Audi driver Randy Pobst stays in title race
By finishing third at Laguna Seca, Audi driver Randy Pobst remained in the title race in the North American SPEED World GT Challenge.
Pobst, driving Champion Racing’s Audi RS 6 Competition, improved from third to second in the series’ overall classification. At Laguna Seca, Pobst started from pole position, but slid off the track while fighting for the lead with eventual winner Paul Mumford. Dropped to eleventh position, the Audi driver was able to fight his way back to third. “Today my RS 6 was simply fantastic,” enthused Pobst. “The final laps were very exciting.”
Results
1 Paul Mumford (Dodge) 28 laps in 48m 00.984s
2 Bill Auberlen (BMW) + 0.745s
3 Randy Pobst (Audi RS 6 Competition) + 15.262s
4 Hans Stuck (BMW) + 17.274s
5 Boris Said (BMW) + 18.554s