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BOWMANVILLE, Ontario — Nothing was going to keep Scott Maxwell, Joe Foster and the No. 55 Hyper Sport Ford Mustang GT from claiming the team’s second-consecutive Grand Am KONI Challenge Series Grand Sport track victory Saturday at Mosport Int’l Raceway.
On the race’s fourth and final restart, with nine minutes to go, Maxwell got a great jump on Hugh Plumb, and won by 3.013 seconds over Plumb’s No. 60 Rehagen Racing Ford Mustang GT. Maxwell had slipped past Plumb on lap 66 — with just over 35 minutes remaining in the 82-lap, two-and-a-half hour race — as the pair approached turn one. The pass came just before the race’s third caution, which involved the No. 171 APR Motorsport Volkswagen GT of Ian Baas.
Foster, who started on the pole, led the opening 40 laps before the race’s first caution period, which occurred on lap 37 for two cars that had spun. Foster passed through the pits but did not stop, as confusion mounted as to whether the pits, were open.
Foster returned to the pit area on the next lap for routine service and a driver change, and Maxwell returned to the track in ninth place.
But Maxwell didn’t stay there long. The Toronto native moved into the top five on lap 57, and jumped to third on a restart following the second caution period on Lap 63. He took second from fellow countryman Jean-Francois Dumoulin on lap 64, then pulled alongside Plumb as the pair drove out of turn 11 on lap 65. He completed the pass into turn one, and was only challenged thereafter on the restarts.
The victory was the first for Maxwell and Foster since last year’s race at Mosport, when Maxwell led the final 15 laps after passing David Empringham. Billy Johnson and Tom Milner filled out the race’s podium, as the pair took third in only their second race in the No. 18 Motorsport Technology Group BMW Z4.

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Jamie Holtom and Eric Curran led the final 64 laps in the Street Tuner,  a second-consecutive class victory in the No. 01 Georgian Bay Motorsports Chevy Cobalt SS.
Curran took the controls from Holtom on lap 41 and held off Kristian Skavnes in the No. 111 ICY/Phoenix Racing Subaru Legacy by only 0.942 second. Curran and Holtom – who became the youngest KONI Challenge Series race winner in history at this track three years ago – also won the race at Lime Rock Park and left Mosport with a 16-point lead over fellow Canadian Kuno Wittmer (96-80).
Skavnes and Chuck Hemmingson posted their best finish of the season with a second-place result. The pair, however, will return to action next Sunday, June 22, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in defense of their 2007 race victory.
Quebec brothers Kuno and Nick Wittmer took third in the No. 32 i-MOTO Racing Acura TSX, keeping both drivers near the top of the point standings. Nick Wittmer started the race ninth before brother Kuno zipped through the field, and earned fourth, just behind the No. 29 Bill Fenton Motorsports Honda Civic Si of Matt Plumb and Bob Beede.
Defending ST champions Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood co-drove the No. 74 Compass 360 Racing Acura TSX to fifth, with both drivers keeping the car out of trouble.