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Cayman Interseries - Gleason Family Wins At The Lake ELKHART LAKE, May 22, 2012: Kevin Gleason of Johnstown, Pa. won thefeatured sprint race at the Spring Vintage Weekend for the PirelliCayman Interseries Endurance Cup Championship Sunday at RoadAmerica. He and his father, Chris Gleason, also of Johnstown, combinedforces to win the pro class in the Badger 200 enduro on the4.048-mile road course on Friday night too. And to make the weekend even more memorable, Chris Gleason also wonSaturday's sprint race. "What a great weekend! The Porsche Cayman Interseries car combinedwith the Pirelli tires is the most fun I have ever had on atrack," said Kevin Gleason. "Add in Road America to themix and that is one solid weekend!" "Kevin drove 80 percent of Friday night's endurancerace and we won, and he set a new course record for the cartoo," said Chris Gleason. "Sharing the winners'podium with my son is so special. I feel very blessed." "I turned my fastest lap of the weekend within 10 laps of theend of the 200-mile enduro," Kevin Gleason noted. "Thatjust shows how awesome the Pirelli tires' performance is." The pro division victory gave Kevin Gleason a perfect record in theseries' Friday night enduros, as he won a similar race in hisseries debut at Palm Beach International Raceway in West PalmBeach, Fla., in February. On Saturday his father led every lap of the sprint race. "I had an altercation with another driver in the CanadaCorner on the next-to-last lap, but I won the race," he said. "I had just about as much fun off the track as I did on it!Watching my dad win the sprint race was a lot of fun," KevinGleason said. "The other drivers were putting a lot ofpressure on him but he was able to hold them off in the end, evenafter trading some paint!" "I was wondering if I'd ever see a checkered flagagain," said his father, who was inducted into the CambriaCounty Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. "It's a terrificfeeling." Kevin Gleason then went on to win Sunday morning's sprintrace in a non-points capacity. He also competes in Grand-Am'sContinental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series so he'sconsidered a true pro race car driver in the Pirelli Cayman series,which is sanctioned by Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR). The Gleasons drove a red-and-white No. 14 Cayman S that paystribute to a Richard Lloyd Racing Canon Porsche 956. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Modern Area Rug , Polyester Shaggy Rug Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Modern Area Rug.
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