Welcome back, everyone, for the final competitive race of the weekend, as we bring you the second and final event of SRO GT World Challenge America at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Fanatec GT World Challenge America has arrived deep in the heart of Texas, the Lone Star state capital is a destination for music fans, for food, and for motor racing with Circuit of the Americas. This is the third stop of a seven-weekend calendar that will culminate in the fall with the Indianapolis 8 Hours at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Our coverage will not end here. Tomorrow, after much consideration and also keeping track of all of these other SRO races, I shall indeed bring you the full race of the Pirelli GT4 America 3-hour enduro that took place last night on Saturday evening. Trust me, you won't want to miss it. I am very excited to tell you the whole story of that event.
In the meantime, we focus on the GT3 machines and yesterday's 90-minute contest saw a breakthrough victory, for the first time ever, anywhere globally, for the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and it was the #63 DXDT Corvette of Tommy Milner and Alec Udell that won race one here at Circuit of the Americas, yesterday. What will the other 14 contenders have to say about that? You know that the other drivers, teams, and cars, will be gunning for that Corvette and the Milner/Udell duo. This includes the sister DXDT Corvette, under the same tent, the #08 entry in the hands of Bryan Sellers and Scott Smithson. Normally, I would give you a handful of cars to watch for in some of these SRO GTWC America races.
This weekend, I believe, we have had a full field, a full 15 cars, that are all competitive, and all capable of going for a victory. The GT3 field is absolutely stacked. Once again, we never did see the Porsche 992 GT3R #92, the MMG Porsche of the Canadian duo of Jean-Frederic Laberge and former Champ Car and IndyCar racer Alexandre Tagliani. Will that car show up at any point this season in 2024? I guess we will just need to wait and find out. We have seven global manufacturers racing with us here at Circuit of the Americas. Yeehaw!
Who will be all hat and no cattle? Who will be tougher than a two-dollar steak? Saddle up, ladies and gentlemen. It is time to go racing in Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS, with our buddies Ryan Myrehn and Calvin Fish in the booth and Amanda Busick in the pit lane. Tommy Milner and Alec Udell put a feather in their hat with a victory yesterday and the first global victory for the new GT3 Corvette. Also, we must watch ST Racing and specifically, the pole car, the #38 BMW M4 GT3 of Samantha Tan and Neil Verhagen, who won the Pro-Am class yesterday. We have a BMW sweep of the front row, and we have a mariachi band on the grid.
It is hot and humid here in Texas with 90-degree temperatures, 54% humidity, and it is hot on track too. The cocpits of the T3 cars will be toasty. Tom Sargent is wearing cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. He will change into his helmet and driving shoes before his stint. Tommy Milner and his team celebrated, tamley, going out for a nice meal, doing a team celebration and debrief. Everyone at Chevrolet and GM is very happy and GM racing bosses Jim Campbell and Laura Wontrop Klauser were very happy! Watch for the Pro-Am class runner-up, the RS1 #85 Porsche of Jake Pedersen and Trent Hindman.
Plus, don't forget the #120 Wright Motorsports Porsche of Elliott Skeer and Adam Adelson. Turner Motorsports last weekend at Laguna Seca in IMSA competition, 557 starts surpassing BMW Team Schnitzer. Turner Motorsport began professionally racing with BMW in 1998. In 1998, Turner Motorsports was in SCCA World Challenge, and Will Turner was everything, the driver and team owner, back then. So many great names, Boris Said, Dirk Muller, Joey Hand, Bill Auberlen, and many more. Bill Auberlen is in a different BMW for a different team here in SRO. But he won many races with Turner Motorsports.
So many memories, so many wins. They had a double race win here at COTA, winning both classes. They are hoping to do it again. They are looking to add more races for more wins. They are going for 1,000 starts, you heard it here, first. Here at COTA, they are now in their 561st race. Robby Foley has won over 100 races with Turner Motorsports, living his dream racing at the top echelon of GT3 racing. It is very much a family team atmosphere, both fun, and serious. We race in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Go look at the highlights of the GTWC Europe Sprint at Misano in Italy, too. We will have GTWC Sprint race video coverage for you, later in the year.
