![]() ![]() The #66 Gradient Racing Acura of Katherine Legge, Sheena Monk and Marc Miller persevered to a 12th-place finish despite being hit twice by other cars. In the production-based GTD class, both Acura NSX GT3 Evo22s from Gradient Racing and Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR saw their promising runs blunted by contact. Fortunately, all drivers appeared to be uninjured. While working their way through GT-class traffic, the #7 of Mathieu Jaminet made contact with Filipe Albuquerque in the WRT/Andretti Acura, sending Albuquerque off onto the grass and then back on track where the two cars collided again, with several other cars involved in the resulting chain reaction crash. ![]() The #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Acura ARX-06 remained in the thick of the multi-car battle for the victory until just 20 minutes remained in the 12-hour race. Quick work by the MSR crew saw the #60 return for the final 20 minutes and be credited with a sixth-place result. Unfortunately, a mechanical issue and late-race contact while contesting for the win resulted in disappointment for Acura, its teams and drivers.īoth cars led multiple times and appeared poised to contend for the victory throughout the afternoon and into the night, but with less than two hours remaining, a suspension failure resulted in the left-rear wheel coming off the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura. Acura NSX GT-3 Evo22s see promising runs ended by contactĪs so often happens in IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship racing, the 71st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring all came down to the final hour of the classic endurance race.Mechanical issue delays Meyer Shank Racing Acura.Late-race crash while contesting victory ends run for the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport Acura ARX-06.
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