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Ford Performance Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Notes and Quotes
Continental Tire 150
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016
Race
FORD SHELBY GT350R-C FINAL RACE RESULTS
P2 15 Multimatic Ford Shelby GT350R-C (*Billy Johnson/Scott Maxwell)
P5 76 AERO Advanced Paint Technology/Children’s Tumor Foundation (*Pierre Kleinubing/Paul Holton)
*Last driver in car
NOTE: The weather quickly became the star at the Continental 150 at VIRginia International Raceway on Saturday as a sudden burst of powerful rain and wind red flagged the race just over 30 minutes into the 2-hour, 40-minute event. Scott Maxwell, who started a solid p3, was one of the early victims of the surprise downpour, spinning on dry tires in the No. 15 Multimatic Ford Shelby GT350R-C. He recovered quickly with little damage to the car and remained on the lead lap as the race first went under yellow, then red, with Paul Holton in the No. 76 Ford Shelby GT350R-C at the front of the pack. A blazing fast pit stop gave Multimatic the lead for the eventual restart, with Billy Johnson now behind the wheel of the No. 15 and 45 minutes left on the clock. Johnson held on to p2 for the eventual podium, the eighth of the year for the Ford Shelby GT350R-C.
No. 15 Multimatic/Ford Shelby GT350R-C
Multimatic Motorsports
SCOTT MAXWELL: “That was a strange, strange one. It’s a bit of a blur. In the end, for what we set out to do today, it was a good one for us. We wanted to go out and get points. Now with just two races to go, it’s important for us to maintain our lead in the championship at every race. We’re down to the last two races. We couldn’t afford a DNF or a bad run and Billy did a good job there at the end to hold off the (third-place finisher).”
BILLY JOHNSON: “To finish second like we did was an excellent day. We could lose our whole lead (in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge championship points) in a race or two. Now that we only have two races left, that makes it a little better, but I’m hardly in the mindset of just taking it easy, because we have to keep charging. We can’t be stupid and we can’t make mistakes. We have to just keep pushing as hard as we can.”
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