@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialIt was the final IMSA race for Pfaff Motorsports. The Temerario of Andrea Caldarelli, Sandy Mitchell and Franck Perera took the chequered flag in fourth ahead of the Risi Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi, Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialThomas Preining served a drive-through for pushing off King with three hours to go. The Austrian drove back to P2 before a fuel stop on the final lap. The Manthey Porsche of Klaus Bachler, Mathieu Jaminet and Preining was classified in seventh.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialBen Barnicoat, Jack Hawksworth and Kyle Kirkwood went from the lead down to tenth in the final hour, after being warned for failing to adhere to the controlled powertrain parameters and having to pit for fuel coming to the penultimate lap.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialPaul Miller Racing's Dan Harper, Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen finished third, after recovering from a collision with Nikita Johnson, which forced the McLaren into retirement. De Phillippi and Verhagen won the GTD Pro championship.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialMattia Drudi, Valentin Hasse-Clot and Marco Sørensen scored the first GTD Pro victory for Aston Martin squad Car Blanche in the Motul Petit Le Mans ahead of Skeleton Rexy, the AO Racing Porsche of Harry King, Alessio Picariello and Nick Tandy.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialIt was a race to forget for United Autosports USA, as the No. 2 of Goldburg, Lindh and Di Resta and the No. 22 of Phil Fayer, Mikkel Jensen and Hunter McElrea came together not once, but twice. The latter ended up three laps down in ninth.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.social📊 Michelin Endurance Cup - LMP2 drivers' championship season end results 🇺🇸
1⃣ Kurtz / Quinn / Sowery - 52 points
2⃣ Cameron / Edgar / Hyett - 47 (-5)
3⃣ Clarke / Dillmann / Garg - 40 (-12)
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialDane Cameron, Jonny Edgar and PJ Hyett went into the closing stages of the race as Michelin Endurance Cup contenders, before losing championship hopes due to a crash between Cameron and Harry Tincknell. AO Racing finished tenth, 21 laps down.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.social📊 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2 drivers' championship season end results 🇺🇸
1⃣ Kurtz / Quinn - 2322 points
2⃣ Clarke / Dillmann - 2302 (-20)
3⃣ Goldburg - 2127 (-195)
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialJacob Abel, Ferdinand Habsburg and Naveen Rao of Era Motorsport were promoted onto the LMP2 podium, after the late stop dropped Dan Goldburg, Rasmus Lindh and Paul di Resta to sixth. Goldburg still ended up third in the full season standings.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialCrowdStrike Racing by APR had to recover from going one lap down in hour nine, after Dillmann hit the back of Quinn. Their win was crucial for the LMP2 championship and Kurtz, Quinn and Sowery also scored the Michelin Endurance Cup title.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialGeorge Kurtz, Alex Quinn and Toby Sowery claimed victory in LMP2 in the Motul Petit Le Mans by 0.666 seconds over Jeremy Clarke, Tom Dillmann and Bijoy Garg, after Paul di Resta pitted from second place for a splash 'n dash on the final lap.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.social... The Meyer Shank Racing crew fixed the car once more, before Yelloly crashed in Turn 12 and that was the end of the day for him, Palou and Van der Zande.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialAfter the next planned pit stop at the start of hour seven, the No. 93 had trouble on the out lap again, as Nick Yelloly was turned around by the Triarsi Ferrari of Riccardo Agostini ...
@vincentjbruins.bsky.social... The BMW flew into the tire barriers coming to the Esses and Philipp Eng, Magnussen and Marco Wittmann retired from the race, while the Acura lost one lap after a rear end change.
@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialRenger van der Zande was penalized halfway through hour five for pushing off Braun in Turn 10. He then handed the car over to Álex Palou, who left the pits on cold tires and came into contact with Kevin Magnussen ...
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialIt was not the final IMSA race Acura was dreaming of, especially not after locking out the front row for the start. The No. 60 of Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Scott Dixon finished in sixth, while the No. 93 was involved in four incidents.
@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialDespite that, the No. 7 crew took the crown in the Michelin Endurance Cup.
📊 Michelin Endurance Cup - GTP drivers' championship season end results 🇺🇸
1⃣ Andlauer / Heinrich / Nasr - 54 points
2⃣ Aitken / Bamber / Vesti - 43 (-11)
3⃣ Estre / L. Vanthoor - 43 (-11)
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.socialWhile the No. 6 Porsche won, the No. 7 Penske sister car of Julien Andlauer, Laurin Heinrich and Felipe Nasr crashed with one and a half hours to go. Nasr clipped RS1's Jan Heylen coming to Turn 1 and smacked the outside wall whilst airborne.
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@vincentjbruins.bsky.social📊 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTP drivers' championship season end results 🇺🇸
1⃣ Aitken - 3020 points
2⃣ Heinrich - 2859 (-161)
3⃣ Yelloly / Van der Zande - 2723 (-297)
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