It was a magical Saturday at Lime Rock Park for Aston Martin, the Heart of Racing Team, and its team principal, Ian James.
The Heart of Racing saw its overall tally of IMSA race wins jump from nine to 11 in the course of Saturday afternoon’s 2-hour, 40-minute contest. The final 48 minutes ran caution free, setting up tense battles down the stretch in both classes. “Finally today, everything came our way,” added Riberas, a five-time winner in IMSA. “Ross drove phenomenal, and at the end, it was all about managing the tires. I think we were all struggling to keep the car underneath, and we did enough to bring home the first win of the year.”
The winning Heart of Racing Team, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of drivers Roman De Angelis, Marco Sorensen cruises to the finish line at Lime Rock.It was a similar story in GTD, where Sorensen was pursued but never passed by a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R s—the No. 92 fielded by Kellymoss with Riley and driven by Alec Udell and Julien Andlauer, and No. 77 Wright Motorsports with drivers Alan Brynjolfsson and Trent Hindman—with Andlauer closing to within 0.555 seconds at the checkered flag.