mistake and I m sorry for the series and the other drivers. Luckily the SIN car is an amazing machine and the team gave me a strong car. I was able to keep the tires under me and stay patient as I was driving through the field. The car is as good as it can be right now. Scott (Heckert) looked like he lost it but I couldn t really see what happened on his spin. I was trying to be as patient as possible as I was coming through the field. I just basically kept asking for the gap to the leader and my pace. I just kept my head down and attempted to run the best laps I could. I kind of know how to pace myself with this new SIN car. But I could see how you could burn off the tires pretty easily with this car too. I knew everyone had their own battles in the field and everyone gave me a lot of respect today. I tried to give them that respect back too. The Ginetta car was great today, said Chase. I got a good start from sixth and moved up initially. After the restart, I began charging and diced with Scott (Dollahite) for second at the end. It feels good to get close to the top spot. I was doing as much as I could to keep the car underneath me. Dollahite and I had a good battle today. It was really fun. I m ready for the next race already. We had a great start with the Lotus Evora, said Dollahite. The car was very consistent and hats off the team and the Evora guys. At the end, I saw Parker (Chase) coming up on us and I was able to play traffic a little bit at the three quarter mark of the race. I just couldn t hold him off at the end. That s racing and we look forward to Canada (CTMP). The Lotus Evora is constantly under development and it is a new car to the series. But we are working to improve the car each time out. We didn t change much from Friday to Saturday. We will do some more development before the next race in Canada. But the Lotus Evora has been a great car so far for us. I had a really good car at the start, said Heckert. I noticed the tires starting to give up a little bit in the middle of the race. I was trying to conserve a little at that point, but probably should have pushed a little harder. Then I wouldn t have had to push so hard at the end. I was pushing hard as I was trying to get away from Jade. I had been catching a little of that curb (Turn 11) each time. It helped the car rotate. But that time I missed it and got six inches too much curb. That made the car come down pretty hard and rear end got free then. It s very unfortunate. Those cars don t like bouncing over curbs. The front tires were good but I was struggling for rear grip at that point. Overall it was a good weekend for me and obviously for Jade and the team. I look forward to going to Canada next (at CTMP). Results are provisional until posted final. With the 4th Aschenbach leads the GTS Driver s Championship with 546 points. Chase sits second overall in the Championship with 518 points. Watch the CBS Sports Network broadcast from Barber Motorsports Park on May 7, 1 PM Eastern. GTS drivers now head north of the border to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, May for Rounds 7 and 8 of the Championship. 146

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149 Buford Wins GTS Round 5 at Barber Motorsports Park BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Jade Buford won Friday s shortened Round 5 Pirelli World Challenge GTS race at Barber Motorsports Park, and the Grand Prix of Birmingham presented by Porsche, part of the 7th annual Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Lawson Aschenbach finished second, while Scott Dollahite finished third. With rain falling as the green flag flew, pole sitter Buford, in the No. 45 Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, launched cleanly into the lead, while third on the grid Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, passed second on the grid Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, to slot into second. At the end of the first lap, Buford had built a.675 lead over Dollahite and a gap over Aschenbach. Scott Heckert, in the No. 54 SIN Cars/Racers Edge Motorsports SIN R1 GT4, slotted into fourth and Anthony Mantella, in the No. 8 Gulf Mantella Autosport KTM X Bow GT4, in fifth. With rain falling, Race Control issued a full course yellow and then a red to bring the field into pit lane to allow teams the opportunity to change to Pirelli P Zero rain tires. The race resumed with just under 30 minutes on the clock. Buford launched cleanly into the lead followed by Dollahite and Aschenbach. Through turn 13, Aschenbach executed a clean pass to take second. By the end of the lap Buford had built up to a 1.8 second led over Aschenbach. As rain continued to fall, Buford grew his gap over Aschenbach to 2.5 seconds, while Dollahite pursued 3.7 seconds back of the leader. With just under 12 minutes remaining, Race Control issued a red flag as lightening touched down around the track. As cars came into pit road and a heavy downpour occurring, a checkered was issued to end the race. Buford secured his first PWC race win in his first start in the series. Of note, Harry Gottsacker, in the No. 29 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, won the Optima Batteries Best Start award for gaining three positions on the first lap of the race. The Cadillac Move of the Race was awarded to Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Maserati Maserati GranTurismo MC, for his pass through turn 5 on Parker Chase in the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4 Car. Chase was awarded the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining seven positions on the day he finished sixth on the day. We just had to make the best of the situation with the rain and red flag, said Buford. Track conditions were changing so I just made the best of it. This is my first time with the new SIN Car (R1 GT4) and my first Pirelli World Challenge race. I couldn t ask for anything better with the pole and the win. I m learning to drive the car now. Some of the drivers I already know. So when I m around them, I knew what to expect. The series is good and I m excited to race in it. I have raced a lot of different cars here (at Barber), so I have quite a bit of experience in the wet. I thought I had a good idea where to go on the track with the rain. That helped me get the most out of my car. Today s race was our first real long run on the car, so we can go back and check the data for Saturday s race. Saturday s race will be quicker and more predictable. We had a good race today with Black Dog Speed Shop Chevy Camaro Z 28, said Aschenbach. The car has been good since rolling off the trailer. We felt this was going to be a tough race for us. This track is not the best for the Camaro. A lot of GT4 cars are quite fast here with the twisty bits. I was looking forward to the rain. It s the great equalizer and that was to our benefit today. I m not sure I could have held up with these guys in the dry today. Hats off to Jade. He did a fabulous job. It would have been nice to have a couple of more laps in the rain before the lightning came. I thought we would have been able to battle him there. I hope all of the fans are safe and we ll have another good race on Saturday. The rain was a tough call today for the teams. Everyone was watching the radar very closely. It can win or lose you races. 148

150 We were sitting on pit lane during the first red flag and we just kept talking and talking about it. It was a gamble because we knew some of the rain was coming but we didn t know how long it was going to take to hit the track. Because the red flag came so quickly and easily that we felt it was best to stay on the dry tires. I think only two cars switched to rain tires. That is one of the toughest decisions a crew chief or engineer has to make. And our guys, Ryan McCarthy, did a great job making the call. For Saturday s race, we are racing in the morning and we get a little more aggressive with the setup. With the cooler conditions, you can get away with it. This track can really abuse tires. It can really wear out tires quickly. We can push a little harder in the morning that usual. It was a team decision to miss the St. Pete race, said Dollahite. That track is pretty cruel on cars. So we decided to take that race off and go on for the rest of the season. We had a great start and Lawson made a great pass on me on the restart lap. At the end of the race, the back half of the track was still a little wet and that s when things started to get closer with the mixed conditions. I was really happy with Lotus Evora at the end of the race. The car was handling great. It s the first time we had this car in the rain. I just didn t know what to expect. It was very slippery on back end of the track. All in all, I was quite happy with the car s handling. We are probably not going to change much in our setup for the Saturday race. We had pretty good runs in practice in the dry. We are very happy with the car right now. Results are final. With the second place finish, Aschenbach moves into the lead in the Driver s Championship standings with 462 points. Buford posted the fastest lap of the race with a , a new PWC GTS Barber Motorsports Park track record (eclipsing the previous mark set in 2015 by Jack Baldwin, 1:32.128). With the fastest lap, he will start on pole for Saturday s Round 6 race, scheduled for 9:45 am Central. Watch the race live a motortrendondemand.com. 149

