A Action Express Racing conquistou no domingo (07/08), a terceira dobradinha consecutiva no IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
A dupla Eric Curran e Dane Cameron venceu em Road America (Elkhart Lake / EUA), a nona etapa da temporada, seguida pelos parceiros de equipe Christian Fittipaldi/João Barbosa. Após 2h40m de prova, os dois Chevrolet Corvette DP receberam a bandeirada separados por apenas 0s626.
Os irmãos Ricky Taylor/Jordan Taylor (Konica Minolta Corvette for Wayne Taylor Chevrolet Corvette DP) completaram o pódio.
A dupla John Pew / Oswaldo Negri Jr. (Michael Shank Racing Honda HPD Ligier JS P2) terminou em quarto, seguida pela dupla que alinhou na pole-position Tristan Nunez / Jonathan Bomarito (Mazda Motorsports Mazda Prototype).
Fittipaldi/Barbosa lideram o campeonato na classe Prototype, a principal da categoria, com 253 pontos, apenas um a mais do que Curran/Cameron. Os irmãos Taylor, em terceiro, somam 243.
Pela classe PC vitória da dupla Robert Alon/Tom Kimber-Smith (Oreca FLM09 PR1).
Pela classe GTLM vitória da dupla Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner (Corvette C7.R Corvette).
A dupla Ben Keating/Jeroen Bleekemolen (Dodge Viper Riley) venceu na classe GTD.
A próxima etapa, sem a presença dos carros das classes Prototype e PC, acontece no Virginia International Raceway, no dia 28 de agosto.
Final:
1 – Cameron/Curran (Coyote-Corvette) – AXRacing – 73 voltas
2 – Fittipaldi/Barbosa (Coyote-Corvette) – AXRacing – 0â€626
3 – R.Taylor/J.Taylor (Dallara-Corvette) – Taylor – 1â€460
4 – Pew/Negri (Ligier JSP2-Honda) – Shank – 18â€283
5 – Bomarito/Nunez (Lola-Mazda) – SpeedSource – 22â€114
6 – Dalziel/Goossens (Coyote-Corvette) – SDR – 34â€499
7 – Alon/Kimber-Smith (Oreca FLM09) – PR1 – 1 volta
8 – Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) – CORE – 1
9 – French/Marcelli (Oreca FLM09) – Perf.Tech – 1
10 – Gutierrez/Yacaman (Oreca FLM09) – Starworks – 1
11 – McMurry/Junqueira (Oreca FLM09) – BAR1 – 1
12 – Legge/Rayhall (DeltaWing DWC13-AER) – Elan – 1
13 – Gavin/Milner (Corvette C7.R) – Corvette – 3
14 – Briscoe/Westbrook (Ford GT) – Ganassi – 3
15 – Luhr/J.Edwards (BMW M6) – Rahal – 3
16 – Bamber/Makowiecki (Porsche 991) – CORE – 3
17 – Fisichella/Vilander (Ferrari 488) – Risi – 3
18 – Garcia/Magnussen (Corvette C7.R) – Corvette – 3
19 – Pilet/Tandy (Porsche 991) – CORE – 3
20 – Auberlen/Werner (BMW M6) – Rahal – 4
21 – Keating/J.Bleekemolen (Dodge Viper) – Riley – 4
22 – Lindsey/Bergmeister (Porsche 991) – ParkPlace – 4
23 – Nielsen/Balzan (Ferrari 458) – Sc.Corsa – 4
24 – Potter/Lally (Porsche 991) – Magnus – 4
25 – Davis/Liddell (Audi R8) – Stevenson – 4
26 – Bell/Aschenbach (Audi R8) – Stevenson – 4
27 – Curtis/Klingmann (BMW M6) – Turner – 4
28 – Sellers/Snow (Lamborghini Huracan) – Miller – 4
29 – Marsal/Palttala (BMW M6) – Turner – 4
30 – Skeen/Knox (Dodge Viper) – LoneStar – 4
31 – MacNeil/Mueller (Porsche 911) – Alex Job – 4
32 – Farnbacher Riberas (Porsche 911) – Alex Job – 4
33 – MacNeil/Jeannette (Porsche 911) – Alex Job – 4
34 – Pumpelly/C.Lewis (Lamborghini Huracan) – Change – 5
35 – Hand/D.Müller (Ford GT) – Ganassi – 6
36 – Popow/van der Zande (Oreca FLM09) – Starworks – 7
37 – Goikhberg/Simpson (Oreca FLM09) – Bar1 – 7
38 – Yount/Mowlem (Oreca FLM09) – Bar1 – 8
39 – Sbirrazzuoli/Persiani (Lamborghini Huracan) – Dream – 29
40 – Bradley/Kvamme (Oreca FLM09) – Starworks – 48
41 – Joel.Miller/T.Long (Lola-Mazda) – SpeedSource – 67