Tuesday 9 May 2017

Round Four Recap of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Review of Round Four of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas.

Wayne Taylor Racing team won the race overall and Prototype class too of Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor in their Cadillac DPi-V.R, Cadillac 6.2 L V8. While, Whelen Engineering Racing finished in second place in their Cadillac DPi-V.R, Cadillac 6.2 L V8; the team of Dane Cameron and Eric Curran; they were nineteen seconds behind the leaders. Meanwhile, Mustang Sampling Racing finished in third place in their Cadillac DPi-V.R, Cadillac 6.2 L V8; the team of João Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi and Filipe Albuquerque; they were twenty seconds behind the leaders.

In Prototype Challenge Class (all teams using Oreca FLM09 race car), Performance Tech Motorsports team won Prototype Challenge Class and finished in sixth place overall; with the drivers of James French and Patricio O'Ward; they were a lap behind the leaders.

In GT Le Mans Class, Corvette Racing team won GT Le Mans Class and finished in seventh place overall in their Chevrolet Corvette C7.R; with the drivers of Antonio García and Jan Magnussen; they were two laps behind the leaders.

In GT Daytona Class, Riley Motorsports - Team AMG won GT Daytona Class and finished in thirteenth place overall in their Mercedes-AMG GT3; with the drivers of Jeroen Bleekemolen and Ben Keating; they were four laps behind the leaders.


Next Stop The Raceway on Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan in four weeks time for Round Five of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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