O'Connell / Magnussen won their 6th of seven races, 5th in a row. But, only after a dominating performance from Gavin / Beretta went for nil....and hopefully not without more intra-team controversy [seems not].
52 minutes from race end, with Gavin in the lead and Mag’s chasing, the two Corvettes went after each other, again. Gavin speaks, "Jan was behind me, I was pushing hard, and I was trying to make up some time." [because despite the lead, pit strategy was going to turn the race over to the #3 if Gavin didn’t create an on-track gap].
But, Gavin went off course in the high-speed Kink, the fastest corner on the fastest straight on a very fast 4-mile track. "I just turned the car in too quickly and got on the inside curb. The car shot across to the exit curb and onto the grass. [Once] on the grass, there was no way I could hold it.” Gavin was uninjured in the incident.
To that point, #4 had been lapping quicker than the GT1 field – 6th tenths over the #3, 3.4 seconds over the AM ‘Show Car’ [You all DID know that the Bell car is a converted display vehicle?].
The GM press release covers it all.
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The Riley built Corvette GT2 car will race at Petit this year, either to be entered by LG Motorsports or by Riley themselves....
Great interview with both Riley and Lou on DSC...
--- JT from SoCal on 08.18.08 at 3:29am