DXDT Racing’s Tommy Milner ran down and took the overall lead away from AF Corse’s Custodio Toledo with 34 minutes to go. From there, Milner held to win Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Race No. 1 at Circuit of the Americas Saturday (May 18) with teammate Alec Udell. It is the first-ever victory for the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and Milner’s first victory on debut with DXDT Racing.
“It’s a lot of emotions, obviously. First win for the new Corvette Z06 GT3.R, which is very special,” Milner told SRO America’s Amanda Busick after the race. “I had a lot of [development] driving in this car last year and not much racing, so I’m excited to get the first win.”
Milner and Udell’s margin of victory was 3.706 seconds over ST Racing’s Samantha Tan and Neil Verhagen. Rennsport One’s Trent Hindman and Jake Pedersen were third in their Porsche, then Wright Motorsports’ Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer. CrowdStrike Racing with Riley’s Colin Braun and George Kurtz were fifth.
In the Pro class, Milner and Udell took the victory by 25.490 seconds over Adelson and Skeer. ST Racing’s Bill Auberlen and Varun Choksey were third.
AF Corse’s Riccardo Agostini led the field to green, but heck broke loose in turn 1. Agostini went wide as Racers Edge Motorsports’ Luca Mars went into the turn too hot. He clipped Regulator Racing’s Philip Ellis and spun out the Mercedes. Wright Motorsports’ Adelson spun to avoid.
Everyone was able to continue after the incident, but Mars’ Acura ended up with a damaged toe link. That ultimately ended his day. Ellis, despite getting spun out, was given a penalty for incident responsibility. The officials felt that he cut across Mars in turn 1, breaking the Acura in the process.
Despite going wide, Agostini was able to avoid the chaos and maintain the lead. Auberlen moved up to second.
AF Corse chose to use the same strategy that Regulator Racing has used in the first two race weekends. Start their Pro driver (Agostini) in Race No. 1 and try to drive away from the field as much as possible. In the first 15 minutes of the race, Agostini drove out to a 10-second on Auberlen.
DXDT Racing debuted their second Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Saturday in Austin. Udell started towards the front of the field and hassled Auberlen for the Pro lead behind Agostini. Just over 15 minutes into the race, Udell was able to make the move entering turn 1 to take the lead…
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