SONOMA, Calif. — Make it a sweep.
Matthew Brabham and his No. 16 CD Racing GYM WEED Ford Mustang picked up at the green flag Sunday morning where they left off at the checker Saturday, leading the Trans Am field at California’s Sonoma Raceway.
Brabham won for the second consecutive day and for the fourth time in four races this season.
“The team has given me such a great race car every weekend,” Brabham said as he walked to the GYM WEED Winners Circle following the race, adding that “it was a lot of fun racing with Paul (Menard, who finished second). Thanks to everyone on the team and especially to Chris (Dyson) for making this possible.”
Over the course of his Trans Am career, until this year on a part-time basis, Brabham has won 12 of his 20 starts, all of them piloting a CD Racing entry. Since the halfway point of the Texas race, no other driver has led a lap.
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Menard, the defending series champion, gave Brabham his best shot, trading fastest laps along the way. But according to his team owner, Paul Gentilozzi, whenever Menard tried to press Brabham for the race lead he overheated his rear tires and had to ease off.
Brabham answered the challenge and set the fastest race lap just past the race’s three-quarter mark, almost a half second quicker than Menard’s best. By the end of the caution-free event, Brabham’s margin of victory was a comfortable 4.176 seconds.
Phil Fogg Jr. finished third, with Jim Guthrie and Ken Thwaits completing the top five.