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152 Parente Scores First Career Pirelli World Challenge Win on the Streets of Long Beach. Fuentes wins in GTA LONG BEACH, Calif. Alvaro Parente won Sunday s Pirelli World Challenge Round 5 race at the Replay XD Grand Prix of Long Beach presented by Cadillac, part of the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend. Martin Fuentes won in GTA. Parente was awarded the win after a post race technical infraction led to a 10 second penalty being assessed to provisional race winner Johnny O Connell in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS.V.R. O Connell has been awarded second place with Patrick Long taking third in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R. The race was held under sunny, 73 degree weather conditions. When the green flag flew, pole sitter Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650 GT3 drag raced door to door down the Shoreline Drive front straight with second on the grid O Connell. The two drivers went side by side through turn 1, with O Connell s machine grazing the tire wall on the outside of the turn. That allowed fourth on the grid Long to move into second. Colin Thompson, who had started third, followed Long and slotted into third in his No. 13 K PAX Racing McLaren 650 GT3. O Connell made in through turn 1 in fourth. Before the field could complete the first lap, James Sofronas, in the No. 14 GMG/Spyder/Mobil 1/Thermal Club GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R came together with Austin Cindric, in the No. 6 K PAX Racing McLaren 650 GT3. The contact left the No. 6 machine wounded along the Seaside Way back straight. Race Control issued a full course yellow. The safety car picked up the field with Parente, Long, Thompson, O Connell and Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 rounding out the top 5. In GTA, Frankie Montecalvo, who started 2nd in class and 12 overall in his No. 66 Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 moved into the lead over polesitter Fuentes in his No. 07 Hublot/Under Armour Ferrari 458 Italia GT3. Fuentes had started 7th overall. The two drivers slotted into 12th and 13th overall when the yellow came out. On the Lap 9 restart, Parente launched cleanly to lead the field down the long Shoreline Straight as Long moved to the outside looking for a way around the driver of the No. 9 machine. Parente made it through turn 1 in the lead, while O Connell, who took an inside line on the restart was able to squeeze back into second exiting turn 1. On the completion of the lap, Parente, O Connell, Long, and Palmer completed the top 4 as Thompson entered the pits with what appeared to be a cut tire. In GTA, Fuentes reclaimed the lead over Montecalvo on the restart. On lap 11, Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 Always Evolving/Replay XD Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R made contact with the tire wall in turn 1. A full course caution was issued to remove the damaged 05 machine. At the yellow, Fuentes sloted into 10th overall maintaining the lead in GTA, while Montecalvo had dropped back to 13th overall and second in class. Of note, Michael Cooper, the GT Championship points leader coming into the race weekend, started from the back of the field after not posting a time during Saturday s qualifying session due to an engine breathing issue with his No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R. Cooper was on a charge and moved into 11th overall when the second caution of the race was issued. With 21 minutes remaining, the race restarted and with a tremendous launch O Connell rocketed to the lead around Parente. Through turn 1, Parente slotted into second in front of Long in third. O Connell was awarded both the Cadillac Move of the Race and the Motortrendondemand.com Clean Pass of the Race. In GTA, Fuentes remained in the lead over Montecalvo, 12th overall in the race. Cooper continued his charge moving into 8th. By lap 15, O Connell pushed his lead to an second gap over Parente, and a second gap over Long. By lap 18, Cooper, had moved into 6th and began a battle with JD Davison, in the No. 33 Nissan/GT 151

153 Academy Nissan GT3 GTR. Through turn 10, Cooper passed Davison to move into 5th. Cooper then set his sights on Palmer for fourth position and by lap 20 had closed on the driver of the No. 87 machine. On lap 21, Cooper and Palmer went door to door down the Shoreline Drive straight, but Palmer was able to hold 4th through turn 1. Cooper though kept the pressure on and took the inside line exiting turn 8 to win the drag race down the Seaside Way back straight to take 4th. In GTA, Fuentes maintained his lead in class moving up to 9th overall in the race. On lap 23, Montecalvo was issued a drive through penalty for contact with Peter Cunningham, in the No. 42 Acura/HPD/RealTime Racing Acura TLX GT. Tim Pappas, in the No. 54 Papent.com Black Swan Racing Dodge Viper GT3 R moved into second in GTA. On lap 26, Race Control issued a debris/fluid on track flag for turns 9 and 10. Soon after, Cooper s ATS V.R slid into the tire wall through turn 9 and the No. 8 car came into the pits for a mechanical issue ending his charge. At the checkered, O Connell crossed the line ahead of Parente by seconds, with Long in third, seconds behind Parente. Fuentes finished first in GTA and 8th overall with, Pappas second, and 11th overall. Newport, California s Brent Holden, in the No. 44 GMG Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 finished third in class and 13th overall. The post race technical infraction reversed first and second places in GT. Results are final. For Parente it s his first career Pirelli World Challenge win. Fuentes continued his dominating season with his 5th consecutive GTA race win. Of note, Davison was awarded the Optima Battery Best Start award for gaining seven positions. The VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award went to Holden for gaining seven positions overall during the race. I have mixed emotions about winning the race this way, said Parente. I would have liked to have won the race on the track. We had a near perfect weekend with winning the pole position and racing for the win. It s too bad that Johnny (O Connell) was penalized because we had a great race today. But I am happy to win at a famed track like Long Beach in my first appearance. I m happy for the K PAX team and McLaren and I look forward to racing next week at Barber (Motorsports Park). Of all the laps that I did today that first run into Turn 1 was the toughest, said O Connell. I arrived at my braking point later than Parente and timed everything perfect while allowing him racing room. He went in deep and couldn t get his car to turn and we had contact with the tires that allowed two cars to get by. There was not a lot of grip out there today. On the restarts I had a strong car and with my experience here I was able to get into the lead. Once there it was a matter of focus and hitting my marks. It is great to be able to showcase the athleticism of the AST V around the streets of Long Beach. In post race tech I understand they found we had a few boost spikes that were not to their liking. These occurred when we were in traction control situations, so not a speed advantage at all. But rules are rules. A second place finish does not take away from the accomplishment of Cadillac Racing today. I am proud of the team. It feels good to get my championship back on track, said Long. We had a very high and low to start of the season. We had a victory at COTA and then got run over in the second race. Then we had a destroyed race car and we had to turn it over in two days with two mechanics. EFFORT Racing did an unbelievable job to get the race back on the track at St. Pete. Long Beach is always difficult. But I think the fastest driver won and the second fastest driver finished second. So it was good to follow them across the line. It was a clean race at the front and again a battle of restarts. We are evolving as a championship and the respect is growing amongst the drivers. Good day for Porsche and I m elated that I m back in the championship fight in the points (2nd). This guy to my right (O Connell) has been tough to beat the last four years but we are planning to give him a run for the title this year. Long Beach is always tricky but it was a good race for us, said Fuentes. We were fighting with some of the GT guys and we were always racing even if they aren t in our class. We were trying to stay out of trouble as we have a race next weekend at Barber. The restarts were pretty challenging today. Scuderia Corsa gave my a great car as usual. I pulled out of some trouble today with a win. At the start of the race, I think something happened to me because I fell asleep at the green flag. I lost too many position and Frankie (Monteclavo) and couple of Bentleys were in front of me. At the second restart, I think Frankie fell 152

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156 Lewis, Fuentes and Urry Sweep Weekend at St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. Michael Lewis scored his second straight flag to flag GT victory in Sunday s Round 4 race at the Pirelli World Challenge Cadillac Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Martin Fuentes and Sloan Urry also swept the weekend in GTA and GT Cup respectively. The 50 minute race was held under overcast skies in 75 degree temperatures. When the green flag flew, pole sitter Lewis, in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing/Curb Agajanian Porsche 911 GT3 R launched cleanly into the lead. Fourth on the grid JD Davison, in the No. 33 Nissan/GT Academy Nissan GT R GT3 moved up into second, while second on the grid Alvaro Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S pursued in third. Patrick Long, in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing/World PMO Porsche 911 GT3 R rocketed into fourth from his seventh starting position. In GTA, Fuentes, in the 07 Hublot/Under Armour Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia led in class, while Urry, in the No. 20 Security National/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup led in GT Cup. On lap 2, Race Control issued a full course yellow as the No. 00 Byers Porsche/US LED Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car of Corey Fergus contacted the wall through turn 4. The car sustained heavy damage. Fergus was taken to medical as a precaution but was released. At the yellow, Lewis led over Davison, Parente, Long, and Michael Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R. Fuentes maintained his lead in GTA 16th position overall in the race, ahead of Frankie Montecalvo, 17th overall and second in class in the No. 66 DIME R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3. In GT Cup, Urry continued to lead over Alec Udell, in the No. 17 Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Preston Calvert, in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance machine. After a lengthy delay to repair a track barrier that had been moved by the contact with the No. 00 car, the race went green with just over 18 minutes remaining. From the lap 16 restart, Lewis again launched cleanly into lead, with Davison, and Long in pursuit. Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R. picked up fourth in front of his teammate Cooper. Fuentes and Urry remained in the lead in their respective classes. By lap 19, Lewis had built a 1.2 second lead over Davison. Further back in the field, an intense battle developed with Parente, Ryan Eversley, piloting the No. 43 Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT, and Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 jockeying for position in sixth, seventh and eighth. As the group entered turn 1, Parente and Palmer came together resulting in a spin for the No. 9 machine. As oncoming drivers avoided the No. 9 car, Austin Cindric in the No. 6 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S contacted with Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3. Cindric s machine contacted the wall and a full course yellow was issued. Cindric was not injured. The race went green again with just two minutes remaining and Lewis again launched cleanly into the lead, with Davison in second. Long would go deep into turn 1 and Cooper was able to slide underneath for third. Long was able to hold off O Connell and slotted into fourth. At the checkered, Lewis scored his second career PWC GT win in as many days, while Fuentes and Urry also collected their second straight wins on the weekend. Davison and Cooper finished second, and third in GT. Udell and Calvert finished second and third in GT Cup. Of note, the Optima Batteries Best Start Award went to Long for gaining three positions on the first lap of the race. Cooper won the Cadillac ATS.V.R Move of the Race for his pass over teammate O Connell. Palmer was awarded the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger for gaining seven positions during the race. First off, thank you so much to EFFORT Racing, Porsche and Curb/Agajanian Racing for the 2016 season and putting me in the car, said Lewis. Today s race was very hectic. It was a great weekend for me. It s not easy to win one race, let alone two. You never know when you will win the next one. So we ll soak this one up a little tonight. We knew everyone was going to be better in the second race after the other teams looked over their data from race one. It s going to be to a dog fight at Long Beach now too. My restarts were not as strong as Saturday in terms of getting into the first corner. Other guys were really throwing their cars into turn one today. It was important to get through that first corner and I could then set my sights on hitting my marks. The restart battles were key today. I hope the drivers in the crashes are okay. Those were hard hits. Great job by the marshalls today. The rubber was different on the track from the IndyCar race before ours. My team was on the radio to me to watch my brakes and tires on the restart. They wanted me to get the heat inside the tires and not just on top. Today s race was more complicated than Saturday s race, said Fuentes. I don t know why the second race of a weekend is more challenging than the first race. We were trying to stay away from the crashes in front of us and have a 155

