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IMSA Road America results, points: BMW Team RLL takes first win of season in top-two sweep
IMSA Road America results, points: BMW Team RLL takes first win of season in top-two sweep

NBC Sports

time03-08-2025

  • Automotive
  • NBC Sports

IMSA Road America results, points: BMW Team RLL takes first win of season in top-two sweep

BMW M Team RLL found the execution that it's been missing, earning its first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory this season on a strategy call at Road America. With one hour remaining, Team RLL pitted its pair of BMW M Hybrid V8s and then capitalized when the fifth caution flew several minutes later. The No. 24 BMW M Team RLL of Phillip Eng and Dries Vanthoor inherited the lead and scored the victory over its No. 25 teammate car of Marco Wittmann and Sheldon van der Linde. IMSA ROAD AMERICA RESULTS: Click here for overall l By class It marked the second 1-2 finish in the Grand Touring Prototype category for BMW, which will be splitting from Team RLL after this year, but the manufacturer is expected to remain in IMSA's top division. 'The team did a strategic masterclass boxing us on a very early window,' Eng said. It's the 24th class victory for Team RLL and its third in GTP. The team opened the 2025 season with four consecutive poles by the No. 24 in the premier hybrid class, but misfortune and mistakes kept the team out of victory lane. 'It's been such a difficult, weird season with a lot of highlights but a lot of lows for us as well for sure,' Vanthoor said. 'We never gave up. We had a very bad stop (early in the Road America race), but the car was amazing today. Philipp did a great job. We knew we had to take risks because we were last. Sometimes those don't work out, but today it did. 'Super happy to finally get a win. Many poles but not a win so glad to bring it home today.' The No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing ARX-06, which was aiming for a third consecutive victory, finished third after starting from the pole position. The Road America winners in other categories: LMP2: No. 99 AO Racing ORECA LMP2 07 with co-drivers Dane Cameron and PJ Hyett. It's the second consecutive victory for the team, which moved into the championship lead by 107 points. It's AO Racing's fifth IMSA class win this season (Sebring in GTD Pro, GTD in Long Beach, GTD Pro in Laguna Seca and LMP2 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park). GTD Pro: No. 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO with co-drivers Madison Snow and Neil Verhagen. It's the second IMSA class win this year for Paul Miller Racing, which won at Watkins Glen with its No. 48 car. In the championship standings, Corvette drivers Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims lead by 30 points. GTD: No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 with co-drivers Kenton Koch and Onofrio Triarsi. It's the first IMSA class win for the team, whose previous best finish was fourth four times. IMSA ROAD AMERICA RESULTS Race results Results by class Fastest laps by driver Fastest laps by driver after race (over the weekend) Fastest laps by driver and class after race Lap chart Best sector times Leader sequence Race distance and average speed Fastest lap sequence Race analysis by lap Stint analysis Time cards Pit stop time cards Flag analysis Weather report NEXT RACE The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will race with the GTD Pro and GTD categories Sunday, Aug. 24 at Virginia International Raceway (2 p.m. ET, Peacock). Relive all of the action from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America. Dane Cameron calls his team's Road America win "perfect" and now leaves with the unofficial points lead, and he shares an emotional moment with his son after the victory. Neil Verhagen celebrates his first IMSA win with teammate Madison Snow despite many "nervous" moments throughout the race. For Kenton Koch, Road America was "a hoot," and a GTD win for he and Onofrio Triarsi at Road America is "the best feeling in the world."

RLL BMW Win at Road America In First Race Following 2026 Split Announcement
RLL BMW Win at Road America In First Race Following 2026 Split Announcement

Yahoo

time03-08-2025

  • Automotive
  • Yahoo

RLL BMW Win at Road America In First Race Following 2026 Split Announcement

Team RLL BMW begins its swan song with a 1-2 victory at Road Atlanta, as announced earlier this month: Rahal Letterman Lanigan and BMW will be ending their partnership after 17 years. The No. 24 and No. 25 Team RLL BMW Hybrid V8s finished 1-2, after taking a gamble and pitting ahead of the rest of the GTP class with exactly an hour remaining in the 2-hour and 40-minute sprint. Phillip Eng led Marco Wittmann down pit road, six minutes before a race-changing caution. This was BMW's first win since their last 1-2 victory at the Eight Hours of Indianapolis last fall. With 54 minutes remaining in the sprint race, Nick Tandy in the No. 7 Penske Porsche turned the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac. While the Cadillac could continue after righting itself, a full-course yellow was deployed. The Porsche and Cadillac were racing for second, with Cadillac chasing its 100th podium in the program. Tandy restarted third and fell to fourth behind teammate Mathieu Jaminet in the No. 6 Penske Porsche before being given a stop-and-hold penalty of 60 seconds for turning the No. 10 WTR Cadillac. The BMWs found themselves buried in the class after poor opening pit stops, including a scary moment for the No. 25 team when a mechanic was hit during the stop; the crew member was okay following the hit. "We had a very, very bad start to the race with an issue with a pit stop, lucky that the machine is okay", Dries Vanthoor said on the start of the race for the No. 24 team. The rest of the GTP class came to pit on the caution, with the BMWs inheriting the lead, the buffer of the full-course yellow protecting their energy for the final hour of the sprint. With 13 minutes to go, Ricardo Nault, the Vice President of Operations for the team, felt secure in their energy storage, with the No. 24 at 37% and the No. 25 at 35%. "We have a little bit of fuel savings to do, but we think the BMW will make it home today," Nault told the NBC Broadcast. The No. 25 missed out on pole by 0.053 seconds to the No. 93 Acura, who it would continue to battle at the end of the race. The No. 93 Acura ARX-06, in which Yelloly captured a third straight pole, finished third with Wittmann in the No. 25 serving as a block for his teammate in the final 10 minutes, providing dirty air to the faster Acura. Ultimately, the No. 31 Cadillac of Earl Bamber finished fourth, getting aroundJaminet in the No. 6 Porsche. The No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie had its best finish with Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis driving it to sixth ahead of the No. 60 MSR Acura of Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist. In the closing laps, the No. 4 GTD Pro Corvette of Nicky Catsburg went off the track but was able to tuck himself behind a wall for the race to stay green. "Our car was on rails today," Eng told NBC. "The team did a strategic masterclass boxing us in a very early window, and here we are, I can't be happier." BMW also won the GTD Pro class when the Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO piloted by Neil Verghagen and Madison Snow took the lead following a late-race pit stop for the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data

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