SAMAX - Infineon race revised

change in second paragraph, correcting championship standing to fourth

 

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SAMAX/ Doncaster Racing notched a strong seventh-place GT finish in
Saturday's Rolex Sports Car Series race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma,
Calif. Toronto drivers Dave Lacey and Greg Wilkins quickly learned the
challenging 2.52-mile road course through the race weekend, posting
consistently faster lap times in the No. 17 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.

 

Wilkins drove the first race stint, starting from 13th on the GT grid. He
moved up to 10th in the first 11 minutes of the two-hour 45-minute race and
held the position through a fuel stop. Lacey took over just past the
one-hour mark and gained three more positions to finish seventh. The result
keeps the team fourth in series GT championship standings, with one race
remaining this season.

 

race report

 

time           driver                        action

 

start            Wilkins

41m            Wilkins                      pit – fuel

1h8             Lacey in                     pit – driver change, tires,
fuel

2h27           Lacey                        pit – fuel

 

Dave Lacey:  "Any time we come to a facility that we haven't been to, take
five seconds off our lap times, halve our grid position to finishing
position and come out with a clean car, I think that's a pretty good deal.
Mechanically, the car was very, very strong. We didn't have a lot of time to
dial it in, so I was really happy with the result. Greg drove a great stint,
I got a great piece of equipment and we were able to finish up in seventh
overall. And we're still fourth in the championship."

 

Greg Wilkins:  "We ended up with a good result. We didn't quite have the
speed that we needed for this weekend, but we ran a clean race and a good
tactical race. [We had] good pitstops, the crew worked really well and in
the end, we finished reasonably well. From a points standpoint, we ended up
giving up very few points to the guys who are just behind us, so the last
race of the season will be interesting. We'll have to be on our game for
that one, so we can hold onto our fourth place in the championship."

 

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Sylvia Proudfoot
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