ALMS - BRABHAM, SHARP RETURN TO VICTORY CIRCLE
David Brabham and Scott Sharp ended de Ferran Motorsports’ four-race overall win streak Sunday with a close, tense victory in the Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase at Road America. Patrón Highcroft Racing’s Brabham beat Gil de Ferran to the checkered flag by 0.461 seconds.
Brabham and Sharp drove the Patrón Highcroft Acura ARX-02a to its first victory since St. Petersburg in early April. They gained four points on de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud in the LMP1 championship.
“I think we handled the car the best we have this year,” said Brabham, who leads the title hunt with Sharp by 13 points. “The left front was starting to push a little too much toward the end. I had reasonable heat on the right side tires and could maintain that gap from Gil. He was breathing down my neck; he is a great competitor.”
Brabham and Sharp won for the second straight season at Road America. They were LMP2 class winners last season by 0.867 seconds. It was just as - if not more - tense Sunday.
“We felt a little in a rut watching de Ferran win four in a row,” said Sharp, who also has SCCA and Trans-Am victories at the circuit to his credit. "It has been a little rough watching them close our points gap. Coming here, we knew we had to dig deep. It was a challenge though to get the car where we wanted it. We made changes last night and this morning. The yellows were in our favor. The team did a great strategy call. David did a great job at the end to hold Gil off – it was very exciting.”
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Brabham and Sharp drove the Patrón Highcroft Acura ARX-02a to its first victory since St. Petersburg in early April. They gained four points on de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud in the LMP1 championship.
“I think we handled the car the best we have this year,” said Brabham, who leads the title hunt with Sharp by 13 points. “The left front was starting to push a little too much toward the end. I had reasonable heat on the right side tires and could maintain that gap from Gil. He was breathing down my neck; he is a great competitor.”
Brabham and Sharp won for the second straight season at Road America. They were LMP2 class winners last season by 0.867 seconds. It was just as - if not more - tense Sunday.
“We felt a little in a rut watching de Ferran win four in a row,” said Sharp, who also has SCCA and Trans-Am victories at the circuit to his credit. "It has been a little rough watching them close our points gap. Coming here, we knew we had to dig deep. It was a challenge though to get the car where we wanted it. We made changes last night and this morning. The yellows were in our favor. The team did a great strategy call. David did a great job at the end to hold Gil off – it was very exciting.”
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