Rhythm & Blues trio Smooth Nature performs the Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem. What a place Circuit of the Americas is with over 100 feet of elevation change. Neil Verhagen and Samantha Tan will be looking for another great effort in Pro-Am after taking the win in the Pro-Am class and Samantha has a Polaroid camera for later if they take another victory. Samantha Tan has her Chinese name, Song Shen Shin, on the car this weekend to honor Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the people of those countries and cultures. Motor racing, particularly sports car racing, is international, drivers from many nations, competing.
Adam Adelson was here at the track as a fan, yesterday, to watch the Pirelli GT4 America enduro. Again, we are going to have that race for you tomorrow. You will want to read about it. It was a great race. There will be video, too. I cannot give anything more away. Tune in to find out what happened. The Porsche has a high strung flat six motor in this heat, but the downforce, the braking, the power output, and the braking are the real strong points. Drivers, start your engines! John Sapp, from Texas Mutual Insurance, John Sapp gives a fabulously spirited command to start engines! That was outstanding!
We have slightly different conditions for race two today for the handling of the cars to be sharpened up. Talking strategy, AF Corse Ferrari and Regulator Racing, the Am drivers start and the Pro's finish, and the other 13 cars have their Pro's in handing over to their Am's later. Jeff Burton's pace could put Philip Ellis in position to chase down the leaders. A Full Course Yellow to compress the gaps would really, really help. Believe you me. This is the crescendo of the weekend. The safety car is in the lane. Here they come. Green flag, and away we go. McCoy's Joann Corum waves the flag and the race is on.
BMW on BMW. Verhagen leading Foley. Zach Veach runs wide and so does Andy Lee. Acura NSX GT3 EVO22 and Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Andy Lee is beginning to push, in the black and orange car, all over the back of the sister Corvette of Bryan Sellers who has trouble! Damage to the right front corner of the #08 DXDT Chevrolet Corvette. He was deep in the pack running wide and now, Andy Lee has spun in the braking zone at turn 12! Goodness gracious! Flying Lizard just now unlocking the potential of the GT3 Aston Martin.
Robby Foley has leapfrogged Neil Verhagen. Two BMW contracted drivers with two different teams. Robby Foley is now whistling off into the distance and Foley got a good corner exit off turn 11. Veach and Lee had their shemozzle causing Lee to spin out. Andy Lee has plummeted to 14th place. Elliott Skeer leads Trent Hindman and right behind them is the #63 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Tommy Milner, winner of yesterday's race. Elliott Skeer has his hands full with Trent Hindman.
Flat right front tire on the #08 Corvette with a locked wheel for poor old Bryan Sellers. Trent Hindman making a move, or trying to, on Elliott Skeer! Holy smokes! Hindman is now vulnerable to Milner and he has his hands full with the Porsche #32 of Tom Sargent, the EBoost Super Fuel car. Tommy Milner's father Tom Milner who ran BMWs as a team boss could not stand the Porsche's getting into his head and Tommy Milner, the son, in the Corvette, must feel the same way. The tire on Bryan Sellers' Corvette has been totally shredded, totally punctured.
There is no suspension damage. If they can catch a yellow, they will be in good shape. Foley is gapping Verhagen by almost 1.2 seconds. 50 minutes is the stint length, and the drivers will be in for driver changes at 51 minutes. 2:05.682 is Robby Foley's fastest lap, the first CrowdStrike Fastest Lap set in the motor race this afternoon. The dyno run from turn 11 to 12 down the backstretch is incredible before the 12th corner and a great passing opportunity. Skeer, Hindman, Milner, Sargent, Veach, Choksey, and Burton complete the top ten. The top five is Foley, Verhagen, Braun, Skeer, and Hindman.
