"The Cobalt SS has been a great race car at most tracks, as we can verify by our wins at Lime Rock Park and Mosport, Canada," said Curran, "but the thin air at this 5,000 feet altitude gave turbocharged cars like the Cobalt and VW an advantage that helped gain our result today."

 

The duo finished not quite a second ahead of a turbocharged Volkswagen.

 

The win boosted Chevrolet to the top of the Manufacturers' Championship points standings with one race to go - Oct. 4 at VIRginia International Raceway. "Jamie's got a great career ahead of him, and I'm glad to see this win keeps him at the top of the Drivers' Championship race, too, and the Georgian Bay team leading the team trophy chase. A little something for everybody."

Holtom started the race from fourth on the grid in the Street Tuner class and was in third place by the time he pitted on lap 17 to hand off the car to Curran. It took Curran until lap 28 to take over second spot, then passed his good friend Matt Plumb for the lead on lap 33.

 

"Matt gave me a good run and his car was handling well, but his team had pitted too early in the race. I knew he was going to have to pit for a quick couple gallons of gas, so it was a matter of when that would happen," Curran said. It happened on lap 41 with three laps to go.

On the day prior to the KONI Challenge race, Eric joined the Banner Engineering factory Pontiac GXP.R team in the seven-hour Rolex Sports Car Series race. He co-drove with team owner Leighton Reese, and Marc Bunting.

"I really appreciate the chance to race with Leighton, who is an old friend, and on Pontiac's factory team in the Rolex series, since I'm allied with other GM brand teams in both the SCCA World Challenge and in the GrandAm KONI series," Eric said.

"The Pontiac felt similar to the Georgian Bay Corvette I raced in Rolex GT last year, in terms of power and handling, which makes sense since many of the same components.
 

"The drivers in the #07 Banner did a great job and won the race and the championship. We never really had a chance in the #06 car because it had a broken suspension piece when I got in it and that cost us five laps in the pits right away," he added.

 "Still, I had a good time with the team and I'd love to work with them again."

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Eric's next race: SCCA Speed GT series, Sat., Sept 27, Thunderbolt Raceway, Millville, NJ, in the Whelen Motorsports/Marsh Racing Corvette. Green flag at 1pm ET.