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 MIAMI,
FL (September 18) -- After a week delay due to the recent hurricanes
hitting Florida, the Grand American Road Racing Association was able
to complete their scheduled event at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In the
Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, 33 cars were in competition
with nine of them competing in the Super Grand Sport (SGS) class on
Hoosier tires. The No. 36 TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup (shown) captured
it's third win of the season. The car was driven by Michael Levitas
and Randy Probst. In the Grand-Am Cup Series which exclusively runs on
Hoosier tires, Boris Said and Anders Hainer piloted the Unitech Racing
No. 13 to the Grand Sport (GS) class winner's circle giving the car
its second consecutive victory. Ironically, the No. 13 won the
previous event in Mid-Ohio with Blake Rosser and Kelly Collins driving
the car. There were 45 cars in competition with 28 cars competing in
the GS class and the remaining 17 in the Sport Touring (ST) class.
Winning the ST class, also for the second event in a row, was the
SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 No. 70 driven by David Haskell and Sylvain
Tremblay. It was their third overall victory this year as the series
heads for its final three races of the season.
ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES -SGS CLASS
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 Michael
Levitas and Randy Probst returned to victory Saturday capturing their
third win of the season in the SGS class in the Grand American Rolex
Sports Car Series. Their last victory came back in May in Canada after
compiling four top-two finishes to open the season. The duo, who
finished a lap ahead of the second place finisher and 16th overall
among the 33 cars in competition, piloted the No. 36 Porsche GT3 Cup car
for TPC Racing. Finishing in second place was the No. 04 Grease Monkey
Racing Porsche GT3 Cup driven by Harrison Brix and Gene Sigal.
Rounding out the final podium spot was the No. 37 TPC Racing Porsche
GT3 Cup driven by John Littlechild and Spencer Pumpelly. Marc Bunting
and Andy Lally maintain a slim 16-point lead in the standings after
their string of eight consecutive podium finishes was snapped after
mechanical failure relegated the duo to a next to last place finish in
the class.
GRAND-AM CUP SERIES-GRAND SPORT
CLASS
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 Forty-five
cars were on the track in the Grand-Am Cup Series race at
Miami-Homestead with 28 cars competing in the GS class. When it was
all over, Boris Said and Anders Hainer had come from 22nd place to
capture the win by over eight seconds while driving the No. 13 Unitech
Racing Nissan 350Z. Ironically, the car also won the last race at
Mid-Ohio with two other drivers piloting the car. As impressive a run
as that was, runner-up finishers Frank Rossi and Barry Ellis drove the
No. 88 Fiorano Racing Porsche 996 past even more cars after starting
at the rear of the field to start the race. Finishing in third place
was the No. 9 Automatic Racing BMW M3 driven by Jep Thornton and Eric
VanCleef. It was Thornton's best finish of the season and VanCleef's
first series start. The RaceSite.com Racing No. 44 leads the point
standings by 30 markers over Schuitemaker Motorsports No. 35 heading
into the final three events of the year.
GRAND-AM CUP SERIES-SPORT TOURING
CLASS
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the ST class, David Haskell and Sylvain Tremblay captured their third
win of the season in the No. 70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8. It was the second
consecutive win for the Florida natives. Finishing in second place was
Eric Curran and Bob Endicott driving the Bill Fenton Motorsports Acura
RSX-S No. 27 car. Don Salama and Will Turner rounded out the final
podium spot finishing in third place. The pair shared time piloting
the No. 95 Turner Motorsport BMZ 330i which leads in the point
standings by 25 points over the winning SpeedSource No. 70 car.
The Grand American Road Racing Association will be
back in action in two weeks at Virginia International Speedway on
October 1-3. Both the Rolex Series and the Grand-Am Series will be in
competition.
Following the Miami-Homestead race, tire testing was
conducted by Hoosier Racing Tire in preparation for next season when
Hoosier will be the only tire used in all Grand American Road Racing
Association events. For more information about the Grand American Road
Racing Association you can visit their website at www.grand-am.com.
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