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Doug Peterson Wins Trans Am Race At Sebring
Doug Peterson took advantage of his teammate’s misfortune and won the overall victory in the 2013 season opener of the Trans Am Championship at Sebring International Raceway, while David Seuss won the TA3 class trophy. Both raced on Goodyear tires.
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Pole sitter Tony Ave, driving a Corvette, led most of the race after setting a series qualifying record during time trials and starting on the pole. Peterson, in another Corvette, started on the front row with Ave and when mechanical woes slowed Ave, Peterson assumed the point and stayed in front over the remainder of the distance.
Cliff Ebben, driving a Mustang, finished second, 3.468 seconds behind the winner. Amy Ruman, Simon Gregg and Ave completed the top five, all driving Corvettes. The top five finishers all raced on Goodyear tires.
Ave’s record-setting lap in qualifying averaged 111.64 mph. Peterson averaged 78.082 mph for the 100-mile chase around the 3.74-mile Sebring circuit.
Seuss drove a Porsche 966 GT3 and credited his Goodyears with playing a pivotal role in his victory, saying, “The real difference was that at the end of the race I had tires and (his closest pursuer) didn’t. I turned the best four laps of the race on my last four laps. The tires came through and I thank Goodyear for that.”
Goodyear employs about 69,000 people at manufacturing plants and facilities in 22 nations. Based in Akron, Ohio, Goodyear is among the largest tiremakers in the world and is the worldwide leader in race tire innovation.
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