Sunday, December 7, 2014

Davidson Racing Wins 25 Hours of Thunderhill

The #17 Davidson Racing Norma M20F BMW of Alex Lloyd, Kyle Marcelli, Randy Pobst, Brian Frisselle and Bob Davidson dominated the 2014 25 Hours of Thunderhill winning the race comfortable with 21 laps between them and their nearest competitor. The #17 Norma completed 682 laps.

The ESR entry started on pole position and held the overall lead at the 6-hour, 12-hour and 19-hour marks of the race. The #00 Award Motorsport/Ehret Family Winery Porsche GT3 Cup of Anthony Ward, Pierre Ehret, Kelly Collins, Tom Hacker, Spencer Trennery and Tommy Sadler finished second overall and won the ES class. Third place overall and second in the ES class was the #6 Stammer Inc./Bavarian Performance BMW E46 M3 of Derek Welch, Eddie Nakato, Jefferey Stammer and Matt Crandall. The #6 BMW finished sixteen laps back of the #00 Porsche.

Fourth overall and rounding out the ES podium was the #03 Team Quick Racing Products Superlite SLC of Mike Skeen, Ryan Eversley, Chris Durbin and Darrell Anderson having completed 628 laps.

The E1 class winning #67 Sparta Evo Brakes/Maxxis Tires/Bullet Performance BMW 328i finished fifth overall, completing 612 laps with drivers Brett Strom, Mickey Miller, Ralph Warren and Robert Green. Second in E1, three laps behind the #67 was the #95 Grip Racing BMW 330i of Charles Hurley, David Wheaton, Jason Vein, Mark Drennan and Richard Cohn-Lee.

The E0 class winning #31 Hankook Tires/El Diablo Motorsports BMW M3 of Dale Sievwright, Lance Boicelli, Scott Smith and William Brinkop finished seventh overall completing 607 laps. Two laps behind them was the #25 Honda Racing Acura ILX of Michael Tsay, Corey Taguchi, Derek Ferretti and Lawrence Hwang in eighth overall.

Ninth overall, second in the E0 class after completing 602 laps was the #32 CA Sport BMW M3 of Bruce Trenery, Byron Smith, Kristian Boodoosingh, Marc Miller and Ray Mason. Rounding out the top ten overall, third in E0 was the #33 CA Sport/Skullcandy Team Nissan 370Z of Vesko Kozarov, Lara Tallman, Bryan Heitkotter and Aaron Pfadt.

The #23 RJ Racing Mazda Miata of Gary Brown, John Gibson, Rob Gibson and Roger Eagleton won the E3 class having completed 587 laps and finishing 12th overall. The E2 class was won by the #34 Team RDR Mazada RX8 of Dennis Holloway, Joel Miller and Lee Papageorge after completing 576 laps and finishing 20th overall.

Other notable entries:
The #61 BF Goodrich Road Shagger Racing BMW M3 of Kurt Busch, Gavin Ernstone, Jon Morley and Robbie Montinola completed 564 laps and finished fourth in the E0 class.

The #62 Team Vegas/DiscTech/One Motorsports Radical SR3 of Sean Rayhall, Jesse Menzcer, John Falb and Todd Slusher finished second in ESR, 100 laps back of the overall winning Davidson Racing entry.

The #48 Crowd Strike/One Motorsports Radical SR3 of Colin Braun, Dave House, George Kurtz and Gerhard Watzinger finished third in ESR, four laps behind their teammate.

The #54 Motorsport Services Seat León SuperCopa of Clint Harvey, Daniel Stutterd, Malcolm Niall and Mark Pilatti finished sixth in ES after completing 547 laps.