Stretch has historic run on wet Lime Rock course, takes home overall victory for TA2 class

Trans Am veteran Paul Fix marks return with TA victory, Seuss wins TA3

Bob Stretch has won 10 TA2 races, two TA2 Championships, holds plenty of TA2 track records and has found himself on pole for TA2 a multitude of times.  In short, Bob Stretch has done it all.  However, after a waterlogged race at Lime Rock Park, Bob Stretch was able to do something that no other TA2 driver has ever done—he won the Trans Am race outright. 

The Series arrived to a wet track on Friday as it prepared for practice sessions and qualifying; however, the rain was quick to reappear and never quite relented.   Qualifying was rained out and left the drivers preparing to grid by points for the race. 

Doug Peterson and the #87 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet Corvette started on pole with the #36 McMahon Group/Stumpf Ford Mustang of Cliff Ebben in second position and defending Champion Simon Gregg and the #1 Gregg Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette in third. 

Peterson shot out with a quick start, pushing the #87 car forward and putting in strong lap times.   He continued that way for 11 laps of the 67 lap race, building up a strong lead on the competition.   Come the 11^th lap of the session, the race went under a full course yellow after the #67 Make a Wish/Pinnacle Autosport Pontiac GTO of Scott Ferguson was stuck in the muck off course and in an unfortunate location. 

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Five cars brave rain for practice during unofficial session

David Seuss and the #9 Northern Light Porsche 996 GT3 lead way after qualifying washed out

With all prospects of a qualifying session washed away by the rain, most of the Trans Am paddock opted to sit out what quickly became an unofficial practice session. 

There were a select few who did decided to take to the track to get in a few precious laps on the Lime Rock course.  Leading them was David Seuss—TA3 competitor and driver of the #9 Northern Light Porsche 996 GT3.   Seuss topped out the session with a time of 1.10.461, his 11^th lap of the session.  

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Teammates Peterson and Fix lead official practice session

Lawrence leads TA2, top four competitors within half a second

Current TA points leader Doug Peterson and the #87 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet Corvette led the second practice session of the day with a time of 52.009 seconds, beating out his own teammate, Paul Fix, for the top spot of the second practice session at Lime Rock Park. 

Peterson is currently riding a three race winning streak that dates back to the 2012 season finale, and now he has a fresh face next to him in the paddock and on the timing sheet.  Trans Am veteran Paul Fix raced Trans Am heavily in the early 2000’s and is making his return to the Trans Am paddock in the #4 StopFlex/Beebe Racing/PME/Lamers Chevrolet Corvette. 

Fix has filled in for Tony Ave, who has stepped away from the driver’s seat for the time being to better manage Tony Ave Racing, and his return has produced results.  Fix’s time of 52.140 was only .131 behind Peterson, putting Tony Ave Racing at the top of the time sheet. 

Doug Peterson was quick to credit the quality of the cars and efforts of the crew at Tony Ave Racing.   

“We had some really good cars,” Peterson said.  “This isn’t a horsepower track—we constantly work on setup here; we’re constantly making changes, trying to get the car right on the edge.  We’ve gone through the process this weekend: First we had too much understeer, then too much oversteer, then we got it right.  This car is so easy to drive when it is spot on, and that’s what I’ve always liked about them.” 

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