2012 GT Academy U.S. champion Steven Doherty scored a first-in-class victory in the final race of the Pirelli World Challenge while behind the wheel of his #94 Skullcandy Team Nissan TC Altima.
2011 U.S. champion Bryan Heitkotter also had a great weekend at Miller Motorsports Park, but came just short of a podium, scoring a solid fourth place in the first race of the weekend. Even more impressive: he drove to that fourth place after starting at the back of the grid!
“Racing can be full of challenges,” Bryan said. “Today I started from the back of the TC field. I made a good start and took a few positions into turn 1, and was catching the lead trio halfway through the lap. Then the clutch started to slip, and I had wild oversteer around right turns. Evidently an oil seal in the transmission decided to let oil by, spraying the clutch and letting oil escape the bellhousing, so I was driving around on 3 Pirellis and one Piroilli tire. I didn’t think the car would finish the race but I nursed it home in 4th, even had a good battle with a Civic.”
It’s been a rollercoaster of a season for both Skullcandy Team Nissan drivers, which has seen a slew of mechanical gremlins, dramatic races, and most importantly, podium finishes. Fortunately, it has ended on a high note, with Steve Doherty finishing the season in fourth place and Bryan Heitkotter in seventh in the TC class.
Congratulations to both drivers on a great season!
See more articles on Bryan Heitkotter, Nissan, Pirelli World Challenge, and Steve Doherty.
Well done fellas, always nice to see the grads doing well!
Awesome! Hey I saw you racing at limerick this year!! But I didn’t exactly know it was you guys. I am a ticketseller at lime rock.
Still hoping for the update eh?
Update hehe, another PD wind up. Bored.
Everyone I think 1.12 is about to come out cause I lost connection to a lobby and it said “network offline” but I’m not quite sure what’s going on
Lol, nvm
I think this would be a first, having an update arrive on a Sunday, but it is late. If it happens, I’ll have another reason to fire up GT6 this weekend! It can’t be too much longer, regardless.
It should be time that the update will come. But i dont think it will be today.
The Update will be out tonight or tomorrow morning (9/15-9/16). You heard it here first. But if I’m wrong, I’m going to fall back on PD’s usual quote of “it’s just coming soon”. ;)
Talk about trolling…lol. A news item to celebrate some dramatic racing from GTA grads, you guys troll the thread with baseless speculation about updates. For shame!!!
:)
Good on you fellas!! Had a great time watching all the PWC races, but sad I have to wait until next year for more.
Great!
Congrats! Good luck on getting ready for next year!