Amy Ruman notches 2nd place at Jed Copham Memorial 40 lap Trans Am at Brainerd

# 23 Amy Ruman McNichols Corvette held the lead before winner # 8 Tomy Drissi Camaro made it past her.

Loss of power steering did not help but she managed to beat # 59 Simon Gregg Camaro.

Rivals Ruman and Drissi have patched things up since a disputed incident in 2015 at Mid-Ohio.

# 98 Pole-sitter Ernie Francis Jr Mustang led until a broken rear suspension on lap 20 ended his race.  Another front-runner # 20 Chris Dyson Mustang also dropped out.

# 96, Adrian Wlostowski nursed a backup C6 Corvette to claim 2nd in SGT.   Rushed from NYC by his valiant F.A.S.T. crew.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar2TfzdU88A&feature=youtu.be His Mustang engine exploded beyond repair caused by broken harmonic balancer.

# 26 Aaron Pierce was faster but overheated, dropped out and classified 3rd in SGT.

This race was dedicated by family to Jed Copham, Brainerd track owner who died pre-maturely in a 2018 Fl swimming accident.

Thanks to Chris Clark for photos.

Results collated by Wayne Ellwood.

Brainerd history # 6 Greg Pickett 1982 winner.

Trans Am takes a month off till Road America on Aug 6.