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07-14-2014, 12:04 AM
Tony DiZinno
After coming close all year, the No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan Nissan finally broke through in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship for its first win of the year. Drivers Gustavo Yacaman and Olivier Pla led flag-to-flag from Yacaman’s pole position to secure the win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix.
Richard Westbrook’s late pass of Jordan Taylor netted Watkins Glen winners Spirit of Daytona second place in the No. 90 Corvette DP over the fellow Corvette DP, the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry. Westbrook co-drove with Michael Valiante; Taylor with older brother Ricky.
The GT Le Mans class also saw domination, with Corvette Racing’s No. 3 pair of Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia winning their fourth straight race in their Corvette C7.R. Magnussen has his sixth win at the former Mosport circuit; Garcia his first.
The Dodge Viper SRT GTS-Rs finished second and third for the second race running, although this time the No. 93 of Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito finished ahead of the sister No. 91 of Dominik Farnbacher and Marc Goossens. Bomarito made a late run at Garcia through traffic, but was unable to catch the Spaniard.
Meanwhile in GT Daytona, the polesitting No. 33 Riley Motorsports Viper Exchange Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R took its first win of the year with drivers Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ben Keating.
Bleekemolen made a late race pass of Kevin Estre in the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America; Estre having been banged at Turn 3 by Michael Christensen in the factory, CORE autosport-run No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR in the GT Le Mans category.
That Porsche-on-Porsche violence allowed Bleekemolen through on the inside, while Estre was stuck in second. He co-drove with Patrick Lindsey.
Despite a penalty, Turner Motorsport rebounded to third with Dane Cameron and Markus Palttala in the No. 94 BMW Z4 GT3.
The race ran caution-free, the third such TUDOR Championship race to do so this year after the Prototype/GT Le Mans classes put on caution-free events at Long Beach and Monterey, respectively.
The P, GTLM and GTD classes race next at Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 25, with the PC class also back in action that race.
After coming close all year, the No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan Nissan finally broke through in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship for its first win of the year. Drivers Gustavo Yacaman and Olivier Pla led flag-to-flag from Yacaman’s pole position to secure the win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix.
Richard Westbrook’s late pass of Jordan Taylor netted Watkins Glen winners Spirit of Daytona second place in the No. 90 Corvette DP over the fellow Corvette DP, the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing entry. Westbrook co-drove with Michael Valiante; Taylor with older brother Ricky.
The GT Le Mans class also saw domination, with Corvette Racing’s No. 3 pair of Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia winning their fourth straight race in their Corvette C7.R. Magnussen has his sixth win at the former Mosport circuit; Garcia his first.
The Dodge Viper SRT GTS-Rs finished second and third for the second race running, although this time the No. 93 of Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito finished ahead of the sister No. 91 of Dominik Farnbacher and Marc Goossens. Bomarito made a late run at Garcia through traffic, but was unable to catch the Spaniard.
Meanwhile in GT Daytona, the polesitting No. 33 Riley Motorsports Viper Exchange Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R took its first win of the year with drivers Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ben Keating.
Bleekemolen made a late race pass of Kevin Estre in the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT America; Estre having been banged at Turn 3 by Michael Christensen in the factory, CORE autosport-run No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR in the GT Le Mans category.
That Porsche-on-Porsche violence allowed Bleekemolen through on the inside, while Estre was stuck in second. He co-drove with Patrick Lindsey.
Despite a penalty, Turner Motorsport rebounded to third with Dane Cameron and Markus Palttala in the No. 94 BMW Z4 GT3.
The race ran caution-free, the third such TUDOR Championship race to do so this year after the Prototype/GT Le Mans classes put on caution-free events at Long Beach and Monterey, respectively.
The P, GTLM and GTD classes race next at Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 25, with the PC class also back in action that race.