Bodymotion Racing Finishes Eighth and Ninth at Road America in Foul Weather Race
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bodymotion Racing Finishes Eighth and Ninth at Road America in Foul Weather Race ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ELKHART LAKE, Wis., Aug. 7 - The premature end to Saturday's two-hour IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge race at Road America left Bodymotion Racing wishing for the chance to finish what it had started. A red flag flew with 47:37 remaining due to lightning in the area. With the field still on pit road after waiting 34 minutes under red and 13:30 remaining of the scheduled two-hour race, officials declared the race complete. Both of Bodymotion Racing's Porsches had completed their pit stops for driver changes but neither of the team's second drivers recorded a lap at speed. Consequently, they didn't have the opportunity to better their positions either on the track or by the time they would have gained when other competitors pitted. The team's Grand Sport (GS) entry, the No. 12 Porsche Cayman GT4 sponsored by Bodymotion, Delaware Investments and Trim Tex, ended up eighth. Its drivers, Cameron Cassels of Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada and Trent Hindman of Wayside, N.J., entered the event with a five-point lead in the championship. Unofficially they're now second, four points behind (194 to 190), going into the next race Aug. 25-27 at VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Va. After the polesitter had a problem early, Cassels started eighth. He ran in the top 10 for almost his entire stint despite slippery conditions due to rain. He set his fastest lap of the race right before he pitted for Hindman to take over. The pit stop occurred under green, but a full-course caution was displayed almost immediately with 56:16 remaining due to Charlie Putnam's accident in Turn 7. The race never restarted, as the red came out about 9 minutes later. Colin Thompson of Doylestown, Pa., and Drake Kemper of Thermal, Calif., ended up ninth in the Street Tuner class with the team's No. 31 Porsche Cayman sponsored by Bodymotion, VeriStor, the Apex Sports Car Academy and Delaware Investments. Thompson, who was substituting for Devin Jones of Mooresville, N.C. for this race, qualified 14th and was 11th when he stopped for the driver change. Jones, meanwhile, finished 26th in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Watkins Glen, N.Y. The race will be shown on FOX Sports 1 on Sunday, Aug. 13 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Trent Hindman and Cameron Cassels make a driver change in the No. 12 Bodymotion Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Post-race quotes follow: Mike Bavaro, team owner: "It was very frustrating. We had just put our two hotshoes in the car, and they didn't even get a chance to race. I know we would have improved our positions by a lot. "The opening stint went well. We started out in the wet with dry tires, so we wanted to be cautious and not have a problem. There were several cars that had big problems. "We lost the GS championship lead, but we look forward to VIR. We should have two strong cars for that. "Everybody did a great job today. Our pit stops were good, with no mistakes. But it was disappointing for the fans and for us. Nobody wants to finish a race under a red flag or a caution. You want to let the best guys win, but we didn't have that opportunity today. "The guys who got the podiums ran well and got podiums out of it, but I would rather have raced for my position." Trent Hindman, co-driver, No. 12 Bodymotion Racing Porsche Cayman GT4: "It was horrible luck today to say the least. In reality, this entire race weekend was sort of a mess from the start from the perspective of weather. No test day, very limited running in practice, and it only dried up in time for qualifying. Despite the circumstances, I was pretty comfortable with jumping into the race because usually we roll off the truck with the car very well sorted to begin with. Cam was doing a nice job in the race, keeping us in the hunt, and the Bodymotion guys gave us one hell of a pit stop too. Right as I got in the car I could see a pretty large storm moving our direction and I figured it was only a matter of time until it hit. I only made it to turn 5 on my out lap when the FCY (full course yellow) came out and then the red flag followed. I was really looking forward to a final 20-30 minute sprint to the finish in the rain where I knew we could make a charge. It is what it is but just a bummer for Cam and the Bodymotion crew as we now are trailing by four points in the championship but I thank them for their focus and efforts on such an erratic weekend. We'll get it done at VIR." Cameron Cassels, co-driver, No. 12 Bodymotion Racing Porsche Cayman GT4: "It kind of sprinkled during the entire session, so for me part of the challenge was every time you did a lap, it was raining with different intensity at different areas of the track. That definitely made it a bit of a challenge to figure out what it was going to be like the next time around when you got to that area. That made you drive tentative. "But the car was good. I got a bit frustrated there when I tried to make a few moves on a few drivers and couldn't make it stick. I tried to take another run and make it happen again, but ran out of time. "My fastest lap was my last lap. The car was good and we were hoping to see what Trent could do during his stint." Colin Thompson, substitute co-driver, No. 31 Bodymotion Racing Porsche Cayman: "I've never driven for Bodymotion; I've driven a Cayman once, a ST car at the Petit Le Mans two years ago in the pouring rain, but after spending the last two years driving nothing but cars with serious downforce, this was such a switch. But the team was so good at getting us where we needed to be quickly. We had limited track time with the canceled sessions due to rain, but we were as good as we could be really. I thought we had quite a shot at gaining a lot of positions if it restarted. Both cars were running in the top 10, so it was solid." Drake Kemper, co-driver, No. 31 Bodymotion Racing Porsche Cayman: "I wish we could have restarted that race, because I think we had an extremely good car in the rain. 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