The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was today and let me just say I could feel my little lady absolutely pounding throughout the entire race!!! Especially on this part where the 25 BMW of Connor De Phillippi was very close to my 7 Porsche of Felipe Nasr only ending up with some contact to the rear. I was so on edge! Man…moments like this I love. I just love racing and it gets my lady really racing without a doubt. I just love it!
6 hours of Imola is tomorrow! Gotta get up bright and early to watch the race. Just bought the Imola package so I’m good to go! Super excited to watch it! Let’s go Porsche Penske!
Also heads up, I unfortunately can’t record my little lady pounding during the race just yet because my stemoscope won’t be here until the 23rd so it’ll be two days after! Next time I will! But doing hot laps in my sim will be first of course since the next race won’t be until next month haha. I’m hyped! 🫀
Que foi a estreia do Lamborghini SC63 na GTP no IMSA
Na largada o Cadillac V Series R #31 se manteve na frente com Pipo Derani
Na largada na GTD Pró e GTD
E teve uma confusão entre os GTS , envolvendo a Ferrari #62 da Risi Competizone
A rodada do Oreca #88 da AF Corse
A batida do Cadillac #31 com Pipo Derani causada por um toque com a Ferrari da Triarse Competizone , que alias foi no mesmo ponto em que o Argentino José Maria Lopez bateu nas 1000 Milhas de Sebring em 2022 com Toyota Hypercar.
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Momento da batida do Acura NSX GT3 da equipe Gradiant Racing , que colocou bandeira amarela na pista inteira.
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Momento em que o Acura #40 passava o Cadillac #01 da Cadillac Racing\Chip Ganassi e assumia a liderança no final da corrida.
A vitória ficou o Acura ARX06 #40 da WTTR Andretti , a primeira do segundo carro da equipe
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O Lexus RC F GT3 da Vasser Sullivan Racing na GTD Pró , na LMP2, a vencedora foi a Era Motorsport.
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1-40-Jordam Taylor\Colton Herta\Louis Deletraz-Acura ARX06-WTTR Andretti-333 Laps
2-01-Scott Dixon\Range Van Der Zande\Sebastien Bordais-Cadillac V Series R-Cadillac Racing\Chip Ganassi
Sportscar racing and Laguna Seca raceway bring memorable racing every year that sets near impossible standards for the next time around. Last year, fans witnessed an epic pass by Renger van der Zande take the lead and the win with only 3 minutes left. Summoning the spirit of Alex Zanardi, he passed Dane Cameron as both cars “navigated” the Corkscrew, a space only intended for one car.
In 2013, under the American LeMans Series banner, the track witnessed a dogfight between the duo of Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf in their HPD ARX-03c Honda to the win over the Toyota-powered Lola of Rebellion Racing and drivers Nick Heidfeld and Neel Jani. Jani overcame a puncture to put on a stunning display of grit and speed to get back on the podium with a second place finish.
The WeatherTech Sportscar Championship returned to the Monterey Peninsula at the world famous WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca last weekend in the second appearance in California for the series after racing at Long Beach in April.
In a California summer season, with temperatures approaching the triple digits in the central valley, Laguna Seca was a welcome respite from the heat, providing perfect weather and great conditions for the race weekend.
Heading into the penultimate race of the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix looked to be a barn burner with multiple teams and drivers still in the hunt for the titles in the Prototype, GT Le Mans, and GT Daytona classes.
Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr in the Action Express Prototype entry arrived to Laguna Seca in the lead with only 12 points separating the top four cars. It looked to be a race that could give one team an open door to the title when they arrive at Petit Le Mans for the season finale.
In GTLM the battle was even closer. The American titans of sportscar racing, Ford and Corvette have been locked in battle all season in an ebb and flow that finds the Ford GTs of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing showing faster speed, but the reliability of the C7.R Corvettes has kept them in the hunt.
Saturdays qualifying action saw Jordan Taylor in the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R take pole position with a blistering record setting lap of 1:16:181, beating the powerhouse team of the Acura Team Penske Acuras. Oliver Gavin captured the GT LeMans Pole for Corvette Racing. Capturing her first ever pole position, Katherine Legge drove the GTD Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX providing an opportunity to build up a championship in the closing races of the season. After the weekend was over, she would cut her points deficit to Paul Miller Racing’s Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow nearly in half.
