Double Podium Finish for Hyundai at VIRginia International Raceway

790

#74 Elantra N TCR

Total Points

11

The IMPC season continues with two events remaining on the calendar as the field next heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, which will host as the series’ second four-hour endurance event on the schedule – the IMSA Battle on the Bricks on Saturday, September 16^th.

• Top Finishing Hyundai: Second place for the No. 33 Hyundai Elantra N TCR driven by Robert Wickens and Harry Gottsacker
• Top Qualifying Hyundai: Second place for the No. 1 Hyundai Elantra N TCR driven by Michael Lewis and Taylor Hagler

2560

R. Wickens / H. Gottsacker

Alfa Romeo

24

7

Drivers

4

4

Car

V. Gonzalez / T. Gonzalez

#91 Elantra N TCR

18

#98 Elantra N TCR

#33 Elantra N TCR

Position

Victor Gonzalez Racing Team

3

2570

M. Lewis / T. Hagler

#99 Elantra N TCR

Bryan Herta Autosport

1140

Deily Motorsports

V. Gonzalez

Bryan Herta Autosport

van der Steur Racing

2060

Hyundai

R. Wickens / H. Gottsacker

#70 Elantra N TCR

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T. Maxson / B. Ortiz

23

6

van der Steur Racing

2410

#70 Elantra N TCR

van der Steur Racing

420

B. Ortiz

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#74 Elantra N TCR

#1 Elantra N TCR

Deily Motorsports

#99 Elantra N TCR

Robert Wickens and Harry Gottsacker, drivers of the No. 33 Hyundai Elantra N TCR, and Mark Wilkins and Mason Filippi, drivers of the No. 98 Hyundai Elantra N TCR, for Bryan Herta Autosport stand second and thrid, respectively, on the podium for the Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix at VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Va., Aug. 26 2023 (Photo/Bryan Herta Autosport/LAT)

1850

منبع

Honda

3

Deily Motorsports

8

17

M. Wilkins / M. Filippi

2

5

#98 Elantra N TCR

C. Bigham

#33 Elantra N TCR

T. Hagler / M. Lewis

#91 Elantra N TCR

#70 Elantra N TCR

#91 Elantra N TCR

1780

5

Manufacturer

2

Bryan Herta Autosport

#1 Elantra N TCR

Position

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 28, 2023 – Hyundai Motor America earned two positions on the podium at the Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix this weekend. The current IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) Drivers’ Championship leaders Robert Wickens and Harry Gottsacker captured a second-place result followed by Bryan Herta Autosport (BHA) teammates Mark Wilkins and Mason Filippi in third. With the podium finish at the Virginia Is For Racing Lovers Grand Prix, the No. 33 Hyundai Elantra N TCR driver pairing of Wickens and Gottsacker continue to sit atop the TCR Drivers’ Championship standings by 50 points. The pair had to fight their way through the field in the early part of the race after starting at the back of the grid following a post-qualifying penalty, while both their BHA teammates – Michael Lewis in the No. 1 entry and Wilkins in the No. 98 had stints in the lead. Among the early leaders – in just their second race event with the Elantra N TCR – was the Victor Gonzalez Racing Team.
 
As multiple Safety Car periods shuffled the running order, it was Wickens and Filippi who led the charge to catch the leaders in the second half of the race. However, when a final incident left the result to be decided by a single-lap sprint at the end of the two-hour event, Wickens was unable to mount a final challenge, though the points for second preserved his and Gottsacker’s points lead. Seven Elantra N TCRs competed at VIRginia International Raceway under the Hyundai banner and all seven entries earned a top-ten finish at the drop of the checkered flag.

9

Car