Foley resets the benchmark at 2:05.635. Verhagen mirroring him. The BMWs are the only cars in the 2:05 range. As we get deeper into the stint, what will the tire degradation look like? Side by side stuff with Andy Lee making up ground, passing the Ferrari 296 GT3 of Custodio Toledo, the #88 AF Corse car. Jeff Burton is fending off the challenge of two more Mercedes cars, of Aaron Povoledo and Alan Metni. Chouest Povoledo Racing, Esses Racing, and the car ahead from Regulator Racing, Jeff Burton and Philip Ellis.
A valve stem was broken on the wheel of Bryan Sellers' Corvette, stemming, no pun intended, from contact. The tire is completely deflated and wrapped up into the bodywork like a rubber band. Metni sitting in the shadows of these other blokes. Jeff Burton is keeping has gap to the front of the pack as close as possible. Burton's pace, he is really stepping it up. Povoledo opens the door, slides to the inside, and makes the pass. Custodio Toledo, the Brazilian, is within range of these three Mercedes-AMG GT3. Metni runs very wide and almost goes off the road! Yikes!
Ross Chouest had a clean race in GT America this morning and so the car they use for GT America and GT World Challenge, is in good shape. Ellis has been backing up Burton's development and the alternate strategy is what they want to go with and other teams like AF Corse have gone that route. Even in Pro, where you need a Silver rated driver, the ST Racing team does that with the #28 car with Varun Choksey starting and Bill Auberlen finishing. Andy Lee makes a bold move on Jeff Burton and now, here comes Alan Metni, too, look.
Alan Metni sharing the car with Will Hardemann. Adam Carroll raced with this team at Sonoma Raceway in California. Esses Racing originally wanted to race in the Am class but they would not have any other competition. Andy Lee has damage on the Aston Martin after making contact with Zach Veach in the #93 Racer's Edge Acura NSX GT3 EVO22. Co-driver Luca Mars will have to be very, very careful to not incur more penalties from the SRO stewards. The boundaries for track limits have indeed been set.
Veach has now run down Tom Sargent and then comes Varun Choksey. Behind Choksey is Povoledo, Lee, and Burton. Ahead of them is Veach, and then comes Milner and Sargent. We will have a long break after this race with the 24 Hours of Spa coming up. Milner, Sargent, Veach, Choksey, Povoledo, Lee. Andy Lee, in slow motion, loses bodywork. The curbs can be your friend or your enemy. Andy Lee uncorked a 2:06.1, 6/10ths off the leader in the form of Robby Foley's BMW.
Many of the same staff at Flying Lizard were on the K-PAX team with their Bentley's and Lamborghini's they raced in GTWC America over the years. The downhill section of the course has been resurfaced but there are still bumps all over. The bumps are more pronounced than ever, and some have migrated. Tracs evolve over time. This track opened in 2012 and we have seen Formula 1 race here. What is the soil like under the surface? It is not so solid. The foundation isn't the best, and so the pavement also costs a lot to keep in good condition on a race track.
This year, we've got no pit window. It is only stint length to monitor. How early will Jeff Burton and Regulator Racing make the call? You have 51 minutes to 40 minutes, and it is a bigger window than it used to be, give or take a minute. Tommy Milner is separated from his class leader, Elliott Skeer. Trent Hindman is racing with Jake Pedersen, a Bronze graded driver who had good pace yesterday in race one. Tommy Milner is eyeballing the Porsche of Skeer. He is a different ingredient, a different ice cream flavor in a Porsche sundae. The race is settling down. Milner is the vanilla to Porsche's chocolate.
There is a huge gap in the GT World Challenge America schedule, for the sake of the 24 Hours of Spa, the gold cup, blue riband event of the SRO global championship. The biggest GT3 race in the world. Great onboard camera angles from the BMW M4 GT3 around this amazing circuit. The BMW's are holding great and consistent pace currently. Robby Foley leads Neil Verhagen and Colin Braun is reeling in the two BMW's, keeping them honest. Tommy Milner in sixth in the #63 Corvette, is the only driver in the 2:05 range as everyone else is in the 2:06.1 or 2:06 flat range.
