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I will fondly remember the 2009 edition of the EMCO Gears Classic presented by Keybank at Mid-Ohio for numerous reasons.  First and foremost, it was a terrific weekend of racing that I got to spend with my fiancée and best friend Chantal.  But, a close second was getting to spend the weekend with so many members of “The Cogs” from garra-Fans.com.
 
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Mike Sweeney and Dion von Moltke take the ST portion of the Emco Gears Classic over second place Randy Probst and Christian Miller and third place Andrew Aquilante and Kristian Skavnes.

The APR VW’s dominated the day with the #171 of Josh Hurley and Ian Baas leading a good portion of the race, followed in formation by the #181 of Sweeney and von Moltke.  The beautiful #78 Kinetic BMW of Charles Putnam and Lee Davis led the middle of the race on strategy, but got caught out be a caution, losing the lead.  

There were some key drive-through penalties given out in the opening minutes of the Emco Gears Classic, including the Telmex Chip Ganassi Racing #01 Lexus Riley of Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett.   But through good pit strategy and a bit of luck, they took the lead with about an hour to go and held it to the end.

The #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 of Leh Keen and Dirk Werner had post qualifying tech inspection penalty, sending them to the rear, and drove through the field to win GT.

Points leader Ken Wilden and co driver dominate the GS race at Mid-Ohio to win their first race of the season.  They were followed by James Gue and Bret Seafuse in second, and Spencer Pumpelly and Duncan Ende completed the podium.

The first hour of the GS race was absolutely the best part of this race. The Rehagen Racing #59 of Dean Martin led, with Matt Bell in the Turner Motorsports BMW #96 beating on his rear bumper for a good portion of the time.  Joining the fight for second with Bell was Bret Seafuse in the JBS Mustang and Glenn Bocchino in the Kinetic Motorsports BMW #32, with bumping, banging, and generally good racing. Martin was trying to save the car, and worked hard to slow up the quicker cornering BMW throughout his stint to hold the lead while accomplishing his goal.