Kuno Wittmer further enhanced his SCCA Pro Racing Speed World Challenge Touring Car Championship point lead with a victory Saturday at Lime Rock Park.
Polesitter Pierre Kleinubing and Chip Herr completed the podium for the first of two Speed Touring Car races at Lime Rock Park over Memorial Day weekend.
Starting second, Wittmer immediately launched into the lead in the No. 44 Acura/RealTime/Eibach/Red Line Acura TSX as polesitter Kleinubing was left spinning his tires at the line.
“At the start, I had the right RPM and was able to get off the line,” Wittmer said. “I had a good start and I saw Pierre did spin his tires a little bit, so I had to take advantage of that.”
From there, Wittmer and Kleinubing worked together to pull out a gap on Herr.
With Kleinubing unable to mount a challenge on his teammate, Wittmer sailed to a 4.323-second margin of victory, leading all 44 laps of the 67.32-mile race, which ran free of yellow flags and averaged a series record 92.834 miles per hour.
The finish:
Showing driver, car and laps completed: 1. Kuno Wittmer, Acura TSX, 44; 2. Pierre Kleinubing, Acura TSX, 44; 3. Chip Herr, Mazda 6, 44; 4. James Sofronas, BMW 325Ci, 44; 5. Peter Cunningham, Acura TSX, 44; 6. Jason Saini, Mazda 6, 44; 7. James Clay, BMW 325i, 44; 8. Dino Crescentini, Acura TSX, 44; 9. Glenn Bocchino, Acura RSX, 44; 10. Seth Thomas, BMW 325i, 44; 11. Charlie Putman, Mazda 6, 44; 12. Charles Espenlaub, Mazda 6, 44; 13. Nick Esayian, BMW 325i, 43; 14. Payton Wilson, Lexus IS300, 43; 15. Michael Galati, Mazda 6, 39; 16. Jim Daniels, Mazda 6, 37; 17. Patrick Lindsey, Mazda 6, 30; 18. Bill Auberlen, BMW 325i, 29; 19. Matt Lang, Acura Intergra R, 19; 20. Jason Martinelli, BMW 325i, 4.