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Lakeville, IN (July 3-5, 2008) – BGB Motorsports gambled on a one-stop pit strategy
Saturday in Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Grand Sport (GS) competition and it
paid off, as David Murry outlasted Bill Auberlen by 0.307 seconds to take the
team’s second GS victory of the season at Watkins Glen International, round
five on the circuit.
Running
near empty, Murry led the final 28 laps of the caution-plagued 55-lap race in
the No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche 997 he shared with Tim Traver.
Auberlen,
in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M3, drove through the field after co-driver
Matthew Alhadeff started 17th and moved up the charts. But he was unable to
make a passing attempt on Murry, despite shadowing him under the checkered
flag. The leaders ran their best laps on Lap 54, with Auberlen setting the
race’s fastest lap of 2:04.495 (98.316 mph).
Hopwood,
Burrows Give Compass360 Racing Its First Victory of the Season
Defending
series co-champions Trevor Hopwood and Adam Burrows each led in their first
career Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series Street Tuner (ST) victory, as Hopwood
beat Bob Endicott by a second-and-a-half.
Hopwood
took the lead on Lap 45 in the No. 74 Compass360 Racing Acura TSX and pulled
away from Tom Long on the final caution, leaving Long to battle with Endicott
for second place. Hopwood and Burrows are in their second year of competition
on the circuit.
Burrows
took the lead when polesitter Aaron Povoledo – who led a race-high 14 laps
– pitted during the first caution. He brought the No. 74 in later, and
Hopwood charged through the field before taking the lead from Long.
Endicott,
who returned to the No. 29 Bill Fenton Motorsports Honda Civic Si with former
co-driver Bob Beede, drove past Long just before the final caution to take
second.
The
next Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series race is the GS-only race Saturday, July 19
at
Barber
Motorsports
Park
near
Birmingham
,
Ala.
KONI CHALLENGE SERIES DRIVER POST-QUALIFYING
QUOTES
Rhett O’Doski (
Third ST, No.
146 Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5):
“Congratulations to all the podium teams; they did a great job today. I was
telling Derek Whitis, one of the team principals, that I have one of the best
jobs…We decided to name our team Freedom Autosport mostly for the men and
women in the armed services that have been defending our country for the past
232 years. We feel very honored to have finished on the podium first on
Memorial Day and again this weekend, the Fourth of July weekend. Thanks again
to the men and women in uniform.”
The event was
serviced by Hoosier Racing Tire with a service team of:
Jim Bartholomew, Eriks Bers, Jake Budezielek, Luke Morris, Rick Sisk,
Jordan Szymanowski and Jeff Yute.
Engineers: Matt Marlow.
Product Manager: Scott Huffer.
For
more information about the Grand American Road Racing Series please visit www.grand-am.com.
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