Aghakhani Awarded Race 1 Win After Infraction to Jones’ Car

Steven Aghakhani broke back into the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge win column in an unusual way.

Aghakhani, the LMP3 points leader, crossed the finish line second Saturday in the No. 6 MLT Motorsports Ligier JS P320 Nissan to Jagger Jones, driver of the No. 87 FastMD Racing with Remstar Duqueine D08 Nissan.

In post-race technical inspection, however, Jones’ car was found to have camber in excess of the permitted maximum and moved to the rear of the eight-car P3 class in the provisional race results.

The revision handed Aghakhani his third win of the season and first since he swept the season-opening doubleheader at Daytona International Speedway in January. Jones saw his bid for a fifth straight victory negated by the infraction.

Aghakhani takes a provisional 440-point championship lead into Sunday’s 45-minute race.

Jonathan Woolridge, a Canadian who won at CTMP last year, finished second in the revised order in the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports Ligier, with Performance Tech teammate Alex Kirby third in the No. 7 Ligier.

The second race of the VP Racing Challenge weekend starts at 3:35 p.m. ET today, with a livestream available on Peacock and IMSA.tv.

RESULTS: Race 1 (Revised)