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DiMeo, Holbrook, Palmer Capture Sunday TC, TCA, TCB New Jersey Wins

from Pirelli World Challenge
June 1, 2014

MILLVILLE, N.J. – Michael DiMeo, of Toronto, and Shea Holbrook, of Groveland, Fla., repeated their Round 5 wins in the Touring Car and Touring Car A classes in Round 6 for the Pirelli World Challenge at New Jersey Motorsports Park. A third young gun, Tyler Palmer of San Diego, Calf., has now taken his first Touring Car B-Spec win of the season after a dramatic late-race pass. For DiMeo, driving in the No. 71 Grand Alarms Honda Civic Si, it was another perfect race to complete a six-pack of victories to open the season. From the Motul pole position, which he earned after setting the fastest race lap in Round 5, DiMeo launched well from the start at the 2.25-mile Thunderbolt road course and led all 27 laps for his second straight flag-to-flag win. DiMeo won by 3.012 seconds.

"We had a great day today and an even better weekend here at NJMP," DiMeo said. "The Children's Tumor Foundation had NF families here yesterday, and I was proud to get a win for them on the last day of NF Awareness Month. Today's race was all about managing TCB traffic, trying to get by them clean and without hurting the gap I had to second place," he added. "I was pushing until the end, and wanted to give C360R a well-deserved win; the guys work extremely hard to give me a solid car."

Second in TC for the second consecutive race was Kevin Anderson, of Huntington Station, N.Y., in the No. 23 TechSportRacing.com Mazda RX-8. Anderson started second but lost the position to a fast-starting Emilee Tominovich, of Laurel, Md., in the No. 19 Emich Racing Volkswagen Jetta GLI. Contact between the two on Lap 4 knocked Tominovich out of the position; Anderson was penalized 20 points for the incident. Still, for Anderson, this was a very good debut weekend within Pirelli World Challenge. Third for the third consecutive race was DiMeo's teammate, Karl Thomson, of Toronto, in the No. 72 CTF.org/Touge Tuning/Racing4Research Honda Civic Si. Jeff Riccia, of Milford, Conn. in the No. 77 GenRacer.com/Stance USA Hyundai Genesis Coupe and Randy Hale, of Haddam, Conn. in the No. 83 TransAero Mazda MX-5 finished fourth and fifth.

Shea Racing completed a comeback weekend from a tough three races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with the team's first 1-2 finish in TCA this season. Holbrook, in the No. 67 TRUECar/Lucas Oil/Radium Honda Civic Si, took the lead on Lap 8 after starting third and class and progressing through to the top spot. "It's almost unreal how amazing this feels," she said. "We were strong right from the standing start, running consistently quick laps, and the car never fell off."

The win is her third this season and fourth of her Pirelli World Challenge career. Holbrook also took home two awards, the Sunoco Hard Charger Award for gaining four positions from start-to-finish, and the StopTech Brake Late, Finish First Award for her pass of new teammate Jason Cherry for the lead.

"I'm really feeling like we're onto something great here," Holbrook said of the team's evolution. "This is our fifth season as a team and our second year as a multi-car effort. I'm beyond proud of what we've accomplished together. Two wins is exactly what we needed, and I can't wait for Road America!"

Cherry, of Gambrills, Md., equaled his season-best result of second in the No. 13 Autism Society of America/Avpro/Purposeful Architecture Mazda MX-5 in his first weekend with Shea Racing. After gaining three positions on the start, Cherry secured the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award. TCA polesitter Ernie Francis Jr., of Dania, Fla., finished third in the No. 98 Breathless Performance Mazda MX-5. Francis Jr.'s pass over Jason Wolfe, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio in the No. 36 Wolfe Trucking Kia Forte Koup for third place on Lap 22 was the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award.

The TCB battle was particularly entertaining as Palmer, in the No. 37 MINI USA Mini Cooper, four-time 2014 winner Brian Price, of Middletown, Va., in the No. 51 Unlimited Racing/RP Performance Honda Fit and Paul Holton, of Tallahassee, Fla. in the No. 65 Radium/TRUECar/Lucas Oil Honda Fit all took turns leading the race.

