Murillo Racing’s Eric Foss was able to stretch his fuel for the final 58 minutes of the race and hold off VOLT Racing’s Trent Hindman to win the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Mid-Ohio 120 for himself and Kenton Koch. It is Murillo Racing’s first win of the year and only their second in the Grand Sport class, where they’ve raced since 2018.
“[Saving fuel and holding Hindman off] were both very challenging for us,” Foss told NBC Sports’ Brian Till. “It came down to the last couple of laps. [The crew] kept saying that we didn’t have enough fuel, then [Hindman] got close enough and I had to go to hold him off. I’ve raced with Trent a bunch of times and he [races] clean with a ton of respect. Having [Kenton] Koch with me here is awesome as well.”
Koch started from the pole for the second straight race and managed to hold the advantage. Meanwhile, trouble struck further back as PF Racing’s James Pesek had contact with the Ford Mustang GT4 of KohR Motorsports’ Bob Michaelian in turn 5, spinning out Michaelian and causing a scramble. Further back, TCR pole sitter Tiago Monteiro ran into the back of TeamTGM’s Ted Giovanis.
While a number of drivers went off the road and kicked up a bunch of grass, covering their grills, Monteiro was the real loser here. The contact he made with Giovanis broke the front suspension on his LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R. He was disabled in the middle of the road, resulting in the race’s first full course caution flying. Unfortunately for Monteiro, his Michelin Pilot Challenge debut ended right there, less than a lap into the race.
The scramble on the start resulted in a Murillo Racing one-two with Koch leading teammate Kenny Murillo. Together, they tried to pull away from the pack.
19 minutes into the race, the second full course caution flew when CarBahn Motorsports with Peregrine Racing’s Mark Siegel rubbed against the Hyundai Elantra N TCR of AJ Muss at the braking…
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