Pfaff Motorsports and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

12 Hours of Sebring Weekend Special Edition Liveries for the weekend! → Gold liveries on some cars to celebrate Mobil 1’s 50th anniversary (01 Caddy, Pratt Miller Corvettes, and 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus) For the first time, IMSA live streams their race on YouTube! MX-5 Cup Photo finish in race 2 between Westin Workman and Connor Zilisch Practice Grosjean puts the Lambo GTP in the wall Sean Creech Motorsports antics again Qualifying 99 AO Racing LMP2 on pole after session ends prematurely due to 20 car stopped on track 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus GTD Pro on pole Winward Racing Mercedes on pole for GTD → pole stripped from them later due to technical infringement, Ferrari 296 GTD took the place instead 31 AXR Cadillac on pole for GTP after messy qualifying session for the GTP class → 6 Porsche Penske binned it in qualifying (not Penske Perfect :( which resulted in the session being shortened to 4 minutes for GTPs Mustangs seemed slow, along with McLaren, and Aston Martin (not really much change from Daytona) Corvette GTDs shuffled to the back of the grid post qualifying due to “unapproved modifications to homologated parts”, making it the second collection of penalties for GTDs Race Good race or no? Chaos at the start → McLaren on McLaren violence, Inception McLaren gets into the Pfaff McLaren due to Risi Ferrari spinning across the track Corvette struggles continue → AWA didn’t stand a chance (DNF around lap 2 due to alternator issue ), Pratt Miller Corvette stalls on track at some point as well Pfaff bad luck also continues throughout the race ( Klaus Bachler gets into them) Several LMP2s run into trouble ( Tower bins it, and 88 LMP2 stops on track) Sean Creech Motorsports antics continue on Derani complains about Bourdais racing him too aggressive ( pot calling the kettle black) RLL BMW with a bizarre strategy call → stayed out longer when they should’ve pitted with everyone else apparently did so in order to have more fuel to get Endurance cup points and to also avoid pit lane chaos Blunder from AXR → fell back in the GTP field after they went to pit lane when it was closed (avoided a penalty by not servicing the car, but had to go back anyways because they were running out of fuel) and struggled during the afternoon hours due to high track temperatures resulting in minimal handling JDC Miller Banana boat car breaks :( Huge shunt for AXR → Derani crashes out at hour 7 after contact with the Ferrari 296 GT and flips into the tire barriers (who was at fault?) Fan tries to jump the fence to help out (it's the thought that counts) Acura GTPs both have smoke coming from them Mustang GTD has the rear diffusers come off causing a FCY (had similar issues with bodywork at Daytona, I think) Porsche Penske 6 car punts 66 Gradient Racing Acura GT → no penalty issued for the 6 (bs call from IMSA), but Fred Makowiecki loses it a few minutes later due to a puncture (can you say karma) Earl Bamber terrorism strikes late in the race Tons of late race FCYs (mostly for debris, IMSA should probably fix this Good battle for position between Deletraz and Bourdais for first Race Winners GTP → 40 WTR w/ Andretti Acura wins GTP and overall (Death, Taxes and Acura) LMP2 → 18 Era Motorsport LMP2 GTD Pro → 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus GTD → Winward Racing Mercedes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.