Tuesday 9 August 2016

Round Nine Recap of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Review of Round Nine of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Action Express Racing team won the race overall and Prototype class too of Dane Cameron and Eric Curran in their Coyote Corvette, Chevrolet 5.5L V8. While, the other Action Express Racing team finished second place in their Coyote Corvette, Chevrolet 5.5L V8, the team of João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi; they were six tenths of a second behind the leaders. Meanwhile, Wayne Taylor Racing team finished third place in their Coyote Corvette, Chevrolet 5.5L V8, the team of Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor; they were fifteen tenths of a second behind the leaders.

In Prototype Challenge Class (all teams using Oreca FLM09 race car), PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports team won Prototype Challenge Class and finished in sixth place overall; with the drivers of Robert Alon and Tom Kimber-Smith; they were a lap behind the leaders.

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

In GT Daytona Class, Riley Motorsports team won GT Daytona Class and finished in twenty-first place overall in their Dodge Viper GT3-R; with the drivers of Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ben Keating; they were four laps behind the leaders.

Next Stop Virginia International Raceway in three weeks time for Round Ten of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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