Zach Veach chasing down Tom Sargent, the Australian Porsche Carrera Cup veteran in North America and Australia. Sargent helping Kyle Washington as a driver, doing development and boosting his performance. Kyle Washington nearly won in GT America earlier this morning and was beaten by George Kurtz. Meanwhile, Jeff Burton and Alan Metni continue to be tethered, glued together, for eighth and ninth in the Pro-Am class as pit stops are coming soon. If we catch a Full Course Yellow, the strategy will flip over on it's head entirely.
Esses Racing are the hometown team here in Austin, Texas, a former Porsche Carrera Cup champion for Kellymoss Racing. Metni very experienced in single make Porsche racing. Tommy Milner is still the fastest man on the road. He is closing on Trent Hindman in the #85 RS1 Porsche but Milner is very much focused on Elliott Skeer in the #120 Wright Motorsports Porsche. We will see Justin Rothberg racing Samantha Tan and we will see later on, Adam Adelson vs. Jake Pedersen. The Corvette's pace with Milner at the wheel of it, has been very steady. He has caught Trent Hindman.
The car hugs the road, staying flat to the ground. Jeff Burton just uncorked the #91 Mercedes' fastest lap at 2:07.3. Bill Auberlen getting suited and booted, in the 550 range as a BMW driver for 28 years starting in 1996. Philip Ellis tells us that for their alternative strategy, he wants to reel in the leaders. Jeff Burton is going as fast as possible in these hot conditions. Ellis icing down his hands and it is from one to ten, a 12 with the heat. It is hot and humid here in Texas. The newer GT3 cars have had work done on them with air conditioning and even with AC it will still be hot. It is not icy cold AC.
Neil Verhagen uncorked a lap at 2:05.897. Verhagen is reeling Foley in and Colin Braun is slipping behind and could be falling into the clutches of Elliott Skeer. Verhagen is saving his tires, trying to stay close to Robby Foley. Everyone seems to be inching up to their pace as Tommy Milner is trying to solve Trent Hindman's riddle. Neil Verhagenjust uncorked his best lap at 2:05.6 as Bryan Sellers is quickest in sector three in the recovering #08 DXDT Corvette, Bryan Sellers sharing with Scott Smithson, recovering from the broken valve stem.
The pit window will open very soon. The latest they can pit is with 40 minutes to go as Burton and Metni are scrapping. Burton does not want to lose tack position but does not want to fight. There's dirt on the road. Alan Metni cannot afford to go off the road. OK. Philip Ellis is getting suited and booted and ready to step into the car. Verhagen still monstering Foley in the battle of the BMW's. Custodio Toledo will be handing over to Riccardo Agostini.
Foley seems to have an advantage in sector one, Verhagen catching up in sector two, and in sector three, they are evenly matched. OK. Burton to the pit lane, early. They will need to have a lengthy stop and he will be on hold, Ellis will, for over a minute. Driver change, refueling, and new Pirelli P Zeros going onto the car. I think they released him too early. Oh my gosh. This cannot be the best thing for Regulator Racing. This is a major problem, look. He is ten seconds early. Blimey! I wonder. He can correct it by driving back through the pit lane but the transit time does not count for stint length. Hmmm.
We saw that in GT America earlier this morning. Meanwhile, we are watching the battle between Trent Hindman and Tommy Milner. Just a second at the top of the shop between Foley and Verhagen. ST Racng is in. Varun Choksey will hand over the #28 car to Bill Auberlen. Ferrari #88 also in the pit lane, the 296 GT3. Custodio Toledo is out, and Ricardo Agostini is in. Polesitter from race one yesterday. He will be on the comeback trail. The wheels and tires weigh 54 pounds, as much as a suitcase, like chucking a checked bag like it is carry-on.
