On Aug 30, 31 TC, TCA, TCB teams headed to Brainerd International Raceway for Rounds 11 and 12 of Pirelli World Challenge.
And #58 Glenn Nixon delivers again - 2nd place finishes in Racing.ca / LaptopScreen.com Mini Cooper in both Saturday and Sunday races!
Practice:
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"The Racing.ca teammates went 1-2 in TCB. Kisel, of North Vancouver, B.C., set a best time of 1:54.645 in the No. 57 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com Mini Cooper. Glenn Nixon, of Mission, B.C., in the No. 58 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com/Nixon Prosports Mini Cooper was second at 1:54.802.
Nathan Stacy, of Owasso, Okla., was third in the No. 14 MDG/Ford Racing Ford Fiesta at 1:55.110."
Full story:
www.world-challenge.com/news/series-news/item/2695-thomson-francis-jr-kisel-lead-brainerd-tc-tca-tcb-practice.html
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Qualifying:
TCB qualifying session was affected by unexpected rain, #58 qualified 5th and #57 - 8th.
Round 11:
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Schwartz, of Denmark, began from pole in the No. 12 Promatex/ADA/Animas American Honda Honda Fit and mostly fought 14-year-old Stacy, of Owasso, Okla., in the No. 14 MDG/Ford Racing Ford Fiesta for the overall lead.
Behind them, Paul Holton, of Tallahassee, Fla., in the No. 65 Radium/TRUECar/Lucas Oil Honda Fit and Glenn Nixon, of Mission, B.C., in the No. 58 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com/Nixon Prosports Mini Cooper had a great scrap for third.
Stacy stumbled in the final two laps when in traffic, and Nixon was able to make it past for second as well. The second-to-last lap saw a dead heat at the line with Nixon leading Schwartz by inches at the start/finish line, but Schwartz was able to hold him off through Turn 1.
In the same race Racing.ca's #57 Andrei Kisel was runing strong in 6th place when 3 laps to go he had to retire with an an unfortunate flat tire.
Full story:
www.world-challenge.com/news/series-news/item/2698-thomson-francis-jr-schwartz-emerge-victorious-saturday-at-brainerd-round-11.html
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Round 12:
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Schwartz, of Denmark, started third in the No. 12 Promatex/ADA/Animas American Honda Honda Fit. He made the move on Holton, of Tallahassee, Fla., in the No. 65 Radium/TRUECar/Lucas Oil Honda Fit for the lead on Lap 3 and never looked back en route to the win. This is the Garrett Racing/Drive4Diabetes team’s third win in a row in TCB.
Holton was on pace for a runner-up finish but fell from second to fourth on the final lap. As a result, Glenn Nixon, of Mission, B.C., in the No. 58 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com/Nixon Prosports Mini Cooper and Tyler Palmer, of San Diego, Calif., in the No. 37
MINI USA/Mobil 1/Flying L Racing/ThePainter’sFriend.com/Discount Tire Mini Cooper were both able to leap into podium positions with Holton falling to fourth on the 22nd and final lap.
Kisel had a good race fighting for 5th spot in eaarly part of the race and eventually crossed the finish line in seventh.
Full story:
www.world-challenge.com/news/series-news/item/2700-emich-francis-jr-schwartz-score-brainerd-round-12-tc-tca-tcb-wins.html
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