The primary 4 race winners of the 2023 Historic Sportscar Racing Fall Historics have been topped in a pair of flat-out sprints on the finish of a quick and full schedule of competitors at Michelin Raceway Street Atlanta on Friday.
The Sasco Sports activities Worldwide/American Problem and Stoner Automotive Care World GT dash races mixed to ship the weekend’s opening quartet of race winners forward of two extra days of on observe competitors on the two.54-mile Street Atlanta street course immediately and Sunday.
For the second consecutive 12 months, the Sasco Sports activities general and Porsche class victory was secured by longtime HSR competitor Jack Lewis in his fast and clear Jack Lewis Enterprises 1974 No. 9 Porsche 911 RSR.
Friday’s different general winner was David Richardson who made it again to the highest step of the rostrum within the Stoner Automotive Care World GT collection within the FlatSix Motorsports 2018 No. 06 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup. Richardson final received a Stoner World GT race at Barber Motorsports Park in 2019 however he has been a frequent customer to the rostrum lately in HSR function race competitors.
Second general and within the Sasco Sports activities Porsche class was David Hinton who was visitor driving the Damon DeSantis-owned Heritage Motorsports 1974 No. 82 Porsche 911 RSR.
Third general within the Sasco Sports activities race was secured by Clair Schwendeman, who additionally took American division honors within the 1968 No. 37 Duntov Motor Firm Corvette Roadster.
Richardson was joined on the Stoner Automotive Care podium by second-place finisher Richard Stuart Milne within the Autometrics 2013 No. 54 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup whereas David Pahl scored the third-place exhibiting in his 2016 No. 82 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.
The Sasco Sports activities Porsche podium was accomplished by Colin Dougherty in his 1988 No. 77 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup collection automotive ready by DAS Sport that additionally completed a robust fifth general.
Ernie Wilding additionally impressed within the Sasco Sports activities dash with a stout top-five end of his personal in his FAS Autosports 1995 No. 182 BMW M3. Wilding crossed the road fourth general and scored the Worldwide class victory.
Wilding was joined on the Sasco Sports activities Worldwide podium by Mike Banz who took the checkered flag second in his Arnage Motorsports 2004 No. 99 BMW M3. Third in Sasco Sports activities Worldwide went to Scott Lovett in his 1995 No. 33 BMW M3 to finish an all “Bayerische Motoren Werke” podium.
Craig Ross completed second within the Sasco American division in his 1970 No. 72 Cross Ross Boss Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302 whereas Greg Dietz crossed the road third in school in his 1976 No. 00 Datsun 280ZX fitted with a Chevy LS1 V8 engine.
Saturday’s HSR Fall Historics race schedule started with the weekend’s first WeatherTech Dash rounds and concludes later immediately with the B.R.M. Chronographes Endurance Problem one-hour race for Historic, Prototype and GT Trendy (GTM) rivals at 4 pm ET.
Tickets for the HSR Fall Historics can be found completely on the Michelin Raceway Street Atlanta fundamental gate by way of Sunday.
