Now that the IndyCar season's over, drivers are
somewhat free to dabble in other arenas...
Newly crowned 2016 IndyCar champion Simon
Pagenaud will spearhead a Quintet of Open Wheel Racing drivers participating in
this weekend's season finale Petit Le Mans Sports Car race, Saturday October
1st.
As Pageantry' and RHR', aka Ryan Hunter-Reay
will moonlight in separate Corvette's in the B-I-G BOYZ' "DP"
(Daytona Prototype) category, along with Spencer Pigot entered in both of
Mazda's top tier entries.
Scotty Dixon and le 'Hamburgular, nee
SeaBass, aka Sebastain Bourdais will return with Chip Ganassi Racing's Ford
GT's in the GTLM (Le Mans) category as endurance event co-drivers.
Dixon will join the No. 67 with regular
season drivers Ryan Briscoe & Richard Westbrook trailing the No. 4 Corvette
C7R tandem of Ollie' Gavin & Tommy Milner by 11-points for the class title.
Although the Corvette lads hold the tie-breaker advantage with four wins to the
Ford duo's three.
Meanwhile, My Homeboyz' Team Seattle will
once again be campaigning their latest variant of the venerable Porsche 911 in
the No. 23; But should rightly be overlooked by history being made in their GTD
(Daytona) class.
As Denmark's Christina Nielsen, who leads the
title chase comfortably, is set to become the first female ever to win a
championship in IMSA history, by simply contesting the minimum 3hr driving
requirement aboard her #63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488GT3!
So take that
Milka-licious. Y'all know when thou Wanderin' Milka, nee Milka Duno shot to
prominence by finishing runner-up in a Grand Am Sports Car race. Before puttin'
a Bee in Queen Danica's IndyCar Bonnet; Hya!
Alas,
for any of Y'all IndyCar Fanaticoes; Err Fans already Jonesin' for some more
racing' action with some of our current crop 'O drivers. Look for the race
being aired upon Fox Sports FS1 & FS2 channels. Whilst also believe it'll
be available streamed live on imsa.com?
