The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 went from a pit lane fire yesterday to the top of the time sheets today in the second practice session for the Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway.
Race Two for GT America powered by AWS at Road America was a straight-forward, green 40-minute sprint. George Kurtz took home his second win of the weekend, giving him three wins in the series. Rob Holland won his third race of the season with today’s Race Two. The 4.
The 20-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship warmup at Road America brought big drama to the polesitting No. 31 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R of Action Express Racing, Alexander Sims looping the car in Turn 13 and backing into the wall, doing heavy damage to the rear.
It was a good day to be a GT polesitter in the IMSA SportsCar weekend at Road America. While the No. 23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 squad had a lot of difficulties in the early part of the season, plus a big crash at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park that required a complete rebuild of .
The clouds seemed to part for just enough time to complete Race 1 for the GT America powered by AWS series at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix. Johnny O’Connell took home his first win of the year in the SRO3 class and Robb Holland made it three wins in a row on the streets of Nashville in GT.