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| Mid Ohio Race Notes: Automatic Racing |
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Automatic Racing had a dramatic day during Sunday's Grand-Am Cup 200 at Mid-Ohio, leading twice and finally crossing the finish line in third for the team's second podium finish of the season.
What makes the day even more memorable is that the two leads and the third place were for each of the three Automatic Racing BMW M3s.
Eventually, it was the No. 09 BMW of David Russell and Kris Wilson that crossed the finish line in third after Wilson made a pass for the podium spot just before a caution period brought the race to a close.
With two of the Automatic Racing BMWs out of contention for a top finish early, the No. 09 steadily held down a top-five standing. Russell started the race from ninth and was holding down fifth before he made a pit stop under caution to hand the car over to Wilson.
Wilson re-entered the track in sixth and soon made up two positions. As the clock wound down, he made the pass for third and was narrowing the gap to second place when a full-course caution began. The caution lasted until the checkered flag, and Wilson crossed the finish line for Automatic Racing's second podium of the season.
We struggled with the car during testing but found the balance by the first practice session, said Russell. The car was fast but wasn't able to show true form for qualifying as a worn suspension bushing set us back to 9th. For the race, we knew if we could be there at the end we'd have a shot. The pit stop was solid, Joe (Varde) gave us a fast car, and John (Terry) had the right strategy.
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