Junqueira Passes Daly On Final Lap, Wins PC With Cumming At Road America

Bruno Junqueira passed a spinning Connor Daly on the final lap, giving RSR Racing its second Prototype Challenge (PC) victory of the season in the No. 11 AutoMaxUSA ORECA FLM09 started by Chris Cumming.

Daly recovered to finish second, giving Performance Tech Motorsports its best finish of the season for the No. 38 Ric-Man Construction/GO-PUCK/Braille Batteries ORECA FLM09. James French – a native of nearby Sheboygan, Wis. – won his third TOTAL Pole Award and led twice for 14 laps. Daly took the lead on Junqueira’s final pit stop and led 18 laps through the final circuit.Colin Braun and Jon Bennett finished third in the No. 54 CORE autosport Flex Box/Composite Resources entry, one position ahead of championship rivals Mike Guasch and Tom Kimber-Smith in the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Cuttwood car. That added two points to the lead, with Bennett and Braun now ahead by five points, 253-248, with two races remaining.NOTES• The next race for the Prototype and PC competitors will be the Lone Star Le Mans at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas on Saturday, Sept. 19.QUOTESBruno Junqueira – No. 11 RSR Racing AutoMaxUSA ORECA FLM09“Man, I gave it 100 percent. Both cars were on old tires, and I took all the risks. I really wanted to win it bad. I love this track, and it was great to win for the RSR team and for Chris. We tested for the first time this year on Tuesday and the car was good. I pushed hard. We had brake problems at the end, but I was able to win. The last lap, I just took all the risks to catch him.”Conor Daly – No. 38 Ric-Man Construction/GO-PUCK/Braille Batteries ORECA FLM09“For some reason, [a GTD car] decided to not let us by, even though we were in the lead of the class. I know it’s not their job to let us by, but that’s what killed us. I caught him in the worst part of the track – The Carrousel. I got him on the exit, but Bruno was already behind me and he had more power than me on the straights. I went to defend in the hairpin, but the rears locked really badly and that was it – I couldn’t save it. Pretty devastating.”