We go onboard for the time being wit the #74 Mercedes and now watch, in the lead, the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac for JDC-Miller Motorsports. The #3 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R is in the pit lane for scheduled service. These boys are the championship winning team in the GT Le Mans class in the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Championship. Sebastien Bourdais leads Olivier Pla by 6.5 seconds. Simon Trummer leads LMP2 over Patrick Byrne in the #38 Performance Tech Motorsports car. They may stay in LMP2 or go to LMP3 next year. David Heinemeier Hanson is third in class. Tommy Milner, in the #4 Corvette C8.R, his team mate, Oliver Gavin, has had a great run, and is the most successful driver in Corvette Racing history. It is his final full-time drive.
A banner under the bridge at Sunset Bend, that says Thanks For The Memories, Ollie. Thanks for the memories indeed, Oliver. The IMSA paddock won't be the same without you, buddy. Sebastien Bourdais has done his stint and he needs to cool off after a mega sized stint. Tristan Vautier is in the #5 Cadillac, the Mustang Sampling car, leading the motor race. The drivers are spent after their stints because of the heat and humidity at Sebring Raceway. Physically, Sebastien Bourdais says he is in good shape. Bourdais won here at Sebring in 2014. In GT Le Mans, the fight continues. Nick Tandy and Connor De Philippi stil are pushing. Meantime, we watch a replay of all this unfolding. This is indeed a replay of what we saw earlier.
Nothing has been decided yet for the championship in DPi. One point separates the #7 Acura and the #10 Cadillac, and six points back to the #31 Cadillac. The sun is beginning to fade, beginning to set, giving the iconic corner at Sebring, Sunset Bend, it's name. Mazda's are running second and fourth. We have Tristan Nunez in the #77 and Harry Tincknell in the #55 car. Harry Tincknell and Jonathan Bomarito are running well. Their summer was iffy, but lately, they've shown a lot of promise. Pit stop time for the #85 JDC-Miller Cadillac, "The Banana Boat". It exits the pit lane and is back on track.
Tristan Nunez aboard the #77 Mazda is second in the running ordwer behind Tristan Vautier. Stay fl,at through turn one. Ease off the throttle through to turn two. There is a Corvette in the way, and now through the eses. That's the first half of the lap anyway. Now, we move to the outside of thre Acura NSX GT3 into the The Tower Turn. Onto the back straight, the Ulmann Straight, and then into the finnal corner in Sunset Bend. We see the #7 Acura for Team Penske in the lane. Helio Castroneves out, and Alexander Rossi into the car. They are back in the fight.
Rossi is now at the wheel of the #7 Acura and they are going for a championship. The lights are on, and this is going to be a long night as the darkness is coming. Four hours and 20 minutes left on the board. During the commercial, we saw Harry Tincknell give a swipe to Lawson Aschenbach in the #74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes. Thump. He didn't realize that the Mazda was there. Yellow headlights on the GT Daytona cars but white on the prototypes and the GT Le Mans cars. Felipe Nasr is pushing for the top three. Nasr wants to pass.
Night has come, with four hours and 15 minutes left on the board. Pipo Derani says this race is crazy and the Action Express team, are focused on winning the race, and possibly the championship. Penske and Wayne Taylor Racing still have a chance to win as well. It is not over yet. It is now totally dark at Sebring. Pitch dark, everywhere. Felipe Nasr pits the #31 Whelen Cadillac. The temperature and humidity have been a factor today. It's still hot and no rain. The humidity will hang in the air.
The #74 Riley Motorsports Mercedes is also in pit lane. They could contend in GT Daytona and so will the #86 MSR Acura. Mario Farnbacher is in the car again now. We are eight hours now into this motor race with just about four lewft to run. We see the #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin in the lane for service.
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