ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — With five weekends remaining in the Trans Am season Dyson Racing is on a roll.
The team, which got off to a slow start this season, has swept the top two finishing positions in the last two Trans Am TA class events.
The second sweep came Sunday when team owner Chris Dyson led teammate Matthew Brabham to the checkered flag one week after following Brabham home at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Winning at Road America involved a lot of history for Dyson.
“It’s great to be back in the winner’s circle at Road America again,” said Dyson, who also won Trans Am races at the historic Wisconsin circuit in 2020 and 2021. “There’s so much history here; I just love this place more and more. It’s been so good to us with many great memories going back decades. It’s one of the most prestigious and loved circuits in worldwide racing and it deserves its reputation. To win here is especially significant for any driver. To come out of this weekend with another victory, I couldn’t be happier. Once again, my cap is off to my guys; truly great work by the team, my engine builder Mike Lanci and of course my teammate Matty Brabham for making today another one-two.”
In addition to his third Road America Trans Am win this was also Dyson’s sixth TA podium at Road America. Dyson is now a six-time winner at Road America, including IMSA and Pirelli World Challenge victories.
Perhaps more importantly, this weekend’s win marked Dyson’s 28th Trans Am win since joining the series in 2018 and bumps him up into a tie for third with Tommy Kendall in the 59-year-old series career wins list.
“I always looked up to Tommy and admired him, so it’s a personally significant milestone to stand alongside him in the Trans Am ‘books’,” Dyson said.
Dyson knows there is still a lot of racing left this season.
“But we’ve still got a lot of racing left this year. The season started off for us with no shortage of adversity,” referring to a hard crash during the season-opener at Sebring that caused him to miss the next race at Road Atlanta, where Brabham took the win for CD Racing.
The team has momentum heading into the next round July 11-13 at Watkins Glen Int’l.
“But with the one-two finishes here and last weekend at Mid-Ohio we really have momentum,” Dyson said. “Because of the races we lost earlier in the season the driver’s championship is a longshot, but I think we’ve shown for race wins we are the team to beat in the second half of the season.”
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