"When they came out ahead of me, I knew I had to attack and I knew I had an advantage (of warm tires) at that point," De Phillippi said. When the Porsche and Corvette completed their stops soon after, De Phillippi muscled his way into first place. 25 over to De Phillippi on the final stop with 55 minutes to go. Even then, the BMW was out front a mere six minutes until making its own stop.įrom there, Spengler kept the No. 911 made a pit stop three hours into the event.
25, in fact, didn’t lead on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn road circuit until the No. Starting fifth in class, De Phillippi and Spengler were content running in the shadows of early race leaders Nick Tandy and Fred Makowiecki in the No. … At VIR (two weeks ago), we got P2 and I told (Spengler), ‘Man, we’re on the brink of a win,’ and we pulled it off today."
I think we didn’t have the fastest car early on but as the track rubbered in, we were able to have more pace throughout the stint. "We had a fast car the car was hooked up, the setup was really good. "It really came down to perfect execution," De Phillippi said. It gave De Phillippi his fourth career IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win and the first for Spengler. 25 in victory lane for the first time since the 2019 Rolex 24 At Daytona. The 27-year-old American held steady from there, including a two-lap trophy dash following a final restart, to put the No. 4 Corvette after the final round of pit stops with 52 minutes left. 25 BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE with Bruno Spengler, didn’t take the class lead until past halfway in Saturday’s six-hour race, the second of four races in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup.ĭe Phillippi grabbed first place for good with decisive passes of the No. And it wasn’t derailed on the way to the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class victory in the Grand Prix at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.Ĭonnor De Phillippi, who shared the No.