Rennsport One’s John Capestro-Dubets was able to jump over AutoTechnic Racing’s Colin Garrett in the pits during a rare round of stops under yellow Sunday (July 21). From there, he was able to hold on with Eric Filgueiras to win Pirelli GT4 America SprintX Race No. 2 at VIRginia International Raceway and earn the weekend sweep.
The margin of victory was 2.049 seconds over Random Vandals Racing’s Kenton Koch and Kevin Boehm. OnlyFans Racing’s Matt Bell and Alex Vogel were third, then ACI Motorsports’ Curt Swearingin and Kay van Berlo. Rotek Racing’s Robb Holland and Jaden Lander ended up fifth.
JMF Motorsports’ Jake Cowden started from the overall pole in his Mercedes and led Filgueiras and Anderson early on. Further back, contact in turn 4 resulted in TechSport Racing’s Eric Powell spinning out and Rennsport One’s Austin Krainz going off the road. Both drivers were able to continue, but Krainz ended up with damage on his left front corner and was forced to stop.
Unlike Saturday, the Rennsport One No. 28 was not infallible. Anderson was able to get past Filgueiras, then went up and took the lead away from Cowden.
Filgueiras quickly got by Cowden and went after Anderson. The two drivers battled for lap after lap. 20 minutes into the race, Filgueiras made a move at turn 1 for the lead, but Anderson successfully defended it.
22 minutes into the race, Carrus Callus Raceteam’s Chris Walsh slid off-course at the Oak Tree turn after he hit fluid. Powell also lost control on his own, spun and backed into Walsh before hitting the tires. The crash brought out the safety car right before the pit window would have opened.
Walsh had rear damage on his BMW, but was able to drive away slowly. Powell was unable to continue and was done for the day.
Normally, teams don’t pit under caution in Pirelli GT4 America SprintX and the window is adjusted. Here, everyone pitted under the yellow for their driver changes.
Rennsport One was able to get Capestro-Dubets into their Porsche and got out of the pits first to take the overall. On the restart, Capestro-Dubets and Garrett ran away from the field to settle the race.
Further back, AutoTechnic Racing’s Mark Brummond stacked up the field behind him. It led to a series of runs for position. Cowden attempted to get past Brummond, but went too fast into turn 14 and ended up taking himself and Smooge Racing’s John Geesbreght out.
Geesbreght was able to resume and had to…
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