MARK ANOTHER ONEDOWNIN THE WIN COLUMN FOR SHINYAMICHIMI AS he triumphed in Round 4 of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America series championship July 2nd at Watkins Glen International. Michimi earned a dominating, 28.124-second victory over the duo of Patrick Kujala and Brian Thienes to sweep the double-header event in the No. 1 Prestige Performance Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 representing Lamborghini Para- mus. The victory was almost a carbon copy of his Round 3 win Friday. "Today was more or less the same as yesterday," Michimi said. "It was man- aging the tires and the gap and the car and keeping everything under control the entire race. It's never easy when you take a victory, but the guys have definitely done a good job with setting up the car and making it really fast. It's made my job a lot easier, that's for sure.” For the second race in row, Michimi started second, this time behind Luca Persiani in the No. 07 Dream Racing Motorsports entry representing Lamborgh- ini Las Vegas. Michimi settled into second position laying down consistent laps behind Persiani, just like on Friday. And Michimi let the race run its course and come to him - just like on Friday. Persiani pitted late in the 10-minute mandatory pit window, trying to build a gap in clean air before handing off the No. 07 Huracán to his co-driver, Larry DeGeorge. Persiani built a 96-second gap over the front of the field, but another flawless pit stop strategy call and perfect exe- cution from Michimi were too much for Persiani to overcome. Michimi came out on top and built a three-second lead within one lap of the pit window closing. Michimi put on a clinic of precision and skill over the re- maining 20 minutes, extending his gap each lap and ultimately coasting to his third win in four races this season. "Consistency comes from staying calm in the car," Michimi said. "The car doesn't really seem to like being forced to do things, and when you go easy on it, it really likes it."
Kujala and Thienes ran a clean race to finish second in the No. 17 US
RaceTronics entry representing Lamborghini Beverly Hills. It was the duo's first podium finish of the season. They were also the first place Pro-Am division fin- ishers. This was the first event in Super Trofeo North America for Kujala, the 2015 Super Trofeo Europe and World Final champion. He missed the opening weekend in May at Laguna Seca. Series rookie Luis Rodriguez Jr. finished third overall and first in the Amateur division in the No. 29 Change Racing Huracán representing Lamborghini Car- olinas. It was his first overall podium and second class win. Brandon Gdovic made another strong drive today to finish sixth overall and second in the Pro-Am division after starting at the back of the grid in the No. 46 DAC Motorsports Lamborghini entry representing Lamborghini Palm Beach. He picked off the field one-by-one and finished only .123 of a second behind fifth place overall.
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Shinya Michimi comes into pit in the No.1 Huracán
RACE TWO, SATURDAY JULY 2, 2016 (Round 4 of the Series) POS./CLASS/NAME
TEAM 1. Pro / S. Michimi
2. ProAM / P. Kujala/B. Thienes 3. AM / L. Rodriguez Jr. 4. AM / J. Burke/D. Askew 5. AM / D. Ockey
6. ProAM / B. Gdovic 7. AM / L. Persiani/L. DeGeorge
Prestige Performance US RaceTronics Change Racing DXDT Racing
US RaceTronics DAC Motorsports
8. ProAM / S. Wilson/D. Seabrooke Prestige Performance 9. LB Cup / R. Chouest 10. AM / R. Hodes 11. AM / P. Brisebois 12. LB Cup / W. James 13. Pro / E. Anassis
DXDT Racing
KR2 Motorsports DAC Motorsports
14. LB Cup / S. Lawless
CAR LAPS TIME Huracán 27 Huracán 27 Huracán 27 Huracán 27 Huracán 27 Huracán 27
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-28.124 -38.135 -45.558 -46.851 -46.974
Dream Racing Motorsports Huracán 27 -1.20.438 Huracán 27 -1.27.303 Huracán 27 -1:41.314 Huracán 26 Huracán 26
eXclaim Racing/Migliore Huracán 26 Courtney Racing Dream Racing
Huracán 26 Huracán 24
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