IMSA: WTR leads Acura 1-2 finish at Laguna Seca

Wayne Taylor Racing won Sunday’s Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship at Laugina Seca Raceway, fending off fellow Acura team Meyer Shank Racing.

Filipe Albuquerque took the No. 10 Acura ARX-05 to a 1.080-second win over Tom Blomqvist’s Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05.

The No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac of Pipo Derani and Tristan Nunez completed the podium in third, followed by Tristan Nunez and Richard Westbrook in the No. 5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac.

LMP2

LMP2 class was won by the No. 8 Tower Motorsport duo of Louis Deletraz and John Farano.

Deletraz passed the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen entry of 16-year-old Josh Pierson for the class lead in the final hour and crossed the line 23.211 seconds ahead of the No. 18 Era Motorsport car of Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman despite an early race spin for the Bronze-rated driver.

The No. 81 DragonSpeed Oreca of Juan Pablo Montoya and Hendrik Hedman completed the podium.

GTD Pro and GTD Classes

Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell won in GTD Pro for Pfaff Motorsports.

Campbell took his No. 9 Porsche 911 GT3 R to a 31.896-second win over the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat.

The No. 25 Team RLL BMW M4 GT3 of Connor De Phillippi and John Edwards completed the class podium in third.

The IMSA neutered Corvette factory entry of Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia, which entered the weekend as the GTD Pro points leaders, finished fourth in class. Having been neutered by IMSA, they had zero chance to win

Wright Motorsports won in GTD, thanks to a late-race pass by Jan Heylen on Bill Auberlen for the class win.

Heylen drove the No. 16 Porsche to a 5.517-second victory over the No. 39 CarBahn with Peregrine Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo of Jeff Westphal.

RESULTS

Pos

Pic

No.

Class

Drivers*

Team

Vehicle

Laps

Behind/Gap

1

1

10

DPi

R. Taylor F. Albuquerque

Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05

Acura DPi

117

– –

2

2

60

DPi

O. Jarvis T. Blomqvist

Meyer Shank Racing W/Curb-Agajanian

Acura DPi

117

1.080 1.080

3

3

31

DPi

P. Derani T. Nunez

Whelen Engineering Racing

Cadillac DPi

117

26.744 25.664

4

4

5

DPi

T. Vautier / R. Westbrook

JDC Miller MotorSports

Cadillac DPi

117

33.375 6.631

5

5

02

DPi

E. Bamber / A. Lynn

Cadillac Racing

Cadillac DPi

116

1 Lap 1 Lap

6

1

8

LMP2

J. Farano L. Deletraz

Tower Motorsport

ORECA LMP2 07

114

3 Laps 2 Laps

7

2

18

LMP2

D. Merriman R. Dalziel

Era Motorsport

ORECA LMP2 07

114

3 Laps 23.211

8

3

81

LMP2

H. Hedman J. Montoya

DragonSpeed USA

ORECA LMP2 07

113

4 Laps 1 Lap

9

4

52

LMP2

J. Pierson P. Kelly

PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports

ORECA LMP2 07

113

4 Laps 6.745

10

5

11

LMP2

S. Thomas J. Bomarito

PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports

ORECA LMP2 07

113

4 Laps 25.616

11

6

20

LMP2

D. Andersen A. Fjordbach

High Class Racing

ORECA LMP2 07

113

4 Laps 11.726

12

1

9

GTDPRO

M. Campbell / M. Jaminet

Pfaff Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

107

10 Laps 6 Laps

13

2

14

GTDPRO

J. Hawksworth / B. Barnicoat

VasserSullivan

Lexus RC F GT3

107

10 Laps 31.896

14

3

25

GTDPRO

C. De Phillippi / J. Edwards

BMW M Team RLL

BMW M4 GT3

107

10 Laps 1.221

15

4

3

GTDPRO

A. Garcia / J. Taylor

Corvette Racing

Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD

107

10 Laps 1.442

16

1

16

GTD

R. Hardwick J. Heylen

Wright Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

107

10 Laps 18.677

17

2

39

GTD

R. Megennis J. Westphal

CarBahn with Peregrine Racing

Lamborghini Huracan GT3

107

10 Laps 5.517

18

3

96

GTD

R. Foley B. Auberlen

Turner Motorsport

BMW M4 GT3

107

10 Laps 0.037

19

5

23

GTDPRO

R. Gunn A. Riberas

Heart of Racing Team

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

107

10 Laps 1.460

20

4

1

GTD

B. Sellers M. Snow

Paul Miller Racing

BMW M4 GT3

107

10 Laps 1.795

21

5

32

GTD

D. Mueller S. McAleer

Team Korthoff Motorsports

Mercedes-AMG GT3

107

10 Laps 0.478

22

6

42

GTD

M. Holzer J. Conwright

NTE/SSR

Lamborghini Huracan GT3

107

10 Laps 2.275

23

6

79

GTDPRO

C. MacNeil / D. Juncadella

WeatherTech Racing

Mercedes-AMG GT3

107

10 Laps 0.014

24

7

27

GTD

R. De Angelis / M. Martin

Heart of Racing Team

Aston Martin Vantage GT3

107

10 Laps 3.257

25

8

12

GTD

F. Montecalvo A. Telitz

VasserSullivan

Lexus RC F GT3

107

10 Laps 8.750

26

9

28

GTD

M. de Quesada / D. Morad

Alegra Motorsports

Mercedes-AMG GT3

106

11 Laps 1 Lap

27

10

99

GTD

R. Ferriol / K. Legge

Team Hardpoint

Porsche 911 GT3R

106

11 Laps 21.202

28

11

34

GTD

K. Washington J. Sofronas

GMG Racing

Porsche 911 GT3R

105

12 Laps 1 Lap

29

12

51

GTD

R. Eversley A. Read

Rick Ware Racing

Acura NSX GT3

103

14 Laps 2 Laps

30

13

70

GTD

B. Iribe F. Schandorff

inception racing

McLaren 720S GT3

45

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