Price led from Laps 1-10, with Holton moving into the lead from Laps 11-15. Palmer then took the top spot for a lap on Lap 16, before Price regained the position on Lap 17. But Palmer would not be denied. On Lap 24, the penultimate lap, Palmer made the move past Turn 3 to take the lead for the final time and make it home to his third career series victory. The move was the Cadillac CTS-V Move of the Race. He continues an incredible run of podiums; Sunday's result marks his 12th podium in 13 career starts.

"We were switching positions nearly every corner," Palmer said. "I don't know how many lead changes there were or position changes in general. Price got loose in Turn 1 and I took that corner great, I had speed coming out of 2, went to the inside for 3, cleared him and was hoping he wouldn't be close enough to get around me on the front straight with the power of the Hondas. That was the best race of the year excitement wise for the fans by far."

Added Palmer, "Thanks to Chris from MINI USA, Brad and Stuart from MINI of Charleston, Mobil 1, Flying L Racing, Ridings Racing, Discount Tire, my Dad along with all my family."

Price finished second, continuing his run of success with six top-two finishes in as many races this year. Nathan Stacy, of Owasso, Okla., made it to third late in the race in the No. 14 MDG/Ford Racing Ford Fiesta.

Andrei Kisel, of North Vancouver, B.C. in the No. 57 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com Mini Cooper and Dave Rosenblum, of Langhorne, Pa., in the No. 18 Leo & Tommy's Men Shop/VAC Ford Fiesta finished fourth and fifth, for season-best results. Holton fell to seventh by the checkered flag.

Points are final. DiMeo and Thomson are 1-2 in TC with 898 and 511 points, respectively. In TCA, Wolfe leads Holbrook by just 31 points, 670-639. Price has 819 points to lead TCB, with Stacy second on 603.

The next two races, Rounds 7 and 8, are at Elkhart Lake's Road America from June 19-21, as Pirelli World Challenge returns to the picturesque Wisconsin road course for the first time since 2009. With GT, GT-A and GTS also in action there, it will be the second of four all-class weekends this season.

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MILLVILLE, New Jersey - Results from Sunday's 27 lap 60.75 mile Pirelli World Challenge Championship TC/TCA/TCB RND 6 race, part of the Great Railings 150 at NJMP at New Jersey Motorsports Park/Thunderbolt, with finishing position, class, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, laps and reason out (if any).

1. TC, (1), Michael DiMeo(R), Toronto, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 27.
2. TC, (2), Kevin Anderson(R), Huntington Station, N.Y., Mazda RX8, 27, -3.012.
3. TC, (6), Karl Thomson(R), Toronto, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 27, -15.180.
4. TC, (5), Jeff Ricca, Milford, Conn., Hyundai Genesis Coupe, 27, -32.723.
5. TC, (4), Randy Hale, Haddam, Conn., Mazda MX-5, 27, -1:17.514.
6. TC, (3), Emilee Tominovich(R), Laurel, Md., Volkswagon Jetta GLI, 26, -1 lap.

1. TCA, (3), Shea Holbrook, Groveland, Fla., Honda Civic Si, 27.
2. TCA, (2), Jason Cherry(R), Gambrills, Md., Mazda MX-5, 27, -9.678.
3. TCA, (1), Ernie Francis,Jr, Dania, Fla., MAZDA MX-5, 27, -27.437.
4. TCA, (4), Jason Wolfe(R), Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Kia Forte Koup, 27, -28.941.

1. TCB, (3), Tyler Palmer, San Diego, Calif., MINI Cooper, 25.
2. TCB, (1), Brian Price(R), Middletown, Va., Honda Fit, 25, -.227.
3. TCB, (2), Nathan Stacy(R), Owassa, Okla., Ford Fiesta, 25, -1.292.
4. TCB, (7), Andrei Kisel(R), N. Vancouver, British Columbia, MINI Cooper, 25, -8.822.
5. TCB, (6), Dave Rosenblum, Langhorne, Pa., Ford Fiesta, 25, -16.216.
6. TCB, (8), PJ Groenke, Toronto, Canada, MINI Cooper, 24, -1 lap.
7. TCB, (4), Paul Holton(R), Tallahassee, Fla., Honda Fit, 24, -1 lap.
8. TCB, (5), Jason Fichter(R), Jupiter, Fla., MINI Cooper, 24, -1 lap.
9. TCB, (9), Jim Cleveland, Brisbane Australia, , MINI Cooper, 24, -1 lap.
10. TCB, (10), Austin Snader(R), Fulshear, Texas, FIAT 500, 24, -1 lap.
11. TCB, (12), Marc Boily(R), West Chester, Pa., Mazda 2, 23, -2 lap.
12. TCB, (11), Tom Noble(R), St. Louis Park, Minn., MINI Cooper, 23, -2 lap.

