Auberlen, Gleason finish on podium at Daytona Grand-Am Koni Challenge

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Bill Auberlen gets in the Turner M3 to begin his run to third overall at Daytona International Speedway Friday in the Grand-Am Koni Challenge. (Brian Morgan photo.)
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DAYTONA, FL -- Don Salama led the first lap of the first Grand-Am Koni Challenge race of the season Friday in his Grand Sport class Turner Motorsport BMW M3, but three hours later it was Bill Auberlen in another Turner M3 who made it to the podium. Coming into turn one on the second lap of the race on the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course, with two Mustang GTs on his tail, Salama missed a shift, spun, and recovered soon to begin a charge to the front


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