{"id":769090,"date":"2026-06-30T03:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769090\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T03:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:52:23","slug":"how-drivers-from-down-under-fared-in-imsa-crash-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769090\/","title":{"rendered":"How drivers from Down Under fared in IMSA crash-fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They clinched victory at The Glen, finishing 11 seconds clear of the #93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 of Renger van der Zande, Nick Yelloly and Kakunoshin Ohta.<\/p>\n

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It was a clean sweep for the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R \u2013 topping practice, taking pole position and winning the race.<\/p>\n

Bamber, Vesti and Aitken dominated the contest, leading 143 of the 182 laps.<\/p>\n

The race featured nine full course cautions, including one that involved the race-winning Cadillac.<\/p>\n

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Bamber made contact with the #21 AF Corse Ferrari 296 through the uphill esses, which sent Simon Mann into the barrier and out of the race. Bamber escaped a penalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was super tight. We had some really ferocious battles all throughout the race,\u201d said Bamber.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looked easy, but the whole time it wasn\u2019t. There were a few cars that really showed up there for a while, the BMW, the Acura was on our toes all day, and the #5 there at the end.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, there was some really great hard racing, but what set that up all day was Jack\u2019s pole position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got track position and then the guys in the pit lane, this whole bunch here is the reason why we keep staying out front.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was amazing to win here at Watkins Glen and I managed to get another endurance cup win and extend that streak to, what is it, nine now? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing momentum, a great organisation to be part of, and let\u2019s roll on to Road America, where it\u2019s a new format. It\u2019s going to be something interesting with six hours there, everyone can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hunter McElrea\u2019s United Autosports LMP2 Oreca at Watkins Glen. Image: Brandon Badraoui\/Lumen Digital Agency<\/p>\n

The race finished under yellow when Corvette Racing driver Nicky Catsburg clashed with the Ford Mustang of Christopher Mies coming out of \u2018the boot\u2019.<\/p>\n

Contact sent Mies nose-first into the barrier and destroyed the factory Ford Racing entry.<\/p>\n

As for how the drivers from Down Under went \u2014 New Zealand\u2019s Hunter McElrea finished ninth in LMP2 with United Autosports co-drivers Phil Fayer and Mikkel Jensen.<\/p>\n

They lacked outright speed to be contenders while the LMP2 class win went to AO Racing\u2019s PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron and Jonny Edgar.<\/p>\n

In GTD, Australia\u2019s Tom Sargent claimed second alongside Wright Motorsports teammates Callum Illot and Adam Adelson in their Porsche.<\/p>\n

They came within 0.538s of the class-winning Manthey 1St Phorm Porsche of Richard Lietz, Ricardo Pera and Ryan Hardwick.<\/p>\n

Scott Andrews was 10th in the Lone Star Mercedes-AMG with Lindus Hodenius and James Roe. Their race featured a clash with the RLL Racing McLaren 720S at the first turn, which got sandwiched into a spin with the Conquest Racing Ferrari 296.<\/p>\n

Australia-based New Zealand driver Jaxon Evans had a short-lived return to IMSA. His outing with Inception Racing lasted 94 laps after teammate Ollie Millroy crashed through the esses.<\/p>\n

It was an ugly accident for Millroy, whose Ferrari got loose over the inside kerb and went into the side of the 13 Autosport Corvette Z06.<\/p>\n

Millroy spun before going backwards into the barrier. There was a secondary hit when the Magnus Racing Aston Martin Vantage hit the spinning Ferrari.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Whelen-backed Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R at Watkins Glen. Image: Charlie Rooke They clinched victory at The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-769090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}