CTSCC: Honda wins in ST for Gilsinger, Eversley at VIR

Chad Gilsinger and Ryan Eversley led all but three laps in the Street Tuner (ST) class, taking their first victory of the season in the No. 93 HART Honda Civic Si.

“I think it was the heaviest rain I’ve ever driven in,” said Gilsinger, who started on the outside of the front row alongside HART teammate Kevin Boehm, who won his first TOTAL Pole Award in the No. 92 Honda. “We were cautious at the beginning, and we started backing down because of the conditions. The red flag was the right call.”

Ari Balogh and Greg Liefooghe finished a season-best second in the No. 83 Next Level European/Red Line Oil Porsche Cayman, confirmed following a post-race lap count audit.

Eric Foss and Jeff Mosing placed third in the No. 56 Murillo Racing/Mosing Motorcars Porsche Cayman, Foss closely followed by Mat Pombo and Derek Jones in the No. 73 MINI JCW Team MINI JCW.

Chad McCumbee and Stevan McAleer finished eighth in the No. 25 ModSpace Mazda MX-5, while Spencer Pumpelly and Nick Galante took 16th in the No. 17 RS1 Porsche Cayman. Entering the race with a 14-point lead, Pumpelly and Galante are now unofficially six points in front, 223-117, with two rounds remaining.

View full results via Al Kamel Systems at Results.IMSA.com

NOTEBOOK

• Eversley has seven victories to five for Gilsinger, with the pair last winning at Road America in 2015 in HART’s most recent triumph.
• Round 9 for the Continental Tire Challenge will be at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas on Saturday, Sept. 17.