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Grand-Am: Action Express lands Mid-Ohio win

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Antoine Cremer
Joao Barbosa (Action Express Racing Corvette DP) overtook Richard Westbrook (Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP) 22 laps from the end of the Grand-Am race presented this weekend at Mid-Ohio.

Barbosa went on to win the Daytona Prototype category.

Eric Curran (Marsh Racing Corvette GT) traded paint with Bill Auberlen (Turner Motorsport BMW) with only two laps to go.

He crossed the finish line first but was handed a penalty for avoidable contact that put Auberlen and teammate Paul Dalla Lana on the top step of the podium in GT.

Sylvain Tremblay and Tom Look (MazdaSpeed Mazda6) bagged a third consecutive victory in GX.

Race results – Mid-Ohio (Grand-Am)
1 - Barbosa-Fittipaldi (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 110 laps
2 - Potolicchio-Valiante (Corvette DP/Coyote) - 8Star - 1.427
3 - Dalziel-Popow (Riley-Ford) - Starworks - 1.711
4 - Negri-Pew (Riley-Ford) - Shank - 26.804
5 - Fogarty-Gurney (Corvette DP/Riley) - Stallings - 42.486
6 - Angelelli-Taylor (Corvette DP/Dallara) - Taylor - 42.662
7 - Frisselle-Frisselle (Corvette DP/Coyote) - ActionEx - 42.970
8 - Cameron-Nonnamaker (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 1 lap
9 - Taylor-Westbrook (Corvette DP) - SpiritOfDaytona - 1 lap
10 - Hartley-Mayer (Porsche 997) - Starworks - 1 lap
11 - Auberlen-Johnson (BMW M3) - Turner - 5 laps
12 - Lally-Potter (Porsche 997) - Magnus - 5 laps
13 - Assentato-Lazzaro (Ferrari GTS3 458) - AIM - 5 laps
14 - Curran-Said (Corvette Z06) - Marsh - 5 laps
15 - Long-Tremblay (Ferrari GTS3 458) - Speedsource - 6 laps
16 - Johnson-Della Lana (BMW M3) - Turner - 6 laps
17 - Balzan-Westphal (Ferrari GTS3 458) - Corsa - 6 laps
18 - Papis-Segal (Ferrari GTS3 458) - AIM - 6 laps
19 - Davis-Keen (Porsche 997) - Brumos - 6 laps
20 - Edwards-Liddell (Chevy Camaro) - Stevenson - 7 laps
21 - Pruett-Rojas (Riley-BMW) - Ganassi - 7 laps
22 - Nonnamaker-Nonnamaker-Sahlen (Riley-BMW) - Sahlen - 9 laps
23 - Long-Tremblay (Ferrari GTS3 458) - Speedsource - 10 laps
24 - Norman-Pumpelly (Porsche Cayman) - BGB - 10 laps
25 - Miller-Nunez (Mazda 6) - Speedsource - 10 laps

Retirements
Lap 32 - Keen-Von Moltke
Lap 7 - Pizzonia-Yacaman

DP Championship
1. Angelelli-Taylor 173; 2. Fogarty-Gurney 172; 3. Dalziel-Popow 171; 4. Christian Fittipaldi 155; 5. Joao Barbosa 153.

GT Championship
1. Potter-Lally 169; 2. Alessandro Balzan 166; 3. Liddell-Edwards 158; 4. Paul Della Lana 157; 5. Lazzaro-Assentato 155.

Antoine Cremer
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