A close second place is great news for Arsham at Laguna Seca

Monterey, CA – Round 2 of the United States Touring Car Championship (USTCC) was a close second place finish for Ali Arsham, driving the GoGoGear.com/ Konig Wheels Hyundai Genesis.

Arsham qualified the Hyundai in second place and was excited to be second to his teammate Reza Arsham, driving the other GoGoGear.com/ Konig Wheels Honda Civic Type R. At the start, the Civic got a better start and got the lead going into turn 2. “At that point, I knew that Reza would be quick so the focus became to protect second place against some fast cars from behind,” said Ali Arsham. Reza started to pull away and by lap 8 was 14 seconds ahead. At that point, it seemed like it was over but the rapid pace was taking its toll on the Civic’s front tires and brakes. The better balanced Genesis had no such issues and was now turning much quicker lap times, taking out seconds per lap. On lap 12, Ali took two seconds out of the gap and 3 more seconds on lap 13 and 4 more seconds on lap 14. At the finish line the gap was just over 2 seconds. “I think if the race was one lap longer, it would have been very exciting but the team finishing first, second and fourth was a great accomplishment,” commented Ali Arsham.

GoGoGear.com Racing Team is a professional racing team that has been winning races since 1994 and has grown from one car to seven cars. The team has won dozens of championships since then in different classes and different cars. The team most recently won the driver’s championship in the United States Touring Car Championship in 2019 and placed second in the Team Championship. The team does more than just win races though. The team has built some awesome project cars, including ones for the SEMA show for major manufacturers including General Motors, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota and Kia.

USTCC is a professional road racing series comprising of late model sport compact sedans such as BMW 3 series, Mazdaspeed 3, Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Chevrolet Corvette, Porsche 911, Audi R8, Ford Mustang, Honda Civic and others. The cars use slightly modified engines and highly modified suspensions with aerodynamic ground effects and sticky Hankook slick race tires. The races can be seen exclusively on Final Drive TV available on NBC Sports on Xfinity cable, Dish Network, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse. For more information on USTCC, visit www.ustcc.com.