The wheels are like heavy suitcases and they throw them on like a paper plate. Unbelievable! OK. Tommy Milner is in to hand over to Alec Udell in the #63 DXDT Corvette, who have been stymied behind the Porsche's for the entire opening stint. This team has faith in Alec Udell. This might just be a career game changer for Alec Udell. He won a GT4 European Series Silver Cup title in 2019, in Europe, with an unfamiliar team, and we have seen GT4 Europe just this year with 50+ car fields. Luca Mars exits the lane in the #93 Rscer's Edge Acura.
They left three seconds on the table as we are coming to the halfway mark. ST Racing also left time on the table changing from Bill Auberlen to Varun Choksey. The professional drivers are extending their stint as Philip Ellis immediately lays down a new CrowdStrike Fastest Lap at 2:04.830. He would dearly love to catch a yellow and compress the field like a spring. The drive time is still a big question mark for the Regulator Racing team. We have passed halfway as the leaders work their way through traffic past the Esses Racing Mercedes of Will Hardeman.
Foley and Verhagen, exactly the same at 2:05.939! Fantastic! Holy smokes! Elliott Skeer pits the #120 Wright Motorsports Porsche to hand over to Adam Adelson, doing the undercut and going for fresh Pirelli P Zeros. We will be eyeing the pace of Alec Udell right now, the #63 car. Excuse me. They are doing the overcut, at Wright Motorsports. Alec Udell is up on the wheel. Adelson at pit out. Fresh tires and Udell is into a rhythm, going on the attack, chasing Adelson down for eighth spot.
He inherits the class lead in Pro-Am. That is the battle. The rest of the pti callers are now all in. Foley has gapped Neil Verhagen as well. Justin Rothberg will get out ahead of Samantha Tan. New Pirelli P Zeros, new boots on the ST Racing BMW. Samantha Tan, Justin Rothberg, and George Kurtz will be in a battle. Rothberg, Tan, Kurtz. 4/10ths quicker for ST Racing. A delay for RS1 with Jake Pedersen taking over from Trent Hindman and they were eight seconds slow! Oh man! Kyle Washington will be on the attack in the #32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3R he shares with Tom Sargent. Tan closing on Rothberg, and Udell clsoing on Adelson in these final 39 minutes.
Udell is closing in on Adelson, definitely. Tan pushing, pushing, pushing. Smanthan Tan is right in the wheel tracks of Justin Rothberg for the overall lead. I think Tan is more comfortable than Rothberg here at COTA as a circuit and with the BMW. She is diving to the inside of Rothberg and cannot outbrake the rookie. Tan is pressing hard, doing everything to not make a mistake while on offense. Establsh yourself and be assertive. Don't take your competitor by surprise.
Do not get into the rhythm of your competitor. They are playing mind games with you. Tan is weaving left and right and this is very close. George Kurtz being harried by Adam Adelson. Alec Udell is coming in a big, big hurry. Adelson cannot lose time or Alec Udell will be right on his six. Adelson clears George Kurtz giving him a buffer to Udell. This is a clear fight between Adelson and Udell. The drivers are right at track limits in all honesty. Come up with a plan to outwit Rothberg. Time it, roll through the turn, and accelerate off exit with more speed.
Rothberg makes a shallow exit going into the triple apex turn. Watch for the marbles, the tire rubber shreds offline. Tan sizing up Rothberg. Rothberg runs wide. Adelson and Udell are coming in a hurry, with two simultaneous lead battles. Adelson and Skeer want maximum points in the Pro class. This is going to get spicy if the Porsche and the Corvette catch the BMW's. Tan tries inside Torhberg again and no dice. Rothberg is icy cool and does not get rattled. Rothberg, as a GT3 rookie, he is getting experience racing against Johnny O'Connell, George Kurtz, Jason Daskalos.
