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Race report
In today’s sixth round of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park,
Nick Tandy started and finished the No. 911
The team car, the No. 912, was started by Patrick Long in eighth-place. The American charged the car as high as fourth before handing the wheel to Michael Christensen (Denmark). After pit stop sequencing, the second works car was in eighth in the incredibly competitive field of factory cars. The young Dane, who like Tandy and Lietz had never before driven at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, took the checkered flag in ninth.
The only customer team to field a
Richard Lietz (#911): “With such a short race track and the amount of cars on it, you have to be very lucky in traffic. I got the slow cars in the right spots and I didn’t lose too much time, so I was very happy. At the end of the stint the drink bottle didn’t work, so it got quite hot in the car. We still have to improve the balance a bit, but we did our best. We have a chance to play with the rest but we are still not fast enough.”
Nick Tandy (#911): “We were battling from the start with the No. 56 car. It was a really great race. We managed to get ahead in the first stint and the race was panning out as we’d planned. We were good through the middle of the race and then we met again in the final stint. In traffic he managed to get past and toward the end we got caught out in traffic and dropped back too much. We’re quite happy with the points from this weekend. It was more than we were expecting.”
Michael Christensen (#912): “The first stint was quite tough with the tires. The second stint was much better and through the end of the race. I was quite happy at the end of the race. It was fun to have something to chase, but we were a bit short on time.”
Patrick Long (#912): “The opening stint I had a good battle with Farnbacher and Tandy. I tried to maintain position at the end with Priaulx. My main focus was to keep the car clean and within striking distance.“
Wolf Henzler (#17): “A tough race. The balanced changed from the first to the second stint and we don’t know why. Our tires worked well and were consistent. That was a huge gain from the last race. We can be proud. We had a good weekend. I hope next race we will do better for sure.”
In the GTD class, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park proved to be a good circuit for the
Race results
GTLM class
1. Magnussen/Garcia (DK/E), Chevrolet Corvette, 127 laps
2. Bomarito/Wittmer (USA/CAN), Dodge SRT Viper, 127
3. D. Farnbacher/Goossens (D/B), Dodge SRT Viper, 127
4. Müller/Edwards (D/GB), BMW Z4 GTE, 126
5. Lietz/Tandy (A/GB),
6. Auberlen/Priaulx (USA/GB), BMW Z4 GTE, 126
8. Henzler/Sellers (D/USA),
9. Christensen/Long (DK/USA),
GTD class
1. Bleekemolen/Keating (NL/USA), Dodge SRT Viper, 121 laps
2. Estre/Lindsey (F/USA),
3. Cameron/Palttala (USA/SF), BMW Z4, 120
4. Barker/Faulkner (GB/IRL),
5. MacNeil/Keen (USA/USA),
6. James/M. Farnbacher (USA/D),
The next Tudor United SportsCar Championship race will take place on July 25 in Indianapolis, USA.
All reports on the previous season can be found in our archive.