Grand-Am – High tension final at Lime Rock

American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am are preparing to merge to give birth to the United SportsCar Championship, a championship whose premier category will mix LM P2, DP and DeltaWing (see a first overview of the equivalence here). But before that, let's stay focused on 2013. If in ALMS the champion is already known, namely Muscle Milk Pickett Racing and its German duo Lucas Luhr-Klaus Graff, this is not the case in Grand-Am. The verdict will be known on Saturday evening, at the end of the final round which takes place at Lime Rock Park, in Connecticut.

Going into this closing event, nothing is decided in Daytona Prototypes. Winners of the last two rounds, Wayne Taylor Racing hopes to catch up in the Teams standings with Chip Ganassi Racing, who are 11 points ahead of them. As a reminder, the winner pockets 35 points. Unless Gainsco / Bob Stallings Racing or Action Express, respectively credited with 293 and 291 units, ultimately win the day.

On the drivers' side, the advantage goes to the pair Max Angelelli-Jordan Taylor, who are racing aboard the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP. In addition to having an eight-point lead over Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas (Riley-BMW of Chip Ganassi Racing), the Italian-American pair remains on two victories in a row, and can settle for fourth place to take the title. crown. But it will take more to destabilize the triple title holders. The latter will not, however, have the home advantage, the three races having taken place at Lime Rock Park since its introduction to the calendar in 2010 have been won by…Wayne Taylor Racing. They have never managed to do better than seventh. The perfect opportunity to reverse the trend. If these two duos are clearly favorites, Alex Gurney-Jon Fogarty (Gaincsco / Bob Stallings Racing), Christian Fittipaldi (Action Express Racing) or Alex Popow-Ryan Dalziel, who are respectively eleven, thirteen and twenty units behind the leaders, hope to do well in the game.

Enfin, en GT, Si Andy Lally et John Potter (Porsche GT3 n°44 du Magnus Racing) mènent la danse, six pilotes peuvent encore décrocher les lauriers.