Murillo Racing was dominant Saturday (July 2) at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Eric Foss was able to sweep past teammate Christian Szymczak after mid-race stops and held on to win the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120 for himself and Marc Miller. For Foss, it is his second win of the year, while it is the first Pilot Challenge win for Miller since VIR in 2016.
“I can’t say enough for this Murillo Racing team and Marc Miller,” Foss told NBC Sports’ Brian Till in victory lane. “I’m just super happy and pumped to be up here.”
Neither driver is fully 100%. Foss recently suffered a left foot injury and was unable to left foot brake last weekend in Watkins Glen. Meanwhile, Miller is in final recovery after his Achilles injury last year.
Kenny Murillo started on the overall pole and was able to gap Riley Motorsports’ Damian Fineschi on the start. Miller, who started third, was able to take the spot away partway through the lap. Once in formation, the two Murillo Racing Mercedes pulled away from the pack while Fineschi held onto third.
The flow of the race was changed when TeamTGM’s Hugh Plumb pulled off in Moss Corner 20 minutes into the race with engine problems while running fourth. This brought out the full course caution and led to a jumbled pit strategy. Murillo and Miller stayed out, along with VOLT Racing’s Alan Brynjolfsson, PF Racing’s James Pesek and others. Fineschi made a stop along with Sheena Monk, Vin Barletta and Sean Quinlan.
The teams that had no confidence that they could run the race on one stop were the teams that stopped here. Everyone else chose to roll the dice on saving enough fuel during the yellow and running conservatively under green.
When the race restarted, Murillo led over Miller, Michael McCann Jr., Brynjolfsson and Tim Probert in the third Murillo Racing Mercedes. Here, Murillo was able to maintain a small gap without issue until he approached the slower Porsche of CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing’s Mark Siegel. That caused a stackup at Moss Corner, which allowed Miller to fall into the clutches of McCann. McCann was able to get by Miller for second and held onto the advantage until he pitted to make way for Andrew Davis.
When the time for pit stops came after the halfway point, Miller pitted the No. 56 first to get Foss into the car, take four fresh tires and fill up with fuel. Murillo stayed out for one extra lap before pitting to put Szymczak in the…
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