Double NASA ST5 Wins & NASA WERC Victory for Palomar Racing’s Matt Million at Fontana in June
Fontana, CA | June 11-12th, 2022
Matt Million swept the weekend in Super Touring 5 (ST5) during the Rounds 11 and 12 of the 2022 NASA SoCal ST5 Championship at Auto Club Speedway. Million piloted the Palomar Racing #25 BMW E36 during both the Saturday and Sunday races in the 6-car ST5 field. This was the 7th and 8th win of the season between Million and teammate Romano in 12 rounds. Million and Palomar Racing now hold the ST5 track record at a 1:54:22.
On Saturday evening, the Palomar Racing squad also won the 6-car E2 class in Round 3 of NASA Western Endurance Racing Championship. Nik Romano took the opening stint of the 4-hour race in the #25 BMW E36 with Sonny Watanasirisuk taking the middle stint. Million closed the final stint to bring the team their third consecutive E2 win of the season. Million also set the best E2 lap of the race at a 1:54:9. The team finished approximately one lap ahead of second place HQ Autosport’s #28 BMW 128i. Palomar Racing finished 5th of 28 overall.
Million’s next event with the team will be June 25-26th at Sonoma Raceway for a NASA NorCal debut in Super Touring 4 (ST4) with the team’s new #24 BMW E36.
The ‘Palomar Racing E2/ST5 Challenge’ would not be possible without the following partners; Palomar Solar, Swift Springs, Motion Control Suspension, Toyo Tires, BimmerWorld, ApexRaceParts.com, FastSideways, Hawk Performance, Frozen Rotors, Enphase, and others.
Look for Matt Million’s ‘June Update’ to be published soon. Visit ‘Photos’ to view more pictures from the event.