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RUMAN CRUISES TO VICTORY IN CLASSIC TUBE 100 AT WATKINS GLEN
WATKINS GLEN, NY – Defending Trans
Am champion Amy Ruman secured
her second consecutive victory of the
2016 Trans Am Championship with a
win in the Classic Tube 100 at Watkins
Glen International (WGI), Round 3 of
the 2016 Trans Am Championship.
Ruman, behind the wheel of the No.
23 McNichols Company Chevrolet Corvette, was joined in victory by Mark
Boden, in the No. 47 Fall-Line
Motorsports/Calypso BMW M3, Ernie
Francis, Jr., in the No. 98
BetaTools/Liquid Performance Ford
Mustang, and Tim Kezman, in the No.
4 Fall-Line Calypso Porsche 997, with
each capturing victories in TA3, TA4
and TA5, respectively.

race with Cliff Ebben, driver of the No.
36 Stumpf Ford/McMahon Group
Ford Mustang, before the No. 36 succumbed to a power steering failure
with 21 laps remaining.
Ruman led all but the first lap of the
race, an additional pace lap to address
the cold temperatures and warm tires,
but managed to pass Ebben on the

first green lap of the race, never giving
up position.
Ruman’s 1:49.355 lap time set a new
track record for the class, and she was
joined on the podium by Jim McAleese, in the No. 03 McAleese & Associates Chevrolet Corvette, and David
Pintaric, in the No. 57 Kryderacing
Chevrolet Corvette, finishing second
and third.

Ruman capitalized in a race that saw
potential rivals suffer misfortune,
eventually cruising to victory with a
28.098 second margin— crossing the
finish line as snow began to once more
fall on the 3.40 mile grand prix course
at WGI.
After an early full course caution, Ruman battled for the majority of the

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