Celso Neto crossed the finish line first in the final TC America powered by Skip Barber Racing School event of the weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, but the champagne tasted a little sweeter for Chris Walsh as he clinched the TCX class championship. Jeff Ricca swept the weekend in the TC class, taking home the title in the process. In TCA, it was a great homecoming affair for Karl Hertel, who won race two.

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As soon as the green flag waved to commence race two, Cristian Perocarpi did not lose any time applying pressure on Ricca’s No. 76 Ricca Autosport Hyundai Elantra N1 TC for the class lead. However, Perocarpi began to lose ground as his No. 37 MINI JCW Team MINI JCW TC Pro experienced an apparent mechanical failure and was brought into pit lane for repairs.

Perocarpi’s machine then had to go behind the wall for further assessment, which brought major implications into play as Ricca’s points lead was suddenly dramatically extended.

As Perocarpi was unable to return to the track and earn partial points, Ricca was therefore far enough ahead in the standings to clinch the championship early, cruising to victory for the second time this weekend and spraying some extra special champagne.