#31 Cadillac sealed Michelin Endurance Cup at the 8 hours mark

IMSA

Oct 15

Both Cadillacs are leading the race.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #31 Whelen Engineering **Cadillac Racing** Cadillac V-Series.R.

After 8 hours of racing, 9 GTPs are still within the leader lap with only 26.408 seconds between them.

Bourdais on board of #01 Cadillac leads ahead of sister #31 driven by Jack Aitken. Felipe Albuquerque is third with #10 WTR Acura. Those three were the one still in contention for the Michelin Endurance Cup.

With the points clinched at the four hours mark and the eight hours mark, Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims and Jack Aitken are now out of reach and definitively clinch the drivers’ Michelin Endurance Cup. #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac Racing wins the Teams’ Michelin Endurance Cup. Cadillac is winning the Manufacturers’ Michelin Endurance Cup.

#04 and #52 still fighting for Michelin Endurance Cup in LMP2.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR.

With #11 TDS Racing and #8 Tower Motorsports out of contention, #04 Crowdstrike Racing by APR leads the Michelin Endurance Cup with 37 points for 36 points to #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports.

#63 Lamborghini leads GTD PRO

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO.

Jordan Pepper driving #63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini leads the GTD PRO class ahead of #9 Pfaff Porsche 911 GT3 R and #23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin.

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #79 Weathertech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.

With both #3 Corvette Racing and #14 Vasser Sullivan retiring, #79 Weathertech Racing clinch the Teams’ Michelin Endurance Cup, Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella the Drivers’ Cup and Mercedes-AMG clinch the Manufacturers Michelin Endurance Cup.

#32 Team Korthoff Motorsports leads GTD

📷 © Luc Warnotte at Road Atlanta. #32 Mercedes-AMG GT3.

M. Skeen with #32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 was second at the 4 hours mark and first at the 8 hours mark which brings his team in the lead of the Teams and Drivers’ Michelin Endurance Cups. With #57 Mercedes-AMG being first at the 4 hours mark Mercedes-AMG clinches the GTD manufacturers’ Endurance Michelin Cup..