AF Corse takes victory at Barber

Frederik Schandorff, Matias Perez Compac take there second victory of the season at Barber Motorsports Park aboard there AF Corse entered Ferrari 296 GT3. The Ferrari duo was able to put themselves back in title contention, thanks to a pass with 48 minutes remaining on the McCann Racing Porsche of Zachary Vanier. The McCann Porsche went on the alternate strategy early in the three hour race, which saw co-driver Michael McCann out front prior to the car making its final stop with just a little over an hour remaining. Schandorff finished 5.638 seconds ahead of second place finishers Michai Stephens and Mikael Grenier aboard there no.34 JMF Motorsports Mercedes AMG. The Mercedes duo made the pass on Vanier with 40 minutes to go, taking fourth overall and third in the Pro class. In Pro-Am Archangel Motorsports took there first victory with Todd Coleman and Aaron Telitz and taking third overall on the road. Telitz took his McLaren to a 16.873 second victory over the no.28 RS1 Porsche of Jan Heylen. It came following a successful overcut strategy that saw Telitz emerge ahead of the RS1 Porsche in the final stop. During the opening moments of the race GT3 rookie Danny Dyszelski passed eventual winner Matias Perez Compac for second overall. The class winning TR3 Mercedes at the previous round looked to continue a podium streak but ultimately had to retire the car with 15 minutes to go with splitter damage. This allowed the no.32 GMG Racing Porsche of Kyle Washington and Tom Sargeant onto the podium. The race saw two full course yellows over the 3 hour period. In the opening 60 minutes the no.99 Random Vandals BMW of Derek Deboer found himself in the gravel. Jay Schriebman aboard his AM class Ferrari found himself stranded which led to a yellow and put the lone entrant down two laps. The final two hours ran caution free.