157 clean race. We were able to move up the field and I was fighting a little overheating again. With the yellow flags, we came out with a little luck today. We always know that luck is part of racing. So winning our fourth race in a row is a tribute to the Scuderia Corsa team. We are very happy to leave St. Petersburg with double wins and move to Long Beach now. It was a lot more difficult race today, said Urry. All of the restarts were tough and I had to open the gap. I knew Alec (Udell) was hungry to go for the win today. He really raced me clean. He really shocked me with his pace today. To be honest, I had to run qualifying laps to stay in the front. There was no messing around. It was a great weekend for the TruSpeed Security National Mortgage team. The restarts were difficult today due to the rubber from the IndyCar race. Results are provisional until posted final. Unofficially, Cooper leads in GT Driver s Championship points, Fuentes and Urry lead in GTA and GT Cup. GT, GTA and GT Cup drivers now get set for Round 5 of the 2016 season at Long Beach and the Cadillac Roar by the Shore, presented by Replay XD, April Watch expanded coverage of the races from St. Petersburg on CBS Sports Network, March 20, at 12 noon Eastern. 156

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159 Lewis Victorious in GT Round 3 at St. Petersburg. Fuentes and Urry Win in GTA and GT Cup St. Petersburg, Fla. Michael Lewis scored a flag to flag GT victory in Saturday s Round 3 race at the Pirelli World Challenge Cadillac Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Martin Fuentes and Sloan Urry won in GTA and GT Cup respectively. The 50 minute race was held under partly cloudy skies and 71 degree temperatures. When the green flag flew, pole sitter Lewis, in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing/Curb Agajanian Porsche 911 GT3 R, launched cleanly into the lead through turn 1, with second on the grid Alvaro Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 slotting into second, and third on the grid Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R. in third. O Connell s teammate Michael Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac ATS V.R. followed in 4th. In GTA, pole sitter Fuentes, in the No. 07 Hublot/Under Armour Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia slotted into first in class and 12th overall in the race, while GT Cup pole sitter Urry, in the No. 20 Security National/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup led over Alec Udell, in the No. 17 Amsource Capital/Panther Pipeline machine. Of note, Patrick Long, in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing/World PMO Porsche 911 GT3 R started from the back of the field in 19th after the team worked tiredlessly to repair his car following the significant damage the machine sustained in Round 2 last Sunday at Circuit of the Americas. With repairs ongoing, Long was unable to take to the track for Round 3 qualifying completed on Friday. By lap 5, Lewis had built a.968 second lead over Parente and a 3.5 second lead over O Connell in third place. Lewis continued to open up the gap and by lap 13 led Parente by over seconds, with O Connell running 6.6 seconds behind. In GTA, Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME R&D Mercedes Benz AMG SLS GT3 closed the gap to two seconds on Fuentes with the two running 16th and 17th overall in the race. Urry still led over Udell by just under a second in GT Cup. On lap 15, Montecalvo dropped a few positions after spinning in turn 4. The car did not contact the wall and he resumed under power. By lap 21, Lewis continued to lead Parente with the gap up to four seconds with O Connell still in third, Cooper in fourth and 17 year old Austin Cindric, in the No. 6 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 in fifth. A hard charging Long had moved up to 10th. Further back in the field an intense battle raged with Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3 and Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT going door to door for a number of laps vying for 8th with the drivers trading the position back and forth. Long joined the battle and was able to get around both. At the checkered, Lewis scored his first career GT win, over ten seconds ahead of Parente in second. O Connell finished third, Cooper fourth and Cindric fifth. Fuentes and Urry took their third straight wins of the season in GTA and GT Cup respectfully. Long finished in seventh, gaining 12 positions overall during the race to secure the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award. Long also won the Optima Batteries Best Start award for gaining three positions on the first lap of the race. Lewis registered the fastest lap during the race and will start on pole for Round 4. Fuentes and Urry also secured the poles for tomorrow s race with fastest laps in their respective classes. The Cadillac ATS.V Move of the Race was awarded to Eversley for his pass on Adderly Fong, in the No. 88 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3. It is so special to be sitting in victory lane especially with the overall win, said Lewis. The race was a tough one with no yellow flags and it was flat out all the way. I knew that Alvaro (Parente) had a quick car in the McLaren but our EFFORT Racing Porsche was just a terrific car today. I had some pressure in the first five laps. My engineers said just to keep my head down and don t worry about the things behind you. It was hot out there and I wanted to hit my marks every time. I was actually preparing for a restart because I was sure there was going to be a yellow flag or a green white checkered situation. So I was trying to conserve my tires for a late race caution. Starting from pole position really makes things so much easier for the race. So qualifying is extremely important here or any street course. We look at video from practice to qualifying to the race and study the track. A lot of the work starts before we get to the track, then throughout the weekend. I want to thank Patrick Long for his mentoring and assistance in setting up the car. 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160 This was a very difficult race for us today. We had overheating problems in the middle of the race, said Fuentes. We saw that Montecalvo, my closest competitor, was falling back a little so I slowed the pace. It helped the car too since I shut off the all of the air conditioning to cool things inside the car. So it was a hot race for me today. With the walls of a street circuit, the air doesn t get to the car as well and overheating can be a problem here. As usual, Scuderia Corsa gave me a great car and it feels great to win our third race in a row. Again, just like COTA, I was in the mix the GT cars and they were really fighting for their positions. I needed to be careful around them and not get in an incident due to their battles. It was a pretty straight forward race for us today, said Urry. We had a great car right out of the trailer. I was very impressive how quick the car was immediately. We had the race to lose today and I felt confident. I just drove it like qualifying with my head down. I made one mistake that I m not too happy about. But luckily I had a big enough gap that it didn t matter. It s great to get the win for Security National Mortgage here. Results are provisional until posted final. GT, GTA and GT Cup drivers now get set for Round 4 of the 2016 season. Watch the race live at motortrendondemand.com starting at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Sunday. Follow live timing and scoring at world challenge.com. 159

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162 Roush Jr. Wins Round 3 GTS Race at St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. Jack Roush Jr. won Friday s GTS Round 3 race at the Pirelli World Challenge Cadillac Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Brett Sandberg finished second, while Nate Stacy finished third. When the green flag flew, pole sitter Roush Jr, in the No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, launched cleanly and into the lead through turn 1. Behind him, second on the grid Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speedshop Chevrolet Camaro Z28, went door to door through the opening corner with Sandberg, who had started third in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4. Aschenbach was able to hold the position with Sandberg slotting into third. Stacy moved into fourth in his No. 14 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302, passing PWC veteran Charles Espenlaub, in the No. 93 AK&J Sealants Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 Espenlaub was making his 92nd career series start and first since Stacy earned the Optima Batteries Best Start Award for gaining two positions from his sixth place position on the grid. By lap five, Stacy and Sandberg were locked in a battle for third while the top four Roush Jr., Aschenbach, Sandberg and Stacy broke away from the rest of the field, with Roush Jr. holding a.856 second lead over Aschenbach, 1.70 seconds clear of Sandberg, and seconds in front of Stacy. By lap 13, Roush Jr. had pulled a gap out to just over two seconds, as Sandberg had closed on Aschenbach for second. The battle for second then intensified, allowing Roush, Jr. to extend his lead over Aschenbach and Sandberg. On lap 21, Stacy rejoined the battle for second with Aschenbach and Sandberg. Back of the field traffic would play a role in the battle, as the cars jockeyed for position moving through the field. Stacy and Aschenbach contacted going door to door through turn 1 and Stacy was able to slide by for second position. The contact would leave Aschenbach s Camaro Z28 slightly wounded shedding loose parts. As the drama unfolded behind him, Roush Jr. had built an eight second race lead at the 35 minute mark. On lap 27, Sandberg passed Stacy for second place while Aschenbach lost fourth to Parker Chase, in the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4 and then fifth to Dore Chaponick, in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4. Roush Jr. would take the checkered flag for his first career Pirelli World Challenge win, with Sandberg closing the gap to 2.6 seconds to finish second with Stacy in third place. Stacy was also awarded the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger for gaining three positions during the race. Sandberg was awarded the Cadillac ATS V Move of the race for his pass on Stacy for second. Street races are really treacherous. But they are a lot of fun, said Roush Jr. The shape of the street makes you follow lines that you wouldn t normally on a race track. Dean Martin and his team really know how to setup the Mustang for the street courses. Dean was always good in the street races. I would put them against anyone. We talked about setup and strategy on the course. We wanted to finish the race well too. I knew Lawson (Aschenbach) would put on the pressure at the start and I felt it all race. I knew people would be coming at the end of the race like Brett in the X Bow and Nate. I just went as fast as I could without putting the car at risk. The KTM X Bow was extremely consistent today, just like at COTA, said Sandberg. We were able to manage the tires and had a good race with Lawson (Aschenbach) and Nate (Stacy). It is very, very hard to get around the Mustang and Camaro with their straightaway speeds. Actually, I thought we would be better here at St. Pete than at COTA. But we won at COTA. The X Bow is better suited for a tight track like here. But we learned a lot about the car at COTA. We were able to get the speed out of the car at COTA. But here it is so difficult to overtake. Overall, I m very happy with the second place finish. I made a big run on Lawson (Aschenbach) in turn one in trying to get second, said Stacy. I hit the paint on the runway front straight and started sliding. On the inside, I got upside of Lawson and nudged him a little. I 161

