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| Mid Ohio Race Notes: Chris Gleason |
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Chris Gleason experienced the highs and lows of racing in dramatic fashion over the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and the Johnstown, Pa.-based driver came within three laps of pulling off a rare double victory with two different co-drivers in two different events.
His co-driver in Saturday night's Rolex Series race, Joey Hand, was leading in the late stages of that race but then was involved in a spectacular accident that destroyed the pair's Matt Connolly Motorsports BMW M3 No. 21. Luckily Hand escaped serious injury.
Less than 24 hours later Gleason and his co-driver in the Grand-Am Cup series, Bill Auberlen, were victorious in another BMW M3 fielded by Turner Motorsport on Sunday afternoon at the 2.258-mile road course.
Sunday
Gleason and Auberlen made it two Grand-Am Cup victories in a row Sunday with their Turner Motorsport BMW M3 No. 21, which is sponsored in part by Gleason Financial.
They also moved into a six-way tie for second place in the point standings, just one point behind leader Anders Hainer, by winning Sunday's 77-lap Grand-Am Cup race over the BGB Motorsports Porsche Carrera of Mark Plummer and Craig Stanton. David Russell and Kris Wilson were third in another BMW M3 fielded by Automatic Racing.
Gleason qualified Tenth and got off to a great start, moving up to eighth by lap six. In the early going it seemed like the lead was not the place to be, since several leaders got to the head of the 77-car field only to encounter problems.
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