Time of race: 41 minutes, 03.288 seconds

Average speed: 88.783 mph

Margin of victory: 3.012 Seconds (TC), 9.678 Seconds (TCA), 0.227 Seconds (TCB)

Lap leaders: Laps 1-27, #71 Michael DiMeo(R) (TC); Laps 1-7, #13 Jason Cherry(R) (TCA), Laps 8-27, #67 Shea Holbrook (TCA); Laps 1-10, #51 Brian Price(R), Laps 11-15, #65 Paul Holton(R), Lap 16, #37 Tyler Palmer, Laps 17-23, #51 Brian Price (R), Laps 24-25, #37 Tyler Palmer (TCB)

Fastest race lap: #71 Michael DiMeo(R), 1:29.748 (90.252 mph) (TC); #67 Shea Holbrook, 1:30.724 (89.281 mph) (TCA); #7 Jason Fichter(R), 1:40.378 (80.695 mph)

Fastest qualifier: #71 Michael DiMeo(R), 1:29.919 (90.081 mph) (TC); #98 Ernie Francis Jr., 1:30.939 (89.070 mph) (TCA); #51 Brian Price(R), 1:40.289 (80.766 mph)

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TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Detroit Race Notes

from: IMSA Communications
May 31, 2014

Taylor Brothers, Corvette DP Take Prototype Victory At Detroit Belle Isle

DETROIT (May 31, 2014) – Ricky and Jordan Taylor sprinted to the Prototype (P) class and overall victory Saturday, in the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic presented by Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers, a result that wasn't the least bit surprising. After all, the Taylor Brothers were in a hurry.

After winning the fifth race of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season, the Taylor Brothers took off for the airport and a flight to Paris, to be followed by a train ride to Le Mans, France. They were expecting to arrive around noon on Sunday, to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans mandatory test session.

Ricky Taylor brought the No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP home, only 0.207 seconds ahead of Richard Westbrook, who was in the pole-sitting No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP. Westbrook co-drove with Michael Valiante. Olivier Pla finished third in the No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan/Nissan, after taking over from co-driver Gustavo Yacaman. It was a third-consecutive Detroit victory for Jordan Taylor, following victories in 2012 and '13 in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series

What was shaping up to be a routine run to the checkered flag for Ricky Taylor changed quickly in the closing minutes of the one-hour, 40-minute race on the tight 2.36-mile, Detroit Belle Isle street circuit. Following a 23-minute caution period necessitated by a repair of the tire wall in Turn 12, 27 minutes remained; at that point the Taylors had led for 48 minutes.

Ricky Taylor was out front but soon, Barbosa was lurking, ever closer with each lap. Taylor took the white flag but suddenly, Barbosa took the lead with a daring inside move into the Turn 3 right-hander, nudging Taylor into the wall. Moments later, though, the left-rear tire on Barbosa's car was shredding and then, he was spinning. Taylor sped by.

Onto the checkered.

Onto Le Mans.

"When he put us in the wall the only thing I was thinking was either he is going to have a tire go down or I was definitely going to break because it was a hard hit," Ricky Taylor said. "For those last couple laps it was really tooth and nail."

Ricky Taylor is slated to co-drive a LM P2 car at Le Mans, while Jordan Taylor and Westbrook will join the heralded Corvette Racing operation for a LM GTE Pro effort.
"Richard and I have done this [Detroit-to-Le Mans trip] before together and it was a disaster," Jordan said. "Hopefully this one, with a lot more planning will be a little less stress. I think we knocked off about five years of Richard's life [last time]. It's a rough travel night. We hope to get in the car [at Le Mans] for a few hours. It's a long weekend, but we're race car drivers and we love driving, so it's definitely worth it."

