Earlier this weekend, profitable HSR driver David Agretelis borrowed a Porsche engine from teammate Todd Treffert. Now Agretelis is grabbing the headlines from his 901 Store stablemate.
Agretelis rolled to his second-straight HSR function race victory Saturday with the outright and GT Basic division wins in His 901 Store 1973 No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR within the B.R.M Chronographes Endurance Problem one-hour race. Agretelis topped a 25 automotive area within the B.R.M race, a powerful observe as much as his Friday overcome 37 different opponents for each the general and Porsche-class wins within the SascoSports American/Worldwide Problem offered by Hoosier dash race.
Such weekend sweeps at Sebring are acquainted achievements for Treffert – a perennial HSR race winner and champion – however the veteran HSR competitor has known as it a yr and isn’t at Sebring this weekend after already placing a stable racing season within the books. A spotlight was at March’s HSR Basic Sebring 12 Hour offered by Mission Meals the place Treffert and Agretelis every received their first HSR Basic Endurance Championship offered by Mission Meals races after years of attempting.
The twin Sebring success was a springboard to nice seasons for each drivers, however Agretelis would have missed this weekend’s finale if Treffert hadn’t selflessly loaned him one in every of his Porsche powerplants after Agretelis’ engine faltered in Thursday’s follow. The tip end result for Agretelis was nothing in need of excellent.
Agretelis shared the winner’s rostrum in Saturday morning’s B.R.M. race with general second-place finisher and Historic class winner Gil West in his Classic Racing Co. 1997 No. 44 Porsche 993 RSR. The Classic class win was secured by the all the time fast Jamie Busby who crossed the end line a stable fourth general in his KMW Motorsports 1970 No. 88 Porsche 914/6.
One other robust area took the inexperienced flag in Saturday’s featured HSR Mission GT Problem dash that adopted the weekend’s opening ceremonies, full with a Fly Over and Presentation of Colours by Highlands County Composite Squadron FL-314 of the Civil Air Patrol U.S. Air Drive Auxiliary.
The win within the 39-car area went to Mike Skeen within the Jacalone Brothers 2019 No. 62 Porsche Kind 991.2 GT2 911 RS/CS. Skeen prevailed in a pleasant all-pro battle with Aston Martin Group Valkyrie GTP driver Roman De Angelis, who was reunited with the identical Mark Motors Racing 2019 No. 79 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup he drove in IMSA and Canadian Porsche GT3 Cup competitors six years in the past.
Maybe probably the most spectacular drive of the race was HSR Champion driver Ben Myers stepping as much as be part of the pair of completed skilled drivers on the rostrum with a lead-pack third-place end in his 2017 Kind 991.2 No.29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ready by the 901 Store.
One other Saturday spotlight was the primary HSR NASCAR Basic race weekend because the VIRginia Worldwide Raceway spherical in September. The return of big-iron NASCAR thunder to Sebring was a welcome sight and sound.
Choosing up his profitable methods proper the place he left off, Ryan Gemmell scored the general victory in his NEMCO Motorsports 2009 No. 6 Toyota Camry.
Camden Murphy completed second in an analogous NEMCO 2006 No. 87 Toyota Camry whereas Patrick Womack pulled off one other NASCAR Basic podium end in his ex-FedEx Joe Gibbs Racing NEMCO-prepared 2014 No. 11 Toyota Camry.
Along with a full schedule of season-ending HSR races, a Sunday spotlight at Pistons & Props would be the exit parade of this weekend’s attending historic airplanes from the Sebring circuit false grid again to Sebring Regional Airport to organize for his or her respective flights residence. The planes will start to parade out of the paddock and again to the airport for departure on Sunday at 11:40am ET.
