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The two hour, 70-lap event once again saw the field utilize a range of different strategies early in the race to maximize fuel savings. Starting from fourth, Trinkler held position until his first pit stop under yellow on lap 25 to fill up on fuel and take on a new set of Continental tires. A strategy call by the team brought Trinkler back into pit lane just three laps later for a\u00a0driver change to put Plumb in the car and top off with a critical last few drops of fuel to go to the finish.<\/p>\n
Plumb\u2019s patient driving allowed him to save enough fuel in the closing stint. But after getting the radio \u201call-clear\u201d from the team, he was able to push forward on the final lap of the race. Holding off the challenge of a faster car that had newer tires and fuel to burn while also navigating through other GS class machines that ran out of fuel in the final moments of the race, Plumb raced all the way to the checkered flag to claim the third team victory of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Joe Varde tells you to do something, you do it because it is probably the right thing to do,\u201d said Plumb about being asked to go fast and also save fuel. \u201cAnd it was today. I just can\u2019t say enough about Ted Giovanis and the group that he has put together. Owen (Trinkler) did a fantastic job. It was tough at the end to save fuel, and not pass anyone and then with two laps to go I got the\u2014\u2018ok go get \u2018em!\u2019 Everyone started to run out of fuel and the 15 car was catching me but then at the end, I was like, \u2018I think we just won!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Stunned by the events that unfolded in the final 45 seconds of the race, Trinkler thanked his team for calling the strategy perfectly and hanging in until the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to wake up\u2014this is like a dream!\u201d said Trinkler. \u201cMan, what a race. That just shows the strength of this team. What an awesome day. This is unbelievable. Things just fell right. The guys called a great strategy today.\u00a0 These guys are so awesome, I\u2019m in shock. It was so close on fuel. You have to cherish these moments, have to thank Continental Tire for what they\u2019ve done for the series, I love racing in this series and we are so proud to represent the JKTG Foundation and everything that they do. This is amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s sister car of Giovanis and Cosmo played a smart race and stayed out of trouble at a notoriously slippery track to cross the line 19th<\/sup>. Giovanis was proud of his team\u2019s accomplishments to stay in the fight until the very end.<\/p>\n \u201cThat race was really good for us and totally unexpected,\u201d said Giovanis. \u201cWe knew that we were getting close on fuel at the end so it was really up in the air. Hugh (Plumb) did a great job and was smart as he got around the other cars. For me, I thought my race went well and I continued to improve throughout the weekend. We as a team are feeling pretty confident heading into the finale next month.\u201d<\/p>\n The IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season finale will take place at the annual Petit Le Mans event on\u00a0October 10th<\/sup>-13th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Monterey, Calif. (8 September 2018) \u2013 TeamTGM once again nailed the strategy calls and earned the third win of the season in a last lap thriller [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/dcd1ec04-4897-4693-a0cd-9d7908b3170b.jpg\")
\u201cAll eyes were on the 46 car and it is so awesome they came through for the win,\u201d said Cosmo. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have a great result today with the 4 car, but you know what that\u2019s ok, this team is so awesome and I\u2019m just thrilled to see them have this kind of a season. Ted (Giovanis) had the best race that he\u2019s had I think in the last three races, he was on it. He should be happy about his performance, and it is just awesome to have the team get another win!\u201d<\/p>\n