New and fourth success in a row but this time really lucky in the US Endurance Championship of the IMSA, for the GM Corvette team this weekend on the Virginia, where in the absence of the prototypes, only the GTs were driving!
And it is that of the duo, Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor which triumphs and wins over the VIR, the Virginia International Raceway.
Their Corvette clinches the fourth straight win since the start of the season, thanks to the problems of the Porsche team.
IMSA 2020 VIRGINIA – La BMW RLL seconde
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But Antonio Garcia was hot at the very end of the race, encountering a problem at the bottom of his C8R which saw him cross the finish line at a reduced pace.
However, the glitches spared no one and in particular the Porsche team …
Antonio Garcia at the wheel of his C8R took the lead just under twenty minutes from the checkered flag, when Nick Tandy, then in command of the 911 he shares with Frenchman Frédéric Makowiecki, suffered a puncture. losing a race that it should logically win!
As for the sister car, the 912 from Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor, it was second behind the 911 for a long time, before being delayed by a problem with the diffuser following contact with the BMW M8 GTE N ° 25. As a result, it only finishes 5th at 3 laps.
In GT Daytona, historic success of Bill Auberlen, associated with Robby Foley on Turner’s BMW M6.
At 51, the Californian, who has always been linked to the Bavarian brand, won his 61st IMSA success this Sunday, becoming the most victorious driver of all time.
IMSA 2020 VIRGINIA 61 th SUCCESS FOR BILL AUBERLEN AND HIS BMW
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Second place for the Acura NSX GT3 of the Farnbacher-McMurry tandem, the third going to the Lamborghini of Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow.
Peter GRISWOLD
Photos : IMSA
IMSA 2020 VIRGINIA – The victorious CORVETTE
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RACE CLASSIFICATION
1 – Garcia/Taylor (Chevrolet Corvette C8.R) Corvette – 85 tours
2 – Spengler / De Phillippi (BMW M8 GTE) RLL, à 3”521
3 – Tandy / Makowiecki (Porsche 911 RSR – 19) Porsche, à 4”200
4 – Gavin / Milner (Chevrolet Corvette C8.R) Corvette, at 1’10″860
5 – Auberlen / Foley (BMW M6 GT3) Turner, at 2 tours
6 – Farnbacher/McMurry (Acura NSX GT3) Michael Shank, à 2 tours
7 – Robinson/Aschenbach (Mercedes-AMG GT3) Riley, à 2 tours
8 – Telitz/Hawksworth (Lexus RC F GT3) AIM, à 2 tours
9 – Hardwick/Long (Porsche 911 GT3R) Wright, à 2 tours
10 – Parente / Goikhberg (Acura NSX GT3) Heinricher, à 2 tours
11 – Potter / Lally (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) GRT, 2 laps
12 – James / De Angelis (Aston Martin Vantage GT3) HeartOfRacing, at 2 tours
13 – Montecalvo/Bell (Lexus RC F GT3) AIM, à 2 tours
14 – Bamber / Vanthoor (Porsche 911 RSR – 19) Porsche, à 3 tours
15 – Bechtolsheimer/Miller (Acura NSX GT3) Gradient, à 4 tours
16 – Fergus/Holton (McLaren 720S GT3) Compass, à 11 tours
17 – Krohn / Edwards (BMW M8 GTE) RLL, à 19 tours
18 – MacNeil / Vilander (Ferrari 488 GT3) Scuderia Corsa, à 30 tours
19 – Ferriol/Pumpelly (Audi R8 LMS GT3) Hardpoint, à 58 tours
20 – Sellers/Snow (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) Miller, à 2 tours
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