Rothberg under duress from Tan, putting the bumper to that other BMW. She has to pull the pin now with Kurtz coming and Tan makes her move to the inside for the lead. She shot right through and leads race two at Circuit of the Americas the Pro class cars are coming. Just over half an hour to go. Ellis and Agostini are working their way back, but they need a yellow to catch up to the pack. Udell is catching Adelson and these two are racing now with the BMWs of Tan and Rothberg. Adelson is trying to solve Justin Rothberg's riddle not opening the door for Alec Udell.
Adelson is one year removed from being an Am driver and is now in a Pro seat. He is used to multi-class racing in IMSA after racing with them at Laguna Seca last weekend. Udell has to give it up as Adelson is shallow on corrner entry. Rothberg watching Tan's moves and Kurtz is still pushing hard. Adelson and Udell scrapping like a couple of fencers. Adelson and Udell both sweep past Rothberg. Udell is not sure if he can go with Adleson and clears Rothberg. Rothberg wisely gives it up, playing into George Kurtz's hands.
Alec Udell has not done a ton of racing at this level. He has a lot of experience going up through Spec Miata into World Challenge, Porsche Cup, GT4, and now GT3. Adam Adelson is hanging onto a possible victory with everything he has. Ellis is the fastest car on track, ninth overall. Udell has the momentum and Aldeson slams the door in his face. Adelson and Udell are reeling in Samantha Tan. Alec Udell is a smart guy and won't make a banzai move. Adelson is feisty and will press hard to keep the place.
Alec Udell used to hold the record for the youngest driver to win in the old Pirelli World Challenge. It looks like the Porsche and Corvette are even, but Adelson might have more momentum under braking. The Corvette is better through the twisty corners, carving the turns while the Porsche needs to flow through, so it doesn't stall out. Side by side between Udell and Adleson. Udell takes the lead away, but Adelson is not giving up. He wants the counterattack. Swinging out wide he tries the crossover, the crisscross. Udell is clear.
He has the pace to run down Samantha Tan. DXDT could sweep. Samantha Tan has the pace with 24 minutes left on the board. Alec Udell will need to be guided through the scenario. Do you go for maximum points or the overall win? Philip Ellis has new fastest lap at 2:04.8 running down Bill Auberlen. 2:04.814 is the time of the fastest lap. Bill Auberlen and Luca Mars will not roll over and play dead. A post-race three second time penalty for the Acura of Luca Mars and Zach Veach. Mars has run down Jake Pedersen.
Bill Auberlen will be running Mars down. RS1, Jake Pedersen had the Porsche stall on his stop. GMG had a really long stop changing from Tom Sargent to Kyle Washington. Philip Ellis passes Bill Auberlen. GMG were hung up on the seatbelts. Luca Mars will need to whistle off into the distance with that penalty coming. Mars working on and passing Pedersen. Pedersen has really good pace in the 2:07 range chasing down George Kurtz for the final podium spot in Pro-Am. He has enough time on the board with 20+ minutes to go. Ricardo Agostini has made up a few places in 12th and now needs to catch the next group of Pro-Am ranked automobiles.
Ricardo Agostini tested a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Vallelunga and has raced Ferrari Challenge too. Alec Udell has now caught Samantha Tan for the overall lead. Udell goes right through on Samantha Tan like a hot knife through butter. Philip Ellis is chasing Jake Pedersen for fourth in the Pro-Am class. Ellis should have the pace to catch George Kurtz, I think. Ellis gets past Pedersen and is now running down George Kurtz. Now, Ellis is in the pit lane, doing a reset. I don't know why they are topping up fuel.
When you hit pit lane, your drive time stops. So, we'll see what Ellis can do, the Swiss driver, or Swiss licensed German driver. 15 minutes to go. Jeff Burton tells us they were 11 seconds short and had to take the 11 seconds after a splash for fuel. I don't understand needing a splash and a dash on fuel but a tough, tough day for Regulator Racing. This pit strategy approach will work and everyone in the paddock must have been wondering what was going on and they have tried it six times and they have had the pace. If they could catch a yellow in race two, they could win. Jeff Burton can unlock the potential.