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165 Roush Jr. Wins Round 4 GTS Race, Sweeps Weekend at St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. Jack Roush Jr. swept the weekend in GTS winning Saturday s Round 4 race at the Pirelli World Challenge Cadillac Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Brett Sandberg finished second, while 15 year old rookie Parker Chase finished third. The 50 minute race was held under sunny skies with the temperature at 78 degrees Fahrenheit. From the standing start, 16 year old Nate Stacy had a tremendous launch from third on the grid into the lead through turn 1. Pole sitter Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4 and fourth on grid Lawson Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speedshop Chevrolet Camaro Z28 slotted in behind Stacy in second and third respectively. Roush Jr., who had started second on the grid in his No. 60 Roush Performance Ford Mustange Boss 302 followed in fourth. By lap 3, Stacy had built a 10 car lead over Sandberg, Aschenbach and Roush Jr. who were running nose to tail. Dore Chaponick Jr., in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4 then joined the threesome running closely with the pack in fifth. Race control issued a full course yellow on lap 6 after contact between Derek DeBoer, in the No. 09 TRG AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 and Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Maserati Maserati GrandTurismo MC, left the No. 62 car wounded on the exit of turn 12. Shortly after the yellow was issued, Klenin was able to re fire his machine and continue underway. On the lap 7 restart, Stacy launched cleanly to hold the lead through turn 1, as Sandberg, Aschenbach, Roush Jr. and Chaponick Jr. retained their second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectfully. By lap 10, Stacy rebuilt his lead back up.885 seconds over Sandberg. Working lap 12, Roush passed Aschenbach on the front straight and moved into third. Stacy grew his lead to seconds over Sandberg by lap 13. Sandberg, Roush Jr. and Aschenbach all ran nose to tail in pursuit of the lime green No. 14 car. By lap 16, Chase, who had started sixth on the day, drove his No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4 around Chaponick s No. 12 machine and into 5th down the front straight. Over the next number of laps, Sandberg started to close the gap to Stacy and by lap 18 the gap was down to.582 seconds. On lap 22, Chase closed on Aschenbach and the two began a battle for the fourth position with passes and repasses for the position between the two. At the front, Stacy suddenly went off course through turn 12 with his No. 14 machine hitting the wall on the outside of turn 13. Race Control issued a full course yellow to remove the damaged car. Stacy was not injured. I came around the turn 11 corner and hit the curb on the inside, said Stacy from pit row as the race continued. Then when I landed the steering wheel had no input and I was just along for the ride. I just tried to save it and not hit anyone. Just glad that the KTM (Sandberg) wasn t close or we both would have crashed. It was my own fault. I just hope that Jack (Roush Jr.) can avenge me and win the race now. Brett was on me pretty hard later in the race and I was hoping Jack could get by him and we could have the Roush finish 1 2 today. It just wasn t the cards today. On the lap 26 restart, Roush Jr. rocketed around Sandberg and into the lead through turn 1. Sandberg slotted into second with Aschenbach and Chase in close pursuit. As they crossed the line to complete the lap, Roush Jr. had built a.942 lead over Sandberg, but by lap 29 Sandberg closed the gap and was back hounding for the lead. With five minutes to go, Roush Jr. and Sandberg were nose to tail and had built a 2.5 second gap over Aschenbach and Chase who were engaged in a heated battle for third. Chase passed Aschenbach through turn 10 at the end of Bayshore Drive to slot into third. Chase was awarded the Cadillac ATS V.R. Move of the Race for the pass. 164

166 On the white flag lap, Sandberg continued to hound Roush Jr. looking for a opportunty to pass. On the last turn of the track, Sandberg went to the outside attempting to go door to door to the checkered but brushed the wall exiting 14. Roush Jr. was able to maintain his position to sweep the weekend and take his second win in a row at St. Petersburg. Sandberg finished second, and Chase third. Pirelli World Challenge veteran Charles Espenlaub, making his 93th series start, finished fourth in the No. 93 AK&J Sealants Maserati GranTurismo MC. Aschenbach finished fifth. I didn t get a good start at all. I got a lot of wheel spin and I dropped to fourth, said Roush Jr. Then I tried to get the tires up to temperature and be smart in every turn. I was on my marks as best as possible. It was a battle the whole time. A much tougher race than Friday. The late restart was such a rush that I don t remember that much of it. I have a lot of respect with the guys I race with in the GTS class. I didn t know that Brett (Sandberg) was on the outside in the final corner. I don t think I touched him. I was just focused on the front and getting to the checkered flag. This is kind of bittersweet today because I thought Nate (Stacy) was going to run away. I really felt bad for him when I saw him hit the wall. He really has a lot of talent and I m sure we are going to see a lot of great results from him in the future. Overall, I am really happy for the crew because they worked very hard all weekend, said Sandberg. The track had changed today and the car was very loose compared to yesterday (Friday). I was trying to use my car s advantages on the restart and make moves in the corners. I was hoping Jack s big V 8 (engine) would get some wheel spin at the restart. He was able to out drag us down the front straight. I was trying to bide my time and get into position to make a move late in the race. At the end of the day, it was hard fought battle and I gave it everything I had. I thought I had a chance in the final corner by going to the outside. I thought in my mind that Jack doesn t know I m here. He got a bit of run coming out of the final turn and I tried to stay on the throttle. But I touched the wall and I had to check up. I think if I had gotten side by side with him we might have bounced off each other. But he had a good run and I had to get off the throttle. I fell back at the start as I had a problem in second gear, said Chase. I had a good battle with Lawson (Aschenbach) and I just waited to find a way by. Finally I was able to throw it into turn one and make the pass. I came here a little nervous because it was my first street course. But in the first session, I seemed to adapt well to the course. Of note, Tony Gaples, in the No. 11 Blackdog Speedshop Chevrolet Camaro Z28 won the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award for gaining four positions when the lights went out to start the race. Sean Gibbons, in the No. 7 TRG AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4 won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award for gaining five positions during the race. Results are final. Sandberg now leads the Driver s Championship points standings. GTS drivers next head to Birmingham, Ala. for Rounds 5 and 6 of the Championship, April at Barber Motorsports Park. Watch the expanded coverage of Rounds 3 and 4 from St. Petersburg on CBS Sports Network, March 27, at 3 p.m. Eastern. 165

167 O Connell, Fuentes and Urry Win Round 2 in GT/GTA/GT Cup at COTA Austin, Texas Johnny O Connell, Martin Fuentes and Sloan Urry scored victories at the Circuit of the Americas in GT, GTA and GT Cup respectively, in Round 2 of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season at the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas presented by VP Racing Fuels. With the green flag out, Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R, led from pole on the rolling start but contact between Saturday winner Patrick Long, in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing Porsche GT3, and JD Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3, led to Long s car sliding into the wall at the end of the front straight bringing out a full course caution. Long exited the No. 31 car under his own power immediately following the incident. On the restart with 40 minutes to go in the 50 minute race, Davison took the lead from his Nissan teammate but was soon issued a 10 second stop and go penalty for avoidable contact with Long off the start. That penalty gave Heitkotter the lead back over Cadillac teammates Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3, and Michael Cooper, in the No. 8, with Alvaro Parente, in the No. 9 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S, behind them. GTA pole sitter Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Under Armour Ferrari 458 Italia, led in class slotting into the 7th overall position in the race, with Frankie Montecalvo, in the No. 66 DIME Racing Dime R&D Mercedes AMG SLS GT3, in second (10th overall), and Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R, third in class (16th overall). The GT Cup class saw pole sitter Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, hold the lead over Alec Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and Austin based driver Will Hardeman, in the No. 18 WPD/Moorespeed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. The 20 minute mark of the race saw Heitkotter continue to manage a five tenth of a second lead over O Connell, with Cooper and Parente following. In fifth it was Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, who was just ahead of Kyle Marcelli, in the No. 2, CRP Racing Audi R8. A little further back, Jon Fogarty, in the No. 99 Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing McLaren 650S GT3, passed Austin Cindric, in the No. 6 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S, for 10th. 166

