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AIM & Doncaster - Homestead race |
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Saturday, 24 March 2007 |
AIM Autosport and Doncaster Racing earned top-10 finishes in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, showing consistent speed in the two-hour 30-minute sprint. AIM finished 10th overall and in the Daytona Prototype class, Doncaster ninth in the GT class.
Mark Wilkins of Toronto started the No. 61 AIM Lexus-powered Riley Mk XI from ninth on the 44-car grid. He raced to second and stayed in the top six during most of his stint, before handing off to Burt Frisselle of Lynchburg, Va., at 1h23 from eighth place. Frisselle returned to the track 15th and moved up to finish 10th in the "gold car", backed by Exchange Traded Gold, Barrick Gold Corporation, RBC Financial Group and Telus' Mike Network.
Greg Wilkins of Toronto drove the first stint in the No. 17 MineStar /
Tim Hortons Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car prepared by Doncaster Racing. He
started ninth on the GT grid and quickly moved to sixth. Dave Lacey of
Toronto took over at 1h5, returned to the track 14th, raced as high as
fifth and finished ninth.
race report
car time driver action
17 start G Wilkins
1h5 change pit – Lacey in, four tires, fuel
61 start M Wilkins
1h23 change pit – Frisselle in, four tires, fuel
Burt Frisselle: "Third race, third top-10, that's really
exciting. Our car wasn't ideal, I made a couple of errors and had a
little issue with my shifting. But it's always nice to bring the car
home in the top 10 and be competitive for a top-five. It was a big
battle all day, a lot of good drivers, no cars really went down a lap,
so at the end you saw what DP racing is all about."
Mark Wilkins: "These races are a blast! The guys gave me a great
car, Lexus gave me a great engine, the Dynamic shocks worked really
well here. It was some of the best racing I've done in a while, running
with those guys right up at the front. We struggled with power-down a
little bit, so I would compensate by driving really hard on the brakes
and I flat-spotted the front tires. Overall, it was a great race.
Another top-10 is fantastic for us."
Dave Lacey: "It was a tough weekend. We didn't have a great setup
all weekend; we were just chasing things around. We finished where we
deserved to – we qualified ninth and we finished ninth. That's about as
good as we were this weekend."
Greg Wilkins: "P9 is about as good as we were going to do this
weekend. I think we just went the wrong direction and didn't have time
to fix it, so we took a bit of a flyer for the race. We made some
changes, but I don't think we adjusted enough for the slippery
conditions."
– aimautosport.com –
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