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The final race of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship season, Petit Le Mans, was held at Road Atlanta last weekend. There, teams gathered for the 10-hour endurance running and brought their sharpest cars—as well as their finest competitors—for a shot at glory and bragging rights.
We have the race coverage elsewhere, but here’s a deeper look at some of the contenders that we captured trackside:
The 3GT Lexus RC F GT3 crests the hill at Turn 3., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Michael Shank Racing’s Acura NSXs had a Continental Tire appreciation livery , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved RLL BMW’s M8 GTE During practice., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Chip Ganassi/Ford Performance brought their Ford GT duo to Road Atlanta., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Performance Tech Motorsports in their Oreca LMP2 Prototype entry., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
JDC-Miller also in an Oreca LMP2 prototype., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Scuderia Corsa gets its wheels up with the Ferrari 488 GT3., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Corvette Racing would to win the overall championship in the GTLM class, despite a mid-race spin., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Wright Motorsports’ Porsche 911 GT3 R gets some air in Turn 3 during practice., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
The Porsche Factory team used a Petit Le Mans throwback livery on their 911 RSRs., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Team Riley’s AMG GT3 throws sparks during night practice., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Dars pass under the Turn 8 Motul Bridge during night practice., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
One of Mazda Team Joest’s RT24-P DPi entries glows into the night., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
© Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Pipo Derain would put the Tequila Patron ESM Nissan DPi on the pole for the race., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Montaplast by Land Motorsports with the Audi R8 LMS GT3., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Light trails through The Esses at Road Atlanta., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Bomarito, Pigot and Franchitti of Mazda Team Joest., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Juan Pablo Montoya climbs into the Acura Team Penske prototype for race day morning warm up. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved The other Acura Team Penske Entry on race day., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
The race start had Tequila Patron on the pole with the two Mazda prototypes right behind., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Scuderia Corsa Won the GTD class from the pole., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Paul miller’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 led the GTD class for most of the day but finished 3rd., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Mustang Sampling Racing’s Cadillac DPi-V.R. led late int he race but ran out of fuel in the final sector of the last lap pf the race., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Porsche GT’s factory entry through the trees above Turn 5., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
JDC-Miller’s second entry camouflages with the apron at the end of The Esses., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Corvette Racing through the trees., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Mazda Team Joest exiting Turn 7., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Mazda Team Joest as the sun sets on Road Atlanta., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
P1 Motorsports tilts their AMG GT3 through Turn 3., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Michel Shank Racing would finish second in GTD with the Acura NSX., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved Scuderia Corsa again, as night falls., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Land Motorsports’ Audi R8 and Porsche’s 911 pass under the bridge and head for Turn 12., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
Overall race winner Action Express in the Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved GTLM winner Porsche GT Team shows their battle scars in victory lane., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
