The two of them had a fairly substantial lead over Wright Motorsports’ Fred Poordad. Racers Edge Motorsports’ Taylor Hagler was not far behind in her Acura, but not close enough to pounce. In Pro-Am, Compass Racing’s Michael Di Meo won the pole and led the entire first half of the race. Corey Lewis and Giovanni Venturini in the second K-PAX Lamborghini were third, followed by Dinan and Foley. No penalty was assessed in regards to the crash, so Ellis and Ward kept second place. The cleanup was unable to be completed before the end of the race, giving Caldarelli and Pepper the overall victory. Saada was ok, but the safety car was forced to come out with eight minutes remaining. Saada went off-course on exit, then spun across the track and hit the wall on the right side of the track before coming to a stop in the middle of the track. It got too close as Ellis and Saada had side-to-side contact entering the treacherous turn. After being held up, Pepper was able to get past.Įllis tried to make his pass on Saada entering the Kink. At this point, Pepper caught the slower car of AF Corse’s Jean-Claude Saada. With 10 minutes to go, the lead was down to two seconds.
Slowly but surely, Ellis cut into Pepper’s lead. Foley ended up being penalized for a pit lane infraction and had to do a drive-through penalty. Philip Ellis beat Foley off pit road to take over second.
As a result, Pepper inherited a 13-second lead after the stops. Meanwhile, HTP Winward Motorsport spend around 90 seconds and Turner Motorsport over 91. Both of the K-PAX Lamborghinis spent only a little more than the minimum 86 seconds on the pit lane. The pit stop itself only increased the lead for K-PAX Racing. By the time that the mandatory mid-race pit stop came around, Caldarelli’s lead was nearly 10 seconds over Dinan. The duo ran side-by-side through turn 6 before Dinan swept into second entering the Hurry Downs.Ĭaldarelli’s advantage continued to increase as Ward came back on Dinan to try to get the spot back. On the fourth lap of the race, Dinan made the move for second entering turn 5. Meanwhile, Ward fell into the clutches of Dinan’s BMW. The Lamborghini Huracan was good enough to allow Caldarelli to open up a healthy gap. The first race of the weekend saw Caldarelli launch from the pole and beat HTP Winward Motorsport’s Russell Ward to turn 1. A big crash for George Kurtz on Friday forced DXDT Racing to withdraw the No. 1ġ6 cars had been entered for the race weekend at Road America, but the numbers were reduced to 15 by the time the race came around. 28), while Turner Motorsport’s Michael Dinan and Robby Foley won on Sunday (Aug. K-PAX Racing’s Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper won Race No. Never say never and anything is possible.Last weekend saw Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS return to action at Road America for the first time in nearly three months. "Everyone had written us off for this group, so the fact we are sitting talking about the possibility of a play-off shows how we welcome that challenge. For us to be in this position now is fantastic and shows the progress that we have made. Going into these games, with them being at home, I think the girls are very confident that we can get a play-off place. "That's testament to the character that is within the squad. "If you even just take the match away to Belarus, we went down to 10 players early in the game so the character that we showed to get a goal and hold on to that victory away from home. He has brought in a new style of play and a new philosophy, which has been great for us," added Magill. "The girls have really bought in to what Kenny is trying to do.
Simone Magill has praised the impact of manager Kenny Shiels Northern Ireland's fate is in their own hands with home fixtures against Belarus, on Friday, and a final group game against the Faroese on 1 December.īoth games will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer. Magill, who has won over 50 caps for Northern Ireland, says the introduction of Shiels as manager in 2019 "was a breath of fresh air".Īfter a difficult start to the campaign against Norway, two impressive draws against Wales were followed up by wins away to the Faroe Islands and Belarus. "It's a massive time for us and I'm devastated I can't be there but I have every faith in the girls that they can go out and do the job." 'Never say never' "I've got to rest and rehab, so if the girls can do the job hopefully I'll be fit and well to come back for a very important play-off. "I've had an ongoing problem over the last one or two months and the timing has unfortunately meant I'm not able to meet up with the girls," said Magill. Magill absence a disappointment - Shiels.However the 26-year-old says she has "every faith" that Kenny Shiels' side can secure second position. Magill will miss the two qualifiers after getting treatment at club Everton for a lingering injury.
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