Balzan Holds Off Late-Race Charge To Give Ferrari Victory At Detroit Belle Isle
Balzan, Westphal Score GTD-Class Win For Scuderia Corsa In Ferrari 458

DETROIT (May 31, 2014) – Alessandro Balzan held off late-race charges from the Audi R8 LMS of Spencer Pumpelly and the Porsche 911 GT America of Mario Farnbacher to win Saturday's Chevrolet Sports Car Classic presented by Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers at Detroit Belle Isle in the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia he co-drives with Jeff Westphal.

Balzan took the lead when Tomy Drissi pitted with 33 minutes remaining, holding off the rest of the GT Daytona (GTD) class for the final 20 laps of the one-hour, 40-minute event. It was the second career North American sports car racing victory for Balzan – and the first in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship – and the first career victory for Westphal.

"It was a nightmare out there, because there were five or six cars that could have won today," said Balzan. "It was difficult for me to stay focused in the car. I think I said some bad words to my engineer, I said to him, 'please, shut up' because I needed 110 percent of myself today."

For the second consecutive race, Pumpelly and the No. 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports team suffered heartbreak in the closing laps. After running out of fuel while leading on the final lap at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Pumpelly looked to rebound at Detroit Belle Isle and attempted to pass Balzan for the lead with less than five minutes remaining.

Pumpelly ran wide and quickly lost the position to the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT America of Mario Farnbacher and the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Audi R8 LMS of Christopher Haase.

With Pumpelly out of the picture, Farnbacher and Haase set their sights on Balzan, but fell just short. Farnbacher took the checkered flag 0.297 seconds behind Balzan to finish second for he and co-driver Ian James, while Haase and co-driver Bryce Miller finished third.

The race was slowed by full-course caution twice for 11 laps. The first, from Laps 22-26, was the result of water on course in Turn 6. The second full-course caution lasted for 23 minutes for repairs to the tire wall in Turn 12 following an incident involving the No. 81 Tully's Coffee Porsche of Damien Faulkner.

Runing Order (Unofficial) at end of race
O/A Pos - Cls Pos - Class - Car# - Drivers *qualifying driver (Starting driver)

1 1 P 10 R.Taylor/(J.Taylor*)
2 2 P 90 Westbrook*/(Valiante)
3 3 P 42 (Yacaman)/Pla*
4 4 P 60 (Pew)/Negri Jr.*
5 5 P 1 (Sharp)/Dalziel*
6 6 P 5 Barbosa/(Fittipaldi*)
7 7 P 2 (Brown)/van Overbeek*
8 1 GTD 63 Balzan*/(Westphal)
9 2 GTD 23 (James)/M.Farnbacher*
10 3 GTD 48 Haase*/(B.Miller)
11 4 GTD 007 (Carter)/Davison*
12 5 GTD 22 (MacNeil)/Keen*
13 6 GTD 94 Cameron*/(Palttala)
14 7 GTD 18 (Drissi)/Asch*
15 8 GTD 555 (Sweedler)/To.Bell*
16 9 GTD 58 (Snow)/Heylen*
17 10 GTD 81 (Barker)/Faulkner*
18 11 GTD 33 J.Bleekemolen*/(Keating)
19 8 P 07 (J.Miller*)/Nunez
20 12 GTD 35 (Neiman)/von Moltke*
21 13 GTD 44 (Potter)/Lally*
22 9 P 70 Tremblay*/(T.Long)
23 14 GTD 45 (Canache Jr.)/Pumpelly*
24 15 GTD 46 Espenlaub*/(Putman)
25 16 GTD 64 Marcelli*/(Cumming)
26 17 GTD 27 A.Davis*/(Sandberg)
27 18 GTD 73 (Lindsey)/Estre* Not Running
28 19 GTD 30 (H.Cisneros)/Giermaziak* Not Running
29 10 P 31 Curran/(Said*) Not Running
30 11 P 01 Pruett/(Rojas*) Not Running
31 20 GTD 19 Drissi/Asch DNS
32 21 GTD 71 Norman/Stanton DNS

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O'Connell, Martin Double Up in GT, GTS at Detroit; Hahn Scores GT-A Sunday Win

June 1, 2014 / For Immediate Release

DETROIT - Johnny O'Connell, of Flowery Branch, Ga. (GT) and Dean Martin, of Westland, Mich. (GTS) repeated their Round 5 victories in Round 6 of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge season, at the Cadillac V-Series Challenge presented by the Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers. Additionally, Marcelo Hahn, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, became the first driver to score a second win within the GT-A classification this season.

