It was Brady Meyers who claimed the maiden Logitech G Pro Invitational race win, but on the exit of the final corner of the race, Josh Anderson had snuck his nose in front of Brady and was in position to take the win himself.
As Jake Burton was left ruing his fuel miscalculation within sight of the finish line as his spluttering Commodore relinquished the lead, TTR teammates were neck and neck behind. Only a bump in the track stumped Andersons run to the line, with him eventually finishing just 0.187 seconds behind Brady.
Josh will be the first to admit he got a bit lucky with the result, but you have to be in a position to capitalise and Anderson was in the lead group from the very start. Qualifying fourth and settling into a solid third place off the start, Anderson ran a basic split strategy which saw him assume the lead on lap 23, passing Brodie Kosteki on the back straight. By lap 30 Anderson had fallen to third but was firming as a contender in the race.
Making his final pit stop on lap 33 Anderson exited the pits with strong track position but quickly realised he had short filled almost a lap worth of fuel. Josh stated “I had to save -100 for the entire final stint”.
Managing to save a massive amount of fuel in only 11 laps is a mighty effort. A Battle with TTR team mates Ethan Warren and Brady Meyers ensued, Anderson smartly utilising their draft to maintain lap speed and save enough fuel to put him in a position to win the race.
Next round lookout for the blue TTR/Cooldrive Mustang. Anderson was ruing his second place finish at Sebring and that means he will be ready to put things ‘right’ at Winton!
