Not exact matches
He raced through from 13th on the grid to run second and started taking chunks of
time out of
leader Alain Prost - around three seconds a
lap.
As the
leaders began the fourth
lap, Hunt felt the
time was right to move up.
But by the
time the GTLM
leaders reached the incident on the last
lap, the track was blocked with cars and the two Corvettes tried to position their cars to get ahead.
Martin went into Sunday's race only 73 points behind
leader Jimmie Johnson, having taken a whopping 107 - point chunk out of Johnson's margin the week before at Texas, when the three -
time defending champion crashed on the third
lap and finished 38th.
He emerged over 40 seconds off the
leaders in 15th place and despite making up
time in the first few
laps of his second stint, his pace gradually dropped off.
He also pitted on
lap 10 and lost valuable
time stacking behind the
leader, dropping way down the order as a result.
Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to GT LM class
leader Antonio Garcia, who was in the wrong place at the wrong
time on the last
lap and dropped from first to fifth as teammate Tommy Milner took the victory.
That's not the first
time the Williams driver has played been involved with the
leaders in the closing
laps this year, either!
The one -
time LG contender and founder of the New Roosevelt Initiative, which dropped about $ 280,000 to help Gustavo Rivera oust Senate Majority
Leader Pedro Epada Jr. yesterday, is taking a victory
lap this afternoon.
For most of the race we had the fastest car out there and we managed to finish in second a
lap behind the
leader; exactly the amount of
time we lost in repairs at the beginning.
This
time it was the No. 3 Corvette that encountered misfortune — the race
leader was between the two Corvettes, and Gavin gained nearly a full
lap on the wave - by.
Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tom Milner might look, on a
lap chart, to have experienced a roller - coaster of highs and lows at different
times through the race, but the GT championship points»
leaders were able to not only retain their hold on the lead but extend it, thanks to their eventual fourth place finish.
«Because of that, I was able to keep banging in the
lap times and make my way further up the
leader board.
More than a
lap behind the No. 51 Ferrari 458 Italia at the
time of the accident, the No. 73 Corvette drivers chased down the class
leader.
That's not all though as the Spotter app will also provide key information such as the
time gaps from and to the car in front and behind you respectively, the weather forecast, your last
lap time and it even tells you how far ahead the
leader is.
Don't get me wrong, it was exciting at
times — the
leaders of the inaugural race wrecked in the final turn, and then the championship was decided by one point on the last
lap of the season.