Left: The Start from Pole

Right: John takes the checker and the Victory !

John and Matt Bell join the Grand-Am GS championship chase as serious contenders with two consecutive wins.  Team Stevenson delivered 51 leading laps of Saturday's 79-lap Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  John led the final 31 laps after passing Charles Espenlaub.   John gradually stretched his lead to 2.711 seconds on the final lap in the No. 9 Stevenson Automotive Group Chevrolet Camaro.  With their victory, John and Matt moved into a tie for third-place in the GS standings, with Matt Plumb.  John and Matt have finished in the top five in five of the last six races.