Sunday was a whole different affair, seeing an opening lap crash, mechanical failures, and other sorts of bad luck shaking up the field and the points standings.
When the green flag waved, and even before the cars had crossed the start-finish line, the No. 52 JDC-Miller Motorsport Oreca of Misha Goikhberg pulled out to make a jump, clipping the Action Express Racing No. 5 Cadillac driven by Joao Barbosa. In the chaos of the initial contact two other cars would end their day as well, the NO. 66 Ford GT of Dirk Mueller and the Porsche 911 RSR of Nick Tandy. The crash would put a major block in front of the Championship hopes of the Action Express racing team.
Pole setter Jordan Taylor in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPiV.R would find his race over on lap 18 with a mechanical issue. The issue put a painful end to their championship hopes. For a time, Mazda looked to have a win in its grasp, building a 9 second lead at one point in the race. Harry Tinknell was leading in the No.55 Mazda RT24-P, when attempting to lap the No.52 AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 of Gustavo Yacaman. Things did not go well, and contact was made taking the Mazda out of the chance to win. In a story of persistence wins the race, Pipo Derani and Johannes van Overbeek in the No.22 Tequila Patrón ESM Nissan DPi, after starting in last place, the dynamic duo stayed out of trouble, put their heads down and took the victory. Well, not exactly without trouble. Just 22 minutes into the race van Overbeek pitted, jumping out for Derani. After the third full course caution of the race, Derani spun out on the restart. After getting back on track he worked through the field, putting himself in striking distance. The payoff came from the Tinknel-Yacaman coming together that allowed Derani to take the lead once again and never look back with 35 minutes remaining. It was their first win since the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.
In the GTLM class victory would go to Connor De Phillippi and Alexander Sims in the No.25 BMW M8 GTE, BMW Team RLL. A fuel savings master class was taught by De Phillippi who took up a slow and steady pace to take the checkered flag with only fuel vapors in the tank. He took the lead when the sister No. 24 M8 with John Edwards at the helm had to take fuel with only 7 laps left in the race.
Katherine Legge and Alvaro Parente, in spite of starting from pole position, would have to battle back a few times throughout the race behind the wheel of the No.86 Acura NSX GT3. Parente took over driving duties late in the race and went on a tear to regain first place and gain the victory. The win put Legge within 6 points of her rivals Sellers and Snow as they head to the finale at Road Atlanta. Parente, delivered the win with a demonic charge to the front with 10 minutes remaining overtaking the three drivers in front of him. The Portuguese driver lists a JEEP Wrangler as his daily driver. Guess you can’t judge.
For the entire field it was a story of either luck or disaster. The lucky and determined pushed through for hard fought wins, with others suffering failures or crashes with unkind championship implications. The WeatherTech Sportscar Championship moves on to the final race of the season, the Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta from October 10-13th.
Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca will next host the Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI from September 27-30th.
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#Repost @manueldls19 ・・・ WTR más rápido el viernes en Road America. Jordan Taylor estableció la vuelta más rápida del fin de semana hasta ahora en Road America... Jordan Taylor abrió el camino para Wayne Taylor Racing en la segunda sesión de práctica del Campeonato IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar del viernes en Road America, estableciendo la vuelta más rápida del fin de semana hasta el momento. La vuelta 1: 52.402 de Taylor en el No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R fue la más rápida de la sesión en 0.353 segundos. La mejor vuelta de Oliver Jarvis en la práctica 1 a primera hora del día todavía fue lo suficientemente buena para el segundo mejor tiempo en general en el día en el No. 77 Mazda RT24-P para Mazda Team Joest. La mejor vuelta de Juan Pablo Montoya desde la práctica 2 fue la tercera más rápida para Acura Team Penske, mientras que Robert Alon