Rennsport One’s John Capestro-Dubets controlled Smooge Racing’s Tyler Gonzalez on the final lap at the front of Turn 5. After many contacts, Capestro-Dubets took the lead and held on to win the Pirelli GT4 America SprintX. No race. 2 at Road America on Sunday (Aug. 18).
“It was an amazing moment,” Capestro-Dubets told SRO America’s DJ Clark in win lane. “They did a little physical exercise for us, but we stayed in the fight. “
Capestro-Dubets and Filguerias margin of victory 0. 539 seconds over González and Corey Lewis. Roman deAngelis and Gray Newell of The Heart of Racing were third, followed by Jonathan Neudorf and Johan Schwartz of TechSport Racing. Austin and Roland Krainz at the time Porsche Rennsport One finished fifth.
Capestro-Dubets and Filguerias won the silver medal ahead of González and Lewis. Hannah Greenemeier and Hannah Grisham of The Heart of Racing finished third, followed by Demi Chalkias and Jake Cowden of JMF Motorsport. AutoTechnic Racing’s Zac Anderson and Colin Garrett were a distant fifth.
AutoTechnic Racing’s Zac Anderson started on pole in his BMW, followed by Saturday’s winner Kenton Koch. As on Saturday, Koch was competitive in his preference to move forward.
Three laps into the race, Koch controlled to pass Anderson exiting Turn 3 and controlled to pass Anderson to take the overall race lead into Turn 5. Filguerías attempted to catch up with him, but he pulled away. side.
Pro-Am leader Kay van Berlo, seventh, inserted himself into the discussion with a move into Turn 6 that propelled him into second place. Subsequently, van Berlo managed to overtake Koch and take the lead in the general classification.
Just as the pit window opened, Rigid Speed’s Lucas Catania cut off his front left tyre. Instead of returning to the pits, Catania quickly returned. As a result, the tire shredded and covered the track in debris.
All the leaders came to make their stops to replace the drivers. Almost after the stops, the security vehicle went out to clear all the debris.
Curt Swearingin won the outdoor pit race in the ACI Motorsports Porsche, but Kevin Boehm was able to get around him outdoors at Turn 1. The yellow came out before the teams exited Turn 1. At first, Swearingin awarded the overall standings. However, after the review, Boehm allowed himself to occupy the most sensible place.
When the yellow light came out, six cars that passed through Michael Cooper of Blackdog Speed Shop had still pitted. They made their mandatory stops under yellow and fell at the end of the order.
When the race resumed, Boehm was in the lead, but Swearingin tried to regain the lead from the outside. This resolution did not come to fruition, but it opened the door for Colin Garrett of AutoTechnic Racing. Contact was made and Swearingin accelerated into the gravel at the turn. 1.
Swearingin has taken advantage of the rains that have fallen during the last 3 days to free himself from the trap and continue. However, he fell to the back of the pack. Garrett received a driving ticket for causing the incident and ultimately finished 19th overall.
Less than a lap later, LA Precision Racing’s Alexandra Hainer spun and hit the wall under braking at Turn 14 after making contact with BimmerWorld Racing’s James Clay. This twist of fate brought out some other protection cars. Hainer came out fine and walked away from the incident, but not his Supra.
Just before Hainer’s accident, SRO America officials imposed a penalty on Boehm for overtaking for rushing into the pit lane. This is anything that can be served under the yolk.
The race resumed with just under five minutes remaining. Capestro-Dubets tried to take the lead, but Boehm managed to stop him. This gave González a replacement to get around Capestro-Dubets. This pass was made on lap 8.
On the final lap, Capestro-Dubets made a big move in turn five to take over the position. There was a lot of contact between the two, but Capestro-Dubets managed to take the lead. From there, Capestro-Dubets held on.
Boehm opted to avoid the penalty and received a time penalty after the race that dropped him back to 20th overall.
In Pro-Am, BimmerWorld’s Tyler McQuarrie took the pole in his elegance for this race on Saturday, but had to start from the back after extensive maintenance was required due to a crash on the first lap on Saturday. That gave the pole of elegance to the truck. Berlo.
Van Berlo was able to take the lead in the overall standings before the mandatory stops. Teammate Swearingin was beaten on the exit of Turn 1 and lost the lead before the first yellow flag, but then fell at the restart.
The incident brought deAngelis to the forefront of elegance in his Aston Martin. From there, he managed to keep himself at bay to achieve his first elegant victory of the year and that of Gray Newell.
DeAngelis and Newell’s margin of victory was 3. 479 seconds over Neudorf and Schwartz. The Krainz were third, followed by Damir Hot and Andy Lee of Flying Lizard Motorsports in their Nissan. RENNtech Motorsports’ Michael Auriemma and Matheus Leist finished fifth.
In Am, BimmerWorld Racing’s Charlie Postins started from pole to 15th overall and temporarily moved up to 12th. These first movements put distance between him and the rest of the Am class.
Postins’ time in the lead was short-lived, as NOLAsport’s Lee Carpentier was able to take the lead and pull away from the pack. However, Carpentier stayed away for too long and burned the debris warning.
Once Carpentier stopped, Rotek Racing’s Robb Holland found himself in the lead. With chaos reigning over the final two restarts, Holland was able to climb in order and score the weekend win for himself and Jaden Lander.
Holland and Lander finished ninth overall. His margin of victory was 9. 631 seconds over Nick Shanny and Chris Walsh of Carrus Callus Raceteam. KRUGSPEED’s Lance Bergstein and Anthony Geraci were third, while Carpentier and David Peterman recovered from their bad luck with the first generation of protective cars in fourth. Marc and Tyler Sharinn finished fifth in their Aston Martin.
The Pirelli GT4 America SprintX groupsets will be absent for the next two weeks. The eleventh race of 2024 will take place at Barber Motorsports Park on September 7. The policy will be broadcast at 6 p. heures. ET on the GT World YouTube channel and on SpeedSport1.
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