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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2018
ENDURANCE
Podium result secures IMSA
title for Long and Casey
Tom O’Gorman and Kenton Koch won
the TCR class in the final round of the
IMSA Continental Tire Challenge at
Road Atlanta, while Tom Long and Britt
Casey jr. were crowned the first
champions in the category.
The closest title battle in the
Continental Challenge entering Friday’s
race was that in the TCR category.
Compass Racing’s Long and Casey, Jr. in
the #77 Audi RS3 LMS were ready to
defend their five-point margin against
teammates Rodrigo Sales and Kuno
Wittmer in the #74. And it was shaping
up to be a tantalizing battle, as the
#74 had mechanical issues during
Thursday’s qualifying, which meant the
team would have to climb from last in
the field for a shot at the title.
However about 40 minutes into the
race, the #74 machine got away from
its driver, Sales, and went into the Turn
6 wall. The car was done for the day
and the #77 secured the championship
by 13 points, 318-305.
Third in final standings was the second
eEuroparts Racing car #10 of Lee
Carpentier and Kieron O’Rourke that
outscored the third Compass Racing car
#75 of Pierre Kleinubing and Roy Block
by one mere point.
The #77 went on to finish third behind
O’Gorman and Koch in the #12
eEuroparts Racing Audi. This was the
second victory for the duo that joined
the TCR field midway through the
season and it came on the heels of
O’Gorman’s fifth consecutive Motul Pole
Award.
Michael Johnson and Stephen Simpson
in the #54 JDC-Miller MotorSports Audi
RS3 LMS TCR would complete the
podium with their second place finish.