| Alfred duPont driving a BMW 328is captured his first career World Challenge Touring win at Laguna Seca. DuPont qualified on the pole and led every lap despite a challenge from Hugh Plumb in one of the RealTime Acura Integra Type Rs. His margin of victory was 1.175 seconds over Pierre Kleinubing also in a RealTime Type R. |
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Lap one of the World Challenge Touring race and Laguna Seca’s tight turn two. Taz Harvey makes use of the superior braking system of the BMW to stop his Acura Integra Type R. The results sent Mike Fitzgerald and one of the Turner Motorsport BMWs off course. Fitzgerald was able to work his way back to a fourth place finish. |
| RealTime driver Hugh Plumb qualified fourth but quickly moved up to second in the race and was able to challenge for the lead. However, contact with race leader, Alfred duPont sent him off the track and into third place where he would stay for the remainder of the race. |
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Don Salama drove this Turner Motorsport BMW 328is at Laguna Seca. Salama who was in his first year of World Challenge Touring competition qualified fifth and finished ninth in the race. |
| Walter Markes Jr. slides off track at Laguna Seca’s final turn during practice. Markes qualified twentieth in the Peppaseed Racing BMW 328is and finished fourteenth in the race. |
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One of the outstanding performances during the event was provided by Terry McCarthy. McCarthy, a California native, used his local track knowledge and skill to move from his thirty-fourth starting position to a fifth place finish in his BMW 328is. |
