IMSA’s penultimate race of the season at Road America provided a great deal of drama.
“We’re having an off weekend,” said Tom Blomqvist after yielding to Jarvis. “I was lacking performance compared to the opposition. It made life difficult. I was just trying to hang on.”
Russell Ward and Philip Ellis came across the finish line with the Winward team’s first victory of the year.No exactly storybook, but close enough. The Winward Racing team lost the GTD victor’s trophy at Lime Rock when the fuel pump on its Mercedes-AMG GT3 quit in the last two corners. This time Russell Ward and Philip Ellis came across the finish line with the team’s first victory of the year.
Ryan Dalziel returned to the top step of the podium for his first win of the season in the LMP2 entry of Era Motorsports, where Dwight Merriman is the co-driver. Dalziel, who has 13 career victories, is a veteran of IMSA’s top classes as well as IndyCar. He took the lead with a decisive move entering Canada Corner in the waning minutes.
While F1 remains a long shot, in no small part due to shortage of nearby hotel rooms or a large airport, when “The National Park of Speed” is repaved in October the width of the entire four miles will be 40 feet, which is the minimum for F1. Prior to this season, nearly 2,000 feet of continuous poured concrete barriers were added outside the Carousel.
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