USC – Valiante and Westbrook shine at Laguna Seca

The United Sportscar Championship made a stopover in California at the famous Laguna Seca track for the fourth round of the season. An event which saw the duo return to Victory Lane Michael Valiante – Richard Westbrook, now engaged under the banner of VisitFlorida.com Racing, who had not won since Watkins Glen (New York) last June

At the end of the 2h40 race, it was with a lead of just over a second that the crew of the No. 90 Corvette DP won ahead of the Wayne Taylor Racing sister car, led by the Jordan pair. and Ricky Taylor. Oswaldo Negri Jr and John Pew place the Ligier JS P2 – Honda of Michael Shank Racing on the last step of the podium. With this success, Valiante and Westbrook take control of the championship ahead of Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa (Action Express Racing), 4th yesterday.

In Prototype Challenge, the Oreca FLM09 of RSR Racing, entrusted to Chris Cumming and Bruno Junqueira, ahead of Colin Braun and Jon Bennett (CORE Autosport) and Mike Hedlund and James French (Performance Tech Motorsports).

In GTLM, BMW signs its second consecutive success with victory for the Z4 n°24 of Lucas Luhr and John Edwards. La marque allemande réalise d’ailleurs le doublé avec la seconde place de Dirk Werner et Bill Auberlen. Le GTD a vu le succès du Park Place Motorsports avec la Porsche 911 GT America de Lindsey – Pumpelly.

Find the report from the USC round at Laguna Seca in the 2010 issue of AUTOhebdo, available this evening in digital version and on newsstands from Wednesday.