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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2018
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The Brian Herta Autosport pairing of
Michael Lewis and Mark Wilkins
dominated the Pirelli World
Challenge’s fifth event at Grantsville’s
Utah Motorsports Campus.
Lewis won both races at the wheel of
his Hyundai i30 N car, shadowed by
his teammate Wilkins in second
place, while the current
championship leader Ryan Eversley
and his RealTime Racing Honda Civic
were classified third.
These results mean that the title
fight will be going down to the wire.
In fact, Eversley managed to
maintain the lead in the standings
with 223 points, but Lewis has closed
the gap to just seven points, while
Wilkins is third, 25 points behind.
In Race 1, Lewis started from pole
position, led from lights to flag and
claimed his third victory of the
season. Wilkins followed him closely
for most of the race until he lost
contact when they hit some
backmarkers and eventually crossed
the finish line 2.6 seconds behind
Lewis.
Eversley lost second place to Wilkins
soon after the start and wasn’t able
to keep the pace set by the two
Hyundai cars; he was then forced to
settle for third, far behind the
leaders. His new teammate Mason
Filippi started from fourth on the
grid, but lost two places during the
opening lap to Michael Hurczyn and
Matt Fassnacht. On lap 3, Fassnacht’s
Audi RS3 LMS overtook Hurczyn’s
Volkswagen Golf GTI for fourth and
the latter continued to have a close
fight with Filippi for fifth; they ran
two abreast for a long time until the
pace of Filippi’s Honda Civic began to
fade. Eventually RealTime’s new
recruit dropped down the order and
finished 10th.
Lewis and Wilkins encored in Race 2;
they started well from the front row
and began to pull away. Eversley
stalled from third on the grid and
dropped to seventh behind Hurczyn,
Hyundai cars
dominate in Utah
LEWIS AND WILKINS FINISH 1-2 IN BOTH RACES