Heat Three/West Course
Patrick Salerno started the second day of competition not satisfied with the handling of his Porsche 911 GT3. Taking the lead on the faster East Course, Salerno said he was battling a tight handling condition all day. In preparation for Friday’s more technical West Course, Salerno elected to raise his air pressure in the tires to help the car get around the more technical West Course. It helped, as Salerno set the fastest time on the course while his closest competition, Jacob Dawson, hit two cones on his final run. Salerno walked away with a 0.990-second margin of victory over Dawson.
Heat Three/East Course
Annie Gill had a fairly straight-forward approach in her defense of the Street Touring Xtreme Ladies title going into her third run: don’t hit stuff. Gill ended Thursday’s competition after completing two clean runs. However, on her third run she took out a single cone incurring the two-second penalty. That fortune transferred over to Friday’s runs on the East Course. Gill hit one cone on each of her first two runs. That wasn’t going to cut it with a National Championship on the line. Gill was able to complete her third run cleanly, boosting her to a seventh career title.
