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It was also a good day for BGB Motorsports. Stanton and co-driver Jon Miller were fourth in the No. 83 BGB Motorsports Performance Drink/Weeden Consultants Porsche 997, while Trois-Rivieres brothers Jean-Francois and Louis-Philippe Dumoulin finished sixth despite a small fire from under the car during the team's pit stop. Defending race winner Bill Auberlen and co-driver Matthew Alhadeff were seventh in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M3.
KONI Challenge participants return to action Sunday, Aug. 31 at the Thunderbolt Raceway at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J.
NEWS & NOTES
- Automatic's Best Run Eighth: Jep Thornton and Jeff Segal finished outside the top five for the first time this season with their 12th-place finish. Their teammates, Charlie Putman and Charles Espenlaub, finished the best of the team's three cars - eighth in the No. 91 BMW M3 - despite a spin by Espenlaub on the restart. The No. 99 BMW M3, driven by Steve Cameron and Rob Finlay, was 18th.
- Motorsport Technology Group Takes Ninth: Michael Auriemma and John Mayes took ninth in the No. 20 Motorsport Technology Group Porsche 997, the car's best finish of the season and first top 10.
- Manufacturer Championship Even Tighter: Only five points separated leaders Ford, Porsche and BMW (188-185-183) heading into the race, and the race remains tight. Ford still holds the lead with 220 points, but is now two points ahead of new second-place marque BMW with 218. Porsche dropped to third with 212 points.
- Driving Two Cars: Kris Wilson had a tough day driving two different cars. The Colorado driver ran as high as fifth in the No. 26 C-MAX Racing Porsche 997 before the car retired after only 10 laps and finished 21st. He later strapped into the No. 25 Porsche 997, taking the place of co-driver David Riddle, but that car completed only 57 laps and finished 16th.
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