Chaotic WeatherTech Race Finish
While most of Petit Le Mans was run under green flag conditions, the race ended behind the safety car after a controversial coming together between two DPi class contenders and a secondary incident with another car off course.
Contact between Ricky Taylor’s Acura and Pipo Derani’s Cadillac at Turn 6 knocked them both out of win contention and promoted the No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R of Renger van der Zande, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon to an unexpected overall victory. It’s their second in three Michelin Endurance Cup races this year (Rolex 24 At Daytona), and snaps the No. 7 Acura car’s three-race win streak.
Meanwhile Porsche and Ferrari got on the board with their first two wins of the season in the GT classes. This means 14 of the 17 automotive brands in IMSA have won at least once in either the WeatherTech Championship or MICHELIN Pilot Challenge this season.
Porsche GT Team claimed the first U.S. race win for its the Porsche 911 RSR-19, shared by Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki and Matt Campbell in GT Le Mans. Scuderia Corsa Ferrari won GT Daytona with Alessandro Balzan, Cooper MacNeil and Jeff Westphal.
Tower Motorsport by Starworks won the four-car LMP2 class with two series debutantes (Job van Uitert, Mikkel Jensen) and veteran John Farano.