Taylor barged past Bachler for second at Turn 5 with 40 minutes remaining. Hawksworth relayed to Ben Barnicoat, and he rejoined with a 7s lead over Klaus Bachler in the Pfaff Porsche, and Jordan Taylor's Corvette.
Sorensen was the first to pit after 35 minutes, to hand over to Roman De Angelis, but he got stuck in traffic and dropped behind the #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW of Madison Snow/Bryan Sellers. Patrick Pilet ran third in the Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R, ahead of Ross Gunn's Pro Heart of Racing Aston and Antonio Garcia’s factory-run Corvette C8.R. Jack Hawksworth grabbed the lead at the start in his Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F, taking an early advantage over impressive pole-winner Marco Sorensen in the non-Pro #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage. With no LMP2 or LMP3 cars in action, GTD was the sole secondary class at Long Beach. Photo by: Gavin Baker / Motorsport Images #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3: Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat
Bourdais couldn’t restart at all, as the impact had registered a safety protocol in the complex electronics and refused to fire up the engine. Significantly, the #60 Meyer Shank car fell off the lead lap as Blomqvist struggled to restart the car after its spin. In the chaos, the opportunistic Tandy was “in the right place at the right time” and leapt up to second, ahead of BMWs of Yelloly and Augusto Farfus, Felipe Nasr’s #7 Porsche and Alexander Sims (Action Express Cadillac). Behind him, the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Nick Yelloly was unable to avoid tagging Tom Blomqvist's Meyer Shank Acura into a spin. Having dispensed with them, Taylor caught race leader Jaminet only to crash out trying to pass him at Turn 1 with just two laps to go.Īt the start, Sebastien Bourdais (Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R) snapped sideways on cold tyres approaching Turn 1 and hit the inside wall before spinning into the run-off.
The pole-winning Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 was expected to dominate and Filipe Albuquerque duly led the opening laps, but an issue at the pitstop cost 12s and prompted a charge back to the front from Taylor that was highlighted by an amazing duel with the #7 Porsche and #25 BMW.
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