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Zotz racing1/30/2023 France was uninjured in the incident and gave the full green light for Rivers to pursue other options in the paddock, which ultimately led to the winning move to Hubbell’s team. Rivers was scheduled to compete in a similar Corvette Daytona Prototype owned and driven by JC France, but the car was destroyed in a high-speed accident coming out of the DIS tri-oval. Hubbell’s victory was aided by the addition of Tim Rivers to the driver lineup after an accident earlier in the week sidelined Rivers’ primary entry. 0001, the winning car was the first Corvette Daytona Prototype produced nearly a decade ago. Now, five years on, Gonzalez has finally paired the Sebring victory up with a Classic 24 triumph at the “World Center of Racing.”Īnother first-time Classic Daytona winner emerged in Group F with veteran HSR competitor William Hubbell breaking through for the victory in his Hudson Historics 2012 No. Gonzalez and Leitzinger co-drove the Pescarolo to victory in the 2017 HSR Classic Sebring 12 Hour just weeks after Gonzalez purchased the car from fellow competitor David Porter. 18 Pescarolo Judd which, like the Group A winner, had been prepared by the Connecticut-based GMT Racing. Group E honors were secured by co-drivers Juan Gonzalez and Butch Leitzinger who marked their return to HSR Classics competition with a convincing one-lap victory in the ex-Rollcentre Racing 2007 No. Cohen’s flame-throwing Oldsmobile first earned the overall Group D win in the 2018 event. 5 Oldsmobile Aurora GTS for the second time in the last four Classic 24 races. Ross and Fergus finished just ahead of Group D winners Steve Cohen and his co-driver Paul Fix, who beat the faster prototypes and their GT competition in the Sundry Racing 1995 No. 3 Jaguar XJR-16 co-driven by car owner Malcolm Ross and his teammate Corey Fergus. The victory was secured in the HSR Classic 24 debut of the ex-Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) 1991 No. Group C marked the return of a mighty Jaguar GTP to Daytona victory lane after a pair of overall Rolex 24 victories in the 1980s and early 1990s. 26 Chevron B26 of Gray Gregory, Randy Buck and Ethan Shippert. Boller’s victory ended a streak of three straight HSR Classics wins by the second-place 1974 No. Josh Boller continued the run of Chevron victories in Group B with a perfectly driven solo run to the overall win in his 1976 No. The victory was the second-straight for Delane in HSR Classics competition, the bright red open-top Chevron the victor in last December’s Classic Sebring 12 Hour. 27 Lola T70 of Damon DeSantis and David Hinton. 8 Chevron B21 of John Delane was the first winner crowned Sunday morning after a strong, race-long Group A battle with the Heritage Motorsports 1969 No. The overall Run Group winners included a pair of always-quick Chevron sports racers, two mighty prototypes from the LMP1 and GTP eras, a pioneer Corvette Daytona Prototype, a fast Oldsmobile Aurora GTS (pulling off another upset!) and a Porsche Cayman from a team that truly has perfected its HSR Classics race strategy. Under clear and sunny skies, with mild 60-degree temperatures, a diverse mix of first-time and repeat winners wrapped up the seventh annual Historic Sportscar Racing Classic Daytona presented by IMSA at Daytona International Speedway.
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