A full area of basic GT automobiles and opponents moved the forty sixth Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Mitty off to a quick begin Friday at Michelin Raceway Street Atlanta with a Porsche, Corvette and Datsun 240Z all pushed to victory within the first of two Sasco Sports activities Worldwide/American Problem dash races on this weekend’s packed schedule of occasions.
The general and Porsche-class winner was common HSR victory lane customer Todd Treffert who topped the 40-plus automobile area with one other victory in his 901 Store 1972 No. 14 Porsche 911 IROC.
Treffert was joined on the general podium in third by American-division winner Alan Sevadjian who stepped into the 1968 No. 37 Duntov Motor Firm Corvette roadster repeatedly pushed by his teammate and fellow HSR race winner Clair Schwendeman.
Steve Cullman put in a aggressive drive to 3rd total and second within the American class in his 1970 No. 74 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am automobile ready by Olthoff Racing.
This yr’s featured marque on the forty sixth HSR Mitty is “The Automobiles of Japan” and a pair of fast 240Z opponents started the weekend’s celebration with podium finishes in Friday’s Sasco Sports activities race.
Chris Zappa completed a strong sixth total and gained the Worldwide class race within the 1972 No. 44 Datsun 240Z and was joined in victory lane by fellow “Z” automobile competitor Scott Kissinger, who completed third in his 1971 No. 202 Datsun 240Z.
Rob Albino, one other acquainted face in Sasco Sports activities Problem victory lane, broke up the all 240Z podium within the Worldwide division in his Hudson Historics 2000 No. 99 BMW Z3 with a second-place end.
Friday’s different podium gamers included Robert Spence who was fifth total and second within the Porsche class in his 1972 No. 63 Porsche 911 S/T. Craig Watkins accomplished the Porsche podium in third in his 1968 No. 46 Porsche 911 whereas Jonathan DeGaynor was third in American and total within the distinctive 1960 No. 111 Devin Particular.
Saturdays are the largest day of every yr’s Mitty and tomorrow is not any exception with a number of characteristic races and the primary rounds of the weekend’s WeatherTech dash race doubleheaders.
Along with the Automobiles of Japan Characteristic Race, one other can’t miss Saturday dash is the Third Annual “Gene Felton Memorial Problem” for HSR Group 8 Historic Inventory Automobiles. Honoring the late driving star Gene Felton – the 2019 HSR Mitty Grand Marshal – the Memorial Problem contains a pair of races for HSR Historic Inventory Automobiles beginning on Saturday with the winner decided by whole factors from each occasions.
