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IMSA CHALLENGE
The second season of the TCR class in
the IMSA Challenge began with an
exciting four-hour race at Daytona
that provided eight different leaders
and plenty of overtaking and clashes.
Eventually the Honda Civic cars of LA
Honda World Racing finished 1-2 with
Tom O’Gorman-Shelby Blackstock the
winners from Matt Pombo-Mike La
Marra. The podium was completed by
the Fast MD Racing Audi RS 3 LMS of
Nick Galante-James Vance-Jared
Salinsky.
Alex Popow was impressive at the
wheel of his Alfa Romeo Giulietta as
he led for the first 30 minutes of the
race. After the first pit stop, Lee
Carpentier and Michael Johnson moved
up to first and second in their Audi
cars, but soon after the end of the
first hour they came together and
crashed. During the second hour there
was a close fight between Blackstock
and Galante who swapped the lead a
few times.
After the third pit stop they both