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Belfast Telegraph
02-08-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Dan Harper: I'm focused and ready to go again in SportsCar Championship bid
Harper continues his Stateside programme at the 4.04-mile track with Paul Miller Racing and fellow BMW M Motorsport works driver Max Hesse from 8pm BST. The Hillsborough native has not had the easiest of introductions, with time penalties at both Laguna Seca and Detroit denying him a shot at a podium result. A moment for Hesse at July's Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round, where the German was momentarily punted off the track, also cost them precious points in the GTD Pro class. There have been some positives, however, notably at the Six Hours of the Glen back in June where the young duo co-drove their BMW M4 GT3 Evo to a first-ever victory. It was a remarkable outcome considering Harper picked up a one-minute stop-and-go penalty for crossing the red pit-exit light following a pit stop, dropping him to last place. 'From the high of Watkins Glen, we went to Canada hoping to battle for another podium finish but sadly it just did not click for us,' he reflected. 'However, we just had to try and make the best of the situation and salvage as many Championship points as possible. 'It was a strange one for us, but you have those weekends every so often. The focus now is all about resetting and going again.' As part of their preparations for tomorrow's two-hour, 40-minute sprint race, Paul Miller Racing tested at the track last month and both Harper and Hesse deemed it a very worthwhile exercise. 'It was great to get to grips with the circuit for the first time and that knowledge and experience means we can hit the ground running,' said Harper. 'The BMW felt really good around the high-speed circuit, so we have no reason to think that we cannot go there and get a good result this weekend. After a pretty tough round in Canada, we are even more determined to be back fighting at the front in the GTD Pro class.'
Belfast Telegraph
12-07-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Dan Harper looks to build momentum after breakthrough victory as Championship chase moves to Canada
Taking place from 7.00pm UK time at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park outside Toronto, the near three-hour race is another new track for Harper and his Paul Miller Racing team-mate Max Hesse. The pair arrive in buoyant mood having finally ended their run of disappointing results in the North American competition at June's Six Hours of the Glen where they were victorious in the GTD Pro class. They had to do it the hard way, however, with a pitstop infringement attracting a hefty 60-second stop and go penalty appearing to end their dream of a podium once again. Incredibly, they fought their way through a capacity field to seal a superb win and reignite their title hopes in the process, moving to within 122 points of current leaders Alexander Sims and Antonio Garcia — winners of the support category around the 1.645-mile venue 12 months ago – and just 70 shy of second-placed Klaus Bachler and Laurin Heinrich. 'It is a great feeling to have got our first IMSA win under our belts last time out, and now we need to keep the ball rolling and carry that momentum forward. We need another big result this weekend to continue clawing back the points for our Championship challenge,' said Harper, who will leave Canada straight afterwards and travel to Italy for next weekend's GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup meeting at Misano in north east Italy. 'I am looking forward to getting back to IMSA duty at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park — it is a new circuit to me and we have not had the chance to test there, so we know it is going to be a big challenge going into the event, but still, it's one that I'm really excited for. 'I have watched some footage of the circuit and it looks like a fast one, similar to Watkins Glen, so that should be fun. The priority for me is getting some laps under my belt, get up to speed around the track, and push forward from there with Max and Paul Miller Racing,' the 24-year-old added. A total of 35 cars makes up the grid for Sunday's race, 10 of which are from GTD Pro, with who lines up where being determined by qualifying which starts at 8.55pm UK time on Saturday.
NBC Sports
22-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Harper, Hesse victorious in GTD Pro at the Glen
Dan Harper and Max Hesse recap their up-and-down day at Watkins Glen and how they worked pit strategy to climb to the front and win the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen in GTD Pro.
NBC Sports
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Meyer Shank 'made it happen' in Sahlen's Six Hours
Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist praise their team's strategy to hit their fuel targets and secure back-to-back GTP wins in 2025, this one coming in the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen.
NBC Sports
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
New twist to racing in the rain: Crash leaves IMSA driver without a windshield at Watkins Glen
Drivers in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series are accustomed to driving in the rain — but not in the literal sense. That was the situation that TDS Racing driver Steven Thomas found himself nearly an hour into the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen. After a head-on collision with the LMP2 of No. 52 driver Rodrigo Sales (VIDEO ABOVE), Thomas was pulling away in his No. 11 ORECA LMP2 07 when he realized the raindrops were inside the cockpit. The crash impact had ripped away the windshield of Thomas' car, whose wipers continued to operate in thin air. 'I didn't realize the windshield was gone until I started to drive away, and I was feeling the rain,and I was like, 'Oh, I have no windshield,' ' Thomas told NBC Sports' Chris Wilner on Peacock. 'I'm fine. It's just a shame for both Rodrigo and me that happened in the rain, but not a lot you could do there.' The incident started when Sales spun in Turn 9 on a restart at Watkins Glen International after a sudden downpour dampened large sections of the 11-turn, 3.4-mile road course. 'Basically what happened on the restart, I got pushed in the left rear, at which point I was 180 degrees,' Sales said. 'Then I knew it was a horrible place to be stopped. I just saw cars coming around the corner. Quite a few made it around. Sometimes it's impossible to see though, so it looked like I saw a flash of yellow – the TDS P2 car – and it was a huge impact. The car is toast unfortunately. It's a shame, but it's racing. Tricky conditions. It is what it is.' Thomas said his vision was obscured by a GT car just in front of him. 'When the GT car went left, that's the first time I saw Rodrigo literally 10 feet in front of me,' Thomas said. 'There was literally nowhere to go. When the GT car went left, it looked like Rodrigo was driving at me.' Sales retired from the race, and Thomas' car still had yet to return to the track 51 laps later (and if and when it did, the car certainly would be equipped with a new windshield). The third endurance race of the IMSA season continues live on Peacock. Nate Ryan,
