IMSA results, points, stats package after the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta

By Oct 18, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
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Cadillac, Porsche and Ferrari teams were the winners in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship points standings and results from Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Wayne Taylor Racing’s No. 10 Cadillac of Renger van der Zande, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon captured the overall title in DPi after Pipo Derani and Ricky Taylor spun while racing for the lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the 10-hour race.

Other class winners at the Braselton, Georgia, road course were the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR-19 of Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki and Matt Campbell in GTLM; the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 of Jeff Westphal, Alessandro Balzan and Cooper MacNeil in GTD; and the No. 8 ORECA LMP2 07 of John Farano, Mikkel Jensen and Job van Uitert in LMP2.

Here are the race stats, points and results from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Petit Le Mans at Michelin Road Atlanta:

RESULTS: Click here for the overall finishing order and here for the class breakdown.

POINTS: In the DPi division, the No. 10 Cadillac of Ryan Briscoe and Renger van der Zande is first in the standings by 8 points over the No. 7 Acura of Ricky Taylor and Helio Castroneves with two races remaining. No. 3 Corvette drivers Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia are first in GTLM.

In GTD, the top two drivers are from the No. 14 Lexus of AIM Vasser Sullivan with Aaron Telitz two points ahead of teammate Jack Hawksworth.

Click here for the points standings after the Petit Le Mans.

STATS PACKAGE FOR PETIT LE MANS:

Fastest laps by driver

Fastest laps by driver after race (over the weekend)

Fastest laps by driver and class after race

Fastest lap sequence

Leader sequence

Lap chart

Race analysis by lap

Stint analysis

Best sector times

Race distance and speed average

NEXT: The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will race Nov. 1 at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca (4 p.m. ET, TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold).

IndyCar disappointed by delay of video game but aiming to launch at start of 2024

By Mar 27, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT
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An IndyCar executive said there is “absolutely” disappointment that its long-awaited video game recently was delayed beyond its target date, but the series remains optimistic about the new title.

“Well, I don’t know how quick it will be, but the whole situation is important to us,” Penske Entertainment president and CEO Mark Miles said during a news conference Monday morning to announce IndyCar’s NTT title sponsorship. “Motorsport Games has spent a lot of money, a lot of effort to create an IndyCar title. What we’ve seen of that effort, which is not completely obvious, is very reassuring.

“I think it’s going to be outstanding. That’s our shared objective, that when it is released, it’s just widely accepted. A great credit both to IndyCar racing, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, something that our fans love.”

In June 2021, IndyCar announced a new partnership with Motorsport Games to create and distribute an IndyCar video game for the PC and Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023.

But during an earnings call last week, Motorsport Games said the IndyCar game had been delayed to 2024 to ensure high quality.

Somewhat compounding the delay is that IndyCar’s license for iRacing expired after the end of the 2022 season because of its exclusive agreement with Motorsport Games.

That’s resulted in significant changes for IndyCar on iRacing, which had provided a high-profile way for the series to stay visible during its 2020 shutdown from the pandemic. (Players still can race an unbranded car but don’t race on current IndyCar tracks, nor can they stream).

That’s helped ratchet up the attention on having a video game outlet for IndyCar.

“I wish we had an IndyCar title 10 years ago,” said Miles, who has been working with the organization since 2013. “We’ve been close, but we’ve had these I think speed bumps.”

IndyCar is hopeful the Motorsports Game edition will be ready at the start of 2024. Miles hinted that beta versions could be unveiled to reporters ahead of the time “to begin to show the progress in a narrow way to make sure we’ve got it right, to test the progress so that we’re ready when they’re ready.”

It’s been nearly 18 years since the release of the most recent IndyCar video game for console or PC.

“(We) better get it right,” Miles said. “It’s something we’re very close to and continue to think about what it is to make sure we get it over the line in due course.”