168 In GTA, the lead margin was six seconds with Fuentes ahead of Montecalvo, while Urry was managing a three second lead on Udell in GT Cup, with Hardeman running third in class. The half way point continued to see a challenge at the front of the field with Heitkotter holding off O Connell and Cooper as the pace at the front continued to pick up. Fogarty continued his moves as well, passing Colin Thompson, in the No. 13 K PAX Racing McLaren 650S, for eighth. With 17 minutes to go, O Connell pounced going through turn 13, passing Heitkotter for the lead and then pulling a gap. The pass earned O Connell the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race Award. That allowed Cooper to challenge Heitkotter for second, as Parente also closed on the two and then went around both the Nissan and the Cadillac for second as a multi car battle erupted. Through turn 12, Palmer followed Parente, while Heitkotter slowed and then entered pit road with a suspected flat tire. Moments later, Parente was handed a drive through penalty from race control for exceeding track limits, which promoted Palmer to second ahead of Cooper. Palmer then received the black flag for exceeding racing limits as well, also putting him on pit road for a drive through penalty. As the field shuffled at the front, O Connell, series GT Champion for the last four years, opened a gap over Cooper in second. Marcelli was up to third ahead of Fogarty and Thompson. Fogarty s Gainsco car continued to move forward, catching Marcelli with six minutes to go in the race. Using traffic to his advantage, Fogarty passed Marcelli for third position slotting in behind the two Cadillacs. In GTA, Montecalvo continued to close on Fuentes, bringing the gap down to 2.5 seconds, but not getting any closer, while a similar race was unfolding in GT Cup, with Udell closing in on Urry for the race lead. O Connell would go on to take the victory ahead of Cooper in second and Fogarty completing the podium. The last lap saw Thompson execute a solid maneuver on Marcelli on the outside, exiting turn 1, to take over the fourth position. Marcelli finished fifth on the day. In GTA, Fuentes won his second straight race in as many days finishing sixth overall, with Montecalvo in second, ninth overall, followed by Mills, third in class and 15th in the final order. In GT Cup, Urry scored his first career PWC win, with Udell and Hardeman completing the podium. The key for us was to get a decent start, said O Connell. Saturday (Round 1) I managed to go from third to ninth in the first corner as everyone seemed to be doing a rim shot on the outside. Today was better in turn one as I went from third to third. I thought there might be a penalty for the 33 Nissan (Davison) as he went on the far outside to pass me. When I saw the misfortune that Patrick Long had (with the front straight crash), I knew this was an important day. Patrick is a top line driver with a great team. When you see something like that happen, you need to make the most of it. You have to connect the dots. Heitkotter did an amazing job leading that race. I had an idea in my mind how the pass would go and I was doing little things to try and setup the pass for the lead. It took me a lot of time to get in position to make things right for the pass. I was able to set up the pass in turn 12 with more momentum. I faked like I was going left and went right. Then I didn t want to make any mistakes. Then you hope everyone behind starts battling among themselves and they slow each other down. That is pretty much what happened. I m very proud of everyone at Cadillac. They dug deep and it s a good way to start the season. I can t complain about the weekend at all. Winning both poles and both races, said Fuentes. The Scuderia Corsa Ferrari team gave me a tremendous car all weekend. Today s race saw me in the middle of the GT fight with some of the McLarens, Audis and others. They were really fighting each other hard today. I think I wore out my tires a little too much early in the race. The car was moving around quite a bit at the end of the race. I just wanted to keep the car under me and be smooth. The street circuit in St. Pete is next and anything can happen there. So we really wanted to score as many points as possible this weekend at COTA. Our goal is the championship and we need score points each weekend and on a consistent basis. Overall, it was a great weekend for us. It feels amazing to take my first Porsche GT Cup win here at COTA, said Urry. Last year was a little frustrating by not getting on the winner s podium. So today is very special. I d like to be up here many more times. Our race was pretty clean. I took the lead and had to battle Alec (Udell) in the early portion of the race. He put the pressure on me the whole race. I knew I couldn t make any mistakes. 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169 Catch all the action from COTA on an expanded CBS Sports Network broadcast, scheduled for Sunday, March 13 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. Unofficially, O Connell leads in GT Driver s Championship points, while Fuentes leads in GTA, and Urry in GT Cup. GT, GTA and GT Cup teams next take to the track on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, for Rounds 3 and 4, March 11 13, with live timing available on world challenge.com and live video on motortrendondemand.com. 168

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171 Long, Fuentes and Udell Open GT/GTA/GT Cup 2016 Season with Wins at COTA Austin, Texas Patrick Long, Martin Fuentes and Alec Udell took GT, GTA and GT Cup victories, respectively, in Round 1 of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season at the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas brought to you by VP Racing Fuels at the Circuit of the Americas. Long, in the No. 31 EFFORT Racing Porsche GT3, led into turn one from the pole on a rolling start as the field spread out four and five wide dramatically behind him. Charging on Long s No. 31 from behind was Bryan Heitkotter, in the No. 05 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Always Evolving/Replay XD/Nissan Nismo GT3 GT R, who took over the lead with an outside maneuver exiting turn 1, earning him the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race Award. Heitkotter also was awarded the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start for improving five positions on the opening lap. In GTA, pole sitter Martin Fuentes, driving the No. 07 Scuderia Corsa Hublot Underarmour Ferrari 458 Italia, led from the start with 2014 GTA Champion Michael Mills, driving the No. 46 Mills Racing BMW Z4, in second and Michael Schein, in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche GT3 R., in third early. In the GT Cup class, Udell, in the No. 17 GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, took the lead on the rolling start from pole sitter Sloan Urry, in the No. 22 TruSpeed Autosport Security National Mortgage/Avasis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, with Austin based driver Will Hardeman, in the No. 18 WPD/Moorespeed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup following in third. By the end of lap one, Urry had regained the lead from Udell. Contact on the opening lap between James Sofronas, in the No. 14 GMG Racing GMG/Spyder/Mobil 1/Thermal Club Porsche 911 GT3 R, and Duncan Ende, driving the No. 67 TRG AMR Merchant Services LTD/Linospresso USA Aston Martin Vantage GT3, brought out a short full course caution as both cars sat damaged. The No. 90 Autometrics Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Joseph Toussaint also had to be removed from the track after incurring a bent right front corner suspension. With the green flag back in the air with 39 minutes to go in the 50 minute race, Heitkotter kept the lead in GT as the battling got dramatic behind him, with Long holding second ahead of Michael Cooper, in the No. 8 Cadillac Racing ATS V.R and JD Davison, in the No. 33 AE Replay XD Nissan GT Academy Nissan GTR GT3. Davison then passed Cooper later on in the restart lap and then started to challenge Long for second. GTA saw Fuentes hold down the lead as Schein passed Mills for second, as those two were running 19th and 20th overall, with Fuentes a bit further up the track in 13th overall. On the move early in GT was Michael Lewis, in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing Porsche GT3, who had worked his way up to fifth after just five laps, having started in ninth. In GT Cup, Urry remained in the lead over Udell and Hardeman, with Alex Welch, driving the No. 08 GMG Red Beard Racing/Morgan Adams Foundation/Torque Branding Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, in fourth. Udell was able to close on Urry for the lead, however, and Hardeman at the same time was challenging Udell for second position in a close GT Cup race. On lap eight, Johnny O Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing ATS V.R, got around Lewis for fifth in GT. Lap 11 saw Udell and Hardeman use traffic to their advantage to get around Urry, with Udell pulling a gap over the next lap to the tune of 2.5 seconds. At the halfway point of the race, Long had turned up the pressure on Heitkotter for the race lead as the two had pulled a small gap from Davison and Cooper, with O Connell in fifth and Lewis in sixth, ahead of K PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 teammates Alvaro Parente and Colin Thompson. The lead gap maintained at half a second as the laps clicked away, with Heitkotter s Nissan out front on Long s Porsche, but with 12 minutes to go, the lead margin was down to just over three tenths of a second. In GTA, Fuentes continued to lead, having built a 16 second gap over Mills in second with further distance back to Schein s Porsche in third. A bit further back, a nose to tail train of hard battling cars from positions ninth to 16th was being led by Andrew Palmer, in the No. 87 Bentley Team Absolute Bentley Continental GT3, and Ryan Eversley, in the No. 43 RealTime Racing Acura/HPD/Red Line Oil/RealTime Acura TLX GT. With 10 minutes to go the lead battle intensified as Long executed a decisive pass to take over the top spot and pulled away from Heitkotter to take the win in the season opener in GT. It Long s sixth career Pirelli World Challenge victory. Heitkotter finished second ahead of Cooper, who passed Davison late on the last lap to complete the podium in his GT 170