They weren't under the minimum stop time. They should have had a full fuel load. The issue was drive time mandated by the SRO, not pit stop time. Ellis has plummeted to 12th place. George Kurtz has been reeling in Justin Rothberg hand over fist. We will have a battle on our hands for fourth and fifth overall and second and third in Pro-Am with just ten munutres of racing left, OK, well, 11 minutes and change. George Kurtz continues to reel in Justin Rothberg as co-driver and his coach, Robby Foley, is looking on. Kurtz side by side with Rothberg!
Rothberg holds the place. Kurtz does the crossover. Rothberg chops Kurtz's nose of. It is a three-point swing with the #38 ST Racing BMW grabbing the championship lead in race one yesterday. Tan leads Pro-Am leading Adam Adelson. In the overall Alec Udell continues in the lead in the Corvette. Ricardo Agostini is reeling in the next group of cars ahead including Jake Pedersen, Ross Chouest, and Elias Sabo.
Colin Braun and George Kurtz transferred over to Riley Motorsports years ago and have found success. Rothberg is very resilient. This is a real, and spectacular battle for second and third. Time running out with six minutes remaining on the board. Kurtz is a car length behind. Roll apex speed, get a run down the hill. Time the tail end of the esses. Agostini aggressive and late to the inside of Elias Sabo. Samantha Tan leads the class. Agostini on the cusp of the top five as Kurtz closes on Rothberg and Rothberg has the power.
Inside the final five minutes. Kurtz has a straight-line speed deficit to the BMW but Rothberg is giving up time through the final two turns on the circuit, turns 19 and 20. Kurtz gets a run and leaes Rothberg vulnerable. Kurtz catches the curb, twitches, and stays in it. Adam Adelson did pass Samantha Tan. If Bill Auberlen remains where he is he will have a podium. Stick with Luca Mars, in the Acura NSX GT3, who has a penalty coming when the race ends. Three minutes to go. Podium places up for grabs in both classes. Nothing settled until the checkers' fly. Race six of the 2024 season, approaching the halfway mark when we get out of the break after the 24 Hours of Spa.
Focus on corner exit, get close, and Rothberg tries opening the door. Kurtz washes out wide! I think we have two laps to go, not only one. Udell leading overall ahead of Adelson and Tan. This is a battle for second and third in Pro-Am. Rothberg does not get rattled. Rothberg is making this look easy bit it is o hard to be inch perfect after being under duress for 20 minutes by a competitor. It is such a Catch 22. White flag this time by. One lap to go for Alec Udell and tons to play for. Kurtz has to shoot now and hit the target. Not enoguh and he is off the road again. Rothberg hangs on.
One lap to go. Three and a half miles, 20 corners. There is out of class traffic that could play a part in all of this. Auberlen is closing on Mars who has a penalty in his future. Jake Pedersen right on Auberlen's six. They have gapped him. Auberlen to the inside of Mars. That was a bold, bold move for Auberlen! Yikes! Mars edges ahead of Auberlen. Alec Udell, Tommy Milner, and DXDT Racing Corvette sweep the weekend. Neil Verhagen and Samantha Tan win Pro-Am!
Rothberg holds off Kurtz. Mars will be switching positions with Auberlen. Pedersen, eighth overall. Alec Udell idolizing Mark Donohue and following in his footsteps, an engineer turned racing driver. Wow. What a motor race! What might have been, too, for Ellis!
Overall/Pro: #63 Milner/Udell DXDT Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Pro-Am: #38 Verhagen/Tan ST Racing BMW M4 GT3
Break out the broom! It is a sweep for DXDT Racing and Corvette! I believe it is also a sweep for ST Racing BMW and the duo of Neil Verhagen and Samantha Tan. A long break coming up, with the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa looming for Intercontinental GT Challenge and SRO Europe. IGTC also has spots at the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring coming up in just two weeks. So, the next North American races we will see for SRO GT World Challenge America will be mid-July at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. Join us there, everybody. For now, bye bye.
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