Factory Five Customer John George Racaps Two June Race Events

Factory Five customer John George has posted a couple of race reports for the recent Challenge Series events at MidOhio Raceway and New Jersey Motorsports Park.

During the first weekend of the month, June 5-7, John and four other Challenge Series drivers were at MidOhion driving the pro course.  John came in 1st during the Saturday race followed by Brian Sanders, Greg Wellinghoff Jr., Mike Tuck, and Mike Dziurgalski.  You can read John’s full recap of the event here.  Check out the in-car footage from Saturday’s race below.

Last weekend while we were unveiling the 818C at the 2015 Open House, John and Challenge Series driver Pat McMahon took their cars to New Jersey Motorsports Park to compete in the ST2 Class during the NASA-NE TransAM Weekend. John would end the weekend with two 4th place finishes while Pat drove his FFR #11 Challenge Car to wins both days. You can read the full race report here. Check out the in-car video from Sunday’s race below.

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