172 debut for Cadillac Racing. Davison finished fourth ahead of O Connell in fifth in GT. In GTA, Fuentes took the victory for his second career class win, with Mills second and Schein completing the podium. Udell was able to build a gap in GT Cup to take the victory, the fourth of his PWC career, with Urry passing Hardeman for second in the late stages of the race. Udell s drive earned him the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award, having improved seven overall positions during the race. At the start, I saw a bunch of smoke in my mirrors and I knew something fast was coming up. I didn t leave him (Bryan Heitkotter) the outside but he made some race track that I didn t know was there, said Long. I had to settle in and I was scratching my head about where I was going to make a pass if possible. Towards the end, I could see he might be getting a little warm as he put his hand out the window and his tires were getting worn too. So I just kept hitting my marks and tried to wear him down a little. When I forced a little error in turn 12, I kind of over undered him in 13. Then I had to run because traffic was difficult at times and I didn t want to get held up. I couldn t stay close in the high speed stuff because I had a lot of aero push. I was poking my nose out to get some air over my car. I knew I had to pass in the esses due to the agility of my car. I knew in the tight stuff I could rotate the car a little better. Traffic is tough at times and I m going to learn how different things work in the races. I knew it was an all out sprint type of racing in PWC. When you are on the Porsche factory team, you know that every single time you sit in the car that it is a sprint. Overall, just a great way to start to the 2016 PWC season for Effort Racing and Porsche. I am very happy to start the season with the win today, said Fuentes. It started out tremendously with the pole and then a win in the first race of the season. Scuderia Corsa gave me a great car today. We started out strong in the practices on Friday too. The track was very hot today and it was completely different from this morning s qualifying when it was cooler and we didn t have the best grip. Then, this afternoon, it got hot and the track was slippery. So it was really one extreme to the other in a single day at the track. We had a very good setup for the hot weather. We were able to manage it as we have a lot of things on the car to help us. No issues with the car so far this weekend. I was getting in the middle of some wild GT action at the end of the race. But the team said to stay away from the GT cars and drive my own race. It s a great way to begin the year. It was very tight racing in the early portion of the race today, said Udell. It usually is in the Porsche GT Cup class. Once I was able to open a margin, it was smooth sailing after that. I just kept my head down and ran clean laps. It s so exciting to win in my home state. I can t give enough credit to GMG for setting up a great car today. It s just a super way to open the 2016 season. I m ready to race again right now. I m anxious for the race tomorrow (Sunday). The start is always an improvisation and you have to be able to make the proper move in the heat of the battle, said Heitkotter. I saw a place to go and it opened up for me and I took advantage. As the race went on, we were struggling a little bit with the tires wearing a bit. And we knew his car would be stronger towards the end as the Porsche has more weight in the back. In the esses, he had his best opportunity and he took it. It was good racing though and Patrick raced clean. I think we had the fastest lap today so it will be very nice to start on the pole in race two. (Bryan will start 1st in Sunday s race). All results are provisional until posted final. GT/GTA/GT Cup drivers next hit the track at COTA for Round 2, scheduled for Sunday at 2:15 p.m. central time. Watch the race live on motortrendondemand.com and live timing on world challenge.com. Catch all the action from COTA on an expanded CBS Sports Network broadcast, Sunday March 13 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. 171

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174 Sandberg Wins in GTS Round 2 at COTA Austin, Texas Brett Sandberg led from start to finish winning Sunday s Round 2 of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season, at the Circuit of the Americas, part of the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas brought to you by VP Racing Fuels. Lawson Aschenbach finished second, while Austin, Texas native Scott Dollahite finished third. When the lights went out for the standing start, Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, got the jump he needed to keep the lead from pole heading into turn one, with Aschenbach who had started second, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, right behind him on the corner exit. Meanwhile, Max Riddle, in the No. 07 TRG AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4, charged from ninth to third through the opening corners, earning him the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award. As the race developed, Sandberg and Aschenbach drew away from Riddle, who then came under attack from Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, and Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, with Stacy passing Riddle for third on lap 2 in turn 12. Riddle was then challenged by Dollahite, in the in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, who passed Chase for fifth, and continued his charge, getting around Riddle for fourth. Up front, Aschenbach turned up the heat on Sandberg, trying to pass the X Bow around the 20 turn COTA circuit, while Stacy at the same time caught the two leaders, making it a three car fight for the lead. That didn't last long, as Dollahite tracked down the leaders, making it a four car competition at the front of the field. At the 15 minute mark of the 50 minute race, Sandberg continued to lead, but by just.216 seconds as Aschenbach, winner of the Round 1 race on Saturday, continued to challenge in hopes of a weekend sweep with Stacy and Dollahite in pursuit. Riddle continued in fifth ahead of Chase, who was locked in a battle with Dore Chaponick Jr., in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4. Chase then separated himself from Chaponick Jr. and challenged Riddle for the top five in hopes of chasing down the lead group. At the 20 minute mark, Jack Roush Jr., in the No. 60 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, got around Chase for sixth, as Chaponick Jr. had dropped behind the battle in eighth place and then hit pit road to replace a cut tire. Halfway through the race, Sandberg continued to lead a close race over Aschenbach, but those two had broken away from Stacy and Dollahite, who were battling for third. On lap 13, Roush Jr. passed Riddle down the back stretch for fifth, with Chase then attacking Riddle and following through as the two went side by side for the position through a number of corners with Riddle maintaining sixth at that point in the race. Chase would eventually move past Riddle which set up another showdown, but this time for fifth with Roush Jr, who would later be reported to have pulled off with a flat tire. Up front, Sandberg continued in first while Aschenbach was just under a second behind with seven minutes to go. The race for third was where the action was, with Dollahite all over Stacy. Aschenbach then closed the gap in his Camaro but Sandberg returned the favor and pushed a gap as the laps clicked off, taking the victory in GTS with Aschenbach finishing second and Dollahite passing Stacy in turn 1 for the final podium position, earning him the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race Award. The VP Fuel Racing Hard Charger went to Mark Klenin, in the No. 62 Klenin Performance Racing Schomp/Premiere Copy/Mike Ward Maserati Maserati GranTurismo, who improved six positions throughout the race. Catch all the action from COTA on an expanded CBS Sports Network broadcast, scheduled for Thursday, March 17 at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. GTS teams next take to the streets of St. Petersburg for Rounds 3 and 4, March 11 13, with live timing available on world challenge.com and live video on motortrendondemand.com. The KTM X Bow performed flawlessly today. The car was super consistent throughout the entire race, said Sandberg. The ANSA Motorsports team worked outstanding in conjunction Reiter Engineering. The car felt so good through the entire run today. I felt some pressure from Lawson as the race went on and I needed to drive smoothly to keep our pace. To beat someone like Lawson, who really helped me out a few years back, this is a great feeling. It s been a challenge to try and get the Balance of Performance (BOP) up to the standard of the GTS which is the Camaro. 173

175 They made a pretty significant change on our car from qualifying. They have done a lot with the car. The car performed great throughout the weekend. We had a good battle with Brett today. I m really happy for him. He is a good friend, said Aschenbach. I had a horrible start and then I tried to close and keep the pressure on him. I almost stalled the car so we ll need to work on the standing starts for St. Petersburg now. I thought I could drag race him to turn one and get the lead but it didn t work out. He drove a flawless race today. Our Chevrolet Camaro Z 28R was really fast and it was hooked up from yesterday. We made some changes from Saturday and the car was better. We didn t have the pace for the X Bow today. A couple of times I thought about attacking and making a risky move. But I felt it was better to be a little more conservative and get the points since it is the first race of the season. I m happy for the weekend and very excited to be back with Black Dog Speed Shop. Congrats to Brett. I had a great battle with Nate Stacy, said Dollahite. He was playing some hard defense late in the race. I was able to make a couple of moves and he came right back. He was very clean. I finally got inside of him in turn one and was able to hold the position for third. I tried not to look back as much as possible. It was a great effort by our whole team this weekend. I was very excited to just be here to race at COTA. Then to make it on the podium is an honor and a thrill. The team had to develop the car with the Pirelli tire and they did a phenomenal job. We still have some development to go but we are very pleased with this finish. 174

