Ninth-Hour Drama For 10-Hour Winners
A
fter battling back and forth
with seemingly perennial win-
ners Chaparral Motorsports/Pre-
cision Concepts Kawasaki, the 3
Bros./Kilmartin Racing GasGas
trio of Colton Aeck, Giacomo Re-
dondi and Nick Stover pounced
with a little over an hour to go to
secure victory at the 3 Bros. 10-
hour Endurance Race, round two
of the 3 Bros. Endurance Series
at Glen Helen Raceway Park,
June 5-6.
As defending series champs,
the eventual winners faced for-
midable opposition not just from
the Kawasaki-mounted trio of JP
Alvarez, Robby Bell and Trevor
Stewart, but nine additional
squads in the AA Open class
that featured a $1500 Pro purse,
courtesy of Kilmartin Racing.
In perhaps a preview of things
to come, Aeck led the way off
of the Talladega first turn when
the green flag waved for the AA
Open line at 4:00 p.m., despite
limited experience with dead-
engine starts. Close behind Aeck
and the Factory Connection/
Blud Lubricants/Dunlop EX 450F
was the 3 Bros./Kilmartin Racing
KTM with Shane Logan aboard.
Stewart, on the other hand,
had a terrible start but started
making passes quickly with the
Cryo Heat/VP Racing Fuels/
Hoosier Tires KX450X. Unfamiliar
with the course on the opening
lap, he and Logan tangled in one
section with Logan getting the
worst of it but eventually continu-
ing to place sixth in class with
partners Brandon Gravley and
Hayden Hintz.
Stewart wasn't done yet as he
charged all the way into the lead
by the end of the lap and the
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Though a newbie when it comes
to night racing, Giacomo Redondi
and teammates Colton Aeck
and Nick Stover proved to be
more than competitive and their
consistency paid off with the
10-hour win.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
