IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge has a substantial mix of young, up and coming drivers, gentleman drivers, and veteran racers. Eric Foss falls into the third category. He has been driving in the series for over a decade and is in his ninth season driving for Murillo Racing.
For almost the entire time, Foss has been teamed with Jeff Mosing, a gentleman racer who also owns Mosing Motorcars, a dealership that specializes in collector cars. They started together in a BMW 328i in the now-defunct Street Tuner class after Jesse Combs chose to step away from racing. Later, they switched to a Porsche Cayman before moving up to Grand Sport and their current stead, the Mercedes-AMG GT4.
Foss recently sat down with Frontstretch‘s own Phil Allaway to describe the atmosphere at Murillo Racing, working with the Mosings (Jeff and his brother Brent), Jeff Mosing’s substitutes this year this year and more.
Phil Allaway, Frontstretch: It’s been a very good season for you. Even with the unplanned foot injury at VIR, you’re currently second in points in [Grand Sport] with two victories at Mid-Ohio and CTMP. Looking pretty good despite a topsy-turvy season.
Normally, you’re teamed with Jeff Mosing, who you have driven with for the past nine years, a very long partnership by sports car racing standards. He is out right now due to a rib injury. First off, how is Jeff doing?
Eric Foss, No. 56 Murillo Racing Mercedes AMG-GT4: Jeff is doing great. He had a rib injury from an incident with his boat, then when we were testing at WeatherTech Raceway [Laguna Seca], he was testing his Porsche Carrera Cup car. One time through the Corkscrew, he had something go wrong and he went over the curb at the bottom. [When he went through] the bump, it dislodged the rib.
Luckily, there was no serious injury, but it really could have [been bad]. At that point, he had to step out of both cars. He’s been on the road to recovery with all that. He’s in super-high spirits. I’m with him every few days and he’s super excited about what the team’s been doing. He’s also hoping that he can get back in the car as soon as possible.
Allaway: Mosing has been with [Murillo Racing] longer than you have. I believe that he’s been here since at least 2011.
Foss: I think that it’s as early as 2010. I met Jeff in 2008 and I was coaching him in [Mazda] MX-5 Cup. I had seasons where if I was a little slower with my racing, then I was would come over here and coach him.
I coached [Jeff]…
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