Pfaff Motorsports took class victory in GTD in the IMSA SportsCars Championship round at Road America, Wisconsin, with Laurens Vanthoor and Zach Robichon taking the lead behind the wheel of their # 9 Porsche 911 GT3-R
Robichon took the lead shortly after the first yellow flag, overtaking Frankie Montecalvo’s # 12 Lexus RC F GT3 Vasser Sullivan after Montecalvo’s teammate Aaron Telitz was forced to serve a penalty for changing lines at the start while setting off from pole position
The Canadian gentleman driver refueled 56 minutes from time. Vanthoor completed the job to slip into victory with a lead of 11.876 seconds. “It was a perfect day”, comments the Limburger, still marked by his traffic accident at the 24H of Spa. “The team did a fantastic job and Zach was sensational in his stint. When I got behind the wheel I just had to finish to win. You have to keep doing that to rush. our luck in the championship. “
The # 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 of Bill Auberlen and Robby Foley regained the championship lead with a second place, ahead of Porschists Patrick Long and Trent Hindman in the # 16 Wright Motorsports 911 GT3-R.
The victory in the general classification and in DPi went to the Cadillac n ° 5 AXR of Nasr-Derani, the American proto ahead of the Mazda n ° 55 of Jarvis-Tincknell and the Cadillac n ° 01 Chip Ganassi of Magnussen-Van der Zande. Porsche triumphs in GTLM with the success of the 911 RSR # 79 WeatherTech by MacNeil-Campbell.
The clean air of Wisconsin smiled on the Belgians as Denis Dupont picked up his first podium of the year in the Michelin Pilot Challenge, taking 2nd place in the TCR at the wheel of the Hyundai Veloster N of Van der Steur Racing.
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