Rennsport One’s Eric Filguerias and Stevan McAleer scored their fourth straight overall Pirelli GT4 America SprintX victory to start the season Sunday (May 22) at NOLA Motorsports Park. Combined with their win in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season opener at Daytona in January, they now have five consecutive victories together.
“I think it’s the energy that we bring,” Filguerias told SRO America’s Amanda Busick when asked about the best part of Rennsport One is. “We’ve got such a great camaraderie. Rennsport One brings such a great car every time we’re on track. They put in the extra hours and care about every little detail.”
McAleer, fresh off his victory from Saturday, started from the pole in his Porsche. The man on the move in the opening lap was Eric Curran in the invitational class Saleen 1 (the Saleen is not currently homolgated as a GT4 car). Curran quickly moved up from the third row to second on the first lap, then took McAleer for the overall lead in his blue and yellow racer. Curran’s time at the front was short-lived as McAleer was able to charge back past a couple of laps later.
The safety car came out 12 minutes into the race when NOLAsport’s Sean Gibbons pulled his Am-class Porsche off-course in turn 4 with a mechanical issue. Curran made a pit stop here that dropped him out of the hunt.
Once the green came back out, McAleer had to deal with the similar Porsche of Premier Racing’s Elliott Skeer, who had the Pro-Am pole and won Pro-Am Saturday with teammate Adam Adelson. During the pit stop window, Rooster Hall Racing’s Johan Schwartz stopped on course with smoke coming from his BMW M4 GT4, but he managed to pull off in an area that SRO America officials were comfortable with.
During the stops, Premier Racing’s No. 120 with Adelson was able to jump Filguerias and take the lead. However, Filguerias was able to quickly run Adelson down for the overall lead and make the pass with 25 minutes to…
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