Both O'Connell and Martin not only repeated their wins, but completed the same feats as they achieved on Saturday – flag-to-flag victories from Motul pole positions, which they earned by virtue of setting the fastest race laps in Round 5. O'Connell's win is his third this season and fifth in six starts over three years at Belle Isle Park; Martin's is his second of the season and third in four starts the last two years at Belle Isle.

In GT, the Cadillac teammates of O'Connell, in the No. 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac CTS-V.R and Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., in the sister No. 8 Cadillac Racing Cadillac CTS-V.R, got great starts from first and second on the grid and held the pace to the rest of the field for the remainder of the race.

The gap between them closed as the leaders worked through GTS class traffic in the waning stages of the race. Pilgrim got to O'Connell's rear bumper but never made a passing attempt. As the race reached the final 10 minutes, two separate instances of contact put the race under yellow. O'Connell's margin of victory under yellow was 0.148 of a second following the conclusion of the 25-lap race. "There are certain tracks that you know that you have to do well at. When we are on the street circuits we have an opportunity," O'Connell said. "The hardest thing for any driver is winning the first time at any track and once you win you wake up the next morning knowing that you can do it again."

In third in GT was Andrew Palmer, of Chicago, in the No. 21 GMG Racing Audi R8 Ultra for his second straight podium finish after finishing second on Saturday. It's Palmer's fourth podium finish of his first season in Pirelli World Challenge. Rounding out the top five was Mike Skeen, of Charlotte, N.C., in the No. 2 Hawk Performance Audi R8 Ultra, and Anthony Lazzaro, of Atlanta, Ga., in the No. 61 R. Ferri Motorsports Ferrari 458 Italia GT.

Skeen matched his fourth place result from Saturday while Lazzaro charged from eighth on the grid up to fifth by the finish. Lazzaro made several passes, with a move on Robert Thorne, of Littleton, Col., in the No. 6 K-PAX Racing McLaren 12C GT3 for seventh on Lap 12 earning him the Cadillac CTS-V Move of the Race.

Hahn, driving the No. 0 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo FL2, completed an excellent bounce back race in GT-A after contact at Turn 6 ended his race on Saturday. Second was GT-A points leader Michael Mills, of Angleton, Texas, in the No. 41 EFFORT Racing Porsche GT3 R and third, for his second straight podium finish, was Dan Knox, of Pilot Point, Texas, in the No. 80 ACS Manufacturing, Inc./Performance SpeedTech SRT Viper GT3-R. "I was in first place yesterday and made a mistake and my team spent all night repairing the car for today," Hahn said. "In the beginning I was in second place and it was hard to pass Mills, but I got a chance and used it."

Eight cars in the GTS race were in podium contention, two had a more realistic shot at the win as a GT-A car was wedged in-between second and third place for the first 13 laps of the race.

Martin, in the No. 50 Picture Cars East/Rehagen Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S led the similar car driven by Alec Udell, of The Woodlands, Texas, in the No. 17 Watson Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S for the first 13 laps, with the rest of the field engaged in a tight battle for third.

The GTS field closed up as Martin and Udell had to hold off Tony Buffomante, of Naperville, Ill., in the No. 33 Capaldi Racing/Ford Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S, Mark Wilkins, of Toronto, in the No. 38 Kia Motors America Kia Optima, Jack Roush Jr., of Livonia, Mich., in the No. 60 ROUSH Road Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302R and Jack Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga., in the No. 73 RESET-MD/StopTech/Motul Porsche Cayman S.

Lap 20 proved the decisive moment of the race in the battle for the remaining podium positions behind Martin. Contact between James Sofronas, of Villa Park, Calif., in the No. 14 Spyder/The Thermal Club Audi R8 Ultra and Udell entering Turn 12 took Udell out of contention; the 18-year-old sought his first podium since finishing third in Sunday's second race here last year. Seventh place did not reflect how well he raced.

