Pipo Derani delivers the pole position to Whelan Cadillac Racing for Saturday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
The IMSA Weathertech Championship sports-car racing circuit enters its third event of the season on Saturday, with the team of Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken starting on the pole for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Derani delivered his third consecutive pole position for Whelan Cadillac Racing, but those starting positions have yet to result in a race win this season. The top 10 starting positions belong to cars in the Grand Touring Prototype class, one of four classes on the circuit. The others are Le Mans Prototype 2, Grand Touring Daytona Pro and Grant Touring Daytona. Parker Thompson’s GTD entry starts 11th, while the other two classes don’t compete at Long Beach.
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Race Date: April 20, 2024
Race Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
TV: USA Network
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Entering the third race on the schedule, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team of Dave Cameron, Felipe Nasr and Matt Campbell shares first place in the GTP class with Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz and Colton Herta of Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport.
The two teams have flip-flopped first- and third-place finishes, with Porsche Penske winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January before Wayne Taylor Racing bounced back to take the checkered flag at the Twelve Hours of Sebring last month. Winward Racing’s Mercedes, piloted by Russell Ward, Philip Ellis, and Indy Dontje leads the GTD class with wins in each of the first two races of the season.
Only two drivers participate Saturday for the 100-minute Grand Prix of Long Beach, run on a 1.968-mile temporary street circuit in downtown. Porsche Penske’s duo of Mathieu Jaminet and Nick Tandy won the GTP class last year while Paul Miller Racing’s Bruan Sellers and Madison Snow took the GTD crown.
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