MIA McLaren Wins Road Atlanta; Foley, Barletta Claim GS Title

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA

Motorsports In Action’s Jesse Lazare drove to victory in Friday’s Fox Factory 120 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, giving the McLaren Artura GT4 its first IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge victory.

A provisional 11th place finish for Robby Foley and Vin Barletta, meanwhile, was enough for Turner Motorsport to take the GS class championship, declared nearly 30 minutes after the checkered flag after much debate.

History was made in the TCR class, with Robert Wickens and Harry Gottsacker claiming the TCR class title.

Foley originally crossed the line in 13th but both the No. 14 Ave Motorsports Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO and No. 50 Hattori Motorsports Toyota were given post-race time adjustments due to being unable to serve separate drive-through penalties as the race ended under yellow.

It promoted the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 to an 11th place result, compared to their closest title rival, Robin Liddell and Frank DePew in sixth, who finished ten points behind Foley and Barletta.

Up front, Lazare took the car to checkered flag ahead of the No. 47 Nolasport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport of Elliott Skeer and Adam Adelson in a controlling run for the Canadian squad.

Lazare shared top overall honors with Alex Filsinger, who started from pole and bridged out into an early lead ahead of Adelson and the No. 72 Murillo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 of Kenny Murillo, who was turned around early by the No. 19 Van der Steur Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

The No. 98 Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N TCR of Mason Filippi and Mark Wilkins picked up the class win in TCR, ahead of the No. 91 Van der Steur Hyundai and No. 73 LA Honda World Racing Honda Civic Type-R TCR, which completed the class podium.

Wickens and Gottsacker combined for a fourth place class finish in TCR to take the season-long championship, marking Wickens’ first title since sustaining spinal cord injuries from an NTT IndyCar Series accident at Pocono Raceway in 2018.

It was the fifth consecutive class championship for BHA, meanwhile.

RESULTS: Fox Factory 120

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