"Acuras Double Up in St. Pete; Brabham, Sharp Notch First LMP1 Overall Win for Patron Highcroft Racing"
Scott Sharp started, and David Brabham finished up in Victory Lane with the LMP1 Acura ARX 02a, which we showed you on this blog in January. (OK, that's the excuse I am giving for not blogging a snapshot). The Acura driven by Simon Pagenaud and Gil deFerran started on pole and was fast--the gremlins bit, and the car completed only 66 of 93 laps on track...and was on the transporter by the time Sharp and Brabham went to Victory Lane.
This is Sharp's first LMP1 win, and the first in ALMS competition for the ARX 02a. Sharp and Brabham won Acura's first LMP2 tilt at Lime Rock last July.
The Patron Highcroft team leads the LMP1 points as the series gets a break for Easter next week.
In LMP2, Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz are two for the season. Their Acura ARX 01b was the only LMP2 car fast enough to stay on the same lap with the Patron squad, notching their second class win.
Fernandez and Diaz similarly lead the LMP2 points.
We're multitasking and trying to watch a little NC2A Final Four National Semifinal action in between work. Time for us to say good night and see all of you tomorrow morning.
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