In a storybook ending for Chip Ganassi Racing, the No. 01 Cadillac Racing V-Collection.R of Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande and Scott Dixon got here again from a depressing early race to win Petit Le Mans. With a dramatic dive to the within of Nick Tandy within the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 in Flip 1 with 15m left within the 10-hour race, Renger van der Zande circled what had seemed like a hopeless day to win the final race earlier than CGR exits the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the interim.
So as to add a little bit of last-second drama, the Cadillac, which had run a lot of the night with just one headlight, misplaced it’s headlights utterly with beneath 5m to go. That might have absolutely earned a mechanical black flag, however the lights got here again on shortly thereafter. They continued to go off intermittently, however have been on sufficient to complete the race.
Porsche Penske Motorsports completed second and third, the No. 6 963 ending forward of the No. 7. The third-place end earned the No. 7 squad of Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr, aided by Matt Campbell within the endurance races, the GTP championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup. Cadillac Racing closed the hole to the No. 6 crew, however ultimately fell in need of breaking apart the PPM one-two within the championship.
The No. 11 TDS Racing ORECA and drivers Steven Thomas, Mikkel Jensen and Hunter McElrea dominated LMP2 after the polesitting No. 2 United Autosports ORECA exited the combat in an early-race crash. TDS denying the Riley Motorsports squad their first victory, because the No. 74 of Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga and Josh Burdon completed second, additionally preserved the championship lead for Nick Boulle, Tom Dillmann and Inter Europol by PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports.
Jordan Pepper within the No. 19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 held off a cost by Daniel Serra within the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 to take the GTD PRO victory for himself, Frank Perera and Mirko Bortolotti. The No. 23 Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Ross Gunn, Alex Riberas and Roman De Angelis completed third, which wasn’t sufficient to wrest the title from Laurin Heinrich and AO Racing.
The No. 77 AO Racing Porche 911 GT3R had a tough race, encountering {an electrical} situation that affected shifting. Fixing the issue put the automobile down six laps and Heinrich, with Michael Christensen and Julien Andlauer, completed eleventh. Had Gunn been in a position to take second within the race, the championship would have been his. Ultimately, the factors from Saturday’s qualifying the place Heinrich scored pole made the distinction.
Conquest Racing was a shock winner in GTD, Albert Costa Balboa profiting from a late warning to get the No. 34 Ferrari 296 into place to assault Loris Spinelli within the No. 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracan and earn victory for himself, Manny Franco and Cedric Sbirrazzuoli. Winward Racing took the championship with Russell Ward and Philip Ellis and, together with Indy Dontje, the Michelin Endurance Cup, with a ninth-place end.
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