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08/11/2008 - 07:36 AM
Elkhart Lake, Wis.
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Tommy Archer, of Duluth, Minn., took his second-straight SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT win, his third of the season, at the Road America SPEED GT Presented by Remington Sunday. Eric Curran, of East Hampton , Mass. , and Randy Pobst, of Gainesville , Ga. , completed the top three.
Archer did not even expect to be behind the wheel of the No. 13 Foametix/Woodhouse Performance Dodge Viper this weekend, but when team owner Bob Woodhouse called last week to tell him the regularly-scheduled driver, Claudio Burtin, would not be available, Archer obliged to drive the car that carried him to wins at Miller Motorsports Park and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Archer started from the pole and got out to an early lead over Andy Pilgrim’s No. 8 Remington Shaving and Grooming Cadillac CTS-V, who started third. Second-starting Jason Daskalos’ No. 5 Daskalos Development & Investments Dodge Viper settled into third, ahead of Curran’s No. 30 Whelen Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette.
The four ran that way for the majority of the race, until Pilgrim’s motor expired in a fiery way entering Turn Five on lap 16. The entire field behind Archer tip-toed
Pilgrim’s exit brought out the final, race-ending caution. Officially, the 50-minute time limit expired to end the 18-lap, 72.864-mile race.
“I looked in my mirror and saw this ball of flame,” Archer said. “I didn’t know who it was at first. I saw Jason [Daskalos’] car go through my mirror. I looked back and said ‘not so good.’
“Trying to get a good start was my first thing, because I knew the Cadillac would be strong. We changed the car this morning. We tried to get it to go through a couple of the fast turns better and that worked great. It hurt me a little bit in the slow turns though. Andy [Pilgrim] could gather me up in a couple of slow turns, but I had him covered in the Carousel.”
Archer was happy to score another win for the Woodhouse Performance team, but admitted that his future for the remainder of the season is somewhat uncertain.
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