176 Aschenbach Wins GTS Round 1 at COTA AUSTIN, Texas Lawson Aschenbach scored a first round victory at Circuit of the Americas to open up the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge GTS season, part of the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas brought to you by VP Racing Fuels. Sixteen year old Nate Stacy finished second, while 15 year old Parker Chase finished third. The rolling start saw Scott Dollahite, in the No. 46 SDR Motorsports Lotus Evora, lead from pole fending off challenges from Nate Stacy, driving the No. 14 Roush Performance Road Racing Ford Boss 302, and Aschenbach, in the No. 10 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, who passed Stacy quickly thereafter and then took the lead from Dollahite in his first lap charge and never looked back. A full course caution was issued by Race Control on the opening lap to retrieve the No. 54 Racers Edge Motorsport SIN R1 GT4, driven by Bob Michaelian which went off course. The green flag flew to restart the race at the 13 minute mark of the 50 minute race, and Aschenbach led Dollahite and Stacy to the green flag. Soon after, Stacy was able to pass Dollahite for second as Kevin Marshall, in the No. 44 VSA Motorsports Lotus GT4, followed in fourth with Parker Chase, driving the No. 19 Performance Motorsports Group Ginetta GT4, in fifth. In addition, both Derek DeBoer and Max Riddle, driving TRG AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT4s moved into sixth and seventh, respectively, passing Anthony Mantella, driving the No. 8 Mantella Autosport Inc. Gulf KTM XBow GT4. The half way point of the race saw Aschenbach working lap nine ahead of Stacy by roughly three seconds, with Dollahite, Chase and DeBoer following. Riddle was in sixth ahead of Marshall in seventh, with Brett Sandberg, in the No. 13 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4, in eighth and Tony Gaples, in the No. 11 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, in ninth and Jeff Courtney, in the No. 99 JCR Motorsports RecStuff.com/Kenda Maserati GranTurismo, in 10th. Of note, Gaples was making his 150th Pirelli World Challenge start. Gaples, however, would soon suffer tire damage that dropped him through the order forcing his Camaro to pitroad, while Sandberg would spin, and in the process relinquished a number of positions. On lap 11, Marshall got around Riddle for sixth place, while Courtney also closed on Riddle, passing him on lap 13. Courtney then closed in on Marshall for sixth as the Maserati and Lotus drivers dueled for the position, which allowed Sandberg to catch them in his KTM X Bow. That created a three car train for sixth, seventh and eighth with Sandberg eventually passing both the Maserati and Lotus. Further up the track, another battle was developing for the final podium spot as Chase tracked down Dollahite s Evora for the final podium position with 11 minutes left on the clock. Sandberg s sixth place didn t last long, as Marshall got around him with Courtney involved as the three car battle continued to evolve until Sandberg s car slowed temporarily on the front straight, costing him valuable distance. It wouldn t be over, though, as Sandberg caught the group again, bringing teammate Dore Chaponick Jr., in the No. 12 ANSA Motorsports KTM X Bow GT4 along. The battling continued, with Courtney going through to sixth and Marshall exiting the track with a damaged Lotus. Up front, Aschenbach managed the pace to take the victory ahead of Stacy by seconds, while Chase was able to pass Dollahite for third with two laps to go, to finish on the podium in his Pirelli World Challenge debut. Dollahite was fourth ahead of DeBoer, who won the Optima Batteries Best Start Award with a first lap charge of seven positions, with Sandberg getting by Courtney on the last lap for sixth. Courtney would finish seventh, with Chaponick, Jr., Riddle and Mantella completing the top 10. DeBoer also won the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger, improving eight positions during the race. Courtney s battling heroics would earn him the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race Award for his pass on Riddle in turn seven. Race was pretty good for us today. I knew coming into the weekend that the GT4 cars would be very tough to pass, said Aschenbach. They seem to be quite a bit faster than our Z 28 on the straights. I was going to have pounce quickly on cold tires to gain some advantages. It was fun to be out there and it s great to be back in the PWC series. It s a fun event here at COTA and Austin is just a great city. The racing here is fast for drivers and exciting for the fans. Nate pushed me the whole time. He did a great job and I could see him coming at me. Tony (Gaples) started his 150th PWC race today and Tony and I are great friends. I learned that the Black Dog Speed Shop team was a top notch operation. And with GM and Black Dog working together, we were able to make this GTS program work and now very successful. I was hanging on at the end with the race car. Our car is quite heavy right now. We might have abused the tires a little more than the other cars. I was pushing very hard today. It was tough out there. We hit the setup very well for this heat today. 175

177 I started in the second spot but Lawson (Aschenbach) got by me pretty quickly, said Stacy. I was then able to get by the Lotus and tried to chase down Lawson. It was just a little too late. I was throwing the Mustang around pretty aggressively at the end. It was a fun and everyone on my Roush team worked hard all weekend. It s a very weird mix between driving hard and driving safe. I think I found a couple with the car that made it better for me and I hope it will help for Sunday s race. We started fifth with the Ginetta. I was stuck in fourth for most of the race but, with two laps to go, I made a move on the Lotus and slid by for third, said Chase. The Ginetta is a new car to the PWC series with the GT4 platform. It s very fun to drive and it stays consistent throughout the race which is important on a hot track like we had today. I love the car and I hope stay with the Ginetta group for many years to come. GTS drivers next hit the track at COTA for Round 2, scheduled for Sunday at 11:00 a.m. central time. Live video is available on motortrendondemand.com and live timing on world challenge.com. Catch all the action from COTA on a CBS Sports Network broadcast, Thursday March 17 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. 176

178 Grahovec, Wolfe and Rodgers Win in TC/TCA/TCB in Round 2 at COTA Austin, TX Toby Grahovec, Jason Wolfe and Will Rodgers won the TC/TCA/TCB Round 2 race of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season at Circuit of the Americas, part of the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas brought to you by VP Racing Fuels. Carl Rydquist, in the No. 34 CA Sport Nissan/Nismo/Stance Nissan 370Z, led from the standing start and TC pole into turn one, fending off a challenge from Friday s winner Vesko Kozarov, driving the No. 3 CA Sport Nissan/Nismo/Stance Nissan 370Z, who started second. In TCA, pole sitter Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup slid to fifth off of the standing start but recovered nicely by the end of the lap to regain the lead over Jason Wolfe, in the No. 12 Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup, Johan Schwartz, driving the No. 46 Prostate Cancer Awareness/B.P.R.CAS Group/Instrumart/PCAP/ZERO Cancer Honda Civic Si, and Elivan Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup. Powell s dramatic start would earn him the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award for gaining four positions on the first lap. In TCB, pole sitter Ted Hough, in the No. 69 Breathless Racing Mazda 2, took the lead over Henry Morse, in the No. 14 Hale Motorsports MorseGPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep Mazda 2, and Michael Johnson, in the No. 24 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic. Kozarov didn t wait long on the opening lap in TC, passing for the lead on the back straight which demoted Rydquist to fourth as Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports, and Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, followed Kozarov through. TCA was equally exciting as Wolfe passed Powell to take the lead on the second lap, but Powell fought back, re passing Wolfe shortly thereafter. Wittmer, who ran well in Saturday s race until a mechanical problem took him out of the race, then assumed the lead in TC in his Honda, but that didn t last long as Grahovec then took the lead back, while at the same time Rydquist was closing from third. The front of the field in TC continued to shuffle, as Kozarov dropped back to fifth on lap five, trailing Tony Rivera, in the No. 97 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Nissan 370Z. In TCB, Hough would drop back with P.J. Groenke, driving the No. 25 Tech Sport Racing Verax.ca/Tundra/Clorox Pool & Spa/Cabano s Comfort Food/Clairhaven, Ltd/Martinrea Intl Inc/PeltoAgri Investments/Ro Ro Property Management Corp./Warp Speed Computers Inc. Chevrolet Sonic, taking the lead followed by Tom O Gorman, in the No. 94 Black Armor Helmets TNIA Honda Fit, and Will Rodgers in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports Solvang Brewing Co/KellyBenefitStrategies/Foundation Fighting Blindness Mazda 2. TCB would see multiple lead changes as the top four cars ran in a swarm, nose to tail, with Groenke, O Gorman, Rodgers and Hough trading the lead and all four spots back and forth. At the 10 minute mark of the 40 minute race, Grahovec was managing a nine tenths of a second TC lead over Wittmer, with Rydquist closely following, with Rivera in fourth and Kozarov in fifth. Rivera then got the better of his fellow Nissan driver, getting around Rydquist for third, while Grahovec s lead was up to two seconds and growing over Wittmer as the race clock hit 16 minutes of the scheduled 40 minute race. In TCA, Powell continued to lead Wolfe by two seconds, with Goulart in third. Fourth belonged to Joey Bickers, in the No. 49 Atlanta Motorsports Group Mazda MX 5 Cup, and fifth to Drake Kemper, driving the No. 21 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup. Two time and defending 2015 Pirelli World Challenge TCA Champion Wolfe was able to catch Powell by lap seven, making a pass, out braking Powell through turn 13. In TCB, Rodgers assumed the lead with a pass over O Gorman, with Hough back in third and Blake Thompson, driving the No. 37 Black Armor Helmets Mazda 2, in fourth followed by Groenke. With 12 minutes to go, Kozarov moved into fourth, passing Rydquist who had a reported mechanical issue, which also promoted SheaHolbook, in the No. 67 Shea Racing BUBBABurger/LucasOil/KoniShockAbsorbers Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, into the top five. On lap 9 in TCA, the lead battle became three wide with Goulart, Powell and Wolfe, with the three exchanging positions in two consecutive corners and Wolfe moving into the lead, earning him the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race Award. 177

