“It’s a great feeling [to clinch the championship],” Onofrio Triarsi said. “Being a new team in GT3 without
experience was a big challenge, but to have this achievement for our first year in GT3, and our first year
running out here, it feels really good. The team did a great job putting everything together. It was a lot of
hard work to get here, and we’re happy with the results.”
While the Ferrari led every lap, the car sustained slight damage from contact on the opening lap, with the
exhaust burning a black spot on the car’s red rear bumper. Despite the problems, Scardina was able to turn
laps within six-10ths of his qualifying times late in the race.
“I’m glad we finished, but it was getting a little questionable at the end,” Scardina admitted. “It was great to
secure a championship together with Onofrio. Props!”
The celebrations on Sunday followed an action-packed Saturday where Onofrio Triarsi and Charlie Scardina
took the win in the Am category, the 22nd in a row for Ferrari in the category. Scardina qualified on the Am
pole and sixth overall. He avoided a first-lap incident to take fifth overall, and was running sixth when he
pitted with 48 minutes remaining. Triarsi took over in seventh on the pit stop. The team had a scare with 12
minutes remaining. Not getting the car fully fueled on the initial pit stop, Triarsi was forced to pit for a
late-race fuel fill. The team had been planning to pit during anticipated rain, but the storm failed to
materialize. Despite the extra stop, Triarsi still finished 11th overall, winning the class by 53.818-seconds.
While Triarsi Competizione also entered the GT World America Pro-Am category with the No. 37 Ferrari
488 GT3 Evo 2020 Justin Wetherill and Ryan Dalziel, a heavy crash in Friday’s second GT America
practice session led to the withdrawal of that entry for the duration of the weekend.
Defending Am champion AF Corse entered the Sonoma-winning No. 61 Cambridge Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo
2020 of Jean-Claude Saada and Conrad Grunewald, but withdrew from the event.
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