Fuel Pickup Issue Blindsided Pumpelly - Racer

had enough gas to finish and make it around another time with fuel to spare. We had a fuel pickup issue. It just wouldn’t get that last little bit out of the gas tank, and it was a big surprise to me. I wish I had gone a little farther. ” Unfortunately, Pumpelly did not have enough momentum to roll to the finish line – which is a 172-foot climb from the exit of the final turn. “I wasn’t able to coast across last year at [Mazda Raceway] Laguna [Seca] either,” Pumpelly added, recalling last year’s TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race when he ran out on the final lap. ” Bender, a Chicago resident who sells Mazdas at an Illinois dealership, won three events racing Miatas at Road America this year. He won Touring 4 at Road America in 2015 June Sprints, then won both T4 races during a recent SCCA Majors weekend. A resident of Richfield, Wisconsin, Bilicki led nine laps in the No. 21 Trim-Tex Drywall Products BMW 128i for Burton Racing. Like Bender, he has plenty of club racing experience at Road America. He was a victim of bad luck on Saturday, when the yellow flag waved just as he was getting ready to pit for fuel. “Considering our luck the last couple of events, P3 was like a win for us,”. Source: www.racer.com