Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won the GTS class in the Corvette RacingChevrolet Corvette C5-R, beating another Corvette driven by Ron Fellows andJohnny O’Connell by 3.627 seconds. It was the first ALMS win this season forthe two, as Fellows and O’Connell had won the first two events of theseason.Beretta had led much of the first portion of the race, but the team lostnearly a lap to the other Corvette after pitting while the other car stayedon the track. Gavin was able to make up some of the distance during hisstint, and then the race’s next-to-last caution brought them back together.Beretta got back in the car and passed Fellows for the win with an insidemove into turn one with just over 25 minutes remaining."The safety car didn’t work in our favor, we ended up 55 seconds down, weseemed to keep losing time to the safety car," said Gavin. "It was a greatwin for the #4 car. We’ve been given a glimmer of hope for the championship.We need to keep focusing on our job."

"It’s really easy for our engineers because both of us want exactly the samething," said Beretta, who scored his 15th career ALMS win but the firstsince 2000. "It is like only one man driving the car. When we got one lapbehind, Oliver (Gavin) and I pushed very hard. When I finally caught Ron(Fellows) I made a good move to overtake him. We put on a good show and itwas a great day for the #4 car. Even though this is my fourth race withCorvette, I feel at home."Gavin had an unusual incentive to win as his mother had to be hospitalizedlast week while visiting from England in an attempt to see Gavin race forthe first time in four years.

"My mother has arthritis and her elbows were replaced," he said. "She got aninfection when she arrived in America and had to have an immediateoperation. She just got out of the hospital yesterday and desperately wantedto get to the race. She organized the trip here to see me race but couldn’tcome. I won for her today."

Terry Borcheller and Johnny Mowlem finished third in the ACEMCO Saleen S7R.