179 In TCB, the race continued to get interesting as Hough moved past O Gorman into second and Morse then moved on Hough for third a few laps later while Rodgers continued to lead. When the checkered flew, Grahovec scored his second career Pirelli World Challenge race win and claimed the first win for the new BMW M235iR in North America, with Wittmer bouncing back to finish second after Saturday s mechanical problem and Rivera completing the podium with a third place run. TCA saw the last lap erupt into a drag race to the line, with Wolfe winning by a mere foot over Goulart for his 14th career win, and Bickers nosing out Powell for the final podium spot across the finish line. Rodgers secured some redemption with his first career win in Pirelli World Challenge. On Friday in Round 1, it appeared the driver had also secured his first career win before a post race technical infraction took it away. O Gorman and Morse completed the TCB podium. The VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award when to Daniel Williams, in the No. 36 S.A.C. Racing Mazda MX 5 cup, improving 19 positions. It is awesome to win close to home, said Grahovec. We have about 60 family and friends here today and to win is fantastic. Both races this weekend were tough. I got lucky in traffic and got a little bit of a gap. Traffic is tough here with the B Spec cars and some of the TCA machines. You really have to be on the ball with the standing starts but I had a good one today. We ll have a great party tonight after the win. We had a similar problem with fuel starvation at the end but I was able to hold on and take the win this time, said Wolfe. We got another half gallon in the car for this race. And Elivan made it interesting at the end too. I saw him right there in my mirror and it was a little scary. I didn t want the same thing to happen again as Friday. The crew guys were pretty bummed after that finish. I m very glad we got the win for those guys. This is the same car I drove last year and this time the car is handling a little better now. Elivan (Goulart) and I are pretty balanced right now so it will be battle all year. We each have a win and a second so far. We came from behind again after our issues (DSQ) yesterday, said Rodgers. I knew I had to redeem myself but I didn t know how I would do in the standing start. I did them in karting but this was my first pro race doing the standing start. I hadn t done any tests. Surprisingly, I did pretty well and passed a few cars right at the start. We were pushing each other on many laps. Finally, I thought I needed to make my move and I got it. It was the move of the race. This has been a very eventful weekend for me in my first pro racing weekend. I can t thank the Hale Motorsports enough for their help and guidance. Results are provisional until posted final. TC/TCA/TCB next take to the track for Rounds 3 and 4 of their season from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, May The race airs on CBS Sports Network Thursday March 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern. 178

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182 Kozarov, Goulart and Rodgers Win Season Opening TC/TCA/TCB Round at COTA Austin, TX Vesko Kozarov, Elivan Goulart and Will Rodgers took victories in TC, TCA and TCB, respectively, in the opening round of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge season at the Nissan Grand Prix of Texas brought to you by VP Racing Fuels. The 40 minute race was held under sunny, 73 degree weather. From the rolling start, Nick Wittmer, in the No. 91 Honda Ste Rose Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupeled from the pole position in TC through turn 1. Toby Grahovec, in the No. 26 BMW M235iR for Classic BMW Motorsports, slotted into second and challenged Wittmer for the lead on the opening laps as Kozarov, driving the No. 3 CA Sport Nissan/Nismo/Stance Nissan 370Z followed closely in third position. Tony Rivera, in the No. 97 Brass Monkey Racing Tiburon Motorsports Nissan 370z, slotted into fourth after the first lap. On lap 2, Carl Rydquist, in the No. 34 CA Sport Nissan/Nismo/Stance Nissan 370Z, moved into fourth followed by Jason Fichter, in the No.7 Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, which demoted Rivera to sixth temporarily as the Nissan driver found a way past Fichter a lap later. In TCA, two time class champion Jason Wolfe, in the No. 12 Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup, jumped into the lead on the start over Goulart, in the No. 70, S.A.C. Racing/SCDA1.com Mazda MX 5 Cup. Patrick Seguin, in the No. 32 Team Ost Racing helpkevinproject.com Honda Civic Si, slotted into the third position in class earning the Optima Batteries Best Start Award gaining eight positions on the first lap. TCA pole sitter Johan Schwartz, in the No. 46 Prostate Cancer Awareness/B.P.R. CAS Group/Instrumart/PCAP/ZERO Cancer Honda Civic Si dropped back and was 11th after the opening lap. In TCB, Tom O Gorman, in the No. 94 Black Armor Helmets TNIA Honda Fit, was in the lead after starting the race in third, as Michael Johnson, in the No. 24 Tech Sport Racing Chevrolet Sonic, moved into second with Henry Morse, in the No. 14 Hale Motorsports MorseGPS powered by CalAmp/MazdaSpeed/FreeM USA/Corksport Performance/Rolling Hills Prep Mazda 2 in third. Pole sitter Ted Hough, in the No. 69 Breathless Racing Mazda 2, had dropped back to fifth. By lap three in TCA, Wolfe continued to hold down the lead over Goulart and Seguin, who would be passed soon after by Drake Kemper, driving the No. 21 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup. In TCB, O Gorman continued to lead Johnson s Chevrolet, but Rodgers, in the No. 65 Hale Motorsports SolvangBrewingCo/KellyBenefitStrategies/FoundationFightingBlindness Mazda 2, had moved into third after starting at the back of the field. Rodgers had provisionally won the pole earlier in the day but a penalty assessed after a post qualifying technical inspection moved the Mazda 2 driver to the back. On lap 4, the attention was back on the lead battle as Grahovec stalked Wittmer for the race lead in TC. At the same time, Ricardo Flores, in the No. 10 Breathless Racing Ford Mustang, pulled off with reported tire damage. A lap later, Grahovec passed Wittmer for the overall race lead. Meanwhile, Andrew Rains, in the No. 44 Rains Racing National Bank of Commerce/PLK Investment Partners/Honda Motorsports Alabama Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, had improved from his 21st starting position to 12th, eventually finishing eighth, earning him the VP Racing Fuels Hard Charger Award. TCA s lead battle continued to develop as the race proceeded under green flag conditions with Wolfe out front over Goulart and Kemper, who was passed on lap eight by Eric Powell, in the No. 23 Tech Sport Racing Mazda MX 5 Cup. By lap 5 in TCB, Hough moved up to third while Rodgers slotted into second, hounding O Gorman for the race lead. Rodgers soon after passed O Gorman for top spot in the class. In TC, Kozarov continued to lead over Grahovec and Wittmer as the trio of leaders diced through TCB traffic. On lap 6, Wittmer pulled off in turn 20 with a mechanical problem, but the battling at the front had allowed Rydquist to close and join Kozarov and Grahovec. In TCA, on lap 10, Goulart executed a move to put himself into the lead over Wolfe, but Wolfe battled back and the two drivers went side by side for a number of turns with Wolfe passing back for the lead. The TCB race saw Hough move into second as Rodgers continued to lead. At the halfway point of the race, Adam Poland, in the No. 33 Doghouse Performance Edge Addicts Mazda MX 5, had worked his way into the top five, demoting Jason Fichter, in the No.7 Shea Racing Honda Accord V 6 Coupe, to sixth. With 13 minutes to go, Kozarov continued to manage a lead of seven tenths of a second over Grahovec, with another second back to Rydquist in third, and an additional 17.5 seconds back to Rivera in fourth, with Poland closing in from fifth. 181

183 In TCA, Wolfe and Goulart continued their battle while Rodgers led Hough and O Gorman in TCB. As traffic came into play in the closing stages of the race, Kozarov led but Grahovec was able to close, attacking for the TC lead and then trying a series of moves on the last lap. The two went side by side corner after corner battling for the win as the finish line loomed in the distance, with Kozarov edging ahead after turn 16 and driving to the checkered flag for his eighth career PWC win. Rydquist completed the TC podium, with Rivera in fourth and Poland in fifth. The action heated up in TCA as well, as Wolfe led but slowed on the last lap with an apparent mechanical issue he later described as a possible fuel surge, with Goulart getting past for the win on the last turn of the track, the pass was awarded the Cadillac ATS V Move of the Race. Wolfe crossed the line in second with Powell in third. In TCB, Hough closed in on Rodgers in the waning moments of the race. The two drivers drag raced to the line with Hough wining by a nose in his first career professional race. There was little of scrapping going on in that one, said Kozarov. Too bad Nick (Wittmer) fell out, it would have been more fun for that final lap. Those guys (Grahovec/Wittmer) had some serious machines under them in the race. This is a good track. Not really my favorite but it was fun racing when you have a scrap to get to the finish. It s always a good way to finish a race and especially the first one of the year. That was a blast. We knew we didn t have it down the straights but I wanted to stay within striking distance, said Goulart. Jason s (Wolfe) started to bog on the next to the last lap. Then on the last lap, he really slowed and I was able to sneak around the outside and get the lead. I ll take this one. It was an exciting finish. It was kind of a wild one. We had to start from the back due to some technical issues and I knew I was going to have to fight my way through the field, said Rodgers. I didn t really know what it was going to be like since it was my first pro race. We had some cars bumping and banging off the start. Then I found some clear space and starting working my way up the field. I bought the car three days ago and came here. So it was my first time in the car, my first pro race and my first time at COTA. I m working with the best guys in the paddock in Jim and Joe Jordan. Joey has taught me everything I have in the last two years. He s the man. It was exciting at the end with the last corner on the last lap to win. Luckily, I was able to pull off by about a foot I think. Results are provisional until posted final. TC/TCA/TCB teams next take to the track for their second and final race of the COTA weekend, scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Central time on Saturday, March 5. Editor s note: Rodgers was DQ d after a post race inspection / technical infraction. 182

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