Top (L to R): Team owner/driver Joel Reiser, partner/crew chief Tony Callas and lead driver David Murry, celebrate their first win of the season on the Mid-Ohio podium. Below: Murry blasts #02 across the finish line for the victory.

In the fourth race of their first season in GT/GT3 competition, RCR finishes first (car 02 driven by Johnny Mowlem and David Murry) and fourth (car 03 driven by Craig Stanton and Joel Reiser), in a flag-to-flag blitz.

LEXINGTON, Ohio — England's James Weaver and Andy Wallace captured the U.S. Road Racing Classic Can-Am Championship race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course after a fierce battle with their Dyson Racing teammates, Butch Leitzinger and Elliott Forbes-Robinson. Larry Schumacher and John O'Steen, both of Cincinnati, Ohio, won in the GT2 class, with England's Johnny Mowlem and David Murry, of Lilburn, Ga. winning in the GT3 class.

Weaver, who started from the pole in the No. 16 Goodyear/Hella/Bosch Riley & Scott Ford, got the jump early on Leitzinger, driving the No. 20 team car. Over the next two hours, with Wallace taking a stint in the No. 16 car and Forbes-Robinson in the No. 20, the two cars paraded around the 2.25-mile circuit, swapping the lead occasionally, but never being more than three seconds apart.

With 18 minutes remaining in the two-hour, 15-minute contest, Weaver made a bold move heading into two, darting to the left then right before moving inside Leitzinger, bumping him several times before taking the lead. With two laps remaining, Leitzinger responded by diving inside Weaver in turn one, bouncing over the curb and into Weaver. Neither car missed a beat, with Weaver maintaining the point to the finish, 0.591-second ahead of Leitzinger. Weaver and Wallace averaged 90.396 mph over the contest, covering 204.75 miles.

"I thought that I had it covered until two laps from the end," said Weaver. "Then I tripped over a backmarker and I had my hands full. My tires were going off and Butch took advantage of my delay. He got alongside of me once, but I wasn't going to let him pass!"

"It was great to race James (Weaver) like that even though we got caught out on the short end when it was all over," said Leitzinger. "I almost caught him because it looked like his tires were gone. I got alongside him once two laps from the end, but I couldn't get past. He had a bit left."

Scott Schubot and Henry Camferdam teamed to finish third in their No. 8 Support Net Riley & Scott Ford for the second-straight week. John Mirro and Simon Gregg finished fourth in Can-Am followed by Jon Field and Ryan Jones.

Despite qualifying second in GT2, nearly five seconds behind the polesitting Mosler Intruder of Joao Barbosa, the No. 99 Schumacher Racing Porsche 993 GT2 of Larry Schumacher and John O'Steen took the class win. The team led from the 40-minute mark and never looked back, winning by eight laps over the next-closest car. The No. 30 Mosler was plagued by mechanical problems throughout the race and eventually finished third—41 laps behind.

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Time of race: 2 hours, 15 minutes, 54.080 seconds
CA/OA Average speed: 90.396 mph
CA/OA Margin of victory: 0.591 seconds
CA/OA Fastest race lap: No. 20 Leitzinger, 1:17.723 (104.216 mph)
CA/OA Fastest qualifier: No. 16 Weaver; 1:16.478 (105.91 mph)
CA/OA Fastest qualifier: No. 16 Weaver; Laps 31-33, No. 20 Leitzinger; Laps 34-64, No. 16 Wallace; Laps 65-66, No. 20 Forbes-Robinson; Laps 67-73, No. Leitzinger; Laps 74-91, No. 16 Weaver.

GT2 Average speed: 83.310 mph
GT2 Margin of victory: 8 laps, 1:19.79
GT2 Fastest race lap: No. 30 Roy, 1:26.272 (93.889 mph)
GT2 Fastest qualifier: No. 30 Barbosa, 1:22.716 (97.925)
GT2 Lap leaders: Laps 1-16, No. 30 Depallier, Laps 17-23 Roy, Laps 24-47, No. 99 O'Steen; Laps 48-84, No. 99 Schumacher.

GT3 Average speed: 83.217 mph
GT3 Margin of victory: 3.752 seconds
GT3 Fastest race lap: No. 02 Murry, 1:28.918 (91.095 mph)
GT3 Fastest qualifier: No. 02 Mowlem, 1:26.736 (93.386 mph) NEW LAP RECORD
GT3 Lap leaders: Laps 1-47, No. 02 Mowlem, Laps 48-84, No. 02 Murray.

Results courtesy of USRRC