TC America Powered by Skip Barber’s 40-minute first race at Road America had two full course cautions and a red flag come into play. Once the dust settled, Colin Garrett, Jeff Ricca, and Spencer Bucknum emerged victorious in the TCX, TC, and TCA classes.
TCX
As race one got underway, the TCX field sprung into action as soon as the green flag began to wave. The frontrunners were all challenging for the lead, going three-wide into the first corner. However, this resulted in a collision that ultimately took pole sitter Matthew Pombo out of the race as his No. 73 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R TCX was caught in the wreck. Maddie Aust and Adam Gleason were also involved in the No. 09 Fast Track Racing BMW M2 CS (Cup) and the No. 21 Fast Track Racing BMW M2 CS (Cup). The incident currently remains under review.
The incident brought out the yellow flags instantly, with the field proceeding under full course caution for a little over 10 minutes before the race was then red flagged. After a momentary delay, the race was resumed with just under 28 minutes remaining on the clock. Colin Garrett was the new leader in the No. 44 Rooster Hall Racing BMW M2 CS (Cup), followed by Dai Yoshihara in the No. 99 VGRT Honda Civic Type-R TCX.
As the green flag waved once more, Colin Garrett sped away while Yoshihara tumbled down the running order, finding himself in fifth shortly thereafter. Another full course caution packed the field back together shortly after the halfway mark, which sent them off on a final sprint to the line in the closing stages of the race once they went back to green.
Garrett went on the claim victory, followed by Lucas Catania completing a great drive to f inish in second place in the No. 26 Rigid Speed Company BMW M2 CS (Cup), with Aaron Kaplan completing the podium in third in the No. 18 Kaplan Racing Systems BMW M2 CS (Cup).
