Team TGM moves into championship points lead at Sebring

With both Team TGM Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsports finishing in the top ten at today’s Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 race, team owner/driver Ted Giovanis and co-driver Owen Trinkler unofficially take over the points lead in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge.

In a caution-filled race with very little long-stint racing, Hugh and Matt Plumb in the #46 finished sixth followed, but Giovanis and Trinkler in the #64 in seventh.

After only the team’s second outing with the new Porsches, Ted Giovanis explained, “We’re still learning the car and adjusting to fit our team strategy, but we couldn’t be happier with the outcome from the first two events of the season. We have learned that these Caymans really come into their pace on longer runs which we didn’t have today, yet we still finished both cars in the top ten.”

Giovanis experienced a bit of the “Luck of the Irish” on St. Patrick’s Day gambling on a slash of fuel in the last caution period that would literally take him to the finish and nothing more. “We had our fingers crossed and a few four-leaf clovers on the pit stand, hoping that we would get to the checkered on fuel.”

As Giovanis and Trinkler take over the points lead, Hugh and Matt Plumb in the sister car move into fourth place in a tightly contested championship battle.

Next up is the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 120 on May 30th.