Round 13 of Canada @ Mosport

GLM scored big in Canada with a 2nd-3rd showing; Griffin has a post-race "discussion" with Dunbar

Great Lakes Motorsports, the first year team started by former AES champion Ryan Griffin, had been having a lackluster 1st season until today.  

Using a bit of pit strategy, the 1st year AES team managed to get both their cars on the podium with Kyle Basaglia 2nd and Griffin coming home 3rd.  

However, it wasn't all clean.  On the last lap, it was Griffin ahead of Basaglia but the lapped car of Chase Dunbar, who had been an issue to race winner Kenny Myatt for much of the day, held up Griffin enough for Basaglia to take the spot.  

On pit road after the race, Griffin was seen with his head leaned inside the #22 and it appears he was discussing something with Dunbar.  

Griffin was later asked by reporters about the "discussion" on pit road.

"Well he quite frankly almost cost us a shot at a podium finish and from what I understand almost cost Kenny [Myatt] the race win.  He's got to learn that you can't block and race that aggressively when you are in that position.  He had nothing to gain from it.  I just wanted to make sure he understood that."

Griffin also was visibly ecstatic about this team's performance and gave his thoughts on that as well.

"These guys has worked their [expletive]s off!  They deserves this as much as Kyle [Basaglia] and myself do.  Even from qualifying, we just unloaded good and the cars worked really well here.  I'm hoping we can carry some momentum from this into the next race and maybe get a GLM 1-2 before the year is out."

Kyle Basaglia, "AMAZING RACE, this was our best race all season long, and I couldn't be happier! Near the end I watched Rehall begin to close, and I told Griffin to pass me. He was so much faster then me, so that if Rehall caught, Griffin had a better chance of keeping us on the podium then I do. Nonetheless, he ended up getting massively held up by Dunbar, and I took the position back for a beautiful P2, and with Griffin getting P3, we did amazing! GLM has treated me so well since I joined in, much better then Xios ever did, and the team deserves it so much! Let's hope we can keep this momentum going into future races, and if we can get some major points in the late season!"

Myatt: "The monkey is off my back, now it's time to shine"

After his first ever win at Mosport-Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Kenny Myatt's excitement couldn't be contained.

"The monkey is off my back, now it's time to shine. I had a bit of trouble there with the #22 car. Had the #51 and #11 been on a decent pit strategy, they both would have had me. But I knew they had to pit again. So, I knew I was racing the GLM's. By the end of the race, I was gaining a bit of time on them. The team has given me great cars, I just haven't performed at the same level as the cars. I am so excited. This track has eluded me my entire career. So winning here is quite special to me."

Myatt and the rest of the ARCSOA paddock now heads off to New Hampshire, a track which Myatt has won at in the past.