IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship: Renger van der Zande/Ryan Briscoe/Scott Dixon vencem a Petit Le Mans

O trio Renger van der Zande/Ryan Briscoe/Scott Dixon (Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi) venceu a Motul Petit Le Mans, em Road Atlanta, nona etapa da IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. Os trios Helio Castroneves/Ricky Taylor/Alexander Rossi e Juan Pablo Montoya//Dane Cameron/Simon Pagenaud, parceiros no Acura Team Penske, completaram o pódio no geral, e na classe DPi.

Van de Zande assumiu a ponta faltando dez minutos para o final da prova (de dez horas de duração, após um toque entre Pipo Derani (Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering / Lucas Oil Products Cadillac DPi) e Ricky Taylor, em uma disputa pela liderança. A bandeira amarela foi acionada.

Derani ficou preso na caixa de brita, sendo rebocado para voltar Á  pista, e levar o carro para os boxes, onde foi reparado a tempo de voltar para terminar a prova (em quinto lugar em trio com Felipe Nasr e Filipe Albuquerque).

Pela LMP2 vitória do trio John Farano/Mikkel Jensen/Job van Uitert (Tower Motorsport by Starworks Tower Events / Basecamp ORECA LMP2 07).

Pela classe GTLM vitória do trio FredericMakowiecki/Nick Tandy/Matt Campbell (Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19).

Pela classe GTD vitória do trio Cooper MacNeil/Alessandro Balzan/Jeff Westphal (Scuderia Corsa WeatherTech Ferrari 488 GT3).

A próxima etapa, em Laguna Seca, acontece no dia 01 de novembro.

Final:

1 5 DPi 10 Renger van der Zande Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi 460 voltas
2 2 DPi 7 Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Alexander Rossi Acura Team Penske Acura Acura DPi 460
3 1 DPi 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron Simon Pagenaud Acura Team Penske Acura Acura DPi 460
4 7 DPi 5 Joao Barbosa Sebastien Bourdais Loic Duval Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller Motorsports Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi
5 3 DPi 31 Felipe Nasr Pipo Derani Filipe Albuquerque Whelen Engineering Racing Whelen Engineering / Lucas Oil Products Cadillac DPi 458
6 12 LMP2 8 John Farano Mikkel Jensen Job van Uitert Tower Motorsport by Starworks Tower Events / Basecamp ORECA LMP2 07 450
7 11 LMP2 38 James McGuire Matt Bell Colin Braun Performance Tech Motorsports Centeniel Spine / Masson Spine / AIG Tech. / Cardio Access / Ric Man / Justice Brothers / Mothers ORECA LMP2 07 445
8 4 DPi 55 Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Ryan Hunter-Reay Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda DPi 441
9 10 LMP2 51 Austin McClusker Jakub Smiechowski Rob Hodes Inter Europol Competition ORECA LMP2 07 441
10 18 GTLM 911 Frederic Makowiecki Nick Tandy Matt Campbell Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 431
11 13 GTLM 3 Jordan Taylor Antonio Garcia Nicky Catsburg Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R 431
12 15 GTLM 24 John Edwards Jesse Krohn Augusto Farfus BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE 431
13 17 GTLM 4 Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Marcel Fassler Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R 431
14 16 GTLM 912 Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Mathieu Jaminet Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR-19 429
15 6 DPi 77 Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez Olivier Pla Mazda Motorsports Mazda Mazda DPi 427
16 9 LMP2 52 Patrick Kelly Simon Trummer Scott Huffaker PR1 / Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2 07 418
17 20 GTD 63 Cooper MacNeil Alessandro Balzan Jeff Westphal Scuderia Corsa WeatherTech Ferrari 488 GT3 413
18 27 GTD 14 Jack Hawksworth Aaron Telitz Michael de Quesada AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RCF GT3 413
19 29 GTD 44 John Potter Andy Lally Spencer Pumpelly GRT Magnus Flex Box Lamborghini Huracan GT3 413
20 28 GTD 16 Ryan Hardwick Patrick Long Jan Heylen Wright Motorsports 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R 413
21 26 GTD 9 Zacharie Robichon Dennis Olsen Lars Kern Pfaff Motorsports Motul / Pfaff Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R 413
22 24 GTD 57 Alvaro Parente Misha Goikhberg Trent Hindman Heinricher Racing w/ MSR Curb-Agajanian Mobil 1 / TodaQ Acura NSX GT3 413
23 22 GTD 48 Madison Snow Bryan Sellers Corey Lewis Paul Miller Racing Total Lubricants / UIS / Paul Miller Auto Group Lamborghini Huracan GT3 413
24 21 GTD 12 Frankie Montecalvo Townsend Bell Kyle Kirkwood AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RCF GT3 410
25 23 GTD 96 Robby Foley III Bill Auberlen Dillon Machavern Turner Motorsport Liqui Moly BMW M6 GT3 408
26 8 DPi 85 Matheus Leist Gabriel Aubry Chris Miller JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi 406
27 14 GTLM 25 Connor De Phillippi Bruno Spengler Colton Herta BMW Team RLL BMW of North America BMW M8 GTE 399
28 19 GTD 86 Mario Farnbacher Matthew McMurry Shinya Michimi Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian AutoNation / Sirius XM Acura NSX GT3 399
29 31 GTD 23 Ian James Roman DeAngelis Darren Turner Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 297
30 30 GTD 74 Lawson Aschenbach Gar Robinson Ben Keating Riley Motorsports 74 Ranch Resort Mercedes AMG GT3 268
31 25 GTD 30 Rob Ferriol Markus Winkelhock Andrew Davis Team Hardpoint GridRival.com Audi R8 LMS GT3 258