Additionally, contact between Baldwin and Roush at Turn 8 knocked Roush out of the race and put the field under yellow for the second time, and ultimately ended the race behind the safety car.

Martin was able to hang on and complete his first career series weekend sweep, with a winning margin of victory under yellow of 2.124 seconds. "We are committed to doing a full season in the series with our Mustang; the Mustangs really show their strength here in Detroit, our home territory," Martin said. "It's really great to bring home a win for Ford here. Hats off to our crew, brand new car that was originally built as a show car and we tore it down and took what was left from the race car from Barber."

Buffomante advanced to second, for his second podium finish and fourth top-five finish of the season. Wilkins, in third, has his third podium and fourth top-five finish in the last five races. Baldwin ended fourth, ahead of Ric Bushey, of Virginia Beach, Va. in the No. 51 Nissan/Motul/SPL/OSGiken/Sparco/Sunoco Nissan 370Z in a career-best fifth place.

Bushey had a banner day en route to this result. His SFR Enterprises, Inc. team worked more than 36-plus hours in the days prior to the weekend to even make the trip to Detroit. From 17th on the GTS grid, Bushey gained seven positions off the standing start to secure the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award. The ultimate gain of 13 positions from his starting spot also meant he earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award.

Of note, Roush, who was classified 19th, earned the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award for his move on Lawson Aschenbach, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on Lap 9. Aschenbach, driving the No. 1 Blackdog Speed Shop Chevrolet Camaro, endured a difficult weekend with a 19th place result Saturday and a 20th on Sunday.

Points are provisional until posted as final, with O'Connell now in the lead of GT leaving the weekend with 702 points. Lazzaro on 614 and Palmer on 579 round out the top three. In GTS, the margin is 15 between Wilkins on 571 and Baldwin on 556. Martin, on the strength of his two wins, has vaulted from 17th entering the weekend to third leaving it, now on 466 points. In GT-A, Mills with 325 points leads Tim Pappas and Henrik Hedman, who both have 307 points.

The next round for the GT, GT-A and GTS contingent is at Elkhart Lake's Road America from June 19-21, as Pirelli World Challenge returns to the picturesque Wisconsin road course for the first time since 2009. With the TC, TCA and TCB classes also in action there, it will be the second of four all-class weekends this season.

The Cadillac V-Series Challenge presented by the Metro Detroit Cadillac Dealers races will air on NBC Sports Network on Sunday, June 15, at 2:30 p.m. ET.

DETROIT, MI - Results from Sunday's 25 lap 58.75 mile Pirelli World Challenge Championship GT/GT-A/GTS Round 6 race, part of the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix at Belle Isle Road Course, with finishing position, class, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, laps and reason out (if any).

1. GT, (1), Johnny O'Connell, Flowery Branch, Ga., Cadillac CTS-V R, 25.
2. GT, (2), Andy Pilgrim, Boca Raton, Fla., Cadillac CTS-V R, 25, -.148.
3. GT, (3), Andrew Palmer, Chicago, Ill., Audi R8 Ultra, 25, -2.877.
4. GT, (4), Mike Skeen, Charlotte, N.C., Audi R8 Ultra, 25, -4.146.
5. GT, (8), Anthony Lazzaro, Atlanta, Ga., Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia, 25, -5.804.
6. GT, (6), James Sofronas, Villa Park, Calif., Audi R8 Ultra, 25, -6.173.
7. GT, (9), Nick Mancuso, Chicago, Ill., Ferrari 458 GT3, 25, -8.408.
8. GT, (7), Robert Thorne, Littleton, Colo., McLaren 12C GT3, 25, -12.158.
9. GT, (10), Tim Bergmeister, Langfeld Germany, , Porsche GT3R, 25, -16.507.
10. GT, (12), Marcelo Hahn(A), Sao Paulo Brasil, BR, Lamborghini Gallardo FL2, 25, -21.738.
11. GT, (11), Michael Mills(A), Angleton, Texas, Porsche GT3R, 25, -23.050.
12. GT, (14), Dan Knox(A)(R), Pilot Point, Texas, SRT Viper GT3R, 25, -28.218.
13. GT, (16), Henrik Hedman(A)(R), Ft Lauderdale, Fla., Ferrari 458 GT3, 25, -33.967.
14. GT, (13), Tim Pappas(A), Boston, Mass., Mercedes AMG SLS GT3, 25, -34.782.
15. GT, (15), Bret Curtis(A), Austin, Texas, Audi R8 Ultra, 25, -38.106.
16. GT, (17), Brent Holden(A), Newport Coast, Calif., Audi R8 Ultra, 25, -38.447.
17. GT, (18), Bill Ziegler(A), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Audi R8 Ultra, 25, -43.628.
18. GT, (5), Alex Figge, Denver, Colo., McLaren 12C GT3, 22, -3 lap.

