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PR1/MATHIASEN WINS PETIT LE MANS AND LMP2 CHAMPIONSHIP
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports won the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title in the LMP2 category at the 22nd annual Motul Petit Le Mans, after being forced to retire at the halfway point of the event. The No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 started from 2nd on the grid for the 10-hour event but moved into first … Continue reading
WILL OWEN HAS STRONG RUN WITH JUNCOS RACING AT PETIT LE MANS
Will Owen finished in 10th place with Juncos Racing after a power steering issue at the Motul Petit Le Mans, the final round of the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Teammate Spencer Pigot made his debut in the No. 50 Cadillac DPi-V.R entry and took ninth in qualifying in the DPi class. Pigot took on … Continue reading
LEXUS AND AIM VASSER SULLIVAN FINISH FIRST RACING SEASON TOGETHER
Lexus and AIM VASSER SULLIVAN (AVS) concluded their first season together racing two RC F GT3 entries in Saturday’s Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The AVS Lexus RC F GT3 entries combined to earn two wins, five podiums, nine top-fives and 16 top-10 results during the 2019 IMSA season. The AVS No. … Continue reading
LATE RACE CHARGE BY PAUL MILLER RACING EARNS IMSA GTD MANUFACTURER’S CHAMPIONSHIP FOR LAMBORGHINI
A late-race charge by Paul Miller Racing’s Bryan Sellers has clinched the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona manufacturer’s championship for Lamborghini. Sellers crossed the line in sixth place, but it was a late-race pass with only 13 minutes remaining that turned the tide for the Italian manufacturer. Lamborghini entered this weekend with a single … Continue reading
CADILLAC WINS PETIT LE MANS AND ENDURANCE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
The Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R won the season ending round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans from pole position today at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The win by the team and sectors led during the race gave the Whelen Cadillac team the Michelin Endurance Cup Drivers Championship and Cadillac the Michelin … Continue reading
MEYER SHANK RACING CLAIMS IMSA WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP
Upon taking the green flag at the Motul Petit Le Mans on Saturday, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) drivers Trent Hindman and Mario Farnbacher have claimed the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Class title in the No. 86 AutoNation Acura NSX GT3. Coming into the race weekend with a 32-point lead in the GTD Driver and … Continue reading
WEATHERTECH RACING FIFTH AT PETIT LE MANS
WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Toni Vilander (Kankaanpää, Finland), and Jeff Westphal (San Mateo, Calif.) drove to a fifth-place finish in today’s running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Motul Petit Le Mans to end the season. Westphal took the start in the No. 63 WeatherTech Ferrari for the 10-hour race and was … Continue reading
PORSCHE WINS ALL TITLES AT THE PETIT LE MANS SEASON FINALE
The Porsche GT Team concluded the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season by winning the manufacturer, driver and team titles. At the final round of the season at Road Atlanta (USA), the two Porsche 911 RSR flying the Coca-Cola colours finished on positions five and six. This race marked the 50th and final factory outing for … Continue reading
FERRARI TAKES GTLM VICTORY AT PETIT LE MANS
The no. 62 Ferrari of Risi Competizione claimed victory in the GTLM category of the 2019 running of the Petit Le Mans. This was the fifth win for Risi Competizione at the famed 10-hour event, the most recent occurring in 2016. The no. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari was in contention all race long but a … Continue reading
LATE RACE HEARTBREAK FOR MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING AT ROAD ATLANTA
Despite holding the lead of the ten hour Motul Petit Le Mans with less than 20 minutes to go, it was a third heartbreaking chapter for the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R at Road Atlanta on Saturday. Filipe Albuquerque pulled away on the final restart with 25 minutes remaining in the 10-hour enduro and … Continue reading
