Dickinson Completes Miami Sweep in Dramatic Race 2

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Riley Dickinson completed a sweep of the Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America weekend at the Miami International Autodrome by taking a dramatic victory in Race 2 on Sunday.

Dickinson took his No. 53 Kellymoss Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car to a 1.887-second win over JDX Racing’s Will Martin following a late-race duel between the two drivers that saw the lead exchange after hard-fought racing by both drivers.

Having started on pole, the Texan resisted challenges from Martin and the No. 17 McElrea Racing Porsche of Tom Sargent in a tight Turn 1 sequence to take the lead, bridging out to a near three-second lead over Martin until the race’s first full course caution after Jeff Mosing ran into the back of Stefan Rzadzinski’s MDK Motorsports Porsche just prior to the halfway mark.

The restart, with 13 minutes to go, saw Sargent get turned around by Kay van Berlo in Turn 1, which promoted Alex Sedgwick to third in the No. 98 PT Autosport-backed JDX Porsche, and Race 1 podium finisher Michael McCann to fourth.

McCann dropped to a fifth place finish due to a late-race move by van Berlo, who took his No. 33 Accelerating Performance Porsche, competing as a wildcard entry.

Up front, JDX’s Martin took the lead from Dickinson with ten minutes to go, which saw Dickinson retaliate and regain the position through a move while potentially exceeding track limits.

No call was made by race control of the incident during the race.

Pro-Am class honors again went to the No. 65 Kellymoss Porsche of Efrin Castro, who held off ACI Motorsports’ Marco Cirone following Mosing’s race-ending accident.

Mark Kvamme, meanwhile, scooped up another class win in Am, aboard his MDK Porsche.

RESULTS: Race 2

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