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  • Circuit of the Americas 9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd, Austin, TX 78617 (map)

Hot battle Scott Borchetta wins Group 6 Championship Race and Feature Race at Circuit of the Americas

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# 05 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Scott Borchetta 01.jpg

Scott Borchetta chased, got past and held off pole-sitter # 46 Jody O’Donnell who slid off in turn 12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LZlwFUwcTM

# 46 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Jody O'Donell 02.jpg
# 46 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Jody O'Donell 01.jpg
# 36 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Edward Sevadjian 01.jpg

# 36 Edward Savadjian qualified first but DNS Group 6 feature race.  Burned plug in Jim Kitzmiller’s big block.

# 69 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Dave Kunicki 01.jpg
# 28A - 2019 SVRA CoTA Mark Hilderbrand 02.jpg
# 33 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Mike Donohue 02.jpg

# 69 Dave Kunicki and # 33 Mike Donohue were 2 & 3 in the 38-car field.  (down from 46 cars a year ago). # 28A Mark Hilderbrand also shown.

# 84 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Jim Sandberg 01.jpg
# 37 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Clair Schwendeman 01.jpg
# 16 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Steve Cole 02.jpg
# 76 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Scott Brady 02.jpg

The beautiful Corvettes of # 84 Jim Sandberg, # 37 Clair Schwendeman, # 16 Steve Cole and # Scott Brady really stood out.

# 71 - 2019 SVRA CoTA John Scott 02.jpg

# 71 John Scott broke an axle, possibly from a bumpy track exacerbated by extremely hot weather conditions.

# 30 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Mark Horner 01.jpg
# 26 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Rick Ortman 02.jpg
# 11 - 2019 SVRA CoTA Jon Miller 02.jpg

# 31 Mark Horner led # 26 Rick Ortman and # 11 John Miller in Group 12a.

Hi-rez photos available from by David Gillen, david@dgillenphoto.com

Results compiled by Jan Hyde (rev)

This Corvette race report is the product of information and observations from a variety of sources.   It is intended to be informative and enjoyable however we make no claims it is objective, accurate and complete.

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Later Event: October 4
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