The Extreme Speed Motorsports combination of Guy Cosmo, Johannes van Overbeek and newcomer, Mike Hedlund, took advantage of Team Extreme’s flawless pit stops and sound race strategy to bring home a 4th place finish among a tough GT field at the Grand Am Road Racing’s Sahlen Six Hours at the Glen. In a race that saw eight different leaders, the six hour endurance race demanded sprint race intensity. Not a Series ‘regular,’ the ESM Tequila Patron Ferrari 458 GT continues to impress. Like the recent Detroit Grand Prix, during his second stint, Guy Cosmo again set the fastest GT laps of the race.
“My second stint was a blast,” grinned Cosmo. “The first stint wasn’t bad either. I went from 14th to 4th in the first stint… on a track like the Glen, that’s just a lot of fun. Then in my second stint, I’m not sure how many positions we picked up, but I gunned down the leaders and we were the fastest GT on the track. It was a serious charge and got us back to fourth.”
“I really enjoyed my time behind the wheel,” added Guy. “Watkins Glen is still one of the greatest tracks on the planet and still one of my favorites. It’s so fast… it flows and it calls for an enormous amount of commitment and guts. It’s unlike any track in the world. For me, it’s home.”
“This was a good race for the whole team,” Cosmo continued. “Mike Hedlund did a great job for us. It was is first outing with ESM and first time driving the Ferrari 458 GT. He drove a solid race and kept the car in good position so Johannes and I could run down the leaders keeping the car in the top-5.”
Cosmo and Extreme Speed will turn their focus back to the continuation of the American Le Mans summer session of the 2012 ALMS Championship as the team heads to Lime Rock Park and the Northeast Grand Prix. The team campaigns two Patron Ferraris with drivers Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek, and Ed Brown teamed up with Cosmo.
“I’m really enjoying this time in the northeast,” said Guy. “I’m home with family and friends. I’m driving great cars on great race tracks. Not just great cars… I’m driving Ferraris. I’m loving these cars. They’re Italian, I’m Italian…. it’s a special relationship and it just keep’s getting better.”
Source : Guy Cosmo