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The second-closest finish in Grand-Am KONI Challenge series history occurred Sunday at VIRginia International Raceway. The Bosch Engineering Twin Six-Hour race for Grand-Am KONI Challenge cars went down to the wire, with Mike Canney, Hugh Plumb and Matt Plumb beating out the sister Rehagen Racing Mustang by only 0.208 second at the checkered flag, six hours after the green flag flew over the season’s final race. Third went to the TRG Porsche driven by Andy Lally, Peter Ludwig and Scott Schroeder.
The second-closest finish in Grand-Am KONI Challenge serieshistory occurred Sunday at VIRginia International Raceway. The BoschEngineering Twin Six-Hour race for Grand-Am KONI Challenge cars went down tothe wire, with Mike Canney, Hugh Plumb and Matt Plumb beating out the sisterRehagen Racing Mustang by only 0.208 second at the checkered flag, six hoursafter the green flag flew over the season’s final race. Third went to the TRGPorsche driven by Andy Lally, Peter Ludwig and Scott Schroeder. “This is my first win in this series, so it’s reallyexciting, especially to do it like we did today,” commented Canney after therace. “Our crew chief Quinn Conda had a great setup… and the car handled reallywell during my stint. I’m happy to get a one-two finish for Rehagen Racing,” headded. Hugh Plumb noted that the team had to battle back from someminor adversity early in the race. “After I got hit on the first lap I had totake an extra pit stop to fix the damage,” he said. “And then I just had to putmy head down, be consistent and catch the field, but the car was great and wejust kept moving forward all day.” The day's action was punctuated by a spectacular crashinvolving the No. 18 Morris Animal Foundation BMW Z4 when Andrew Davis suffereda brake failure at the end of the track's 5000-foot back straightaway,resulting in the car flipping and rolling before landing wheels down. Davisscampered from the wreckage unhurt. The race wound down to a green-white-checker after a finalcaution for debris at the "Oak Tree" Turn Eleven, when the BGBMotorsports Porsche blew its engine and scattered debris on the track. When the final points were tallied, Scott Maxwell and JoeFoster earned the season championship over Bret Seafuse and James Gue by onlysix points. The points championship for drivers came down to the final race ofthe season, as the top seven drivers were within 19 points of each other. Photo credit: VIR Photo byVictor Newman Pos, No, Drivers, Laps, Gap, Car 1, 60 , GS, Canney/Plumb/Plumb , -, Rehagen Racing Sunset Hills Vineyard Mustang GT 2, 59 , GS, Roush Jr/Martin/Phinny , +0.208 , Rehagen Racing Roush Performance Pro MustangGT 3 , 41 , GS , Lally /Ludwig/Schroeder , +0.558 , TRGCarlsen Porsche/Cohen Porsche 997 4, 39 , GS, Ende/Pumpelly , +1.081 , TRG Carlsen Porsche/DigiTr Porsche 997 5 , 55 , GS , Foster/Maxwell , +1.848 , HyperSport Mustang GT 6, 52 , GS, Mason/Martindale/Pecorari , +3.742 , Rehagen Racing Columbus Truck & EquiMustang GT 7 , 38 , GS , Piera/Cosmo/Tecce , +7.220 , BGBMotorsports Porsche 997 8, 91 , GS, Putman/Espenlaub/Russell , +11.954 , Automatic Racing Imported Car Store/La BMWM3 9 , 97 , GS , Auberlen/Salama/Ortiz , +12.671 , TurnerMotorsport Turner Motorsport BMW M3 10, 37 , GS, Seafuse/Gue , +16.170 , JBS Motorsports Trumansburg ShurSave Mustang GT 11, 09 , GS, Thornton/Segal/Borcheller , 1 Lap , Automatic Racing Imported Car Store/La BMWM3 12 , 07 , GS , Grigsby Jr/Heath , 2 Laps , CardiosportRacing Euro Motorworks/Porsc Porsche 997 13, 87 , GS, Jonsson/Smith/Davis , +15.088 , Kinetic Motorsports BMW M3 14, 21 , GS, Eversley/Friedman/Coblitz , 3 Laps , Motorsport Technolo Morris AnimalFoundati Porsche 997 15, 83 , GS, Miller/Stanton/Tecce , 6 Laps , BGB Motorsports Performance Drink/We Porsche997 16 , 90 , GS , Whitis/Long , 14 Laps , AutomaticRacing Imported Car Store/Ro BMW M3 17, 99 , GS, Cameron/Finlay/McDowell , 17 Laps , Automatic Racing Mobile-Shop/Make A W BMWM3 18 , 28 , GS , Jenkins/White/Ham , 18 Laps , PlayboyRacing/Fall Playboy/Verve/Taser/ BMW M3 19, 17 , GS, Ackley/Snyder/Maiman , 24 Laps , CMA Motorsports ACKCO Inc Consulting G MustangGT 20 , 96 , GS , Auberlen /Alhadeff , 31 Laps , TurnerMotorsport Turner Motorsport BMW M3 21, 79 , GS, Bocchino/Wittmer/Wittmer , 39 Laps , I-Moto/Kinetic Moto BMW M3 Coupe/Perfor BMWM3 22, 78 , GS, DiLeo/Sellers/Smith/Cameron , 72 Laps , Maxwell Paper Racin Maxwell Paper Co.Porsche 997 23 , 20 , GS , Auriemma/Mayes , 74 Laps , MotorsportTechnolo Porsche 997 24, 18 , GS, Johnson/Davis , 86 Laps , Motorsport Technolo Morris Animal Foundati BMW Z4 25, 89 , GS, Wellon/Ellis/Safriet , 143 Laps , Ranger Sports Racin Hop A Jet Worldwide Je Porsche997 26, 25 , GS, Wilson/Riddle , 146 Laps , C-Max/Unitech Rac C-Max/Unitech Racing Porsche 997 Margin of Victory: 0.208 Avg. Speed: 84.184 Best Lap Time: 2:04.765 Best Speed: 94.353 Best Lapby:Auberlen /Alhadeff |
