TORONTO – Rookie Robert Stout emerged from a hard-fought battle on the streets of Toronto to score his second Battery Tender Mazda Global MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires win of the season on Saturday.
Driving the No. 28 Lucas Oil Racing TV/SC Fuels entry for McCumbee McAleer Racing, Stout finished ahead of his teammate and Global MX-5 championship leader Patrick Gallagher.
After missing the opening practice of the weekend following travel complications, Bryan Ortiz finished third after leading 19 of the first 20 laps of the race.
Matt Cresci just missed the podium in the No. 51 Slipstream Performance machine. He finished fourth after being a part of the top-six train of cars that battled from start to finish. Defending Series Champion Nathanial Sparks finished fifth in the No. 8 Sick Sideways Racing entry. Tom Martin III earned his best finish of the season, crossing the line in sixth.
“It was a pretty tough fight,” Stout said. “There’s some guys in there that do not want to give it up, especially at a race like this where we know a caution is such a high possibility. There’s no reason to be conservative to the end of the race. My goal was to get to the front as soon as I possibly could and then see what happened from there. It took a couple of aggressive moves, but we were able to pull it off.”
Source : speedsport.com
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