IMSA GTP points leaders Cadillac and BMW crash on the first lap at Road America opening the door in the title fight.
Porsche No. 7 wins its first race of the season, bringing Porsche Penske Motorsport a second victory.Lexus, BMW teams continue to lead the GT ranks despite strong move by Heart of Racing and Aston Martin.
After picking up points for Pipo Derani’s pole, Cadillac’s Action Express Racing team slipped from first to second in the standings, 14 points behind WTR. Alexander Sims crashed the Action Express Cadillac V-Series.R in the morning warm-up that Pipo Derani had put on the pole. After replacing the entire rear section of the prototype, including its hybrid system, the former points leaders started at the rear of the GTP field and finished sixth.
After crunching the numbers on set-up following a miserable practice and so-so qualifying session, the winning No. 7 Porsche became a flyer in the race. Campbell, aided by the problems of the No. 31 Cadillac and the disappearance of the No. 25 BMW, led the field on the re-start after the latter’s crash and was never headed.
Counting on full course cautions due to the new pavement’s challenges, many teams ran pit strategies accordingly, anticipating opportunities to save fuel under yellow that never came. The Miller team, which will move to GTD Pro next season, ran a standard two-stop strategy with Snow starting and finishing the race.
“There was a bit of different strategies going on so it made it interesting,” said Gunn. “And then the last stint was really tough. We really had to look after the fuel, as you saw a lot of people were stopping there at the end. I’m just grateful we got to the end.” “I fought so hard in the first stint to stay on the lead and thanks to the strategy with the team I just had to finish the job at the end,” said Chatin. “So, at the end I took no risks at all just to bring the car back in one piece.”
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