Celebrating a Double GT Podium at Road America

"Turner Motorsport" (TurnerMotorsport)
08/13/2013 at 11:41 • Filed to: motorsports

Suffice it to say, this was a good weekend; one that got better as it went along. The CTSCC car took a knock only 16 laps into the 150 minute race and went into a wall, ending our day in the #96 car far too early.

But we qualified 2nd and 8th for the GT race and had high expectations, given our podium last year at Road America. The team and drivers Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana didn't disappoint. We nailed the fuel strategy and hit fast lap of the race for GT's on lap 50 at 2:10.242. Road America is a long, fast track at just over four miles and we lapped at 111.89mph for our fastest lap average speed.

The #93 car driven by Michael Marsal dropped back a few spots after being hit early on, but ran clean and fast to turn over the car to Max Martin. Max pushed through the field all the way up to a 3rd place finish.

Let's also take a moment and just look at how gorgeous Road America is as a venue.

This was definitely a race where strategy paid off. After several battles the No. 94 of Bill Auberlen took the lead from the No.61 Ferrari, only to give it up ten minutes later to pit under caution for what seemed like a risky call. With other teams also needing a splash and go, and 20 minutes remaining, the fuel levels were low but managed to pass the #73 Porsche in Turn 5 for the lead and hold onto it until the checkered flag waved.

Just after crossing the line, the #94 ran out of gas and had to be pushed the rest of the way around by Martin to the podium.

We are 4th in points for the Rolex GT Team Championship. With three races remaining in the season, including Kansas Speedway coming up this weekend, you can bet we are looking to taste some more sweet champagne soon.

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DISCUSSION (14)

desertdog5051 > Turner Motorsport
08/13/2013 at 11:51

Great post. RA is a fantastic track.

ncasolowork2 > Turner Motorsport
08/13/2013 at 11:53

Whoa aliens. Or magic. Or something.

SPEED.com is advertising LIVE coverage (On Fox Sports 2 whatever that is) of the CTSCC race at Road America on Saturday august 17... how is this possible???

Who do you think wins that race and will Vegas take bets on it?

Turner Motorsport > ncasolowork2
08/13/2013 at 12:09

Ha! Must be a perk of the new network. Quick, call up the Mirage and see if they'll add it to their sportsbook.

twinturbobmw > Turner Motorsport
08/13/2013 at 12:56

BMW for the win!

jcpwn3r > Turner Motorsport
08/14/2013 at 09:48

As an engineer at Michigan, I'm unashamed to say you're my favorite team because of your colors. congrats on the success

RussianDashCamsAnyone > Turner Motorsport
08/14/2013 at 10:02

Came here looking for more pics of the podium girls.. disappointed..

AMG OMG > Turner Motorsport
08/14/2013 at 11:32

Congrats! I was right at turn five and had a front row seat to the collision and off. Outstanding work to get on the podium after that! Heres some photos I toook:

Kinja'd!!!

tromoly > Turner Motorsport
08/14/2013 at 12:36

Congrats on the double podium.

I remember playing Sports Car GT back ten years ago and hating every time I went up against the AI version of Bill Auberlen 'cause he just never made a mistake and was impossible to pass, sounds like they made the AI version pretty close to the real Bill Auberlen.

nickhater2 > Turner Motorsport
08/14/2013 at 12:46

Kinja'd!!!