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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES SECOND IN PETIT LE MANS
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) finished second in Saturday’s season finale IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Derani qualified the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R and started from the fourth row in today’s 25th Petit Le Mans. Early on, Derani had … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING HEADS TO ROAD ATLANTA FOR WEATHERTECH SEASON FINALE
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) head to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale Motul Petit Le Mans Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Last year, Derani, Conway, and former teammate Felipe Nasr finished second in this race en route to winning the … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES SIXTH AT ROAD AMERICA
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) finished sixth under caution in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Fastlane SportsCar Weekend at Road America. Pla started the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R fifth in the DPi class after turning a lap of 1:50.369 around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn track in qualifying. At the race … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING LOOKS FOR REPEAT WINNING PERFORMANCE AT ROAD AMERICA
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) return to Road America for what the team hopes will be a repeat winning performance in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Fastlane SportCar Weekend Aug. 4-7. The team won this race last year from the pole position. Derani is no stranger to winning at Road … Continue reading
PODIUM FINISH FOR WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING AT CTMP
Whelen Engineering Cadillac drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) finished third in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Driving the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R, Pla started fifth in the DPi class after turning a qualifying lap of 1:05.126 around the 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course. Pla’s … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC RETURNS TO CTMP AFTER TWO-YEAR IMSA HIATUS
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and the No. 31 Cadillac will return to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park July 1-3 for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Grand Prix. This weekend’s race marks the first time the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has competed in Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Derani and Pla … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES FIFTH IN SAHLEN’S SIX HOURS OF THE GLEN
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) finished fifth in Sunday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Pla qualified the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R fifth on the DPi grid, with a lap time of 1:30.500, to start today’s six-hour … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING READY FOR THE SIX HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil), Olivier Pla (France) and Mike Conway (Great Britain) head to New York state’s Finger Lakes region for this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen June 23-26 at Watkins Glen International. This will be the third of four endurance races on the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech schedule. … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES FOURTH AT BELLE ISLE
Whelen Engineering drivers Pipo Derani (Brazil) and Olivier Pla (France) finished fourth in Saturday’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Sports Car Classic at Belle Isle. Pla qualified the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R fifth to start today’s 100-minute race. At the green flag, he dropped one spot after a side-by-side battle for position with the … Continue reading
WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING CADILLAC SET TO DO BATTLE IN THE MOTOR CITY
Whelen Engineering driver Pipo Derani (Brazil) and his newly announced season-long teammate Olivier Pla (France) are set to do battle on the streets of Belle Isle in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Chevrolet Sports Car Classic June 3-4. This weekend’s 100-minute race will be the first for Pla with Action Express Racing. Coming off back-to-back … Continue reading
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