From the start, the first race of the weekend was treacherous, as a handful of TCR cars struggled with the cold Indy pavement with many spinning out or going off-track on the first lap. As the race settled down, Tristan found himself in 3rd place and trailing the leaders as they battled it out for P1. With just 16 minutes left in the race, the first and second place cars tangled in turn 1, both sustaining race-ending damage.
Tristan was able to avoid the melee and was promoted to the lead as a full-course caution was deployed for accident cleanup. With 9 minutes left, the race resumed with Tristan leading. He was able to hold off CJ Moses and his Honda Civic Type-R to win race 1 by a margin of just 0.280 seconds. After missing most of practice and qualifying, Vinnie drove a clean race to score a fifth place finish, the best finish of his young career. The excitement and rush of adrenaline from our first TC America win quickly overpowered our sleep-deprived selves, and the crew erupted onto the pit lane in celebration.
20 сен 2024
