Tuesday 26 July 2016

Round Eight Recap of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Review of Round Eight of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Lime Rock Park, on the outskirts of Salisbury, Connecticut.

Starworks Motorsport team won the race overall and Prototype Challenge Class (all teams using Oreca FLM09 race car) too with the team of Alex Popow and Renger van der Zande. While, PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports team finished second place with the team of Robert Alon and Tom Kimber-Smith; they were eight tenths of a second behind the leaders. Meanwhile, Performance Tech Motorsports team finished third place with the team of Kyle Marcelli and James French; they were a lap behind the leaders.

In GT Le Mans Class, Corvette Racing team won GT Le Mans Class and finished in fifth place overall in their Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; with the drivers of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner; they were two laps behind the leaders.

In GT Daytona Class, Magnus Racing team won GT Daytona Class and finished in eleventh place overall in their Audi R8 LMS; with the drivers of John Potter and
Andy Lally; they were seven laps behind the leaders.

While Prototype Class did not participate for this race.

Next Stop Road America in two weeks time for Round Nine of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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