IMSA: WTR leads Acura 1-2 finish at Laguna Seca
Wayne Taylor Racing won Sunday’s Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship at Laugina Seca Raceway, fending off fellow Acura team Meyer Shank Racing.
Filipe Albuquerque took the No. 10 Acura ARX-05 to a 1.080-second win over Tom Blomqvist’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.
The No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac of Pipo Derani and Tristan Nunez completed the podium in third, followed by Tristan Nunez and Richard Westbrook in the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac.
LMP2
LMP2 class was won by the No. 8 Tower Motorsport duo of Louis Deletraz and John Farano.
Deletraz passed the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen entry of 16-year-old Josh Pierson for the class lead in the final hour and crossed the line 23.211 seconds ahead of the No. 18 Era Motorsport car of Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman despite an early race spin for the Bronze-rated driver.
The No. 81 DragonSpeed Oreca of Juan Pablo Montoya and Hendrik Hedman completed the podium.
GTD Pro and GTD Classes
Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell won in GTD Pro for Pfaff Motorsports.
Campbell took his No. 9 Porsche 911 GT3 R to a 31.896-second win over the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat.
The No. 25 Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 of Connor De Phillippi and John Edwards completed the class podium in third.
The IMSA neutered Corvette factory entry of Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia, which entered the weekend as the GTD Pro points leaders, finished fourth in class. Having been neutered by IMSA, they had zero chance to win
Wright Motorsports won in GTD, thanks to a late-race pass by Jan Heylen on Bill Auberlen for the class win.
Heylen drove the No. 16 Porsche to a 5.517-second victory over the No. 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Jeff Westphal.
RESULTS
|
Pos |
Pic |
No. |
Class |
Drivers* |
Team |
Vehicle |
Laps |
Behind/Gap |
|
1 |
1 |
10 |
DPi |
R. Taylor / F. Albuquerque |
Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 |
Acura DPi |
117 |
– – |
|
2 |
2 |
60 |
DPi |
O. Jarvis / T. Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian |
Acura DPi |
117 |
1.080 1.080 |
|
3 |
3 |
31 |
DPi |
P. Derani / T. Nunez |
Whelen Engineering Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
117 |
26.744 25.664 |
|
4 |
4 |
5 |
DPi |
T. Vautier / R. Westbrook |
JDC Miller MotorSports |
Cadillac DPi |
117 |
33.375 6.631 |
|
5 |
5 |
02 |
DPi |
E. Bamber / A. Lynn |
Cadillac Racing |
Cadillac DPi |
116 |
1 Lap 1 Lap |
|
6 |
1 |
8 |
LMP2 |
J. Farano / L. Deletraz |
Tower Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
114 |
3 Laps 2 Laps |
|
7 |
2 |
18 |
LMP2 |
D. Merriman / R. Dalziel |
Era Motorsport |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
114 |
3 Laps 23.211 |
|
8 |
3 |
81 |
LMP2 |
H. Hedman / J. Montoya |
DragonSpeed USA |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
113 |
4 Laps 1 Lap |
|
9 |
4 |
52 |
LMP2 |
J. Pierson / P. Kelly |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
113 |
4 Laps 6.745 |
|
10 |
5 |
11 |
LMP2 |
S. Thomas / J. Bomarito |
PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
113 |
4 Laps 25.616 |
|
11 |
6 |
20 |
LMP2 |
D. Andersen / A. Fjordbach |
High Class Racing |
ORECA LMP2 07 |
113 |
4 Laps 11.726 |
|
12 |
1 |
9 |
GTDPRO |
M. Campbell / M. Jaminet |
Pfaff Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
107 |
10 Laps 6 Laps |
|
13 |
2 |
14 |
GTDPRO |
J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 31.896 |
|
14 |
3 |
25 |
GTDPRO |
C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards |
BMW M Team RLL |
BMW M4 GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 1.221 |
|
15 |
4 |
3 |
GTDPRO |
A. Garcia / J. Taylor |
Corvette Racing |
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD |
107 |
10 Laps 1.442 |
|
16 |
1 |
16 |
GTD |
R. Hardwick / J. Heylen |
Wright Motorsports |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
107 |
10 Laps 18.677 |
|
17 |
2 |
39 |
GTD |
R. Megennis / J. Westphal |
CarBahn with Peregrine Racing |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 5.517 |
|
18 |
3 |
96 |
GTD |
R. Foley / B. Auberlen |
Turner Motorsport |
BMW M4 GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 0.037 |
|
19 |
5 |
23 |
GTDPRO |
R. Gunn / A. Riberas |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 1.460 |
|
20 |
4 |
1 |
GTD |
B. Sellers / M. Snow |
Paul Miller Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 1.795 |
|
21 |
5 |
32 |
GTD |
D. Mueller / S. McAleer |
Team Korthoff Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 0.478 |
|
22 |
6 |
42 |
GTD |
M. Holzer / J. Conwright |
NTE/SSR |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 2.275 |
|
23 |
6 |
79 |
GTDPRO |
C. MacNeil / D. Juncadella |
WeatherTech Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 0.014 |
|
24 |
7 |
27 |
GTD |
R. De Angelis / M. Martin |
Heart of Racing Team |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 3.257 |
|
25 |
8 |
12 |
GTD |
F. Montecalvo / A. Telitz |
VasserSullivan |
Lexus RC F GT3 |
107 |
10 Laps 8.750 |
|
26 |
9 |
28 |
GTD |
M. de Quesada / D. Morad |
Alegra Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
106 |
11 Laps 1 Lap |
|
27 |
10 |
99 |
GTD |
R. Ferriol / K. Legge |
Team Hardpoint |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
106 |
11 Laps 21.202 |
|
28 |
11 |
34 |
GTD |
K. Washington / J. Sofronas |
GMG Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3R |
105 |
12 Laps 1 Lap |
|
29 |
12 |
51 |
GTD |
R. Eversley / A. Read |
Rick Ware Racing |
Acura NSX GT3 |
103 |
14 Laps 2 Laps |
|
30 |
13 |
70 |
GTD |
B. Iribe / F. Schandorff |
inception racing |
McLaren 720S GT3 |
45 |
Not Running |