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GRAND AMERICAN ROAD RACING ASSOCIATION |
20/06/2004 |
Bunting And Lally Earn First Rolex Series Class Win |
TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Wins SGS Class |
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Bunting And Lally Earn First Rolex Series Class Win
While the championship-leading No.36 TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup shared by co-drivers Randy Pobst and Michael Levitas was removed from contention for the Super Grand Sport (SGS) class win in a crash during the first hour, their teammates in the No. 38 TPC Racing Porsche GT3 Cup Marc Bunting and Andy Lally earned their first class victory in Rolex Series competition despite getting caught up in a dustup of their own just past the one-hour mark.
“It was a tough race,” Bunting said. “Obviously we had some setbacks early on, but the crew did a great job. There’s nothing better than being on the top of the podium at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen.”
Bunting and Lally finished one lap ahead of their TPC Racing teammates in the No.37 Porsche GT3 Cup, Spencer Pumpelly and John Littlechild. The No. 71 Doncaster Racing Porsche GT3 Cup of Dave Lacey, Greg Wilkins and Jean-Francois Dumoulin was third.
The victory combined with Pobst and Levitas’ misfortune also moved Bunting and Lally into the SGS points lead. It was the fifth consecutive race in which the No. 38 teammates finished on the podium, while this was the first time this season that Pobst and Levitas failed to finish inside the top-two positions in SGS.
“There were just some crazy moments out there and we got through all but one of them,” Lally said. “Everything was pretty good. The car was just super solid and now we have taken the points lead in the championship and so that is solid. We are just looking to build on that and making that margin even bigger.”
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