1. GTS, (1), Dean Martin, Westland, Mich., Ford MustangBoss302S, 24.
2. GTS, (3), Tony Buffomante, Naperville, Ill., Ford MustangBoss302S, 24, -2.124.
3. GTS, (5), Mark Wilkins, Toronto, Ontario, Kia Optima, 24, -2.930.
4. GTS, (7), Jack Baldwin, Marietta, Ga., Porsche Cayman S, 24, -4.183.
5. GTS, (17), Ric Bushey, Virginia Beach, Va., Nissan 370Z, 24, -6.070.
6. GTS, (14), David Sterckx, Brussels Belgium, BG, Ford MustangBoss302S, 24, -7.296.
7. GTS, (2), Alec Udell, The Woodlands, Texas, Ford MustangBoss302S, 24, -8.242.
8. GTS, (12), Drew Regitz, Denver, Colo., Aston Martin GT4, 24, -16.697.
9. GTS, (16), Brad Adams, New Orleans, La., Ford MustangBoss302S, 24, -18.204.
10. GTS, (13), Mitch Landry, Lake Charles, La., Ford MustangBoss302S, 24, -19.396.
11. GTS, (19), Tony Gaples, Libertyville, Ill., Chevrolet Camaro, 24, -29.459.
12. GTS, (11), Nick Esayian, San Diego, Calif., Aston Martin GT4, 24, -32.988.
13. GTS, (10), Erik Davis, Burbank, Calif., Ford MustangBoss302S, 24, -35.151.
14. GTS, (21), Buz McCall, Boca Raton, Fla., Porsche Cayman S, 23, -1 lap.
15. GTS, (20), Jorge De La Torre (R), McAllen, Texas, Aston Martin GT4, 23, -1 lap.
16. GTS, (15), Mark Klenin, Denver, Colo., Aston Martin GT4, 23, -1 lap.
17. GTS, (23), Chris Outzen, Sudbury, Mass., Ford MustangBoss302S, 23, -1 lap.
18. GTS, (22), Todd Napieralski, Chelsea, Mich., Chevrolet Camaro, 23, -1 lap.
19. GTS, (9), Jack Roush Jr, Livonia, Mich., Ford MustangBoss302R, 19, -5 lap.
20. GTS, (8), Lawson Aschenbach, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Chevrolet Camaro, 15, Mech.
21. GTS, (4), Andy Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo., Chevrolet Camaro, 11, -13 laps.
22. GTS, (6), Nic Jonsson, Buford, Ga., Kia Optima, 4, -20 laps.
23. GTS, (18), Geoff Reeves(R), Cleveland, Ohio, Chevrolet Camaro, 1, -23 laps.

Time of race: 52 minutes, 42.660 seconds.
Average speed: 66.874 mph
Margin of victory: .148 Seconds (GT); 2.124 Seconds (GTS); Both Under Yellow
Lap leaders: Laps 1-25, #3 Johnny O'Connell (GT); Laps 1-24, #50 Dean Martin (GTS)
Fastest race lap: #61 Anthony Lazzaro, 1:32.488 (91.471 mph) (GT); #73 Jack Baldwin, 1:40.016 (84.586 mph) (GTS)
Fastest qualifier: #3 Johnny O'Connell, 1:32.492 (91.467 mph) (GT); #50 Dean Martin, 1:40.735 (83.982 mph) (GTS)

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Michael DiMeo continued his hot streak in New Jersey and has a commanding championship lead in Touring Car after his 5th straight win. (Photo-Mike Sullivan/RaceCanada.ca) 

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