COTA Weekend Sweep for Brichacek, Workman

Photo: Chris DuMond/IMSA

It was a clean sweep at Circuit of The Americas for Wyatt Brichacek and Westin Workman as both drivers went from pole position to victory in both of Saturday’s IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge races as part of the NASCAR at COTA DuraMAX Grand Prix event weekend.

Five hours after standing atop the victory podium for the first time in VP Racing Challenge competition, Brichacek took the green flag for Race 2 and quickly drove his No. 30 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS P325 Toyota away from the field.

He steadily built his advantage throughout the race and took the checkered flag 18.850 seconds ahead of teammate Titus Sherlock in the No. 95 Ligier to preserve the sweep.

The overall and LMP3 class podium was a carbon copy of Race 1 with Oscar Tunjo again finishing third in the No. 1 Gebhardt Motorsport USA Duqueine D08 Nissan.

Tunjo’s fourth podium result of the season keeps him atop the VP Racing Challenge LMP3 championship standings with a 210-point cushion, 1,300-1,090, over Danny Soufi, who finished fourth in his hometown race aboard the No. 11 PINAXIS – Zone 4 Racing Duqueine.

Travis Hill finished fifth overall in the No. 2 Shopify Racing Ligier to earn Bronze Cup honors for the second time Saturday.

In the GSX class, Workman put together a workmanlike effort in Race 2 en route to his fourth victory from four starts.

Workman sailed into the lead from pole position in his No. 8 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 and deftly pulled away from the field throughout the 45-minute race, which was run without a full-course caution.

He crossed the stripe practically alongside Brichacek, 24.490 seconds ahead of Courtney Crone in the No. 35 CarBahn Motorsports BMW M4 GT4 EVO.

The victory runs his points total to a perfect score of 1,400 markers and he now leads Crone by 240 points.

Crone finished her weekend in Texas with back-to-back runner-up results.

Marc Austin had a solid weekend as well, earning his second straight third-place result in the GSX class aboard his No. 22 Mad Joker Racing by Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4.

Austin also claimed Bronze Cup honors in GSX for the second consecutive race.

Next up for the entire VP Racing Challenge field will be a visit to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on the weekend of June 5-7.

The LMP3 class, however, will be back in action next weekend at Sebring International Raceway for the inaugural IMSA Airbnb Endurance Challenge event. The two-hour race is scheduled to take the green flag next Sunday, March 8, at 10:55 a.m. ET.

RESULTS: Race 2

Source: Sports Car 365