Jake Drew a Solid Fifth; Career-Best Sixth for Boris Said Jr.; First-Lap Tire Puncture Foils Connor Mosack’s Bid from the Back

Overview

Date: May 25, 2024

Event: Memorial Day Classic (Round 5 of 12)

Series: Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli

Division: Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series

Location: Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut

Layout: 1.48-mile, seven-turn road course

Format: 68 laps or 75 minutes

Weather: Sunny, upper-70s

Winner: Rafa Matos

Silver Hare Racing:

Jake Drew – Started 3rd, Finished 5th (Running, completed 68/68 laps)

Boris Said Jr. – Started 8th, Finished 6th (Running, completed 68/68 laps)

Connor Mosack – Started 22nd, Finished 17th (Running, completed 66/68 laps)

Noteworthy:

Said’s sixth-place finish today was his best in 18 career TA2 races.

Mosack was required to start from the rear of today’s 22-car field after foregoing Friday practice and qualifying due to his ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series commitments at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Jake Drew, Driver, No. 77 Silver Hare Racing Chevrolet Camaro:

“It was a good day at Lime Rock, good finish again in the top-five, another clean car brought back to Silver Hare Racing. Good finish for two of our cars. I think Connor could’ve had a good finish, as well, if not for the starting spot because of not being here yesterday and fighting through some adversity early in the race. Our guys worked really hard all weekend. We’ll just keep fighting as hard as we can and a win will be in our future here, shortly.”

Boris Said Jr., Driver, No. 75 HendrickCars.com/Silver Hare Racing Chevrolet Camaro:

“It felt pretty good that race. I think from where I started, it went pretty good. I had to use a lot of the car to get by some of the people I had to. But overall it was pretty good, kept it clean, and then moved up a decent bit for a pretty good finish. Every weekend I’ve been trying to get faster and it’s somewhat showing. From a team standpoint, it was an awesome car, the setup was amazing this race. They’ve really been helping me, Jake’s been helping me a lot. The HendrickCars.com car is just awesome.”

Connor Mosack, Driver, No. 7 Silver Hare Racing/PRG Chevrolet Camaro:

“Well, we fired off really free to start the race and it just got worse, and then it turns out the left-rear tire was going down. We limped it to pit road, put a new left-rear on it and went two laps down in the process. Went back out and ran competitive lap times, probably top-five lap times, and just kept clicking off those laps the whole rest of the race but really weren’t in a position to make up spots. Our three cars were pretty consistent, it seemed, and a good finish for Jake and Boris from an overall team standpoint.”

Maurice Hull, Co-Owner, Silver Hare Racing:

“We got a couple of top-sixes, and then we had a left-rear puncture early in the race and Connor went down a couple of laps, which are hard to get back on a short track like this. But he was running fast times, as fast as the leader. I’m proud of everybody, they did a good job this weekend. It was sort of a long race, a tough race for everybody, a lot of laps on a short track like this. All in all it was a successful day. We’ll take it and move on.”

Next Up:

Round six of the 2024 Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series takes Silver Hare Racing to the Pittsburgh International Race Complex for the Pitt Race SpeedTour, June 7-9. The three-day weekend kicks off with a pair of TA2 test sessions Friday, June 7, at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. EDT. TA2 practice is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, June 8, followed by qualifying at 2:20 p.m. The 37-lap, 75-minute race around the 2.75-mile, 19-turn road course is set for 9 a.m. Sunday, June 9, with series partner MAVTV providing live television coverage augmented via live video stream on the Trans Am channel on YouTube.

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