Rennsport One’s Spencer Pumpelly ran down Wright Motorsports’ Adam Adelson and took the overall lead Sunday (May 5) with 25 minutes to go in turn 1. From there, Pumpelly pulled away to win Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Race No. 2 at Sebring International Speedway, clinching the weekend sweep with Trent Hindman.
The Rennsport One team skipped Sonoma and seemingly had no plans to compete in the series this year as of Daytona. However, this No. 85 Porsche plans to run for the rest of the year. They could be a tough out.
“When is Spencer [Pumpelly] not the right call [to have as a teammate]?,” Hindman stated when asked about Pumpelly after the race. “His track record speaks for itself. It was an absolute pleasure.”
The margin of victory was 7.648 seconds over Adelson and Elliott Skeer. ST Racing’s Bill Auberlen and Varun Choksey was third, followed by Turner Motorsport’s Robby Foley and Justin Rothberg. CrowdStrike Racing by Riley’s Colin Braun and George Kurtz were fifth. The top three finishers were in the Pro class.
ST Racing’s Neil Verhagen started from pole in his BMW with Skeer giving chase. The Porsche driver was able to keep up with the BMW factory driver in the early laps. However, the gap began to widen.
Verhagen was pulling away from the field when he was issued a drive-through penalty 17 minutes into the race. The SRO America officials felt that Verhagen had “slowed significantly” inside of the start zone. Serving the penalty dropped Verhagen down to 11th overall. Foley claimed the overall lead as a result.
In the Pro class, Skeer started from the class pole in second and had a couple of Pro-Am cars between himself and Hindman. Early on, Skeer’s primary worry was Foley in the Turner BMW, who was right on his tail.
Foley was able to take second away 15 minutes into the race. After Verhagen was penalized, Foley ended up in the overall lead.
Shortly after the mid-race pit stops, Adelson was able to take the overall lead away from Rothberg. Meanwhile, Pumpelly was on the move in his Porsche.
Rennsport One was one of the first teams to make their mandatory stop, meaning that Pumpelly had a little extra time to put heat into his tires. He was able to drive up to second overall within a couple of laps.
A few laps later, Pumpelly was able to run down Adelson for the overall lead. The battle did not take long as Pumpelly was able to make the move for the lead in turn…
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