TRG - Mont-Tremblant race

 

TRG led the GT class for more than half of the six-hour Rolex Sports Car
Series race at Mont-Tremblant, but contact with a Daytona Prototype car
ended the charge. Andy Lally led through most of his triple stint in the No.
65 Auto Gallery/TRG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, but his co-driver Marc Bunting
wasn't as fortunate. He was hit twice by the bigger prototype, resulting in
damage to the car's bodywork and radiator. He returned to the track 15th and
regained two positions to finish 13th. Andy Brumbaugh, Marc Bullock and Dave
Master had a smooth run to 11th in the GT class in the No. 63 Master Asset
Management/Somers Lithium/Targa Newfoundland Porsche.

 

time           car            position             driver
action

 

start            63             17                      Brumbaugh

                  65               1                      Lally

1h3             63             10                      change
pit – Bullock in, tires, fuel

1h11           65               4                      Lally
fogged windshield, lost lead

1h53           65               1                      Lally
GT lead

1h56           65               1                      Lally
pit – fuel

2h28           65               1                      Lally
regained GT lead

2h38           63             14                      change
pit – Master in, fuel

3h19           65               1                      change
pit – Bunting in, dry tires, fuel

3h23           63             14                      Master
pit – dry tires, fuel

3h42           65               3                      Bunting
hit by prototype car, pit to replace

 
left-front tire and repair right-rear 

 
bodywork damage

4h               65             10                      Bunting
pit – right radiator replacement

4h41           65             14                      Bunting
back on track, 14 laps behind GT leader

4h42           63             12                      change
pit – Brumbaugh in, tires, fuel

6h               63             11                      Brumbaugh
finish

                  65             13                      Bunting
finish

 

Marc Bullock, Master Asset Management/Somers Lithium/Targa Newfoundland No.
63:

 

"I can't thank David [Master] enough for giving me the opportunity to do
this race. Andy was a great leader, we all had fantastic times on the track.
It's remarkable, we had no problems with the car whatsoever. The only
problem was tire wear because of the rain, but that affected all of us
equally."

 

Andy Brumbaugh, Master Asset Management/Somers Lithium/Targa Newfoundland
No. 63:

 

"I wanted a top-ten finish, but I knew that with about 20 minutes to go and
almost a full lap to make up to the 10th-placed car, it wasn't worth risking
the car by pushing too hard. I settled into a comfortable rhythm for the
last stint and just made sure I brought it home in one piece."

 

Dave Master, Master Asset Management/Somers Lithium/Targa Newfoundland No.
63:

 

"It feels great to have run five Rolex races and finished five times. It was
a pleasure to drive with Marc, and Andy did a great job leading the driver
lineup this weekend. Driving in the rain was an interesting challenge, but
I'm glad we came through unscathed!"

 

Marc Bunting, Auto Gallery/TRG No. 65:

 

"I was hit twice by the same car. He hit me going into the hairpin, knocked
the back end out and we lost the radiator. It's frustrating because Andy had
a great qualifying and a great first half of the race. It's unfortunate to
get taken out like that."

 

Andy Lally, Auto Gallery/TRG No. 65:

 

"We just had some back luck out there. The conditions were horrible. Now
it's just charge. There's no more conserving now. We have nine races to go,
but we have to charge to get all our points back. It's a pressure off that I
didn't want off, but now we can just go flat out to win."