CANADA (May 22, 2010) Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, Ga., scored his 24th career World Challenge win in his 100th start, taking the GT class win at Mosport International Raceway, part of the Victoria Day Speedfest presented by Optima Batteries. John Heinricy, of Holly, Mich., and Chip Herr, of Lilitz, Pa., earned the GTS and Touring Car wins, respectively.Pobst led flag-to-flag in the No. 6 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 to claim the win by 2.532-seconds, moving him into third place on the all-time win chart. Pobst, teammate Andy Pilgrim, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Montreals Kuno Wittmer gapped the rest of the 30-car field early in the race. When Pilgrims No. 8 K-Pax Racing Volvo S60 fell off the pace and out of the race with mechanical difficulties on lap 14, it left Pobst and Wittmer all alone.Despite Wittmers local knowledge of his home-country track, Pobst was able to hold off the No. 13 Dodge Viper and finish with his second win of the season. Pobst covered the 30-lap, 73.77-mile race in 42-minutes, 33.309-seconds for an average speed of 104.011 mph. Pobst also turned the fastest lap of the race with a 1:23.859 (105.563 mph), faster than the existing Mosport race record.Im lucky to be part of this effort, Pobst said. Its been quite an effort to develop this car. This weekend we learned a lot, making some suspension changes to help the handling. To come to a place like Mosport and be competitive is really a pleasure.I was helped by Andy and Kuno battling at the beginning of the race. The traffic situations were really tough. I think most drivers were making an effort to do their best. The most exciting part of the race for me was when I put a pretty nice pass on a Porsche in Turn Nine, and I dont think he ever knew I was thereeven though I was ahead of himand ran into the side of me pretty hard.From then on, I was hearing all sorts of noises and coming around those fast corners wondering if one of the tires was going to let go. But the Toyos held up and the Volvo held up and we brought it home. Im very happy for the K-Pax team and owner Jim Haughey.After beginning the standing start from the second row in third position behind the two K-Pax Volvos, Wittmer chased Pobst throughout the race, and while looking for a win, was satisfied with the final result. The Dodge Motorsports Viper stayed really consistent, Wittmer said. The Volvos were quick off the start and I tried to hang on to Andy . I was able to draft up to him and unfortunately he had a problem. Its disappointing when a guy youre having a good race with drops out. I was looking forward to trying to put a good pass on him at some point.When Andy dropped out, I set my sights on Randy. It was two-tenths here and two-tenths there and then maybe lose a tenth here or there. It was tough out there and it was hot. With 10 to go, some of the power steering fluid started to leak and it was a little tough to drive the car into the high-speed corners, like two. It took more effort and we lost a little time.I feel pretty good. Were sitting second in points which meets our goalour objective right now at this stage of the season. We still have a lot of work to do, and we have another race tomorrow, so well put our heads down and do some more work.Third place was inherited by Patrick Lindsey, of Santa Barbara, Calif., in the No. 57 Horton/Sloan Securities Porsche 911 GT3 when Pilgrim dropped out with a transmission cooler leak. For the final 10 laps, Lindsey fought to hold off defending Mosport race winner Jason Daskalos in the No. 5 Daskalos Developments Dodge Viper.Despite repeated attempts and a last-corner desperation attempt by Daskalos to take third place, Lindsey earned his first career GT class podium finish. I had to fend off Jason Daskalos for a few laps there at the start, Lindsey said. Unfortunately, we came together at 5B. He had a really fast racecar. I think he got the short end of the stick from our contact. I feel bad for him.I had a really pretty boring race until Jason drove back up to our car. It was a good race. Its a great track. Were really happy to be here racing, especially on Victoria Day weekend.Daskalos fought back to fourth after falling back to as low as ninth, earning the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race for his move by Dino Crescentini on the outside of Turn Eight. Crescentini, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., finished fifth in the No. 4 Centric Parts/Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3. Jeff Courtney (No. 99 Kenda Tire Dodge Viper), Tony Gaples (No. 29 Kleinschmidt/Blackdog Racing Chevrolet Corvette) and Rob Morgan (No. 46 TruSpeed Motorsports/Querencia Porsche 911 GT3) finished sixth through eighth respectively.Toronto-native Fred Roberts (No. 89 Direct Energy Home Services Dodge Viper) earned his best career finish and strengthened his lead in the GameStreamer GT Rookie of the Year standings. Tony Rivera (No. 97 Nissan/Brass Monkey Racing Nissan GT-R) finished tenth, and earned the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start award for advancing two positions on lap one. With the win, Pobst has reclaimed the Drivers Championship lead with 421 points through four of 12 rounds. Wittmer remains in second (400), followed by Crescentini (372), Pilgrim (334) and James Sofronas (290). Volvo (27 points) now owns a slim lead in the Manufacturers Championship, followed by Porsche (26) and Dodge (21). In the GTS class, Heinricy and his No. 35 Torvec/Phoenix/Hawk Chevrolet Corvette pulled away from championship leader, polesitter Peter Cunningham, and slowly stretched his lead throughout the race, earning his sixth career World Challenge win with a 22.099-second margin of victory. Heinricy, making his first World Challenge start since a July race at Portland International Raceway in 2005, turned the fastest GTS lap of the race with a time of 1:30.763 (97.533 mph). This is really a testament to the Corvettes that Joe Aquilante and his team put together, Heinricy said. These are very stock cars but they make dynamite race cars. To run with the stock brakes with the help of Hawk pads and SKF with the wheel bearings really helped us out to make it through the race. Really, the opportunity was helped by Torvec and the isotorque differential Ive been working with them on. I think the differential really helped keep the tires underneath the car today.The car was perfect the whole race. It really ran good.Cunningham, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Tyler McQuarrie, who won the Round Three contest at Long Beach, battled for second for nearly the entire 30 laps. McQuarries No. 19 LPL/DRS/Switcars/LCS/Dayco/M&T Lotus Exige S was in front for the first six laps, before Cunningham took second place from the Walnut Creek, Calif. driver with a pass entering turn eight at the end of the long backstraight. On lap 24, McQuarrie worked back past Cunninghams No. 43 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX and, despite sliding sideways through a number of Mosports fast corners, the drifting star-turned-road racer earned the runner-up finish.McQuarrie was presented the MTM Special Ops Move of the Race for recovering to finish second.Cunningham finished third, followed by teammate Nick Esayian in the No. 34 Acura/RealTime Racing Acura TSX.Cunningham remains in the Drivers Championship lead, holding a 57-point gap over Esayian. Acura has a commanding lead in the GTS Manufacturers Championship.The tightest race of the three classes came in the Touring Car battle, where the Scion tC machines of Robert Stout, of Brownsburg, Ind., and Tom Lepper, of Benecia, Calif., and the Irish Mikes Ra
