Darnestown's Aschenbach Takes World Challenge Race

Professional sports car racer Lawson Aschenbach, a Darnestown native, took the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge's second race of the weekend, Sunday, March 25 in St. Petersburg, FL.

Aschenbach dominated the GT class race, leading every lap and winning by over 4.5 seconds, according to a report on World Challenge. It was Aschenbach's sixth career victory and third in St. Petersburg.

The Darnestown native was stripped of a victory 24 hours earlier for passing an opponent under a caution flag.

"It's a great accomplishment after what happened yesterday," Aschenbach said in the report. "I totally understand what the series had to do. We respect that and we just have to move on...I'm just really, really excited about the win today. It's a little bit of vindication after yesterday. We'll take it and move on to Long Beach."

Aschenbach, 29, began racing as an 8-year-old, according to his profile on Lawson Aschenbach Racing. In 2006, he won the World Challenge GT Series in his rookie year.