TThe fierce battles in GT Daytona, continue. The same in GTLM. Corvette #3 gets tangled up with an LMP2 car, the #52 PR1/Mathiasen car. The #3 car ca, in for new tires. Nicky Catsburg gets tipped by Patrick Kelly. Catsburg did not want to give up a place to a car that he wasn't even racing again, and there was almost a collision with the sister #4 Corvette C8.R, Marcel Fassler at the controls. Full Course Yellow. No suspension damage to the #3 Corvette C8.R. Half the race is gone, and the championships are going to come down to the wire. A lot has gone down in these opening six odd hours. It sounds like the #7 Acura might be in the fight once again. We are now back to green. Mattheus Leist pits the #85 Cadillac as Scott Dixon is being hounded by both Penske Acura's. Juan Pablo Montoya takes the lead of the motor race.
The surprise of this weekend has been the #5 Mustang Sampling JDC-Miller Cadillac for Sebastien Bourdais, Loic Duval, and Tristan Vautier. Scott Dixon heads for the pit lane in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Konica Minolta Cadillac. In GT Daytona, it is a fair fight between Jan Heylen and Corey Lewis in the esses. Keep digging. Keep pushing. Wright Motorsports has not won a race this year, if there was a win count back. But, the battle is on the road at the moment, look. Third, is the #63 Scuderia Corsa WeatherTech Ferrari.
We have just an hour of daylight left, before the darkness falls here at Sebring. Championships are on the line. This is going to be a wild race and it still isn't over. We continue to watch the scrap in GT Daytona. A drive through penalty has been announced for the #10 Cadillac for passing under yellow. Renger van der Zande is in the #10 Cadillac. In GT Daytona, meantime, we see Marc Miller ahead of the GRT Grasser Lamborghini. But these are not the class leaders. Corey Lewis, Jan Heylen, and Jeff Westphal, they are the top three in GT Daytona.
Scott Dixon says that he went through a hellish double stint. There was no way for the #77 Mazda to take the corner, and Dixon got clag all over his tires. He does not believe it was the fault of the WTR team. We watch a scrap between the two Mazda's, #55 and #77. No air conditioning in the #10 Cadillac either. A pass for position as Gabby Chaves moves around Juan Pablo Montoya. Dixon is boiling physically, because of losing a cool suit and having the air conditioning not working. Corey Lewis got loose and Jan Heylen has moved to the lead. The GT Daytona points between Meyer Shank Racing and Wright Motorsports, are now tied.
Sebastien Bourdais is the overall race leader at this juncture. The sunlight is beginning to fade. The championships are on the line, and it's incredible to see Sebring as the finale, as it is already a blue ribbon event of sports car endurance racing. Nick Tandy is still leading the motor race in GT Le Mans. This is their final fling before taking their leave for a good while or so it seems. The works Porsche team has been around since 2014. They are based in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Their livery is beautiful and is called Red, White, and Thank You.
Connor De Philippi has been a bit miffed with Nick Tandy. Cadillac #31 in the lane. A driver changes, and it seems Felipe Nasr will replace Gabby Chaves in the car. Felipe Nasr is also an avid fisherman. The shadows lengthen, easing into a central Florida evening. In the darkness, this motor race will come alive. Wright Motorsports leads Meyer Shank Racing in GT Daytona by a mere two points. Juan Pablo Montoya is chasing Sebastien Bourdais for the lead of the motor race. Olivier Pla, Jonathan Bomarito, and Felipe Nasr, they are the next ones in the serial, in the top five.
Patrick Long is a three-time IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Champion, going for four. Wright Motorsports is a first-year team in IMSA of course. Tristan Nunez and Mazda are third with the #77 car, in the hands of Olivier Pla right now. Sebastien Bourdais, the Florida-based Frenchman is leading the motor race right now. Porsche #911 is in the lane for service. What gorgeous weather it has been here at Sebring, even though we are racing here in November instead of March. Sebastien Bourdais, continues to lead. We are on the edge of darkness. Bourdais/Vautier/Duval, that trio, is in front. They lead Juan Pablo Montoya by 4.5 seconds.
The Cadillac is very suitable for this track. It is very compliant over the bumps. The car is more drivable and easier on it's tires, than the other cars. There is an art to save fuel and also to drive fast. Again. NBC Sports' A.J. Allmendinger, he is aiming for running with Meyer Shank Racing with one of the Acura ARX-05's next year. Meantime, the #16 Wright Motorsports Porsche is in the lane for tires, fuel, and a driver change. Jan Heylen out, and Patrick Long, in. They were Best Men at each other's weddings, and they also were go karting buddies in Europe.
Darren Turner in the Aston Martin and Marc Miller, in the Aston Martin and the Mercedes, they are scrapping hard for second in the GT Daytona class. They will step up to LMP3 which will run in 2021 with the rest of the WeatherTech Championship field instead of being exclusively in it's own championship series. Pit stop time for the #10 WTR Cadillac and the #44 Flexi Box (Flex Box) Magnus Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3. BMW M8 GTE #25 is also in pit lane. Also, we can see Nick Tandy in the #911 and the #24 BMW M8 GTE of Jesse Krohn, in a major battle. Elbows out, and perhaps some argy bargy between these two. No love lost between Stuttgart and Munich. The #63 Scuderia Corsa WeatherTech Ferrari in the lane for service and a driver change as Lawson Aschenbach steps into the #74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes AMG GT3.
Also, the #96 Turner Motorsports BMW M6 GT3 is in the lane as well. In 1995, Bill Auberlen won his class here at Sebring, and in 1985, his father Gary Auberlen also won. He cannot be here as he had the Coronavirus, but then, tested negative for it. Earl Bamber in the lane for the #912 machine, and he is back into the lane, staying in the car. They want their third consecutive win after they had a tough year, and have now won in class in GTLM in the last two races. Jesse Krohn, meantime, has gone around the Porsche. Krohn makes the pass in Sunset Bend, and there's some contact between the Porsche and the BMW.
Colton Herta came to the BMW to change the water bottle, even though it looked like he'd get in the car.
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