GoT 2015/6 Round 3 - Watkins Glen 3 Hours

Christian takes the lead at the (re)start. We suspect Core Sim
and Heusinkveld d"did the right thing" and let him go 

After strong showings in the practice sessions leading up to the race, things looked good for the BAM #166 Daytona Prototype and the strong driver pairing of Christian Challiner and Tommy Vandergucht didn't disappoint with a nearly flawless performance, taking pole position, setting fastest lap, leading the most laps, having the fewest incident in the DPs and winning by a fairly comfortable 20 seconds. The victory wasn't straightforward. with a close fight during the race with CoreSimRacing who were

Having made his last stop, Tommy is overtaken  briefly by the Heusinkveld car

going longer on each stint and led whenever #166 pitted but ultimately the slightly better consistency of the BAM drivers and the even spacing of the fuel/tyre stops was decisive. After the poor result at COTA, it was good to see the car competitive again and with Heasinkveld only finishing 4th, the championship race has tightened up considerably.

In GT3, Braith Morrow and Stephan Spantig drove

Stephan in some heavy traffic

the #269 car. They had a fairly quiet and consistent race with Stephan starting and finishing and Braith doing the middle stint. The final finishing position of 7th is the 3rd race in a row that a BAM GT3 has finished in that position - it seems to be our position in the races!

#222 decides that going 3 wide into the bus stop is a good idea
Marco is spun into the barrier, effectively ending #267's race

The major disappointment was the #267 car. With Marco Abbate and John King both showing good speed in practice, we expected the car to run well. The early stages of the race looked promising, with Marco qualifying 5th and moving up to 4th. But, disaster struck on lap 23 when Marco was slowed by a crash in the Esses and then spun into the barriers by a ridiculous piece of driving by another GT3. Marco managed to continue with the badly damaged car for a few laps and then John took over after a lengthy pit stop and managed to bring the car home 9th.