Foley Leads Turner BMW 1-2 Sweep at The Glen

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Robby Foley led home a 1-2 sweep for Turner Motorsport in Saturday’s incident-filled Sahlen’s 120 at The Glen.

Foley, in the No. 96 BMW M4 GT4, took a 0.680-second win over the sister No. 95 entry of Cameron Lawrence and Robert Megennis following a series of late-race restarts, including a final four-minute shootout to the checkered flag.

It marked Foley and co-driver Vin Barletta’s second IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge victory of the season after taking top honors at Sebring International Raceway in March.

The No. 72 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Christian Szymczak dropped to fifth following the final restart, promoting the No. 64 Team TGM Aston Martin Vantage GT4 of Owen Trinkler and Ted Giovanis to third overall and in the GS class.

Billy Johnson, meanwhile, was forced to settle for fourth after a late charge in his No. 88 Archangel Motorsports Aston Martin.

The race began nearly an hour late due to a thunderstorm that drenched the circuit and led to teams starting on wet-weather Michelin tires.

The majority of teams switched to slicks by the 30-minute mark, prior to the race’s first full course caution for an accident from the No. 47 Nolasport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport of Adam Adelson, which had contact with Bryce Ward’s No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes.

A second yellow for a crash by the No. 27 Lone Star Racing Mercedes of Scott Andrews, after contact with one of the Team TGM Aston Martin Vantage GT4, saw several pit stop holdouts dash in for service.

It was followed by a quick yellow for the No. 15 Rockwell Autosport Development Audi RS 3 LMS TCR of Dennis DuPont, which stopped on track from the TCR class lead.

The No. 1 Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N TCR of Michael Lewis assumed the class lead although was passed by the No. 5 KMW Motorsports with TMR Engineering Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR of Tim Lewis with 27 minutes on the clock.

Michael Lewis, meanwhile, went on to have contact with the class pole-sitting No. 37 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R of Ryan Eversley in Turn 7, resulting in a fourth yellow with 22 minutes to go.

There were two further yellows, including one for the No. 98 BHA Hyundai, which stopped on track.

Tim Lewis, meanwhile, cruised to the TCR class win for he and co-driver Roy Block, with the No. 17 Unitronic/JDC-Miller Motorsports Audi of Mikey Taylor and Chris Miller coming home second in class.

The win for the Alfa squad came on the 113th anniversary of the Italian manufacturer’s founding.

RESULTS: Sahlen’s 120 at The Glen

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