Riley Dickinson and Michael McCarthy won the Fox Factory 120 for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta after the Texan climbed up the order in the closing stages, while Matt Plumb secured the GS class drivers championship with his second-place finish.
Dickinson was on a late charge in the closing stages behind the wheel of the No. 91 Kellymoss with Riley Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport, quickly passing the No. 39 CarBahn Motorsports BMW M4 GT4 of Jeff Westphal and Matt Plumb’s No. 46 Aston Martin Vantage GT4.
The Kellymoss with Riley driver officially took the lead once TGM’s Hugh Plumb made his final pit stop in the No. 64 Vantage but had to fend off pressure from the No. 46 behind to take the checkered flag 1.849 seconds clear of Matt Plumb, whose runner-up finish was enough to wrap up the drivers’ title.
After starting the race in seventh, the Kellymoss with Riley crew utilized quick work on pit lane and strong pace in the second half of the race to climb its way through the order throughout the two-hour contest with Dickinson’s late-race charge ultimately securing the win.
Westphal finished in the final podium position alongside Sean McAlister, with the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin coming home in fourth.
Todd Coleman and Aaron Telitz finished fifth in the No. 88 Archangel Motorsports Vantage to make it three Aston Martins in the top-five.
Paul Holton led the GS field to green in his No. 46 Aston Martin, despite being briefly jumped by Sam Paley’s No. 13 McCumbee McAleer Racing Ford Mustang GT4, which pulled off track slowly at Turn 4 with an apparent mechanical failure, handing the lead back to TGM.
Hattori Motorsports’ Zach Veach controlled the race in the opening stages aboard the No. 50 Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO after making up significant ground from eighth on the grid, including a double-overtake for the lead on Stevan McAleer and Holton into the Turn 10 complex before a slow pit stop relegated the Hattori crew to tenth in class, taking them out of contention...
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