John Shiels

http://leaderboard.vfx.com/SCCA/GT/L...=0&ID=112359PM

LGM and crew WON and lead the entire race

Hope the camera was pointing out the back because there will nothing to look at except Lou's hood. I guess we will see some passing in lapped traffic.

6:23:46pm 29 CHECKERED flag. Lou Gigliotti (No. 28 LG Pro Long Tube Headers Chevrolet Corvette C6) wins the SPEED GT fourth-round race by 0.325-sec. over No. 66 Lawson Aschenbach (AXA Financial Porsche 911 GT3). No. 24 Michael Galati (At Speed Motorsports Volvo S60R), No. 5 Tommy Archer (c3controls/Autohaus Dodge SRT Viper) and No. 1 Andy Pilgrim (XM/Mobil 1/Motorola/On Star Cadillac CTS-V) finish third, fourth and fifth, respectively. It is the 21st win of Gigliotti's career.
6:22:14pm 29 WHITE flag.
6:20:41pm 28 No. 1 turns personal fast lap last time by. He is fifth currently. Top five is: No. 28, No. 66, No. 24, No. 5 and No. 1.
6:19:26pm 27 No. 28 makes a break away from the field. Three-way battle for second between Nos. 66, 24 and 5 Archer.
6:16:57pm 27 GREEN flag.
6:14:15pm 26 YELLOW.
6:13:34pm 25 YELLOW.
6:11:52pm 24 YELLOW.
6:10:53pm 23 YELLOW flag. Full-course caution in order to remove Nos. 6 and 82 from the gravel.
6:09:48pm 22 No. 76 Bourassa retires (mechanical).
6:08:08pm 22 No. 16 is in pit lane with right front damage. No. 6 and No. 82 are in the gravel at the Carousel entrance.
6:06:58pm 21 No. 66 had fast race lap last time by with a 1:28.773.
6:06:31pm 20 No. 66 passes No. 24 for second at Turn 6.
6:04:50pm 20 No. 28 leads No. 24 by 1.754 seconds. Rest of top five: No. 66, No. 82 and No. 64.
6:03:46pm 19 No. 96 has right rear loose bodywork.
6:00:51pm 18 Nos. 82, 64, 16 and 6 all turned personal fast laps last time by. (Running 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th currently)
5:59:29pm 16 No. 02 retires (damage).
5:57:50pm 15 No. 14 is off course at Turn Nine on driver's right along with No. 43 Papadopoulos in an unrelated off.
5:57:09pm 14 No. 14 Sofronas turned personal fast lap last time by with a 1:29.669. He is in ninth currently.
5:56:04pm 14 Mechanical BLACK will be given to No. 02 for loose front bodywork.
5:54:39pm 13 No. 28 extends lead to 1.884 seconds over No. 24.
5:54:23pm 12 No. 96 is in pit lane.
5:53:32pm 12 No. 96 Sauls will serve a stop-and-go for driver conduct.
5:52:32pm 11 No. 02 Elsayed spins and continues at Turn One.
5:51:17pm 11 Top five remains unchanged. No. 28 leads by 0.738-sec.
5:50:37pm 10 No. 40 spins and continues at Turn seven.
5:49:52pm 9 No. 40 Weirick spins and continues at Turn 13.
5:48:31pm 9 No. 34 is off on drivers' right at Turn Nine in a safe location.
5:47:22pm 8 Current top five: No. 28 (leads by 0.979-sec.), No. 24, No. 66, No. 82 and No. 64. No. 31 is in pit lane.
5:46:57pm 7 No. 31 Whelen being observed for possible loose under tray.
5:45:33pm 7 No. 34 has served stop and go. No. 28 turned race fast lap last time by with a 1:29.179.
5:44:29pm 6 No. 34 will be assessed a stop-and-go for excessive speed leaving pit lane.
5:43:47pm 5 No. 34 has reentered the course.
5:42:44pm 5 No. 34 Gaples is in pit lane.
5:42:26pm 4 Battle continues for the lead between No. 24 and No. 28.
5:41:00pm 4 No. 64 tries inside pass of No. 82 at Turn One for third, but doesn't make it.
5:39:43pm 3 Current top five: No. 28, No. 24, No. 66 No. 82 and No. 64. No. 28 leads by 0.135-sec.
5:38:22pm 2 No. 64 is on the back of No. 82 for fourth going into Turn One. No. 24 moves to second past No. 66 and is battling for the lead.
5:35:54pm 1 GREEN flag. Clean start through Turn 1. Leaders are: No. 28, No. 66, No. 24, No. 82 and No. 64 Imery.
5:25:58pm Race start is on hold for track clean up from prior session.
5:19:01pm No. 87 Peterson reported dropping oil and is in pit lane.
5:19:01pm No. 87 Peterson reported dropping oil and is in pit lane.
5:19:01pm 1 No. 87 Peterson reported dropping oil and is in pit lane.
5:18:43pm The SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT race will be 29 laps or 50 minutes, whichever occurs first. Weather conditions for the fourth-round race are partly cloudy, with temperatures in the upper 50s (Fahrenheit) and light and variable winds. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a 13-turn, 2.258-mile configuration. The top five after this morning’s qualifying: No. 28 Gigliotti (1:26.973), No. 66 Aschenbach (1:27.846), No. 82 McCann (1:27.969), No. 24 Galati (1:28.002) and No. 16 O’Connell (1:28.008).

BrianCunningham

Excellant!

joemoia

Congrats Lou, and congrats to David Farmer for finishing ahead of some of the GT regulars right out of the box.

jlucas

Farmer was looking good.

yellow01

with all the "!!!" in the thread title I kind of guessed so I figured I'd go ahead and open it.

Congrats Lou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VanSpeed

Good job to Lou and you crew ! Look forward seeing the race on Speed next weekend. Looks like you are on the right track for the points battle for this season. Keep it up.

Brian

jkonkle

Thanks for the post; I normally like to wait - but Anthony was so excited about this he shot me a Text Message at 6:30PM with the news...I figure he was sending it as Lou crossed the finish line.

I was at their shop this afternoon picking up my car and it was DESOLATE. They were on the road; only one mechanic was waiting for me to pickup my coupe. Lou even had friends helping out with the Lonestar Classic Event at Texas Motorspeedway. The shop was active all week while the race team prepared for the running at mid-ohio.

I'm always amazed at what they accomplish in such short amounts of time!

Prayer's for safe travels as they come home!!

JK

TooManyIDs

Kappa

Nice job. Interesting to see Galati out there. Has he been racing in World Challenge the entire season?

see5

This is great news. Lou has worked hard and to beat the factory boys--WOW

jkonkle

Yes Lou Gigliotti has been racing all season; and for some time in World Speed Challenge.

I'm sure if you watch the mid-ohio race (either from Lou's dash cam) or on SPEED you'll hear them say once or twice - "Lou Gigliotti is one of the most aggressive drivers on the track." Ironically, he doesn't carry a lot of that in your face driving into the shop when he's working with customers; unless you are in a hurry then it's all about clean install and easy drivin'!

No they don't pay me...

JK

Red Gump

he's been in touring class I think. congrats lou! how did dave do? when was/is the race aired?

16Again

Hi Gump, it's 8pm this Satuday night on SPEED.