MID OHIO - GRAND AM CUP

The Planet Earth Motorsports team finished first and third in the C2K category. The No. 42 class winning Acura Integra GSR was shared by Wayne Nonnamaker, Bill Pate and Mike Fitzgerald. Their second car was driven by Fitzgerald and Will Nonnamaker. Finishing second in C2K was the HART Honda Civic of Kevin Adams and John Schmitt.

Jean-Francois Dumoulin and Robert Julien qualified and finished second in their Grand Sport class Porsche 993. The pair exchanged second place several times throughout the race will the Turbo Performance Center Porsche 993 driven by Michael Levitas and Freddy Baker. Levitas and Baker were later disqualified.

The No. 72 BMW Z3 of Team Spartanburg was the fast qualifier in Sports Touring and captured the class win. The car was driven by Jim Hamblin and Steve Pfeifer. The pair was in a tight battle with one of the Team Lexus IS 300s but gained the upper hand during a pit stop.

Sylvain Tremblay and David Haskell qualified first the Grand Sport class driving a Speedsource prepared Porsche 911 Super Cup. The pair dominated the race taking the class victory by a one-lap margin.

The King Motorsports Acura Integra Type R was shared by Bob Endicott and Mike Van Sicklen. They qualified seventh in class and moved up to finish just over 3-seconds behind the class winning Sports Touring BMW Z3 Coupe of Steve Pfeifer and Jim Hamblin.

Devon Powell and Doug Goad earned their second straight Grand Am Cup SGS victory and third of the season. The early part of the race was dominated by one of the Phoenix American Motorsports Corvettes but fuel pick-up problems allowed the Powell Motorsport drivers to take the lead and win.

Two Porsches qualified on the front row for the Grand Am Cup race. The Speedsource 911 Cup car took the pole with the No. 15 Motorsport Technologies Porsche TT beside them. Dino Steiner and Ian James shared the driving duties. They would finish where they started second overall and in SGS.

In the closing stages of the race the Grand Sport Ford Mustang Cobra R of Shreiner Racing and the Sport Touring class Spirit of Miami Acura Integra Type R were involved in an incident at the Carousel.

One of the front running C2K entries arrived just in time to become involved in the melee. The No. 27 Honda of Bob Beede and Frank Del Vecchio slips by as the HART Honda Civic Si shared by Peter Halsmer and Bryan Johnson makes contact with the Shreiner Mustang. The HART and Shreiner cars were forced to retire.