What an amazing job Utah's own Corsa Motorsports has donw again!!!  This time they really had to work for this one.  Maybe Corsa will finally make it to a podium at its upcoming home event at MMP.  Here is the news arcitcle from the ALMS home site: 

For the second straight race Johnny Mowlem and his Corsa Motorsports teammates finished a fine fourth in the GT2 class in the Tequila Patron ALMS race here in Long Beach.

Driving the Alabama Motorsports Park-sponsored Corsa Motorsports Ferrari, Mowlem and co-driver Gunnar Jeannette proved the team is consistently moving in the right direction as this time Mowlem was able to run at the pace of the frontrunners, keeping in touch with the leaders, and in fact when Johnny pitted during the yellow at the one hour mark to hand over to his teammate; Gunnar Jeanette, he was running nose to tail with the leaders and right behind the Ferrari that went on to win the race.

"Today's finish was much more competitive than the fourth-place we earned at St. Petersburg," said Mowlem. "The result today was earned; we weren't so much the benefactors of others' misfortunes. We were really close to the pace of the fastest Ferraris. It was a solid effort by everyone with Corsa Motorsports and I'm delighted for Steve Pruitt and the whole crew who have worked so hard and long to get us here."

Mowlem had started seventh in the GT2 order. He got up to sixth after a few laps, overtaking the #61 Risi Competizione Ferrari, but all his hard work was negated when there was an early yellow and he got held up at the hairpin at the re-start and slipped back to seventh. He fought his way back up to fifth before pitting during a caution period 59 minutes into the race. The team did not change tires when Jeannette took over from Mowlem and the time saved in the pits figured into the team's strong finish.

As ever, the GT2 class was the largest in the field, making it one of the toughest and most competitive classes in the race.

"Considering we still haven't done a proper test session on these Dunlop tires, and the fact that they're not even the latest evolution of tire that Dunlop has to offer, makes our performance all the more pleasing" Mowlem said. "Of course I am satisfied with the result, but I am more pleased with the constant progress we are making in terms of lap time. At the last race our best race lap was 1.5 seconds behind the leading Ferrari. In Long Beach we managed to halve that. Given the fact that we are arguably up against the strongest and fastest GT2 teams in the world, that is very positive. A solid indicator that we can compete with the best teams in our class."

The race was part of the 34th Long Beach Grand Prix and it was Mowlem's first chance to drive in the famed American race.

"I was happy to hear that the ALMS has a deal to continue as part of this event," Mowlem said. "It means I'll have a chance to come back next year! I loved the track and the whole atmosphere of the event."

Steve Pruitt, the personable owner of Corsa Motorsports, is one of the original stakeholders in the Long Beach Grand Prix.