Paul had been running our full system with headers, X Pipe and Mufflers but because of race restrictions needed to bring his exhaust up more so Geoff Adams our Automotive R&D fabricator just recently updated Pauls Mustang with an Oval Mid Pipe and X. Paul took the car to Lagune Seca for the GTS Class Championship. Driving No 50, his Ford Mustang Boss 302S.

Paul Brown claimed a flag-to-flag win in the GTS class of this weekend’s Pirelli World Challenge Race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Brown qualified on the pole, pulled away at the start, and managed to keep first place all the way to the finish with a 2.713-second margin of victory. The win secured his first career World Challenge title with one race still to go in the season. The victory was Brown’s fifth of the year and his eighth podium finish out of eleven races so far this year.

“I started it just like every other and went as hard and as fast as I could at the start,” I watched the guys moving around at the back. Luckily, or unluckily, there was a GT car that stalled and really screwed up the one line. I just put my head down and worked my butt off.”

The Championship is the first for Brown, who wasn’t sure if the funding was available at the start of the season to run for a championship. The team placed together race-to-race deals to make it to every championship round and now sits on top with a one-race cushion to spare.

“I don’t know how to explain it, it’s really surreal,” Brown said. “I’m just shocked.”

Brown finished ahead of Pratt Cole’s No. 96 USA Cares/Western Metal Ford Mustang FR500S after Cole ran second for the entire race.