terminó cuarto en la general en el No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca 07 Gibson. El N ° 22 ESM Nissan Onroak DPi no participó en la sesión de la tarde después de sufrir un gran incendio en el momento de apertura de la práctica 1 con Pipo Derani en los controles. El equipo espera volver a la pista mañana. Ford Mueller conduce GTLM. Dirk Mueller marcó el ritmo en GT Le Mans en el Ford GT No. 66 para Chip Ganassi Racing, con Connor De Phillippi a tan solo 0.079 segundos en el No. 25 Team RLL BMW M8 GTLM. Richard Westbrook lo convirtió en dos Ford en el top-3 en clase en la entrada N ° 67. Después de cronometrar el mejor tiempo en la clase en la práctica de apertura, Andy Lally mostró una vez más en la increíblemente apretada clase GT Daytona, marcando la vuelta más rápida en el No. 44 Magnus Racing Audi R8 LMS. Los cuatro primeros en la clase fueron separados por apenas 0,086 segundos con Patrick Lindsey, Kyle Marcelli y Alessandro Pier Guidi tomando posiciones dos, tres y cuatro para Park Place Motorsports, 3GT Racing y Scuderia Corsa, respectivamente. La práctica 3 está programada para las 8:55 a.m. CDT. SÍGUENOS EN FACEBOOK COMO WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP DR. #IMSA #imsaweathertechsportscarchampionship #ctrrs #roadamerica @roadamerica #waynetaylorracing @waynetaylorracing
3-66-Monk\Ketherine Legge\Tatiana Calderon\McAleer-Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22-Gradiant Racing-1:44.640
4-45-Ashton Harrisson\Kyle Marcelli\Doyle\Formal-Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2-WTTR Andretti-1:44.707
5-78-Spinelli\Mitchell\DeFrancesco\Goikhberg- Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2-Forte Racing-1:44.709
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Na largada tanto Pipo Derani no Cadillac #31 e Felipe Nasr no Porsche 963 #7 largaram bem.
E a primeira batida da corrida colocando bandeira amarela foi da Lamborghini #78 da Forte Racing da GTD
Após a relargada o Acura #10 era o líder na GTP e geral, na LMP2 o carro da Crowdstrike , e nas duas categorias GTD estavam sendo os Lexus da Vasser Sullivan os lideres.
O momento da confusão entre os LMP2
A batida entre um dos Lexus e um carro da LMP2
O Lexus que era o líder da GTD Pró que trouxe mais uma bandeira amarela
Após a relargada la na frente na GTP citando o comentarista da ESPN do Brasil, Edgar Melo Filho “ estava voando pena” , o líder era o Acura #10 com Ricky Taylor , e a disputa estava forte pela 2ª posição entre o Sebastien Bourdais no Cadillac #01 com o Felipe Nasr no Porsche #7.
Momento em que o LMP2 #11 da TDS Racing bateu chamando outra bandeira amarela.
O líder após 4 horas de corrida era o Cadillac #01 com Scott Dixon com o Cadillac #31 agora com Jackie Aitken em segundo.
Uma das varias saídas de pista do Ligier #33 da Sean Cranch Motorsport que trouxeram varias bandeiras amarelas.
Momento em que o Matt Campbell assumia a liderança com o Porsche #7 da equipe de fabrica.
A disputa entre os lideres da GTD , entre a Ferrari 296 GT3 da Cetilar Racing com o Antonio Fuoco e o Koch com a Mercedes AMG GT3.
A disputa do 2º lugar estava entre o Sebastien Bourdais com o Cadillac V Series R #01, e o René Rast com BMW M LMDH V8 #25.
A disputa entre os dois Ford Mustang GT3 da equipe de fabrica
Momento em que o Acura #10 tinha problemas estava parado.
Momento em que houve varias confusões entre um LMP2 e vários carros GTD , inclusive o carro da foto acima da Lamborghini #83 da Iron Dames.
Faltando 15h para o fim da corrida o Cadillac #01 da Cadillac Racing\Chip Ganassi Racing, estava com problemas e teve que abandonar.
Momento da disputa entre o Acura #40 e o Porsche #6 que foi atrapalhada pela Mclaren #9 que era retardatária.
Momento em que o Porsche #6 com Nick Tandy passava o Acura #40 com Jenson Button.
Momento em que o Acura #40 tinha problemas e ia para os boxes
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Momento em que Matt Campbell reassumia a liderança com o Porsche #7
A disputa entre os lideres da GTD a Mercedes #57 da Winward Racing e a Ferrari #023 da Triarze Competizone
O toque entre a BMW #1 da Paul Miller Racing da GTD Pró com a Ferrari #023 da Triarze Competizone que era o 2º colocado na GTD
A disputa pela vitória geral estava bem clara faltando 1h18min seria o Porsche 963 #7 ou o Cadillac V Series R #31 da Whelen Engering Racing.
O momento em que o Cadillac V Series R #31 com o Tom Blonqvist passou Porsche 963 #7 com o Felipe Nasr.